2002 Cape Verdean Football Championships Explained
The 2002 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 23rd of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. The competition started on 11 May and finished on 6 July 2002. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.[1] Sporting Praia won their fourth title. No club participated in the 2003 CAF Champions League and the 2003 CAF Winners Cup.
Overview
Onze Unidos was the defending team of the title. A total of 9 clubs, 36 matches were played and 117 goals were scored.[1] It was one of the few seasons that the total number of points would be the champion, it had fewer games compared to other football leagues and this would be the last season to do so. The following season, they used the group system with 4 matches and with playoffs though the semis would be added, also the Santiago and Santo Antão Island Leagues would be split into two and the total number of clubs risen to 11. The number of goals were higher than any other season in history until 2005. Sporting and Bautuque shared the record total of 19 points, no other club surpassed it since, even into the creation of a three-group season with six matches for each club made in May 2017. Batuque scored the most at home, the most in a regular season.
Participants
Information about the clubs
League standings
Results
| width=150 | Club | width=30 | Prai | width=30 | Batu | width=30 | Fogo | width=30 | Sal | width=30 | SCAt | width=30 | SalR | width=30 | Sanj | width=30 | Onze | width=30 | Brav |
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| Sporting Clube da Praia | | 1-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | | | | 2-0 | |
| Batuque FC | | | | 4-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 4-1 | | |
| Académica (Fogo) | | 2-1 | | 1-2 | | 4-2 | 5-1 | | |
| Académico do Aeroporto | | | | | 3-0 | 2-1 | 4-1 | | 3-0 |
| SC Atlético | 2-1 | | 1-1 | | | | | 3-0 | 6-0 |
| Académico Sal Rei | 0-1 | | | | 0-1 | | 2-0 | | 2-0 |
| Sanjoanense (Porto Novo) | 0-2 | | | | 1-2 | | | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Onze Unidos | | 0-1 | 2-5 | 1-1 | | 0-2 | | | |
| Académica (Brava) | 0-9 | 0-1 | 0-3 | | | | | 1-1 | | |
| Week 1 |
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| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
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| Sanjoanense | 2 - 1 | Onze Unidos | 11 May |
| Académica Fogo | 4 - 2 | Académica Operaria | 11 May |
| Atlético | 2 - 1 | Sporting Praia | 11 May |
| Batuque | 4 - 1 | Académico Aeroporto | 11 May | |
| Week 2 |
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| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
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| Académica Brava | 0 - 1 | Batuque | 18 May |
| Académico Aeroporto | 3 - 0 | Atlético | 18 May |
| Sporting Praia | 3 - 0 | Académica Fogo | 18 May |
| Académica Operaria | 2 - 0 | Sanjoanense | 18 May | |
| Week 3 |
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| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
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| Onze Unidos | 0 - 2 | Académica Operaria | 25 May |
| Sanjoanense | 0 - 2 | Sporting Praia | 25 May |
| Académica Fogo | 1 - 2 | Académico Aeroporto | 25 May |
| Atlético | 6 - 0 | Académica Brava | 25 May | |
| Week 4 |
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| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
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| Batuque | 3 - 0 | Atlético | 1 June |
| Académico Aeroporto | 4 - 1 | Sanjoanense | 1 June |
| Sporting Praia | 2 - 0 | Onze Unidos | 1 June |
| Académica Brava | 0 - 3 | Académica Fogo | 2 June | |
| Week 5 |
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| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
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| Académica Operaria | 0 - 1 | Sporting Praia | 8 June |
| Onze Unidos | 1 - 1 | Académico Aeroporto | 8 June |
| Sanjoanense | 2 - 1 | Académica Brava | 8 June |
| Académica Fogo | 2 - 1 | Batuque | 8 June | |
| Week 6 |
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| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
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| Atlético | 1 - 1 | Académica Fogo | 15 June |
| Batuque | 4 - 1 | Sanjoanense | 15 June |
| Académico Aeroporto | 2 - 1 | Académica Operaria | 15 June |
| Académica Brava | 1 - 1 | Onze Unidos | 16 June | |
| Week 7 |
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| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
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| Sporting Praia | 3 - 1 | Académico Aeroporto | 22 June |
| Académica Operaria | 2 - 0 | Académica Brava | 22 June |
| Onze Unidos | 0 - 1 | Batuque | 22 June |
| Sanjoanense | 1 - 2 | Atlético | 22 June | |
| Week 8 |
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| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
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| Académico Fogo | 5 - 1 | Sanjoanense | 29 June |
| Atlético | 3 - 0 | Onze Unidos | 29 June |
| Batuque | 3 - 0 | Académica Operaria | 29 June |
| Académica Brava | 0 - 9 | Sporting Praia | 29 June | |
| Week 9 |
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| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
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| Académico Aeroporto | 3 - 0 | Académica Brava | 6 July |
| Sporting Praia | 1 - 1 | Batuque | 6 July |
| Académica Operaria | 0 - 1 | Atlético | 6 July |
| Onze Unidos | 2 - 5 | Académico Fogo | 6 July | |
Position changes
Statistics
- Top scorer: Di: 9 goals (Sporting Praia)
- Highest scoring match: Académica Brava 0-9 Sporting Praia (June 29)
- Longest winning streak: Sporting Praia
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.rsssf.org/tablesk/kaapv02.html 2002 Cape Verdean Football Championships at rsssf.org
