The 2014 São Tomé and Principe Championship was the 29th season of the São Tomé and Principe Championship the top-level

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championship of

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. It began in 10 May (a week later than scheduled ) and concluded on December 17. Two national final matches occurred in the season.

UDRA UDRA (União Desportiva Rei Amador) is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the southern part of the island of São Tomé in the city of São João dos Angolares and plays at Campo de Rib ...

from

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island won their first and only title.

Teams

36 teams participated in the São Tomé and Principe Championship, 30 from

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(10 in each division) and 6 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

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

São Tomé teams 2014

Premier Division

Ten clubs participated in the 2014 season (third time since its reduction),

won their first and only title and went on to participate in the national championship match for the first time in November. Guadalupe and Trindade were relegated in the season.

Teams

League table

Second Division

The second division featured 10 clubs. Correia, Folha Fede and Santana, three clubs elevated into the premier division and Cruz Vermelha and UDESCAI were relegated into the third division. * 1st: Folha Fede - elevated into the 2015 São Tomé Island Premier Division *

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 ...

* Amador * UD Correia - elevated into the 2015 São Tomé Island Premier Division * Cruz Vermelha - relegated into the 2015 São Tomé Island Third Division *

6 de Setembro Desportivo Militar 6 de Setembro (Portuguese meaning 6 September in which the date is founded) is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the village of Santana island of São Tomé. The clu ...

- withdrawn from competition after the end of the season *

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 ...

Micoló Micoló is a seaside town in Lobata District in the northern part of São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 1404 (2012 census).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 ...

- elevated into the 2015 São Tomé Island Premier Division *

UDESCAI UDESCAI (União Desportiva Sardinha e Caça de Água-Izé) is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the town of Água Izé in island of São Tomé and plays in Campo de Futebol de Santana i ...

- relegated into the 2015 São Tomé Island Third Division

Third Division

The third division featured 10 clubs. Porto Alegre and Ribeira Peixe were elevated into the second division. *

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* Boa Vista * Conde * Diogo Vaz * Otótó * Palmar - withdrawn from the competition at the end of the season * Porto Alegre - elevated into the 2015 São Tomé Island Second Division * Ribeira Peixe - elevated into the 2015 São Tomé Second Division * Sporting São Tomé * Varzim

Clubs not in competition

*Bela Vista

Principe teams 2014

Six clubs took part in the 2014 season. Again

FC Porto Real Futebol Clube Porto Real is a football club that plays in Porto Real in the island of Principe in São Tomé and Príncipe. The team plays in the Principe Island League in its local division and plays at Estádio 13 de Julho in the island c ...

won another title and participated in the national championship match in November.

League table

National final

Two national final matches took place on November 13 and 17 at noon, four days apart. The match featured

from Príncipe and

from São Tome Island. Porto Real won the first leg 2-1, the last goal for Porto Real was a penalty kick scored by Joy and UDRA won the second 1-0 and UDRA won the penalty shootouts to become the twelfth and most recent club to win the first title. UDRA was to achieve entry into the

2015 CAF Champions League The 2015 CAF Champions League (officially the 2015 Orange CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 51st edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 19th editio ...

, the qualification dispute did not brought UDRA to the African competition by the São Tomean Football Federation (FSF)

References

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