2016–17 Santo Antão North Premier Division

The 2016–17 Santo Antão North Premier Division season was the 18th competition of football and fifth of the Premier Division that took place in the northern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. Its started on 12 November^[1] and finished on 26 March, along with the South Zone, the season finished the earliest of any of the country's island leagues. The tournament was organized by the Santo Antão North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Zona Norte do Santo Antão, ARFZNSA).^[2] Paulense won their seventh championship title which they did on February 19^[3] and later finished with 28 points and will participate in the 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships in mid May, it will also be the first that will have three groups each and will be in Group A alongside the champion of the South Zone and Mindelense, last season's national champion. Janela finished last place and will participate in the Second Division in the following season. The scheduling were made in September.

Overview

CD Sinagoga was the defending team of the title. A total of six clubs participated in the division, Santo Crucífixo, a club based in the parish seat of Coculi competed in the Premier Division for the first time. A total of 91 goals were scored, three less than the previous season.

Paulense led the whole season and out of the ten matches they played, they had nine wins and a draw and made their second best season and scored 29 goals which was also second for the club to theirs made in 2012. Each two of the highest scoring matches with five goals and a difference of all (5-0) were Paulense. Paulense scored the most goals numbered 29, fifth placed Foguetões was second with 16 and Janela with the least numbering six.

The most number of goals scored in a single week was week 5, the least number of goals scored was week 7.

On the opposites, Janela suffered and had not a single win, it had four draws and six losses and was relegated to the Second Division which they will participate in the following season.

The club each had a week off in the last week of November, the first and the last two weeks of December, the first three weeks and the last week of January, the first and the last weeks of February and the first week of March due its subregional and regional cup competitions.

Clubs and locations

League standings

Premier Division

Updated to games played on 17 November 2016.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2015/16: Santo Antão North Premier Division
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.

Results

Position changes

Statistics

• Biggest win:

Paulense 5 - 0 Santo Crucifixo (November 19)

Paulense 5 - 0 Janela (March 25)

• Longest first place streak: Paulense (all season)
• Longest winning streak: Paulense (weeks 1-8)
• Longest unbeaten streak: Paulense (all season)

References

External links

• "Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol" (in Portuguese). 
• Santo Antão (North Zone) at Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol website (in Portuguese)
• Season results and highlights at rsssf.com