The 2017 São Tomé and Principe Championship was the 32nd season of the
São Tomé and Principe Championship the top-level
football 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. ...
.
There are two separate championships, one for teams of
São Tomé Island
São Tomé Island, at , is the largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe and is home in May 2018 to about 193,380 or 96% of the nation's population. The island is divided into six districts. It is located 2 km (1¼ miles) north of the equ ...
and one for teams of
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; . The champions of the two island championships play a home-and-away two-legged final to decide the overall champions.
São Tomé e Príncipe 2017
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São Tomé teams 2017
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
The third division featured 10 clubs.
Final table
-.Juba de Diogo Simão withdrew
Both Ototó (1st) and Cruz Vermelha (2nd) will be promoted into the Second Division in the following season.
Príncipe Championship
A total of 6 teams participate in the Príncipe Island League. Os Operários won their championship title for Príncipe and qualified into the national championship matches.
Final table
National final
The two match finals took place. on 19 and 26 November. The qualified teams were:
*Champions of São Tomé: UDRA
*Champions of Príncipe: Os Operários
UDRA won all two legs, first 2-0 in São Tomé Island, then 1-3 in Príncipe and UDRA won their second national championship title. By district, Caué's total honours won in the championships also became two, superseded Cantagalo's single title and became third out of fifth, tied with Lobata, all won by Desportivo de Guadalupe.
Also UDRA became entrant into the national super cup and qualify as champion.
Results
First Leg ov 19, Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé
UDRA 2-0 Operários
anine 34, 37
Second Leg ov 26, Estádio Regional 13 de Junho, Santo António
Operários 1-3 UDRA
áte 22; Tavarinho 7, Janine 54, Vando 56
References
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Football competitions in São Tomé and Príncipe
Sao Tome 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. ...
Championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...