2013–14 in Cape Verdean football

Football in Cape Verde

Season	2013–14
2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships	CS Mindelense
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Diary of the season

In the 2013–14 season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde:

• Around October 14 - FC Ultramarina won their recent cup title for São Nicolau^[1]
• November 15 - the 2013–14 Santiago Island South Zone begins
• November 16 - Paulense celebrated its 32nd anniversary^[2]
• November 23 - the 2013–14 Fogo Island League begins
• December 7 - the 2013–14 São Vicente Island League begins
• December 14:
  • The 2013–14 Brava Island League begins
  • The 2013–14 Santo Antão Island League (South) begins
  • The 2013–14 São Nicolau Island League begins
• December 15 - the 2013–14 Maio Island League begins
• December 21:
  • The 2013–14 Boa Vista Island League begins
  • The 2013–14 Santo Antão Island League (North) begins
• January 18 - the 2013–14 Sal Island League begins
• March 9 - Académica da Calheta finished with 21 points and won their third and recent title for Maio and qualified into the national championships.^[3]
• March 23:
  • Académica do Porto Novo finished with 34 points and won their eight title for Santo Antão South Zone and qualified into the national championships^[4]
  • SC Atlético finished with 36 points and won their fourth title for São Nicolau and qualified into the national championships^[5]
  • Sporting Clube da Brava finished with 32 points and won their first title for Brava and qualified into the national championships for the first time
• March 29 - Sport Clube Verdun finished with 20 points and won their second title for Sal and qualified into the national championships for the first time in more than thirty years
• March 30:
  • Académica Operária finished with 34 points and won their 18th title for Boa Vista and qualified into the national champions
  • Académica do Fogo finished with 42 points and won their 13th and recent title for Fogo and qualified into the national championships
  • FC Derby finished with 32 points and won their ninth and recent title for São Vicente and qualified into the national championships, Mindelense, champion of the previous national season also qualified
  • Grémio Nhágar won their only regional title for Santiago North Zone and qualified for the first time into the national championships^[6]
  • Paulense finished with 22 points and won their 6th title for Santo Antão North Zone^[7]
  • Sporting Clube da Praia finished with 44 points and won their 8th and recent title for Santiago South Zone
  • All qualifications into the National Championships listed
• April 6 - National Championships begins
• May 5 - Regular season ends, Académica do Fogo, Académica do Porto Novo, Mindelense and Sporting Praia advanced into the semis
• May 10 - The Semi-finals started
• May 17 - Académica do Fogo and CS Mindelense advanced into the finals
• May 24 - The Finals began
• May 31 - CS Mindelense claimed their 10th national title,^[8] the club qualified into the 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships the following year.
• Early Summer - Tarrafal FC de Monte Trigo was formed, it would participate in the Southern Santo Antão Regional Championships
• July 5 - Boavista Praia celebrated its 75th anniversary, the same date as Independence Day in Cape Verde, it would feature friendly matches with other Cape Verdean clubs in the following season
• August 13 - Spartak d'Aguadinha was coached for a season by Joel de Castro, the club's first and only Portuguese coach^[9]

Final standings

Cape Verdean Football Championships

The first two Group A teams had 7 goals. Académica do Fogo scored the most with 10 goals in the season and had three wins. Mindelense had nine and had four wins and qualified into the semis. Académica do Porto Novo and Sporting Praia lost in the semis, the first without goals and the second with a total of two scored. In the finals, Mindelense defeated Académica Fogo 2-1 in the first leg, the second leg was scoreless and Mindelense claimed their tenth national title and its national title totals superseded Sporting Praia.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sporting Clube da Praia	5	4	1	0	7	1	+6	13
2	Académica do Porto Novo	5	2	2	1	7	2	+5	8
3	Grémio Nhágar	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	8
4	Paulense Desportivo Clube	5	1	1	3	4	6	-2	4
5	FC Derby	5	1	1	3	4	6	-2	4
6	Sporting Clube da Brava	5	0	2	3	3	12	-9	2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CS Mindelense	5	4	0	1	9	2	+7	12
2	Académica do Fogo	5	3	2	0	10	4	+6	11
3	SC Atlético	5	2	1	2	3	3	0	7
4	Académica da Calheta	5	2	0	3	5	8	-3	6
5	Académica Operária	5	2	0	3	3	9	-6	6
6	Sport Clube Verdun	5	0	1	4	3	7	-4	1

