2014–15 Académica da Praia season

Académica da Praia

2014–15 season
Chairman	Júlio César Tomar
Manager	José Barros Zé Piguita
Stadium	Estádio da Várzea
Santiago Island League (South)	5th
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The 2014–15 Académica da Praia season were in the island division of football (soccer). The club finished 5th after AD Bairro and behind Celtic Praia with 27 points and 16 goals.^[1]

The club also had 8 wins, 3 ties and 7 losses.

Santiago Island League (South)

The Os Garridos-Académica Praia match practice on February 28

The 2014-15 season^[2] would start being seventh, they would ranked higher than the city's greatest club Sporting Praia for six weeks and the second greatest CD Travadores throughout the season. The second and third week had their highest ranking of second.

Their first match was a draw with Os Garridos as no goals were scored, their first win was on December 12 against CD Travadores with 3-1. Académica Praia was tied no goals in their second draw with Bairro Craveiro Lopes a week later. Their second win was on January 9 against Celtic. Académica lost to Desportivo Praia on week 5. The next two matches ended in victory against Vitória and Varanda followed by two losses to Sporting Praia and Boavista. Two wins followed for two weeks on February 28, the start of round 2 followed by two additional losses on March 14. The club's third and final draw took place on March 28 with Desportivo and the only ended with a goal. In the final month of the season, two final wins of the season followed on April 3 and 16 and two final losses of the season followed on 19 and 16 of the same month to Sporting and Boavista.^[1]

The home-away wins were 50/50, 9 goals were scored at home and 7 goals were scored away, the number equalled to goals conceded away. 2/3 of the match draws were away.

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
6 December 2014	Os Garridos	A	0-0	no goals scored		7th
12 December 2014	CD Travadores	H	3-1			3rd
20 December 2014	AD Bairro	H	0-0	no goals scored		2nd
9 January 2015	Celtic	H	1-0			2nd
18 January 2015	Desportivo Praia	A	4-1			4th
31 January 2015	Vitória	H	1-0			3rd
8 February 2015	Varanda	A	0-1			3rd
15 February 2015	Sporting Clube da Praia	H	0-2	no goals scored		4th
22 February 2015	Boavista	A	0-1	no goals scored		3rd
28 February 2015	Os Garridos	H	0-1			4th
6 March 2015	CD Travadores	A	0-2			4th
14 March 2015	AD Bairro	H	0-3	no goals scored		4th
21 March 2015	Celtic	A	2-1			4th
28 March 2015	Desportivo Praia	H	1-1			4th
3 April 2015	Vitória	A	0-2			4th
16 April 2015	Varanda	H	1-0			4th
19 April 2015	Sporting Praia	A	1-0	no goals scored		4th
26 April 2015	Boavista	H	2-3			5th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Celtic	18	7	6	5	22	17	+5	27
5	Académica da Praia	18	8	3	7	16	18	-2	27
6	AD Bairro	18	5	4	9	26	28	-2	19

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	8	3	7	16	18	−2	27	4	1	4	9	11	−2	4	2	3	7	7	0

Last updated: May 4, 2015.
Source: Rankings at rsssf

Squad

As of February 2015^[3]

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

No. Position Player 6 MF Buco 9 Bruno II 15 Djinkele 16 MF Sylla MF Admilson Tchabaninha Tutusca Caluca Jû Tey Mundinho

No. Position Player Pascoal GK Henry Jû II GK Kélvi Pety Luis Carlos Nilton Silvino Souleymane DF Mandinho Vany

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From
2015		Moises Lopes	Boavista FC

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
2015	GK	Kelvi (Kelvi Lévi Lopes)	Sporting Clube da Praia

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager and head coach	Zé Piguita

Last updated: May 2015
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Other information

As of 2015

Chairman	Júlio César Tomar
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estádio da Várzea (5,000 / 108x69 m)

Last updated: May 2015
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Team kit

Home	Away/Alternate

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References

1. Santiago South highlights at rsssf.com
2. "Futebol Santiago Sul: Campeonato Regional Época 2014–15 Arranca A 05 De Dezembro (2014–15 Santiago South Regional Football Championships Begins on December 5" (in Portuguese). Criolosport , 8 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
3. Académica Praia article on the Spanish Wikipedia