2015–16 Académica da Praia season

Académica da Praia

2015–16 season
Chairman	Júlio César Tomar
Manager	José Barros Zé Piguita
Stadium	Estádio da Várzea
Santiago Island League (South)	4th
← 2014–15

The 2015–16 Académica da Praia season were in the regional premier division of football (soccer). The club finished 4th after Sporting Praia and behind ADESBA with 43 points, more than half more and 32 goals, double than last season.^[1]

The club also had 13 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses.

Santiago Island League (South)

The 2014-15 season^[2]Académica da Praia started in the number one spot for eight weeks up to the tenth week with the exceptions of the second and third week which they were sixth and fifth. Their rankings dropped to second in week 11, then fifth for the next four weeks, then fourth in week 14, then fifth again, then sixth in week 18, then fifth again and rost up to fourth again in the final week where they would finish.^[1]

Being first, they would ranked higher than the city's greatest club Sporting Praia for eleven weeks weeks and the second greatest CD Travadores almost throughout the season except for week 2.

Their first match was a victory that was over Varanda, the club lost to Desportivo in the second week, the club stayed being first having a three game winning streak defeating the newcomer Eugênio Lima, Delta and Boavista, their first draw was with Vitória, then Sporting Praia, Académica would only have draws with that club. Another three game winning streak took place starting on February 15 and defeated Garridos, Celtic and Travadores. Académica went to a three game losing streak and losing to ADESBA, Varanda and Desportivo Praia. Académica again defeated Eugênio Lima and Delta but lost to Boavista, Académica's final loss. Académica defeated Vitória on April 3, on April 15 and 23, the first two of four weeks added to the season, the club went on a two game winning streak and defeated Garridos and Celtic. Académica went into a draw with Travadores. Their final match of the season was on May 8 and defeated ADESBA 1-0.^[1]

Académica Praia scored 32 goals, double than last season, 18 were scored at home and 14 were scored away, though the club had an extra win at home. Académica conceded 18 goals, of which 11, nearly a third were conceded at home.

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
13 November 2015	Varanda	H	2-1			1st
20 November 2015	Desportivo da Praia	A	1-0	no goals scored		6th
29 November 2015	Eugênio Lima	A	0-1	no goals scored		5th
11 December 2015	Delta	H	3-2			1st
19 December 2015	Boavista	A	1-5			1st
10 January 2016	Vitória	H	0-0	no goals scored		1st
16 January 2016	Sporting Praia	A	1-1			1st
15 February 2015	Os Garridos	H	1-0			1st
30 January 2016	Celtic	A	0-1			1st
6 February 2016	Travadores	H	4-0			1st
14 February 2016	ADESBA	A	1-0	no goals scored		2nd
19 February 2016	Varanda	A	1-0	no goals scored		5th
26 February 2016	Desportivo Praia	A	1-2			5th
6 March 2016	Eugênio Lima	H	3-1			5th
11 March 2016	Delta	A	0-2			4th
23 March 2016	Boavista	A	0-3	no goals scored		5th
3 April 2016	Vitória	A	0-1	no goals scored		5th
9 April 2016	Sporting Clube da Praia	H	2-2			6th
15 April 2016	Os Garridos	A	0-1			5th
23 April 2016	Celtic	H	1-0			5th
4 May 2016[lower-alpha 1]	Travadores	A	2-2			5th
8 May 2016	ADESBA	H	1-0			4th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Sporting Clube da Praia	22	13	7	2	49	17	+32	46
5	Académica da Praia	22	13	4	5	32	18	+14	43
6	ADESBA	22	11	8	3	26	13	+13	41

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
22	13	4	5	32	18	+14	43	7	2	2	18	11	+7	6	2	3	14	7	+7

Last updated: May 12, 2016.
Source: Rankings at rsssf

Squad information

As of March 2016^[3][4]

No.	Pos.	Name	Previous club
1	GK	Henry Ijama
1	GK	Aléssio
2	GK	Evandro Pina Dinis
3	GK	Carlos Jorge, Jr.
4	DF	Carlos Almeida
5	DF	Alberto Baessa
6	DF	Paulo Ricardo Tavares
7	DF	Admir de Jesus Lopes
8	DF	Nelson Alves
9	DF	Ronny (Paulo Fortes Soares)
10	MF	Admilson
11	MF	Wilker Ricardo Silva
12	MF	António José Horta
13	MF	Moises (Pires) Lopes	Boavista Praia
14	MF	Edeney Samir Lopes
15	MF	Abdoulaye Silla
16	MF	Adilson dos Reis Martins
17	DF	Mandinho
17	MF	Duco Edson Moníz
18	FW	Denane Barbosa
19	FW	Alex Ribeiro Correia
20	FW	Silvino Mendes
21	FW	Bruno Furtado
22	FW	Dário da Luz
23	FW	Danildo Lima Monteiro
23	FW	Carlos Alberto Ribeiro
25	DF	Adilson Tavares Furtado
25	GK	Constantino
26	MF	Daniel Patrick Gonçalves

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From
2015		Moises Lopes	Boavista FC

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
February 2016	GK	Henry Ijama
February 2016	MF	António José Horta
February 2016		Mandinho

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager and head coach	Zé Piguita

Last updated: May 2015
Source:

Other information

As of 2015

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

Last updated: May 2015
Source:

Team kit

Home	Away/Alternate

Source:

Notes

1. Originally for April 30, rescheduled for May 4

References

1. "2015-16 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
4. Article on the Ukrainian Wikipedia