The 2010

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season was the 31st of the competition of the first-tier

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. Its started on 8 May, slightly later than the last season and finished on 10 July, later than last year. The tournament was organized by the

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. It was the second consecutive time that the final featured two clubs from the same island and city, the next time it happened would be five years later. It brought the Capital Rivalry between Sporting and Boavista to the national championships. Another club of Praia named

Boavista FC (Cape Verde) Boavista Futebol Clube ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''FK Boavista'' or ''FK Boabista'', ''Boavista'' or ''Boavista Futibol Klubi'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santiago Island South Zone L ...

winning the national title breaking Sporting Praia's consecutive title wins. A month later, Boavista Praia would become the only club to win both the championship and the cup title in the same season.

Overview

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 ...

was again the defending team of the title. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. 36 matches were played and 110 goals were scored. It marked the last appearance of

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of the island of Fogo. The biggest win were Sporting (2-7 defeated Ribeira Brava) and Boavista (7-1 defeated Solpontense). The final round match between Ribeira Brava and Barrererense was not played, later, the federation awarded both teams a loss.

Participating clubs

, winner of the 2009 Cape Verdean Football Championships * Sporting Clube da Boa Vista, winner of the

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SC Morabeza Sport Clube Morabeza is a football club in Cape Verde that plays in the Brava Island Division in Cape Verde. It is based in Nova Sintra the island of Brava and plays at Estádio Aquiles de Oliveira where all the clubs from Brava even those bas ...

, winner of the

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* Botafogo FC, 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 championsh ...

* 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 Associa ...

Scorpion Vermelho Clube Desportivo Scorpions Vermelho de Santa Cruz is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone of the Grupo Centro Sul in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Santa Cruz in the southeastern part of the ...

, 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 ...

, runner-up 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 ...

Solpontense FC 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 ...

, winner of the

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* Marítimo, 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 Kwad ...

Desportivo Ribeira Brava :''There is also a football club a based in Ribeira Brava in the Madeira Islands named Clube Desportivo Ribeira Brava (also as CDRB)'' Clube Desportivo Ribeira Brava (Capeverdean Crioulo languages, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Disportib ...

, 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 t ...

, winner of the

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Information about the clubs

League standings

Group A

Group B

Results

Final Stages

Semi-finals

Finals

Statistics

* Biggest win: Boavista FC 7 - 1 Solpontense (May 30)

Footnotes

External links

* * https://web.archive.org/web/20150713074425/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kaapv2010.html {{2010 in African football (CAF) Cape Verdean Football Championship seasons 2009–10 in Cape Verdean football

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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