Final Stages

	Semi-Finals							Finals
		Sporting Clube da Praia	0	2	2
		Académica do Fogo	0	2	2				Académica do Fogo	1	0	1
		CS Mindelense	0	3	3				CS Mindelense	2	0	2
		Académica do Porto Novo	0	0	0

Leading goalscorer: Sidney (CS Mindelense) - goals

Island or regional competitions

Regional Championships Competition Winners Premier Second Boa Vista Académica Operária Brava Sporting Fogo Académica do Fogo Baxada Maio Académica da Calheta Sal Sport Clube Verdun Santiago North Zone Grémio Nhágar Santiago South Zone Sporting Clube da Praia Os Garridos Santo Antão North Zone Paulense Beira-Mar Santo Antão South Zone Académica do Porto Novo São Nicolau SC Atlético São Vicente FC Derby Académica do Mindelo

Regional Cups Competition Winners Boa Vista Onze Estrelas Brava Fogo Maio Sal Juventude Santiago North Zone Santiago South Zone Sporting Clube da Praia Santo Antão North Zone Sinagoga Santo Antão South Zone Académica do Porto Novo São Nicolau SC Atlético São Vicente Batuque FC

Regional Super Cups The 2013 champion winner played with a 2013 cup winner (when a club won both, a second place club competed). Competition Winners Boa Vista Sport Sal Rei Club Brava Fogo Maio Académico 83 Sal Académico do Aeroporto Santiago North Zone Sinagoga Santiago South Zone Sporting Clube da Praia Santo Antão North Zone Paulense Desportivo Clube Santo Antão South Zone Académica do Porto Novo São Nicolau São Vicente Falcões do Norte[10]

Regional Opening Tournaments For the 2013 season Competition Winners Boa Vista Brava Sporting Clube da Brava Fogo Maio Sal Académico do Aeroporto Santiago North Zone Santiago South Zone Santo Antão North Zone Santo Antão South Zone São Nicolau São Vicente

References

1. «F.C Ultramarina conquista Taça de São Nicolau», noticiaSN.com, October 2013(Portuguese), retrieved on 14 October 2014
2. "Paulense Desportivo Club, Santo Antão Norte, comemora 32ª aniversario com gala" (in Portuguese). RTC. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
3. "Maio: Académica da Calheta sagra se campeão" [Académica from Calheta Won the Island Title]. Criolosports (in Portuguese). March 2014.
4. "Santo Antão Sul: Académica do Porto Novo sagra se tetra-campeão" [Académica of Porto Novo Won Their Fourth Consecutive Title]. Criolosports (in Portuguese). March 2014.
5. "Sport Clube Atlético é campeão em São Nicolau". SAPO Desporto. March 2014.
6. "Grèmio Nhagar Wom Their Only Title For the Santiago North Zone". SAPO CV (in Portuguese). May 2014.
7. "Paulense em S. Antão e Verdam no Sal sagram-se campeões regionais". SAPO Desporto. March 2014.
8. "Campeonato Nacional: Mindelense Revalida O Título". Criolosport (in Portuguese). 31 May 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
9. "Futebol Fogo: Treinador Português No Spartak Do Fogo" [A Portuguese Trainer for Spartak Fogo]. Criolosport. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015. (Portuguese)
10. "Falcões do Norte Won the São Vicente Football (Soccer) Super Cup" (in Portuguese). RTC.