Sal Island Opening Tournament Explained

Sal Island Opening Tournament
Founded:around 2001 or 2002
Region: Sal Island, Cape Verde
Number Of Teams:12 (6 in each two divisions)
Current Champions:SC Santa Maria (2nd time)
Most Successful Club:Académico do Aeroporto (9 titles)

The Sal Island Opening Tournament (Portuguese: Torneio de Abertura da Ilha do Sal, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Turneiu de Abertura Idja du Sal) is an opening tournament competition played during the season in the island of Sal, Cape Verde. The competition is organized by the Sal Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Sal, ARFS).[1] The competition is similar to a league cup used in other countries. The first competition began in the 2000s.

As the league later had two divisions, unlike other islands, the 2015 season had all of the clubs from the first and second divisions competed and extended to 11 rounds with several new clubs who started competing in official competitions. The group system was restored for the 2016-17 season and had two groups and each round, the leader of each group headed to the final and has two divisions.. The current winner is SC Santa Maria who became the fourth club to win their only title.

Winners

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-up
2001/02Académica do Sal
2002-04Unknown
2004/05Académico do Aeroporto
2005/06Académico do Aeroporto
2006/07Palmeira
2007/08Académica do Sal
2008/09Académico do Aeroporto
2009/10Académico do Aeroporto
2010/11Académico do Aeroporto
2011/12Académica do Sal
2012/13Académico do Aeroporto
2013/14Académico do Aeroporto
2014/15Académico do Aeroporto
2015-16Académico do Aeroporto
2016/17Santa Maria
2017Santa Maria1–0Académico do Aeroporto

Performance By Club

Listed titles only

ClubWinnersWinning Years
Académico do Aeroporto92005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Académica do Sal2 listed2002, 2008
SC Santa Maria22016/17, 2017
GD Palmeira1 listed2007

Performance by area

Listed titles only

Settlement or cityAreaWinning years
Espargos11 listed2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Santa Maria3 listed2007, 2016/17, 2017

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fcf.cv/pt/index.php/associacoes/sal Sal Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website