The 2003

Cape Verdean Football Championship The Cape Verdean Football Championship or the Campeonato Caboverdiano de Futebol is a football competition that was created in 1976 in Cape Verde. A local championship was founded in 1953 before independence, when the islands were still part of ...

season was the 24th of the competition of the first-tier

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. Its started on 17 May and finished on 2 August. The tournament was organized by the

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. No club participated in the

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or the 2004 CAF Winner's Cup. Sporting Clube da Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 11 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league.

Overview

The league was contested by 11 teams with

Académico do Aeroporto Académico do Aeroporto ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Akadémiku du Aeropurtu'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Espargos in the i ...

winning the championship. It was the first time that a total of 31 matches were played, 77 goals were scored It would be the first time that two participants came from the island of Santiago and Santo Antão and they featured no single island championship match, they achieve two separate qualifications. Also it was the first participant of a club from Tarrafal, Amabox Barcelona and from Paul,

Paulense Paulense Desportivo Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Paulensi Disportibu Klubi'' and the São Vicente Crioulo: ''Paulense Dsportiv' Klube'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santo Antão ...

. It was the only time that a participant of Fogo was outside the city of São Filipe, a club named Cutelinho.

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

Boa Vista Island League The Boa Vista Island League or Championships is a regional championship played in Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship plays in the Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. It is organized by the Boa Vista Regiona ...

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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 ...

Cutelinho FC Cutelinho Futebol Clube is a professional football club that currently plays in the Fogo Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the village of Mosteiros in the northeastern part of the island and plays in the stadium with a capacity of 1000. ...

, winner of the

Fogo Island League The Fogo Premier Division is a tier-2 regional championship played in Fogo Island, Cape Verde. The competition are organized by the Fogo Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol do Fogo, ARFF). The winner of the championshi ...

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

Maio Island League The Maio Island League is a regional championship played in Maio Island, Cape Verde. The competition is organized by the Maio Regional Football Association (Associação Regional do Maio de Futebol, ARMF). The winner of the championship plays in ...

, winner of the

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, winner of the

Santiago Island League (North) The Santiago Island League (North) is a regional championship played in Santiago Island, Cape Verde. The competition is organized by the Santiago North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Sul, ARFSS). The w ...

CD Travadores Clube Desportivo Travadores (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in the ca ...

, winner of the

Santiago Island League (South) The Santiago South Premier Division is a regional championship played in Santiago Island, Cape Verde and is a part of the Santiago South Zone Football Association. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of eac ...

Paulense Desportivo Clube Paulense Desportivo Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Paulensi Disportibu Klubi'' and the São Vicente Crioulo: ''Paulense Dsportiv' Klube'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santo Antão ...

, winner of the

Santo Antão Island League (North) Santo ('saint' in various languages) may refer to: People * Santo (given name) * Santo (surname) * El Santo, Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (1917–1984), Mexican wrestler and actor * Bob Santo or Santo, stage name of Ghanaian comedian John Evans Kwadwo ...

* Associação Académica do Porto Novo, winner of the

Santo Antão Island League (South) Santo ('saint' in various languages) may refer to: People * Santo (given name) * Santo (surname) * El Santo, Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (1917–1984), Mexican wrestler and actor * Bob Santo or Santo, stage name of Ghanaian comedian John Evans Kwadwo ...

FC Ultramarina FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakist ...

, 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 ...

Batuque FC Batuque Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Batuki Futibol Klubi'', São Vicente: ''Batúque Futebol Klube'') is a football club that plays in the São Vicente Premier Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo on the i ...

, 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

Results

Final Stages

Semifinals

Finals

Statistics

* Biggest win: Ultramarina 4-0 Onze Unidos (May 24)

Notes

Footnotes

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011016/http://www.fcf.cv/pt/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175427/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kaapv03.html {{2003 in African football (CAF) Cape Verdean Football Championship seasons 1

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