2015–16 Santiago Island League (North)
Season | 2015-16 |
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Champions | Beira-Mar |
Matches played | 196 |
Goals scored | 545 (2.78 per match) |
← 2014-15 2016–17 → |
The 2015-16 Santiago Island League (North) season was the competition of the second-tier football in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Its started on 12 December 2015[1] and finished on 8 May 2016. The tournament was organized by the Santiago North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Norte, ARFSS).[2][3] It was the first ever season without any group stage and would become the longest of any of the regional leagues in Cape Verde and the only that occurred as the following season became the same as the South Zone's. Varandinha won their first and only title after finishing a record breaking 63 points and a record 20 wins, the highest of any of the island leagues in the nation and competed in the national championships. It was one of the newest clubs to win their first titles of any island/regional league in the nation.
Overview
Beira-Mar was the defending team of the title. A total of 14 clubs participated in the competition. There were a record total of 234 matches and a record 545 goals scored, the most of any regional championships in the nation which superseded the neighboring island's Fogo Premier Division's total of 412 made in 2014-15, this goal total has been unsurpassed today.
Also it was the first season that featured the Second Division, along with Maio, they were the next in the country to have a Second Division. The least three clubs directly relegated while fourth to last played a division decisional match in which União Picos defeated Chão Bom and remained in the Premier Division for one more season.
Varandinha scored 47 goals, Scorpion Vermelho scored the most with 57, second was 7th place AJAC with 52 and third was 3rd placed Calheta with 49, not a record of any of the island leagues as other clubs such as Santo Antão South's Académica Porto Novo which had 60 and Sporting Brava which was higher.
All of the 17th round matches took place on March 19 as the parliamentary elections took place on March 20.
At the end of the season, the championship went under dispute between Varandinha and Scorpion Vermelho. The May 13 match between a Santiago North representant and Desportivo da Praia was delayed as on an April 3 match (19th round) featuring Desportivo Santa Cruz and Scorpion Vermelho that Desportivo fielded an ineligible player, it occurred after the goals were scored and the award to Scorpion Vermelho in mid-May was revoked just before the start of the national season and the 2-0 result was kept along with Varandinha first championship title alongside some of their club records.[4] The next such delay was in 2017 which was on a 16th round match featuring AJAC and Juventus Assomada and the crowning of AJAC was kept.
Varandinha and Scorpions both finished with the number of wins and points that became the highest records set of any of island leagues in the nation. A season later in early February, some of the referees were not paid for the 17th and 26th rounds of the season, which led the suspension of the following season on February 7 for two weeks.[5] With the help of two major telecommunications companies, one of them Cabo Verde Telecom and its municipalities of where the clubs based, the referees were paid and the season resumed on February 25.[6]
Participating clubs
Premier Division
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Second Division
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League standings
Premier Division
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Varandinha (C) (Q) | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 17 | +28 | 63 | 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships |
2 | Scorpion Vermelho | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 57 | 13 | +44 | 61 | |
3 | Desportivo de Santa Cruz | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 42 | |
4 | Estrela dos Amadores | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 39 | |
5 | SC Beira Mar | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 38 | |
6 | Desportivo da Calheta | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 38 | |
7 | AJAC da Calheta | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 37 | |
8 | Grémio Nhágar | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 34 | |
9 | Flor Jovem da Calheta | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 33 | |
10 | Benfica de Santa Cruz | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 29 | |
