Santo Antão North Premier Division

Santo Antão North Premier Division
Founded1997
RegionCape Verde Northeastern Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde
Number of clubs6
Promotion toCape Verdean Football Championship
Relegation toSanto Antão North Second Division
Domestic cup(s)Ribeira Grande Cup
Ribeira Grande Super Cup
Current championsPaulense DC (7th time)
(2016-17)
Most championshipsPaulense DC (7 times)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Santo Antão North Premier Division is a regional championship played in Ribeira Grande and Paul (though not listed), Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde. It is organized by the Santo Antão North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Zona Norte do Santo Antão, ARFZNSA).[1] The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. The league was formed in 1997 and continued to play with the Santo Antão Island League until the breakup into the north and south zones in 2002.

Six clubs participate, a club with the most points participates in the national championships each season while the last placed club from the regional premier division relegates into the second division the following season.

In 2013, the main portion became the Premier Division after the Premier Division was added.

Paulense has the most island titles with six and will total seven on its entirety in late March, second is Solpontense with five, third is Rosariense with three and three clubs Beira-Mar and Foguetões and now Sinagoga with only one title.

Santo Antão North Premier Division- Clubs 2017/18

Winners

Source:[2]

Regional championships (1997-2012)

Regional Premier Division (since 2013)

Performance by club

Club Winners Winning Years
Paulense DC 7 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
Solpontense Futebol Clube 5 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013
Rosariense Clube 3 1998, 2007, 2011
Os Foguetões 2 2009, 2018
Beira-Mar (Ribeira Grande) 1 2006
Sinagoga 1 2016

Performance by municipality

Municipality Winners Club location Winners Winning years
Ribeira Grande 10 Ponta do Sol 5 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013
Ribeira Grande 4 1998, 2006, 2007, 2011
Sinagoga 1 2016
Paul 8 Pombas 7 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
Eito 2 2009, 2018

Seasons by club

The left indicates the participation in the North Zone and its Premier Division, inside the bracket is overall participation as one island and the North Zone.

Seasons Clubs
18 (c. 35) Paulense
16 (c. 30) Solpontense
16 Os Foguetões
15 (c.. 30) Rosariense
15 Beira Mar
14 CD Sinagoga
3 Janela
2 Irmãos Unidos, UD Santo Crucifixo
1 São Pedro Apóstolo

See also

References

  1. ^ "Santo Antão Norte". Fcf.cv. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  2. ^ Santo Antão North Zone Winners at RSSSF