2014 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship explained

Competition:São Tomé and Principe Championship
Season:2014
Winners:UDRA
Matches:1
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

The 2014 São Tomé and Principe Championship was the 29th season of the São Tomé and Principe Championship the top-level football championship of São Tomé and Principe. It began in 10 May (a week later than scheduled[1]) and concluded on December 17.[2] Two national final matches occurred in the season.[3] UDRA from São Tomé island won their first and only title.

Teams

36 teams participated in the São Tomé and Principe Championship, 30 from São Tomé Island (10 in each division) and 6 from Príncipe Island. At the end of season champion of São Tomé Island League and champion of Principe Island League play one match for champion of São Tomé and Principe.

São Tomé teams 2014

Premier Division

Ten clubs participated in the 2014 season (third time since its reduction), UDRA won their first and only title and went on to participate in the national championship match for the first time in November. Guadalupe and Trindade were relegated in the season.

Teams

ClubCityDistrict
Aliança NacionalPantufoÁgua Grande
Bairros Unidos FCCaixão GrandeMé-Zóchi
CD GuadalupeGuadalupeLobata
Juba Diogo SimãoDiogo Simão
FC Neves[4] (Newly Promoted)NevesLembá
Oque d'El ReiOque d’El ReiÁgua Grande
Sporting Praia Cruz (Current champions)São ToméÁgua Grande
Trindade (Newly Promoted)TrindadeMé-Zóchi
UDRASão João dos AngolaresCaué
Vitória FCSão ToméÁgua Grande

League table

Second Division

The second division featured 10 clubs. Correia, Folha Fede and Santana, three clubs elevated into the premier division and Cruz Vermelha and UDESCAI were relegated into the third division.

Third Division

The third division featured 10 clubs. Porto Alegre and Ribeira Peixe were elevated into the second division.

Clubs not in competition

Principe teams 2014

Six clubs took part in the 2014 season. Again FC Porto Real won another title and participated in the national championship match in November.

ClubCityDistrict
1º de MaioSanto AntónioPagué
GD Os OperáriosSanto AntónioPagué
FC Porto Real (Current champions)Porto RealPagué
Sporting Clube do PríncipeSanto AntónioPagué
GD SundySundy [5] Pagué
UDAPBPicãoPagué

League table

National final

Two national final matches took place on November 13 and 17 at noon, four days apart.[6] The match featured FC Porto Real from Príncipe and UDRA from São Tome Island. Porto Real won the first leg 2-1, the last goal for Porto Real was a penalty kick scored by Joy and UDRA won the second 1-0 and UDRA won the penalty shootouts to become the twelfth and most recent club to win the first title. UDRA was to achieve entry into the 2015 CAF Champions League, the qualification dispute did not brought UDRA to the African competition by the São Tomean Football Federation (FSF)[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Está condicionado o arranque do campeonato 2014. Téla Nón. 14 May 2014.
  2. Web site: São Tomé results 2014. RSSSF.
  3. Web site: STP Championship.
  4. Web site: CLUB SOCCER . 2011-07-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110813184225/http://club-soccer.com/Continents/africa/saotome.htm . 2011-08-13 .
  5. Web site: 301 Moved Permanently. https://archive.today/20120907144747/http://www.places-in-the-world.com/2410748-st-place-sundi.html?PHPSESSID=0kadab2vmgeclcdksgdi3psul5. dead. September 7, 2012. places-in-the-world.com. 20 January 2016.
  6. Web site: 2014 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. RSSSF.
  7. Web site: UDRA Campeão Nacional de Futebol. UDRA, the National Champion of Soccer. Téla Nón. 25 December 2014.