11 | União Picos | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 26 | Divisional decisional match |
12 | São Lourenço FC (R) | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 21 | Relegation to 2016/17 Santiago North Second Division |
13 | Desportivo de Assomada (R) | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 53 | −32 | 14 | |
14 | Real Júnior (R) | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 71 | −46 | 17 |
Updated to games played on 12 May 2016.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2015/16: Santiago North
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) head-to-head away goals (only if two teams are tied); 6) goal difference
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Second Division
- 1st: Associação Juventus
- 2nd: Chão Bom (also as Txon Bon)
Results
Partial listing up to the 14th round
Round 1 | |||||||||||
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Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
Beira-Mar | 3 - 3 | AJAC Calheta | 12 December | ||||||||
Benfica | 3 - 0 | São Lourenço | 12 December | ||||||||
Real Junior | 0 - 0 | Estrelas dos Amadores | 12 December | ||||||||
Flor Jovem | 1 - 0 | Grémio Nhagar | 12 December | ||||||||
Desp. Santa Cruz | 0 - 0 | Desp. Assomada | 12 December | ||||||||
Scorpions Vermelho | 5 - 0 | União Picos | 13 December | ||||||||
Varandinha | 2 - 1 | Desp. Calheta | 30 December | ||||||||
Round 2 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
Estrelas dos Amadores | 0 - 0 | Scorpions Vermelho | 19 December | ||||||||
Desp. Calheta | 1 - 1 | Flor Jovem | 19 December | ||||||||
União Picos | 0 - 1 | Benfica | 19 December | ||||||||
Desp. Assomada | 0 - 3 | Varandinha | 19 December | ||||||||
Real Junior | 0 - 2 | Beira-Mar | 20 December | ||||||||
Grémio Nhagar | 0 - 1 | AJAC Calheta | 20 December | ||||||||
São Lourenço | 0 - 1 | Desp. Santa Cruz | 20 December | ||||||||
Round 3 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
São Lourenço | 1 - 5 | Varandinha | 26 December | ||||||||
Beira-Mar | 1 - 3 | Grémio Nhagar | 26 December | ||||||||
AJAC Calheta | 0 - 1 | Desp. Calheta | 26 December | ||||||||
Desp. Santa Cruz | 0 - 2 | União Picos | 26 December | ||||||||
Real Junior | 0 - 3 | Scorpions Vermelho | 26 December | ||||||||
Flor Jovem | 1 - 1 | Desp. Assomada | 26 December | ||||||||
Benfica | 1 - 2 | Estrelas dos Amadores | 27 December | ||||||||
Round 4 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
Estrelas dos Amadores | 1 - 2 | Desp. Santa Cruz | 5 January | ||||||||
União Picos | 1 - 2 | Varandinha | 5 January | ||||||||
Desp. Calheta | 0 - 1 | Grémio Nhagar | 6 January | ||||||||
São Lourenço | 0 - 2 | Flor Jovem | 6 January | ||||||||
Desp. Assomada | 1 - 4 | AJAC Calheta | 6 January | ||||||||
Real Junior | 0 - 0 | Benfica | 6 January | ||||||||
Scorpions Vermelho | 3 - 0 | Beira-Mar | 6 January | ||||||||
Round 5 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
Beira-Mar | 3 - 1 | Desp. Calheta | 9 January | ||||||||
Grémio Nhagar | 2 - 1 | Desp. Assomada | 9 January | ||||||||
Desp. Santa Cruz | 1 - 1 | Real Junior | 9 January | ||||||||
AJAC Calheta | 4 - 3 | São Lourenço | 9 January | ||||||||
Varandinha | 0 - 0 | Estrelas dos Amadores | 9 January | ||||||||
Flor Jovem | 3 - 2 | União Picos | 9 January | ||||||||
Benfica | 1 - 1 | Scorpions Vermelho | 10 January | ||||||||
Round 6 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
Benfica | 2 - 0 | Beira-Mar | 13 January | ||||||||
Desp. Assomada | 0 - 3 | Desp. Calheta | 16 January | ||||||||
Scorpions Vermelho | 2 - 0 | Desp. Santa Cruz | 16 January | ||||||||
São Lourenço | 3 - 0 | Grémio Nhagar | 16 January | ||||||||
União Picos | 2 - 1 | AJAC Calheta | 16 January | ||||||||
Estrelas dos Amadores | 1 - 1 | Flor Jovem | 16 January | ||||||||
Real Junior | 1 - 4 | Varandinha | 27 January[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||
Round 7 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
Varandinha | 0 - 1 | Scorpions Vermelho | 19 January | ||||||||
Desp. Calheta | 2 - 0 | São Lourenço | 19 January | ||||||||
Grémio Nhagar | 2 - 1 | União Picos | 19 January | ||||||||
Beira-Mar | 1 - 0 | Desp. Assomada | 19 January | ||||||||
Flor Jovem | 1 - 2 | Real Junior | 19 January | ||||||||
Desp. Santa Cruz | 2 - 2 | Benfica | 19 January | ||||||||
AJAC Calheta | 2 - 1 | Estrelas dos Amadores | 20 January | ||||||||
Round 8 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
Desp. Santa Cruz | 3 - 2 | Beira-Mar | 23 January | ||||||||
Real Junior | 1 - 2 | AJAC Calheta | 24 January | ||||||||
Benfica | 1 - 2 | Varandinha | 24 January | ||||||||
Estrelas dos Amadores | 2 - 2 | Grémio Nhagar | 24 January | ||||||||
