The 2006

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season was the 26th of the competition of the first-tier

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. Its started on 6 May and finished on 2 July, earlier than the last season. The tournament was organized by the

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.
/ref> Sporting Praia won their 5th title and in the following year participated in the

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. No second place club participated in the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup.

Overview

Three clubs returned again,

FC Derby Futebol Clube Derby (short form: FC Derby, second name: Derby São Vicente) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde and is Cape Verde's only affiliate of FC Porto and the old ...

, Sporting Praia and Mindelense, some others returned in some or several years, two clubs

Barreirense FC Barreirense Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Barrerensi'') is a sports club in Maio Island, Cape Verde based in the village of Barreiro in the south of the island and mainly plays in the stadium in the southeast of Cidade ...

and Beira Mar competed for the first time.

was the defending team of the title. A total of 11 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. The Santiago Island League North Zone had no championships for the 2005-06 season. No extra team participated as the season had only 11 clubs. The season marked the last appearance of Nô Pintcha at the nationals, a club who won a lot of regional title at the time. The biggest win and score was Derby who defeated Nô Pintcha 7-1, the second largest was Académico do Aeroporto who defeated Barreirense 6-1. Académico do Aeroporto scored 6 points against Botafogo in the semis. Dário continued his career for his second season with the club after playing with several Portuguese clubs including Paços Ferreira. He scored a goal in second leg of the finals at the 45th minute.

Participating clubs

, winner of the 2005 Cape Verdean Football Championships *

Sport Sal Rei Club Sport Sal Rei Club (or as Sport Sal-Rei Clube) is a sports club whose football (soccer) team has played in the Premier division and plays in the Boa Vista Island South Zone Division in Cape Verde. It is based in Sal Rei on the island of Boa Vis ...

, 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 ...

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, 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 ...

* Barreirense, 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 ...

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 ...

, winner of the

Sal Island League The Sal Premier Division is a regional championship played in Sal Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. The competition are organized by the Sal Regional Football Associati ...

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 ...

, winner of the

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* Beira Mar, winner of the

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Sporting Clube do Porto Novo Sporting Clube de Porto Novo (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Sporting Klubi di Purtu Nobu'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santo Antão Island South Zone Division in Cape Verde. It is based ...

, 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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

, 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

Semi-finals

Finals

Statistics

* Top scorer: Mendes: 7 goals (of Académico do Aeroporto) * Highest scoring match: Derby 7-1 Nô Pintcha (June 4)

Footnotes

External links

Homepage of the Cape Verdean Football Federation

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Overview

Participating clubs

Information about the clubs

League standings

Group A

Group B

Results

Final Stages

Semi-finals

Finals

Statistics

See also

Footnotes

External links