The 2006
First Division season was the 27th of the amateur competition of the first-tier
football
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in
Guinea-Bissau
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. The tournament was organized by the
Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau
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.
[Historic results at rsssf.org](_blank)
/ref> The season began on 14 January and finished on 14 July. Balantas won their twelfth title and finished with 50 points and for financial reasons did not qualify and competed in the 2007 CAF Champions League
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the following season. Portos de Bissau won the 2006 Guinea-Bissau Cup
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka language, Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné- ...
, instead, the cup finalist Benfica Bissau participated in the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup the following season.
It was a 22 match season and had a total of 132 matches.
SC de Bissau
Sporting Clube de Bissau, usually known as Sporting de Bissau, is a football (soccer) club from Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
History
The club was founded on 30 January 1936 in Bissau, the club named after to that of the Portuguese club Sporting CP of L ...
was again the defending team of the title. Balantas finished with 50 points and the only club who never lost a match in the season, Mavegro scored the most goals and numbered 37.
Participating clubs
* Sporting Clube de Bissau
Sporting Clube de Bissau, usually known as Sporting de Bissau, is a football (soccer) club from Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
History
The club was founded on 30 January 1936 in Bissau, the club named after to that of the Portuguese club Sporting CP of ...
* Flamengo Futebol Clube - Promoted from the Second Division
* Sport Portos de Bissau
Sport Clube dos Portos de Bissau is a Guinea-Bissauan football club based in Guinea-Bissau
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* Sport Bissau e Benfica
Sport Bissau e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica de Bissau, is a football club from Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, that plays in the Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau, the top flight of Bissau-Guinean football.
Benfica Bissau is considered to the t ...
* Atlético Clube de Bissorã
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Sports Teams Athletico
* Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
* Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...
* ADR Mansaba - Promoted from the Second Division
* DRC Farim - Promoted from the Second Division
* Futebol Clube de Cantchungo
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* Mavegro Futebol Clube
* Desportivo de Gabú
* Estrela Negra de Bolama
* CF Os Balantas
Overview
The league was contested by 12 teams with Os Balantas winning the championship.
League standings
See also
*Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau
The Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau is the highest division in football in Guinea-Bissau. The league was formed in 1975.
Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau – 2021−22 clubs
* AC de Bissorã (Bissorã)
*AFC Nhacra (Nhacra)
*Binar FC (Bin ...
Footnotes
External links
Historic results at rsssf.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:2006 First Division Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...
Football in Guinea-Bissau