2019 Cape Verdean Football Championships Explained

Competition:Cape Verdean Football Championships
Season:2019
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup2:Confederation Cup
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

The 2019 Cape Verdean Football Championships is the 40th season of the Cape Verdean Football Championships, the top-tier football league in Cape Verde.

Overview

A total of 12 clubs participate in the national championship (Campeonato Nacional).[1] Cape Verdean clubs in the nine inhabited islands will play between late 2017 and early 2018 in the eleven regional leagues, where each league winner qualify for the national championship. The defending champions also qualify, and if they win their regional league, the runner-up of their league also qualifies.

Teams

TeamQualifying methodGroup
Académica da PraiaWinner of the 2018 Cape Verdean Football ChampionshipsGroup A
Onze Estrelas Clube de BofareiraWinner of the 2018–19 Boa Vista Island ChampionshipsGroup C
Sporting Clube da BravaWinner of the 2018–19 Brava Island ChampionshipsGroup B
Académica do FogoWinner of the 2018–19 Fogo Island LeagueGroup A
Académico 83 do Porto InglêsWinner of the 2018–19 Maio Island ChampionshipsGroup B
GD Oásis AtlânticoWinner of the 2018–19 Sal Premier DivisionGroup C
GD VarandinhaWinner of the 2018–19 Santiago North Premier DivisionGroup C
GD Recreativo e Cultural Celtic da PraiaWinner of the 2018–19 Santiago South Premier Division (or runner-up if winner is Académica da Praia)Group C
UD Santo CrucifixoWinner of the 2018–19 Santo Antão North Premier DivisionGroup B
Académica do Porto NovoWinner of the 2018–19 Santo Antão South Island ChampionshipsGroup A
FC UltramarinaWinner of the 2018–19 São Nicolau Island ChampionshipsGroup B
CS MindelenseWinner of the 2018–19 São Vicente Island ChampionshipsGroup A

Group stage

Group winners and best runners-up advance to semi-finals

Group A

Group B

Group C

Final clubs' stadiums

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
CS MindelenseMindeloEstádio Municipal Adérito Sena5,000
GD Oásis AtlânticoSanta Maria

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesk/kaapv2019.html Cape Verde Islands 2018/19