Santiago South Premier Division

Santiago Island League (South)
Founded 2002
Region Cape Verde Southern Santiago Island, Cape Verde
Number of teams 12 (Premier Division)
10 (Second Division)
Promotion to Cape Verdean Football Championship
Relegation to Santiago South Second Division
Domestic cup(s) Praia Cup
Praia Super Cup
Current champions Sporting Clube da Praia (10th time)
(2016-17)
Most championships Sporting Clube da Praia (10 times)
Website Official website

The Santiago South Premier Division is a regional championship played in Santiago Island, Cape Verde and is a part of the Santiago South Zone Football Association..[1] The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season while the 11th placed club plays with the second placed Second Division club to decide to remain in the Premier Division or be relegated, the last place club directly relegated into the second division in the following season. In 2007 and 2013 when Sporting Praia automatically qualified in the championships as they won their national titles in the previous season, a second place club qualified to the national championships. The league was formed after the split of the Santiago Island League into the north and south zones in 2002 and the two are the youngest island leagues in Cape Verde, it featured clubs only from the municipality of Praia, Ribeira Grande de Santiago split in 2005 and featured from two parts up to 2010, clubs from São Domingos switched from the North to the South Zone in 2010, Garridos first played during the 2013-14 season. In the late 2000s and up to mid 2015, the championship/league contained ten clubs in each of the two divisions. The championship has the most number of clubs in the country with the exception of the 2015-16 season which was second, currently it is shared with the island's North Zone.

The season features 12 clubs in the premier division for the second time, Varanda and Delta were relegated into the Second Division, Tchadense and Benfica were promoted last season.

Title history

Every title won are clubs that serves the whole of Praia. The first club won after the breakup was Travadores in 2003, Académica was the second winner in 2004, Sporting Praia won two consecutive titles in 2005 and in 2006. Académica won in 2007, then Sporting in 2008, Académica won two back to back titles in 2009, then Sporting in 2010. Boavista won their first in 2011. Sporting won three consecutive titles, one was their recent in 2014. Boavista won their recent title in 2015. Desportivo won their only title in 2016. Sporting won their tenth title in 2017.

Records and successes

Sporting Praia had the longest streak with only wins which was 19 which lasted from April 3, 2004 to April 10, 2005. Sporting Praia has now recently surpassed the record point total of 49 in 2005 and now has over 50 points as of the 20th round of the 2016-17 season.

Clubs 2016/17

The 2016/17 begun in November, it is the second season that features twelve clubs.

Winners

Performance By Club

Club Winners Winning Years
Sporting Clube da Praia 10 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017
Académica (Praia) 3 2004, 2007, 2009
Boavista FC (Cape Verde) 2 2011, 2015
Desportivo da Praia 1 2016
CD Travadores 1 2003

Topscorers

By season

Season Nat. Name Goals Club(s)
2013–14 Cape Verde Márcio Desportivo da Praia
2015–16[2] Cape Verde Matxona 16 Boavista da Praia
Cape Verde António Correia 14 Sporting Clube da Praia
Cape Verde Nildo 13 Académica da Praia
2016–17[3] Cape Verde Ro 16 Desportivo da Praia
Cape Verde Anilton 14 Boavista Praia
Cape Verde Paiva Tavares CD Travadores
Nigeria Matthew Mbutidem Sunday 13 Sporting Clube da Praia

Other sports

The regional association also has its own basketball championships. The competition is run by the Santiago South Zone Basketball Association (ARBZSS, Associação de Basquetebol (or Basquete) de Zona Sul de Santiago). The champion competes into the national championships each year.

Teams

Former teams

Winners

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ARFSS at the FCF website". fcf.cv. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Statistics of the 2015–16 Santiago South Zone football (soccer) season". Konkuri.
  3. ↑ "Statistics of the 2016–17 Santiago South Zone football (soccer) season". Konkuri.
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