2008–09 in Cape Verdean football

Football in Cape Verde
Season	2008–09
Men's football
2009 Cape Verdean Football Championships	Sporting Clube da Praia

In the 2008–09 season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde^[1] The 2nd Cape Verdean Cup took place in July and August.

Diary of the season

Boa Vista Island Cup held their first edition
October 8: Cutelinho FC celebrated its 25th anniversary
Tchadense celebrated its 25th anniversary of the foundation of the club
February 9: Sanjoanense of Ribeira das Pratas celebrated its 25th anniversary
Académica Operária won their 15th title for Boa Vista
SC Morabeza won their 4th title for Brava
Vulcânicos won their 7th title for Fogo
Onze Unidos won their 8th title for Maio
SC Santa Maria won their 6th and recent title for Sal
Estrela dos Amadores won their 2nd title for Santiago North
Académica da Praia won their only title for Santiago South
Os Foguetões won their only title Santo Antão North
Sporting Clube do Porto Novo won their 3rd and recent title for Santo Antão South
FC Ultramarina won their 8th title for São Nicolau
CS Mindelense won their 45th title for São Vicente
April 16: 2009 Cape Verdean Football Championships began
June 6: Mindelense defeated Os Foguetões 6-0 and made it the national championship's highest scoring match
June 13: Mindelense, Sportings Praia and Porto Novo and Académica Praia
July 6: Académico 83 do Porto Inglês celebrated its 25th anniversary
June 20: Knockout stage begins
July 4: Championship finals begins, it was the first final competition that featured two clubs from the same island as well as the same city
July 11: Sporting Clube da Praia won their 8th national championship title^[1]

Final standings

Cape Verdean Football Championships

Académica and Sporting Praia were first in each group while Mindelense and Sporting Porto Novo, second of each group. Académica Praia had the most points second were Mindelense and Sporting Praia with 12. Mindelense scored the most with 13 goals followed by Sporting Praia and Ultramarina with eleven, Académica Praia with ten and Sporting Porto Novo with nine. Later, Académica Praia advanced with four goals scored while Sporting Advanced with three. Sporting won the first match 2-0, the second leg had a goal draw, with a total of three goals, Sporting Praia claimed their 8th national title.^[1]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Académica da Praia	5	4	1	0	10	5	+5	13
2	CS Mindelense	5	4	0	1	13	4	+9	12
3	FC Ultramarina	5	2	1	2	11	6	+5	7
4	Onze Unidos	5	2	1	2	5	5	0	7
5	Sport Clube Santa Maria	5	0	2	3	6	13	-7	2
6	Foguetões	5	0	1	4	3	15	-12	1

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sporting Clube da Praia	5	4	1	0	11	1	+7	12
2	Sporting Clube do Porto Novo	5	3	0	2	9	6	+3	9
3	SC Morabeza	5	2	1	2	4	8	-4	7
4	Vulcânicos FC	5	2	1	2	3	4	-1	7
5	Estrela dos Amadores	5	2	0	3	7	8	-1	6
6	Académica Operária	5	0	1	4	2	9	-7	1

Final Stages

Semi-Finals					Finals

	CS Mindelense	0	0	0
	Sporting Clube da Praia	0	3	3		Sporting Clube da Praia	2	1	3
	Sporting Clube do Porto Novo	1	0	1		Académica da Praia	0	1	1
	Académica da Praia	4	0	4

Leading goalscorer: Kadú - 9 goals

Cape Verdean Cup

The second Cape Verdean Cup took place. Boavista Praia won their first cup title after defeating Académico do Aeroporto 1-0 in the final.

Participants

Sport Sal Rei Club, winner of the Boa Vista Island Cup
Académico do Aeroporto, winner of the Sal Island Cup
Beira-Mar, winner of the Santo Antão North Cup
Belo Horizonte, winner of the São Nicolau Cup
Batuque, winner of the São Vicente Cup

Island or regional competitions

Regional Championships

Competition	Winners
Competition	Premier	Second
Boa Vista	Académica Operária
Brava	SC Morabeza
Fogo	Vulcânicos
Maio	Onze Unidos
Sal	SC Santa Maria
Santiago North Zone	Estrela dos Amadores
Santiago South Zone	Académica da Praia	AJ Black Panthers
Santo Antão North Zone	Os Foguetões
Santo Antão South Zone	Sporting Clube do Porto Novo
São Nicolau	FC Ultramarina
São Vicente	CS Mindelense	Salamansa

Regional Cups

Competition	Winners
Boa Vista	Sport Sal Rei Club
Fogo	Académica do Fogo
Maio	CD Onze Unidos
Sal	Académico do Aeroporto
Santiago South Zone	Boavista Praia
Santo Antão North Zone	Rosariense Clube
Santo Antão South Zone	Marítimo Porto Novo
São Nicolau	Belo Horizonte
São Vicente	Batuque FC

Regional Super Cups

The 2008 champion winner played with a 2008 cup winner (when a club won both, a second place club competed).

Competition	Winners
Fogo	Unknown
Sal	SC Santa Maria
Santiago North
Santiago South	Not held
Santo Antão South	Not held
São Nicolau	Unknown
São Vicente	CS Mindelense

Regional Opening Tournaments

Competition	Winners
Boa Vista	África Show
Fogo
Maio
Sal	Académico do Aeroporto
Santiago South Zone
Santo Antão North Zone	Os Foguetões
Santo Antão South Zone
São Nicolau	Unknown
São Vicente	CS Mindelense

Famous debutant

Rambé, 18 year old striker who first participated for Batuque FC

Transfer deals

Babanco from Sporting Praia to Boavista Praia
Figo from Académica da Praia to Amabox Barcelona Tarrafal
Kuca from AD Bairro to Boavista Praia
Rambé from Batuque FC to CS Mindelense
Tom Tavares from Estrela dos Amadores to Sporting Praia

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 2009 Cape Verdean football season at RSSSF

[rsssf.com-1] 2009 Cape Verdean football season at RSSSF

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