The Santiago South Zone Cup (

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: ''Copa da Ilha de Santiago Sul'',

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ALUPEC The ''Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita do Caboverdiano'' (Unified Alphabet for Cape Verdean Writing), commonly known as ALUPEC, is the alphabet that was officially recognizedResolução n.º 48/2005' (Boletim Oficial da República de Cabo Verde – ...

ALUPEK The ''Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita do Caboverdiano'' (Unified Alphabet for Cape Verdean Writing), commonly known as ALUPEC, is the alphabet that was officially recognizedResolução n.º 48/2005' (Boletim Oficial da República de Cabo Verde – ...

: ''Kopa da dja di Santiagu Sul'') is the oldest regional cup competition in Cape Verde and is played during the season in the south of island of Santiago,

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consisting the municipalities of

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and São Domingos. It consists of all the clubs from all the two regional divisions and are divided into about six rounds. The cup competition is organized by the

Santiago South Regional Football Association Santiago South Regional Football Association (Portuguese: ''Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Sul'', abbreviation: ''ARFSS'', not commonly as ''ARFSZS'') is a football (soccer) association covering the south of the island of Santiago, Ca ...

(Associação Regional de Santiago Sul, ARFSS). The cup winner competed in the regional super cup final in the following season. Since 2007, the winner qualifies into the

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which were canceled from 2012 to 2017 due to financial and scheduling reasons. Until 2003, it covered the whole island and was known as the Santiago Island Cup (Taça Insular/Regional de Santiago) and was also known as the Praia Cup (Taça da Praia) in which it would later be used for the opening tournament and consisted of only eight to ten clubs and they only came from the city of

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, no clubs from the north of the island competed in the cup competition as no clubs from that part were registered at the time. The cup competition split in 2002 and the Santiago Cup became the Santiago South Cup. The first cup competition in the North Zone took place in 2007, further competitions took place, recent competitions did not take place today there due to financial reasons. Clubs from the municipality of São Domingos took part of the North Zone's cup competitions until 2010. The 2016 cup final did not take place in May 2016 due to an unknown reason. The cup final was rescheduled and set to April 15, 2017 and Delta won their only regional cup title. Its recent cup winner is

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who won their second straight cup title on March 31. Sporting also achieved qualification as cup winner into the super cup which will take place later in the season.

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