Scorpions Vermelho | 2 - 0 | Flor Jovem | 24 January | ||||||||
São Lourenço | 3 - 0 | Desp. Assomada | 24 January | ||||||||
União Picos | 1 - 1 | Desp. Calheta | 24 January | ||||||||
Round 9 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
Beira-Mar | 3 - 0 | São Lourenço | 30 January | ||||||||
Flor Jovem | 0 - 3 | Benfica | 30 January | ||||||||
Desp. Calheta | 1 - 1 | Estrelas dos Amadores | 31 January | ||||||||
Grémio Nhagar | 2 - 1 | Real Junior | 31 January | ||||||||
Varandinha | 0 - 1 | Desp. Santa Cruz | 31 January | ||||||||
Desp. Assomada | 1 - 1 | União Picos | 31 January | ||||||||
AJAC Calheta | 1 - 2 | Scorpions Vermelho | 31 January | ||||||||
Round 10 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
Varandinha | 2 - 1 | Beira-Mar | 6 February | ||||||||
União Picos | 2 - 1 | São Lourenço | 6 February | ||||||||
Desp. Santa Cruz | 3 - 3 | Flor Jovem | 6 February | ||||||||
Real Junior | 1 - 3 | Desp. Calheta | 6 February | ||||||||
Scorpions Vermelho | 3 - 1 | Grémio Nhagar | 6 February | ||||||||
Estrelas dos Amadores | 2 - 0 | Desp. Assomada | 7 February | ||||||||
Benfica | 0 - 2 | AJAC Calheta | 7 February | ||||||||
Round 11 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
Flor Jovem | 0 - 1 | Varandinha | 13 February | ||||||||
Beira-Mar | 0 - 0 | União Picos | 13 February | ||||||||
São Lourenço | 2 - 2 | Estrelas dos Amadores | 13 February | ||||||||
Desp. Assomada | 1 - 2 | Real Junior | 13 February | ||||||||
Desp. Calheta | 1 - 1 | Scorpions Vermelho | 13 February | ||||||||
AJAC Calheta | 1 - 1 | Desp. Santa Cruz | 14 February | ||||||||
Grémio Nhagar | 3 - 1 | Benfica | 14 February | ||||||||
Round 12 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
Varandinha | 1 - 0 | AJAC Calheta | 20 February | ||||||||
Estrelas dos Amadores | 1 - 0 | União Picos | 20 February | ||||||||
Desp. Santa Cruz | 2 - 1 | Grémio Nhagar | 20 February | ||||||||
Benfica | 3 - 2 | Desp. Calheta | 20 February | ||||||||
Flor Jovem | 2 - 0 | Beira-Mar | 21 February | ||||||||
Real Junior | 3 - 3 | São Lourenço | 21 February | ||||||||
Scorpions Vermelho | 1 - 0 | Desp. Assomada | 21 February | ||||||||
Round 13 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
União Picos | 2 - 0 | Real Junior | 27 February | ||||||||
Desp. Calheta | 2 - 2 | Desp. Santa Cruz | 27 February | ||||||||
São Lourenço | 2 - 2 | Scorpions Vermelho | 27 February | ||||||||
Beira-Mar | 2 - 2 | Estrelas dos Amadores | 27 February | ||||||||
AJAC Calheta | 1 - 2 | Flor Jovem | 27 February | ||||||||
Desp. Assomada | 1 - 0 | Benfica | 27 February | ||||||||
Grémio Nhagar | 0 - 2 | Varandinha | 28 February | ||||||||
Round 14 | |||||||||||
Home | Score | Visitor | Date | ||||||||
AJAC Calheta | 0 - 5 | Beira-Mar | 5 March | ||||||||
São Lourenço | 1 - 0 | Benfica | 5 March | ||||||||
Desp. Assomada | 1 - 2 | Desp. Santa Cruz | 5 March | ||||||||
Grémio Nhagar | 3 - 0 | Flor Jovem | 6 March | ||||||||
Estrelas dos Amadores | 2 - 1 | Real Junior | 6 March | ||||||||
Desp. Calheta | 1 - 1 | Varandinha | 6 March | ||||||||
União Picos | 0 - 1 | Scorpions Vermelho | 6 March |
Santiago North Zone 2015-16 Champions |
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Varandinha 1st title |
Notes
- ↑ Originally for 16 January
References
- ↑ "Futebol Santiago Norte: Campeonato regional arranca este fim-de-semana". Criolosport (in Portuguese). 11 December 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ↑ "Santiago North Zone Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website". fcf.cv. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ "Santiago Norte - 1ª jornada do campeonato regional arranca este fim-de-semana". Oceanpress. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ "Nacional: FCF suspende jogo entre Desportivo e representante de Santiago Norte" [FCF Suspended a Match Featuring Desportivo (Praia) and a Team from Northern Santiago]. A Nação (in Portuguese). 13 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ "Futebol/Santiago Norte: Campeonato regional suspenso por não comparência dos árbitros" (in Portuguese). Inforpress. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ↑ "Futebol/ Santiago Norte: Campeonato regional vai ser retomado este fim-de-semana" [Regional Championships (Santiago North) to Resume During the Weekend] (in Portuguese). Inforpress. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
External links
- "Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol" (in Portuguese).
- "Santiago Norte" [Santiago (North Zone)]. fcf.cv. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- "Cape Verde Islands 2015/16". rsssf.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.