2009 Cape Verdean Football Championships Explained

Competition:Cape Verdean Football Championship
Season:2009
Winners:Sporting Clube da Praia
Runner-Up:Académica da Praia
Matches:36
Total Goals:96
League Topscorer:Kadu (7)
Biggest Home Win:Mindelense
Prevseason:2008
Nextseason:2010

The 2009 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 30th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 16 April, earlier than the last season and finished on 11 June. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.[1] Sporting would win their 8th title and fourth straight after defeating the city's rival Académica. This was the first final competition that featured two clubs from the same island as well as the same city, it happened the following season with Boavista. Sporting Praia's next and final title would win in 2012.

Overview

Sporting Clube da Praia was again the defending team of the title. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title.

It was the only club that got three titles until 2016 when CS Mindelense became the second club to win three back-to-back titles. The biggest win was Mindelense who scored 6 against Foguetões. Only one match which one team scored the highest point and the season was again not the retelling of high scoring records.

The championships was the last appearance for Académica Praia.

Participating clubs

Information about the clubs

ClubLocationVenueCapacity
Académica OperáriaSal ReiArsénio Ramos500
PraiaVárzea12,000
Estrela dos AmadoresTarrafalTarrafal1,000
FoguetõesPaúlJoão Serra1,000
MindeloAdérito Sena5,000
Vila Nova SintraAquiles de Oliveira500
Onze UnidosVila do Maio20 de Janeiro4,000
Sport Clube Santa MariaSanta MariaMarcelo Leitão8,000
Sporting Clube do Porto NovoPorto NovoAmílcar Cabral500
Sporting Clube da PraiaPraiaVárzea12,000
Tarrafal de São NicolauOrlando Rodrigues5,000
Vulcânicos FCSão Filipe5 de Julho1,000

League standings

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Académica da Praia5410105+513
2CS Mindelense5401134+912
3FC Ultramarina5212116+57
4Onze Unidos52125507
5Sport Clube Santa Maria5023613-72
6Foguetões5014315-121

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Sporting Clube da Praia5410111+712
2Sporting Clube do Porto Novo530296+39
3SC Morabeza521248-47
4Vulcânicos FC521234-17
5Estrela dos Amadores520378-16
6Académica Operária501429-71

Results

Week 1
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Mindelense2 - 0Onze Unidos16 May
Foguetões0 - 1Académica Praia17 May
Ultramarina4 - 0Santa Maria9 June
Sporting Praia0 - 0Vulcânico16 May
Sporting Porto Novo2 - 0Académica Operária16 May
Morabeza2 - 1Estrela Amadores17 May
Week 2
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Santa Maria1 - 2Mindelense23 May
Onze Unidos1 - 0Foguetões23 May
Académica Praia3 - 1Ultramarina23 May
Académica Operária1 - 3Sporting Praia23 May
Vulcânico0 - 2Morabeza24 May
Estrela Amadores3 - 2Sporting Porto Novo24 May
Week 3
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Foguetões3 - 3Santa Maria30 May
Académica Praia2 - 1Onze Unidos30 May
Ultramarina1 - 2Mindelense31 May
Sporting Porto Novo0 - 3Sporting Praia30 May
Estrela Amadores0 - 2Vulcânico30 May
Morabeza0 - 0Acádemica Operária31 May
Week 4
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Académica Praia2 - 2Santa Maria6 June
Onze Unidos1 - 1Ultramarina6 June
Mindelense6 - 0Foguetões6 June
Vulcânico0 - 2Sporting Porto Novo6 June
Estrela Amadores3 - 1Acádemica Operária6 June
Sporting Praia4 - 0Morabeza7 June
Week 5
HomeScoreVisitorDate
Mindelense1 - 2Académica Praia13 June
Santa Maria0 - 2Onze Unidos13 June
Foguetões0 - 4Ultramarina13 June
Sporting Praia1 - 0Estrela Amadores13 June
Acádemica Operária0 - 1Vulcânico13 June
Morabeza0 - 3Sporting Porto Novo13 June

Final Stages

Semi-finals

Source: [1]

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Finals

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Statistics

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cape Verde Islands 2009 - Match Details.