The 1999

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season was the 20th of the competition of the first-tier

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. The tournament was organized by the

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. GD Amarantes won their first and only title.

Sporting Clube da Praia Sporting Clube da Praia, short form: Sporting Praia ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: ''Sporting Klubi di Praia'') is a professional football club that plays in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde. It is bas ...

would be the only time that a non-winning title would participate in the

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, the criteria for qualification was not continued.The criteria for qualification of

into the

was not continued No club took part in the 2000 CAF Winners' Cup.

Overview

CS Mindelense Clube Sportivo Mindelense (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''KS Mindelensi'' (''KS'' – ''Klubi Sporting''), São Vicente Crioulo: ''KS Mindelense'' (''KS'' – ''Klube or Clube (CS)'') is a football club that plays in the Prem ...

was the defending team of the title. A total of 8 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league, no club came from Santiago Island as the competition was cancelled for the season. The season had 6 matches in Group A but a shorter 2 and 3 matches in Group B, it was the first ever season with twice the meetings with each club of the group, occurred in only one croup, the next time it was done was in 2017 with the club and the first in each of the three groups. The league was contested by 8 teams with

GD Amarantes Grêmio Desportivo Amarante or Amarante (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''GD Amarantis'', São Vicente: ''GD Amarante'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde ...

winning the championship. New records were made, Amarantes finished with a new record with 13 points since the points per win risen to three in the nation, Juventude got 10 points, at the time, it became the second highest point in the championships. Two years later, the highest point record was superseded by Onze Unidos. In goal numbers, Solpontense scored the most with 14 and was a record at the national championships, it was superseded in 2001 by

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. It marked the last appearance of GD Amarantes at the top-level competition.

Participants

Académica Operária Associação Académica e Operária da Boa Vista (first part, Portuguese meaning: "academy", Capeverdean Crioulo: ''Asosiason Akadémika y Operária/Uperária'') is a sports club that its football (soccer) team had played in the Premier divisio ...

, winner of the

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, winner of the

Brava Island League The Brava Island League is a regional championship played in Brava Island, Cape Verde. The championships are organized by Brava Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol da Brava, ARFB). The winner of the championship plays ...

Vulcânicos FC Vulcânicos Futebol Clube or Vulcânico Clube do Fogo is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Fogo Island Division in Cape Verde. It is based in São Filipe the island of Fogo. The club has a total of nine i ...

, winner of the

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Onze Unidos Clube Desportivo Onze Unidos (Portuguese for "Eleven United", Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Unzi Unidus'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Maio Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the ...

, winner of the

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* Juventude, winner of the

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Solpontense Futebol Clube Solpontense Futebol Clube ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Solpuntensi Futibol Klubi'', Santo Antão Crioulo: ''Solpontense Futbol Klub, São Vicente Crioulo: ''Solpontense Futebol Klube'') is a football club that currently plays in ...

, winner of the

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, winner of the

São Nicolau Island League SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S ...

, winner of the

São Vicente Island League SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S. ...

Information about the clubs

League standings

Group A

Group B

Finals

Footnotes

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011016/http://www.fcf.cv/pt/
Historic results and rankings at rsssf.com
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