2015 Cape Verdean Football Championship Final

2015 Cape Verdean Football Championship Final
Event 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships
CS Mindelense FC Derby
2 2
Mindelense won 4–3 in penalties
First leg
CS Mindelense FC Derby
1 1
Date 4 July 2015
Venue Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena, Mindelo
Referee Aristides Rodrigues
Second Leg
FC Derby CS Mindelense
1 1
Mindelense won 3–4 in penalties
Date 11 July 2015
Venue Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena, Mindelo
Referee Antonio Rodrigues

The 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championship final was the final of the 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships, which was the 36th edition of the Cape Verdean Football Championships and 29th with the knockout stage.[1]

In Cape Verde, the finals were televised live on TCV and listened on radio on RCV.

The final was played between clubs from the island of São Vicente, CS Mindelense, champion of the previous national season and regional winner and FC Derby, a regional runner-up. This was the last finals appearance that featured clubs from the same city and island. The winners did not compete into the Cape Verdean Super Cup and the 2016 CAF Champions League in the following season, primarily due to its schedule, a part of it, the regional championship and cup competitions within it.

The 2015 football championship final was Mindelense's was their thirteenth appearance in their 96-year history and also their third consecutive and FC Derby was their fifth appearance in their 86-year history.

Unlike the 2008 season which ended the finals in an away goals rule, the 2015 final was the first in 31 years that the finals ended in both extra time and with a penalty shootout and the first with two legs.

Background

At group stage, Derby participated in Group A while Mindelense participated in Group B,[2] the two advanced to the finals. The finals was the recent that feature two clubs who participated in two different groups.

CS Mindelense had reached the national championship final thirteen times, winning eleven of them. The last time they won a championship title was last season in 2014 where they defeated Académica do Fogo with a total of 2 goals to 1 in two of its matches. Derby had reached the national championship five times winning three of them . The last time they won a championship title was in 2005 where they defeated Sporting Praia with a total of 5 goals to 4 in two of its matches.

Mindelense won their 10th national football championship title and was also their third consecutive, its total number of titles became two more than Sporting Praia. Mindelense qualified into the national championships in the following season.[1]

Road to final

CS Mindelense Round FC Derby
Group B Group A
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Spartak d'Aguadinha 4–1 (A) Matchday 1 Ultramarina de São Nicolau 3–0 (H)
Beira-Mar do Tarrafal 2–0 (A) Matchday 2 Académica do Porto Novo 2–1 (H)
Sporting Brava 6–0 (H) Matchday 3 Académica Operária 1–0 (H)
Académico do Aeroporto 2–1 (A) Matchday 4 Paulense 1–0 (A)
Boavista da Praia 1–0 (H) Matchday 5 Académico 83 4–0 (H)
Group B winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
CS Mindelense 5500141+1315
Boavista FC 5401144+1012
Académico do Aeroporto 5302129+39
FC Ultramarina 52031216-46
Sporting Clube da Brava 5014516-111
Beira-Mar 5014314-111
 Final standings Group A winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
FC Derby 5500122+1015
Paulense Desportivo Clube 531163+310
Académica do Porto Novo 52125507
Académico 83 520359-46
Spartak d'Aguadinha 510459-43
Académica Operária 502327-52
Opponent 1st leg 2nd leg Legs Knockout stage Opponent 1st leg 2nd leg Legs
Paulense 3–0 0–0 (A) 3–0 (H) Semi-finals Boavista Praia 2–2 (a) 0–0 (H) 2–2 (A)

Match details

First leg

4 July 2015 (2015-07-04)
16:00 (CVT)
CS Mindelense 1:1 FC Derby
Latche Quatro

Second leg

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)
FC Derby 1:1 CS Mindelense
Duque  90+5' Xibaka  37'
  Penalties  
3-4
CS Mindelense, Home
CS Mindelense, Away
FC Derby, Home
FC Derby, Away
MF Cape Verde Adyr
MF Cape Verde Djim Kelly
Cape Verde Chibaca
Cape Verde Gauço
Cape Verde Latchie
Cape Verde Bena
Cape Verde Duque
Cape Verde Kévy
Cape Verde Quatro
Cape Verdean Football 2015
Champions
CS Mindelense
11th title
Match officials
  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official:
Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.

References

  1. 1 2 "Cape Verde Islands 2014/15". RSSSF.
  2. ↑ "Mindelense no grupo B do Campeonato Nacional de Futebol" [Mindelense in Group B of the National Football Championships]. A Nação (in Portuguese). 11 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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