The 2012 São Tomé and Principe Championship was the 27th season of the

São Tomé and Principe Championship 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. ...

the top-level

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championship of

São Tomé and Principe 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. ...

. It began on 1 May and concluded on 5 November. Sporting Clube do Principe from São Tomé island won their second title.

Teams

15 teams participated in the

, 10 from São Tomé Island and 5 from

Príncipe Island Príncipe is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of (including offshore islets) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Census;

. At the end of season champion of

São Tomé Island League São Tomé Island League is the top division of the São Toméan Football Federation for the São Tomé Island. The champion competes at the national championships each year. History Before independence, it was the only regional competition in t ...

and champion of Principe Island League play one match for champion of

São Tomé teams 2012

First Division

Second Division

The Second Division featured two zones (sometimes as groups), A & B. The first place of each zone heads to the Second Division championships and the winner was crowned Second Division Champions, all of its finals participants qualified into the Premier Division in the following season including

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(Zone A) and

Agrosport Agrosport de Monte Café is a football club that plays in the São Tomé Island League Second Division. The team is based Monte Café in the southern part of the island of São Tomé. The team is mainly for fans that are from the rural parts ...

(Zone B).

=Zone A

= *

Inter Bom-Bom Football Club Inter Bom-Bom is a football club that plays in the São Tomé Island League's Second Division. The team is based in the settlement of Bom-Bom in the district of Mé-Zóchi in the island of São Tomé. Its current manager is Robert ...

Os Dinâmicos Folha Fede FC, also as Porto de Folha Fede or Portuense de Folha Fede and Os Dinâmicos Folha Fede (Portuguese; en, The Dynamics) is a football club that plays in the São Tomé Island League in Folha Fede in São Tomé and Príncipe. The team i ...

/Porto - Folha Fede * Juba Diogo Simão *

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* FC Ribeira Peixe * Santa Margarida *

Santana FC Santana Futebol Clube is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the island of São Tomé. The team has won one title and is the seventh team ever to win their first title as well as their ...

* Trindade FC * Varzim FC - Ribeira Afonso

=Zone B

= * Amador - Agostinho Neto * Andorinha Sport Club * Desportivo Conde *

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CD Guadalupe Clube Desportivo de Guadalupe is a football club that plays in the São Tomé Island League in São Tomé and Príncipe. The team is based in the island of São Tomé and played in the island Second Division as of 2016. Logo and Uniform Its l ...

* Kê Morabeza - in the following season, the club would change its name to Kë Morabeza *

Desportivo Marítimo Clube Desportivo Marítimo Micoló is a football club that plays in the village of Micoló located near Guadalupe in the island of São Tomé Island League in São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe ( ...

- Micoló *

FC Neves Futebol Clube Neves is a football (soccer) club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the island of São Tomé and currently plays in the island Premier Division. History In the 2000s, Neves mainly played i ...

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* Diogo Vaz

Third Division

It was the first season that featured the Third Division.

Principe teams 2012

Five clubs took part,

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did not participated during the season which reduced the number of matches to eight. The competition started in May and finished in October. Sporting won the 2012 title and participated in the national championship match in November. Sporting defeated UDAPB 1–0 in the final match of the season.

National final

The national final match took place on November 5, 2012 at noon. The match featured Sporting from Príncipe and

Sporting Praia Cruz Sporting Clube da Praia Cruz is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the island of São Tomé. The team has won eight national and six island titles and is the third team in history to clai ...

, it was the "Sporting" challenge. Every goal were scored in the last few minutes of the match. The first were scored by Remi Lima at the 86th minute, the second was a penalty kick which was scored by Sporting Praia's Jair which tied up the game, at additional time, Remy Lima scored the last two goals and Sporting Príncipe went on to win their second in a row and most recent national title and qualified into the

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References

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