São Nicolau Cup Explained

São Nicolau Cup
Founded:2005
Region: São Nicolau Island, Cape Verde
Number Of Teams:8
Current Champions:Ultramarina Tarrafal (4th time)
Most Successful Club:Ultramarina Tarrafal (4 titles)

The São Nicolau Island Cup (Portuguese: Taça da Ilha de São Nicolau, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Tasa da Dja de San Nikolau) is a cup competition played during the season in the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde, it consists of all the clubs from all the two regional divisions and are divided into about four rounds. The competition is organized by the São Nicolau Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de São Nicolau, ARFSN).[1] The cup winner competes in the regional super cup final in the following season, when a cup winner also wins the championship, a runner-up competes, it was done for the first and only time in 2017, before, it was the only regional cup where no cup runner up qualified. For several seasons, the winner qualified into Cape Verdean Cup which has been cancelled due to financial and scheduling reasons.

Its recent cup winner is Ultramarina Tarrafal who won their fourth title and their second straight.

About the cup and title history

FC Belo Horizonte and now Ultramarina Tarrafal has won the most number of cup titles numbering three, the least are Desportivo Ribeira Brava and Talho who have a title each.

Ribeira Brava Municipality has the most number of cup titles won numbering seven, of which three were won by Juncalinho and Ribeira Brava and one from Talho while Tarrafal de São Nicolau has four cup titles.

Only Caleijão (a club no longer exist today) and Académica da Preguiça are the only clubs who never won a cup title.

Winners

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-up
2005/06Belo Horizonte
2006/07AJAT'SN
2007/08SC Atlético
2008/09Belo Horizonte
2009/10Talho
2010-11Desportivo Ribeira Brava
2011-12FC Ultramarina
2012/13SC Atlético1–1 (5–4 pen)FC Belo Horizonte
2013/14FC Ultramarina[2] [3]
2014/15Belo Horizonte[4]
2015/16AJAT'SN[5]
2016/17FC Ultramarina Tarrafal4–0Desportivo Ribeira Brava
2017–18FC Ultramarina Tarrafal1–0Académica da Preguiça

Performance By Club

ClubWinnersWinning Years
FC Ultramarina42012, 2014, 2017, 2018
Belo Horizonte32006, 2009, 2015
AJAT'SN22007, 2016
SC Atlético22008, 2013
Desportivo Ribeira Brava12011
FC Talho12010

Performance by Municipality

MunicipalityWinnersClub locationWinnersWinning years
Ribeira Brava7Juncalinho32006, 2009, 2015
Ribeira Brava32008, 2011, 2013
Talho12010
Tarrafal de São Nicolau6Tarrafal de São Nicolau62007, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fcf.cv/pt/index.php/associacoes/sao-nicolau São Nicolau Regional Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website
  2. http://www.noticiasn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=905:fc-ultramarina-conquista-taca-de-sao-nicolau&catid=4:desporto&Itemid=34 «F.C Ultramarina conquista Taça de São Nicolau»
  3. Web site: Batalha. José. 2013/14 São Nicolau Cup. 4 June 2014. RSSSF. 30 December 2016.
  4. Web site: Batalha. José. 2014/15 São Nicolau Cup. 23 December 2015. RSSSF. 30 December 2016.
  5. Web site: Batalha. José. 2015/16 São Nicolau Cup. 23 December 2015. RSSSF. 30 December 2016.