2016–17 Os Garridos season

Os Garridos

2016–17 season
Stadium	Estádio da Várzea
Top goalscorer	Djanine (5 goals)
← 2015–16

The 2016–17 Os Garridos season were in the island division of football (soccer).^[1] The club finished second to last which was 11th, a position that the club was relegated and will participate in the regional Second Division in the following season.

Santiago Island League (South)

Their first match of the season was against Desportivo Praia on November 5 and lost to that cub 2-0. A scoreless draw with Boavista was followed, a four match losing streak was followed and lost without any goals scored to Tchadense, Eugénio Lima, Sporting Praia and Benfica Praia. The club made their first win over Vitória on January 8 and there made their first goal of the season and the year. Os Garridos later lost to Académica Praia, then had a two goal draw with Travadores on January 20. Os Garridos made their only win of the season on January 28 where they defeated ADESBA 0-1, three loss were followed, first to Celtic then it becamto Desportivo on February 5 which it became worst, and the worst was on February 19 where they conceded eight goals to Boavista and conceded the most in the region with 32, the club lost 8-0. Two consecutive single goal draws were followed, first to Tchadense on February 24, then to Eugénio Lima Garridos was placed in a position that may take the club to a division decisional match where they remain or be relegated but could be less likely. Garridos suffered another loss to the almighty Sporting Praia on March 11 as went on a three match losing streak, they lost to Benfica Praia a week later and then to ailing Vitória 3-4, as they scored three, their goal totals was more than Eugénio Lima's for the next two rounds., later they lost to Académica Praia. Garridos kept the chance of remaining in the Premier Division, along with Vitória, two last placed clubs, they made a win, the club defeated Praia's top three Travadores 0-7 and with a high score, it became the second highest scored match of the region of the season, Djanine was one of the scorers. On April 22, another win was made over ADESBA from Craveiro Lopes subdivision, the club conceded 44 goals, the most, two more than Vitória. One of two scorers was Djanine. At the 21st round, Os Garridos was 11th place with 11 pointsd, ahead of Vitória, the club kept their final promise to remain in the Premier Division and they had a final chance next week to remain or be relegated. Garridos scored more than 20 goals and became eighth with Celtic's, the number was 21, Garridos' recent result made up a third of the total. The club conceded the most numbering 44, three more than Vitória's. The final match of the season was with Celtic and made a goal draw with that club, it did not exceeded over Eugénio Lima's points, it had a point difference with that club, Garridos finished with 15 points and was 11th and kicked out of the Premier Division and along with Vitória, to participate in the Second Division in the following season. Garridos' goal concessions became second with 45, more than Vitória and less than Travadores after that club's huge loss to Bairro Craveiro Lopes.

Results

Results summary

Last updated: April 30, 2017.
Source: Rankings at rsssf

Santiago South Zone Cup

Os Garridos started out at the 1/8 finals, on December 23 2017, the club faced the mighty Boavista and unlike other matches, defeated it 1-0 and headed to face Vila Nova on January 18, 2017 and defeated that club. The club advanced to the semis where nearly three months later on April 12 faced Celtic Praia and won 4-0 and qualified into the finals. On April 13, Sporting defeated Ribeira Grande and Sporting being the regional champions of the season, Os Garridos unlocked its qualification and became the last of the two clubs to participate in the upcoming regional super cup later in the year, they qualfiication status became as runner up on May 7 as Os Garridos lost the match 5-3 in the penalty shootouts to Sporting as the match ended in a goal draw. Runner up in the regional cup became their greatest performance for the club. Garridos will compete for the first time in the South Zone's regional super cup.

Squad

As of 30 April 2017^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player Ailton Paulo da Moura Pereira Edilton José Afonseca Edmilson Rodrigues Elisandro Brazão Walter Patrick da Costa Cabral Celso Mendes Djanine Tavares Pereira Edeney Semedo Elton Patrick Gonçalves Edilson Mendes Fernandes DF Fred (Steven Frederico Fernandes) Carlos Alberto Ferreira Adérito Jailson Gomes David P. Gomes David Wilker Gomes Daniel Gonçalves Helton[lower-alpha 1] Monteiro Hericles (Éricles) César Correia Ivanildo Perreira Rocha

No. Position Player Jair José Moreira da Veiga Janilson[lower-alpha 2] Monteiro Júnior Nelito Cabral Constantino M. Leal Gelson Jac Martins Henry Meiler M. Correia[lower-alpha 3] Flávio Jair Mendes Adilson Adérito Moniz José Manuel A. Monteiro Elder Rodrigues Moreira Nilton Cesar Paiva Tavares Carlos Patrick Pereira Rilton Moises M. Semedo Carlos Tavares Rosa Carlos Tovicke Semedo Adérito da Cruz Silva Walin Stiv Barreto Joel Alexandre da Veiga

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From
late-2016	DF	Fred (Steven Fernandes)	Sporting Clube da Praia

References