2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships

Cape Verdean Football Championship
Season2014
ChampionsCS Mindelense
Matches played36
Goals scored73 (2.03 per match)
Biggest home winAcademica do Porto Novo
Biggest away winAcadémica da Calheta, Académica do Fogo
Highest scoringSy (5)
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The 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 35th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 5 April and finished on 31 May, earlier than the previous year as some days later, television viewers would later tune to the 2014 World Cup which took place in Brazil. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.[1] CS Mindelense won the tenth title and their second in a row, its total number of titles superseded Sporting Praia's totals by one.[2] They did not participate in the 2015 CAF Champions League.

Overview

CS Mindelense was the team defending the title. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. Again more than three clubs shared the same club name starting with Académica numbering four out of twelve. Once again, half of Group B clubs would bear the first club name but only half would bear the name in the knockout stage.

SC Verdun of Pedra de Lume made their next national appearance in 34 years and first also featuring a group stage. Grémio Nhágar was the only participant of the north of Santiago that came from the municipality of Santa Catarina and Assomada.

The biggest win was Académico do Porto Novo who scored 5-0 over Sporting Clube from Brava. Mindelense scored the most matches at home numbering seven and was a record at the national championships.

The season would have the fewest goals in history after the expansion of the clubs to over ten, fewer than last season. Unlike last season, only two matches had nil points. Week 2 had the lowest scoring. Some matches finished 1-0 or 0-1.

Participating clubs

Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)

Information about the clubs

Club Location Venue Capacity
Académica da Calheta Vila do Maio Maio 4,000
Académica do Fogo São Filipe 5 de Julho 1,000
Académica Operária Sal Rei Arsénio Ramos 500
Académica do Porto Novo Porto Novo Porto Novo 8,000
SC Atlético Ribeira Brava João de Deus Lopes da Silva 1,000
FC Derby Mindelo Adérito Sena 8,000
Grémio Nhágar Assomada Cúmbem 4,000
Mindelense Mindelo Adérito Sena 8,000
Paulense Desportivo Clube Paúl João Serra 2,000
Sporting (Brava) Vila Nova Sintra Aquiles de Oliveira 500
SC Praia Praia Várzea 12,000
Sport Clube Verdun Espargos Marcelo Leitão 8,000

Italics indicates a team playing in a stadium in a different town or city.

League standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sporting Clube da Praia 5 4 1 0 7 1 +6 13
2 Académica do Porto Novo 5 2 2 1 7 2 +5 8
3 Grémio Nhágar 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 8
4 Paulense Desportivo Clube 5 1 1 3 4 6 -2 4
5 FC Derby 5 1 1 3 4 6 -2 4
6 Sporting Clube da Brava 5 0 2 3 3 12 -9 2

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 CS Mindelense 5 4 0 1 9 2 +7 12
2 Académica do Fogo 5 3 2 0 10 4 +6 11
3 SC Atlético 5 2 1 2 3 3 0 7
4 Académica da Calheta 5 2 0 3 5 8 -3 6
5 Académica Operária 5 2 0 3 3 9 -6 6
6 Sport Clube Verdun 5 0 1 4 3 7 -4 1

Source:[11]

Results

The group and calendar was sorted on February 15 in Praia by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.[12]

Week 1
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica PN 0 - 0 Sporting Praia 6 April
FC Derby 1 - 1 Grémio Nhágar 6 April
Sporting Brava 1 - 1 Paulense 6 April
CS Mindelense 4 - 0 Acádemica Operária 5 April
SC Atlético 1 - 0 Académica da Calheta 6 April
Verdun 2 - 2 Académica do Fogo 5 April
Week 2
Home Score Visitor Date Time
Académica PN 2 - 1 FC Derby 13 April 16:00
Grémio Nhágar 1 - 1 Sporting Brava 12 April 16:00
Paulense 0 - 1 Sporting Praia 12 April 16:00
CS Mindelense 1 - 0 SC Atlético 12 April 15:30
Académica da Calheta 2 - 1 Verdun 12 April 15:30
Académica do Fogo 2 - 0 Acádemica Operária 12 April 15:30
Week 3
Home Score Visitor Date
Grémio Nhágar 1 - 0 Académica PN 19 April
FC Derby 0 - 1 Paulense 19 April
Sporting Praia 3 - 0 Sporting Brava 19 April
Académica da Calheta 0 - 2 CS Mindelense 19 April
SC Atlético 1 - 1 Académica do Fogo 19 April
Acádemica Operária 1 - 0 Verdun 19 April
Week 4
Home Score Visitor Date Time
Sporting Praia 2 - 1 Grémio Nhágar 26 April 16:00
Sporting Brava 1 - 2 FC Derby 27 April 16:00
Paulense 0 - 0 Académica PN 26 April 16:00
Acádemica Operária 1 - 3 Académica da Calheta 26 April 15:30
Verdun 0 - 1 SC Atlético 26 April 15:30
Académica do Fogo 2 - 1 CS Mindelense 26 April 15:30
Week 5
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica PN 5 - 0 Sporting Brava 4 May
Grémio Nhágar 2 - 1 Paulense 4 May
FC Derby 0 - 1 Sporting Praia 4 May
CS Mindelense 1 - 0 Verdun 3 May
Académica da Calheta 0 - 3 Académica do Fogo 3 May
SC Atlético 0 - 1 Acádemica Operária 3 May

Final Stages

All times are in Cape Verdean Time (UTC−1)

Semi-Finals Finals
Sporting Clube da Praia 0 2 2
Académica do Fogo 0 2 2 Académica do Fogo 1 0 1
CS Mindelense 0 3 3 CS Mindelense 2 0 2
Académica do Porto Novo 0 0 0

Semi-finals

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Académica do Porto Novo0:0CS Mindelense
Referee: Manuel Timas Mendes
Académica do Fogo0:0Sporting Clube da Praia
Referee: Victor Lima
CS Mindelense3:0Académica do Porto Novo
Nhambu 31'
Catchupa 63' 72'
Referee: Jaime Noel Figueiredo
Sporting Clube da Praia2:2Académica do Fogo
Ró 23' 51' Sy 16'
Cláudio 81'
Referee: Alberto Monteiro

Finals

Main article: 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championship Final
CS Mindelense2:1Académica do Fogo
Patchico 7'
Sidney 81'		 Victor 29'
Referee: Aristides Rodrigues
Académica do Fogo0:0CS Mindelense
Referee: Antonio Rodrigues
Cape Verdean Football 2014
Champions
CS Mindelense
10th title

Statistics

  • Top scorer: Sy: 5 goals (of Académica do Fogo)
  • Biggest win: Académica PN 5-0 Sporting Brava (4 May)

See also

References

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