The Santiago Island League was a regional championship played in all of
Santiago Island until 2002 when it was broken up into two present divisions, the
North
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Etymology
The word ''north ...
and the
South zones,
Cape Verde. It formed a part of the Santiago Regional Football Association (''Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago, ARFS'') The winner of the championship had played in
Cape Verdean football Championships
The Cape Verdean Football Championship or the Campeonato Caboverdiano de Futebol is a football competition that was created in 1976 in Cape Verde. A local championship was founded in 1953 before independence, when the islands were still part ...
of each season.
The island league was one of the two oldest in Cape Verde. Until the 1960s, the league included clubs from the entire southern portion of Cape Verde and functioned as a regional league.
From 2000 to 2002, it only contained a single match where as the champion of the South Zone competed with the North Zone and qualified into the National Championships. From 2002, it received separate qualification of the North and South Zones. Though, the island championship returned in 2009 for a season, it featured a single match with the winner of the North and South Zones competing for the single island championship (without qualification as the North and South Zones qualified separately),
Académica da Praia
Associação Académica da Praia is a football club that plays in the Premier division of the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde. It is played along with Praia's three other famous teams in Estádio da Varzea, the club also practices a ...
won the championship.
Up to 2002, no association used the abbreviative form of ARFS other than the island of Santiago,
Sal Regional Football Association's Portuguese language abbreviative form was read as ARFSL.
Winners
Before independence
*1953: Vitória
*1954:
CD Travadores
Clube Desportivo Travadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in the ...
*1955-1959 : ''unknown''
*1959/60 :
CD Travadores
Clube Desportivo Travadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in the ...
*1960/61 :
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 ...
*1961/62 : ''unknown''
*1962/63 :
Boavista
*1963/64 :
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 ...
*1964/65 :
Académica (Praia) Académica may refer to:
* Academica a Miami, Florida-based charter school operator
* Associação Académica de Coimbra (Coimbra Academic Association), the students' union of the University of Coimbra
* Associação Académica de Coimbra – O. ...
*1965/66 : ''unknown''
*1966/67 :
CD Travadores
Clube Desportivo Travadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in the ...
*1967/68 :
Académica (Praia) Académica may refer to:
* Academica a Miami, Florida-based charter school operator
* Associação Académica de Coimbra (Coimbra Academic Association), the students' union of the University of Coimbra
* Associação Académica de Coimbra – O. ...
*1968/69 :
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 ...
*1969/70:
CD Travadores
Clube Desportivo Travadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in the ...
?
*1970/71 : ''unknown''
*1971/72 :
CD Travadores
Clube Desportivo Travadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in the ...
*1972/73 :
Vitória
*1973/74 :
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 ...
*1974/75 : ''unknown''
Performance By Club
After independence
*1975/76 :
Boavista FC
*1976/77 :
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 ...
*1977/78:
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 ...
*1979-82 : ''unknown''
*1982/83:
Boavista FC
*1983/84:
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 ...
*1984/85 :
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 ...
*1985-86 : ''unknown''
*1986/87 :
Boavista FC
*1987/88 :
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 ...
*1988/89 :
Académica (Praia) Académica may refer to:
* Academica a Miami, Florida-based charter school operator
* Associação Académica de Coimbra (Coimbra Academic Association), the students' union of the University of Coimbra
* Associação Académica de Coimbra – O. ...
*1989/90 :
Desportivo da Praia
Desportivo da Praia is a football club that currently plays in the Premier division and the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde. It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago. It is the military team of Cape Verde. Its ...
*1990/91 :
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 ...
*1991/92 :
CD Travadores
Clube Desportivo Travadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in the ...
*1992/93 :
Boavista FC
*1993/94 :
CD Travadores
Clube Desportivo Travadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in the ...
*1994/95 :
Boavista FC
*1995/96 :
CD Travadores
Clube Desportivo Travadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in the ...
*1996/97 :
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 ...
*1997/98 :
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 ...
*1998/99 ''not held''
*1999/00 :
CD Travadores
Clube Desportivo Travadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in the ...
*2000/01 ''not held''
*2002 :
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 ...
defeated Desportivo de Santa Cruz
*2009:
Académica da Praia
Associação Académica da Praia is a football club that plays in the Premier division of the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde. It is played along with Praia's three other famous teams in Estádio da Varzea, the club also practices a ...
defeated
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 ...
of the North Zone
Performance By Club
After the first full break up to the single island competitions
The next meeting between a club from the north and the South Zone would be the
2006 Cape Verdean Football Championships
The 2006 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 26th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 6 May and finished on 2 July, earlier than the last season. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean ...
between Sporting Praia and
Beira-Mar on June 3. As Sporting won a national title, two clubs from the South Zone competed, one of them challenged a North Zone club, in
2007, Académica Praia defeated
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 ...
on June 24 of Group B, in
2008
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, it was
ADESBA and Scorpion Vermelho at Round 2 of Group B., in
2009, it was Sporting and
Estrela dos Amadores
Clube de Futebol Estrela dos Amadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Strela dus Amadoris'' and the São Vicente Crioulo: ''Estrela dos Amadores'') is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in C ...
at Round 5 of Group B, in
2010 it was Sporting Praia and Scorpion Vermelho at the last round of Group B, in
2011, it was Sporting Praia and
Benfica Santa Cruz of the first round of Group A, in
2012
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, it was Sporting Praia and
Estrela dos Amadores
Clube de Futebol Estrela dos Amadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Strela dus Amadoris'' and the São Vicente Crioulo: ''Estrela dos Amadores'') is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in C ...
at the last round of Group A, in
2013
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, it was Sporting Praia and Scorpion Vermelho at the last round in Group B, in
2014
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, it was Sporting Praia and
Grémio Nhagar at the fourth round in Group A, in
2015, it was Boavista Praia and Beira-Mar Tarrafal at the first round of Group A and in
2016
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, the last official meeting was
Desportivo da Praia
Desportivo da Praia is a football club that currently plays in the Premier division and the Santiago Island League (South) in Cape Verde. It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago. It is the military team of Cape Verde. Its ...
and
Varandinha Tarrafal, at the first round of Group A in a rescheduled match which was played on June 1.
The
2017
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featured three groups, unlike Santo Antão who played in the same group, Group B, the two participants from the island played in two different groups.
Their recent meeting was a friendly competition at the GAFT Cup with the last being Benfica de Santa Cruz and Desportivo da Praia.
See also
*
Praia Cup, sometimes as the Santiago Cup, as there was another competition titled the Praia Cup, the common name was the Santiago Cup or the Santiago Island Cup
*
Sports in Santiago, Cape Verde
The Santiago, Cape Verde, island of Santiago in Cape Verde in the middle of the Sotavento Islands is home to several teams and clubs. The major professional clubs are Sporting Clube da Praia, Sporting Praia, Boavista FC (Cape Verde), Boavista Prai ...
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