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The Cape Verdean Football Federation ( pt, Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol, FCF) is the governing body of
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in
Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...
. It was founded in 1982, affiliated to
FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
in 1986 and to CAF in 2000. It organizes the national football league and the national team. Its current president is Victor Osório since 2015. The federation is headquartered in the capital city of
Praia Praia (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.
and is located on Avenida Cidade de Lisboa in the subdivision of Várzea where the sport complexes are located. Its office is just south of Estádio da Várzea and features a small field on the east part. The building was completed in 2006 after the nearby stadium was also repaired. Since 2013, the Caixa building is adjacent to its offices.


Premier League or Interisland league

The Capeverdean Premier division are made up of two groups, Groups A and B and the team with the most points in the island but Santiago and Santo Antão are divided into two zones in the island qualifies into the premier division and not the top teams from the second or third divisions in other places. There are only about five to six rounds before heading to the playoffs and are played in the months of May or June. The premier league as well as the island divisions has several teams, more teams can be seen at another title below this one: * Cutelin dos Mosteiros Trás - Fogo * Nô Pintcha Mosteiros - Fogo *Grito Povo de Ribeira do Ilheu - Fogo *ABC de Patim - Fogo * Académica (Praia) -
Praia Praia (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.
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Académica (Mindelo) 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.A ...
- Mindelo * Académica Sal-Rei - Sal-Rei * Académico do Aeroporto - Espargos on
Sal Island Sal (Portuguese for "salt") is an island in Cape Verde. Sal is a tourist destination with white sandy beaches and over 350 days of sunshine a year. It is one of the three sandy eastern islands of the Cape Verde archipelago in the central Atlantic ...
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Académica (Espargos) 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.A ...
- Espargos on Sal Island * Académico Sal Rei -
Sal Rei Sal Rei is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
on
Boa Vista Island Boa Vista (Portuguese language, Portuguese for "good view"), also written as Boavista, is a desert-like island that belongs to the Cape Verde Islands. At , it is the third largest island of the Cape Verde archipelago. The island of Boa Vista is ...
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GD Amarantes Grêmio Desportivo Amarante or Amarante (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''GD Amarantis'', São Vicente: ''GD Amarante'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde ...
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Barreirense Futebol Clube Barreirense is a Portuguese sports club founded on 11 April 1911. The main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, the club has represented Portugal in European competitions. In basketball, the club won 2 national champ ...
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- Boa Vista * SC Atlético * Botafogo * Castilho - Mindelo *
Derby FC Futebol Clube Derby (short form: FC Derby, second name: Derby São Vicente) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde and is Cape Verde's only affiliate of FC Porto and the oldest ...
- Mindelo * Juventude - Fogo *
CS Mindelense Clube Sportivo Mindelense (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''KS Mindelensi'' (''KS'' – ''Klubi Sporting''), São Vicente Crioulo: ''KS Mindelense'' (''KS'' – ''Klube or Clube (CS)'') is a football club that plays in the Prem ...
- Mindelo * No Pintcha - Brava *
Onze Unidos Clube Desportivo Onze Unidos (Portuguese for "Eleven United", Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Unzi Unidus'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Maio Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the ...
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Vila do Maio Vila may refer to: People *Vila (surname) Places Andorra * Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp Brazil * Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, a municipality in the State of Mato Grosso * Vila Boa, Goiás, a municipality in the State of ...
* Sal-Rei -
Sal Rei Sal Rei is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
* Sanantonense? - Santo Antão * Sanjoanense? *
Sport Club Santa Maria Sport Clube Santa Maria (also in Capeverdean Crioulos of ALUPEC or ALUPEK and Sal) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Santa Maria in the south ...
- Santa Maria in the island of Sal *
Spartak Spartak may refer to: In sports *Spartak (sports society), an international fitness and sports society that unites some countries of the former Soviet Union In Russia *FC Spartak Moscow, a football club *FC Spartak Kostroma, a football club *PFC ...
d'Aguadinha - Fogo * Sporting Clube do Porto Novo - Porto Novo * Sporting Praia - Praia *Tchadense - Praia * CD Travadores - Praia * Ultramarina - São Nicolau * União - Fogo * Unidos do Norte - Paiol, Ponta d'Água Achada São Filipe, Praia * Verdun * Vulcânicos - Fogo


Island Leagues including the two zones of Santiago and Santo Antão

Unlike other leagues throughout the world in which is the second, third and fourth, the lowest is mainly the second division or secondary leagues and are split into ten leagues of which are played in the nine main islands, Santiago and Santo Antão is split into two, the North Zone and the South Zone; the tenth main island of Santa Luzia is uninhabited. The team of each league with the most points qualifies and advances into the premier division. One of these examples includes these islands and zones. In the 2005-06 season, the Santiago North Zone did not have a champion which meant that the champion of the previous season automatically entered the premier division: * Boa Vista: ** Académica Sal-Rei,
Académica Operária Associação Académica e Operária da Boa Vista (first part, Portuguese meaning: "academy", Capeverdean Crioulo: ''Asosiason Akadémika y Operária/Uperária'') is a sports club that its football (soccer) team had played in the Premier divisio ...
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, Sal-Rei * Brava: ** Académica, Benfica, Corôa,
Morabeza Morabeza is a word from Cape Verdean creole that is used to express Cape Verdean hospitality, as realized by the friendliness, casual and relaxed behavior of the Cape Verdean population and its culture. As a proper noun, it may refer to: * ''Morabe ...
, No Pintcha, Sporting * Fogo: **
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Cutelinho Cutelinho Futebol Clube is a professional football club that currently plays in the Fogo Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the village of Mosteiros in the northeastern part of the island and plays in the stadium with a capacity of 1000. ...
, Juventude,
No Pintcha do Mosteiros No (and variant writings) may refer to one of these articles: English language * ''Yes'' and ''no'' (responses) * A determiner in noun phrases Alphanumeric symbols * No (kana), a letter/syllable in Japanese script * No symbol, displayed ...
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Spartak Spartak may refer to: In sports *Spartak (sports society), an international fitness and sports society that unites some countries of the former Soviet Union In Russia *FC Spartak Moscow, a football club *FC Spartak Kostroma, a football club *PFC ...
, União, Vulcânicos * Maio: **
Barreirense Futebol Clube Barreirense is a Portuguese sports club founded on 11 April 1911. The main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, the club has represented Portugal in European competitions. In basketball, the club won 2 national champ ...
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Onze Unidos Clube Desportivo Onze Unidos (Portuguese for "Eleven United", Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Unzi Unidus'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Maio Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the ...
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Sal Sal, SAL, or S.A.L. may refer to: Personal name * Sal (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname Places * Sal, Cape Verde, an island and municipality * Sal, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province * Ca ...
** Académico do Aeroporto,
Académica (Espargos) 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.A ...
, Juventude, Palmeira, Santa Maria, Verdun * São Nicolau: ** SC Atletico,
FC Ultramarina FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakist ...
, Desportivo Ribeira Brava * Santiago (South Zone): ** Académica, Boavista, Praia Rural, Sporting Praia, Tchadense, CD Travadores,
FC Ultramarina FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakist ...
, etc. * Santo Antão (South Zone): ** Sporting Clube do Porto Novo * São Vicente: **
Académica (Mindelo) 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.A ...
, Castilho,
FC Derby Futebol Clube Derby (short form: FC Derby, second name: Derby São Vicente) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde and is Cape Verde's only affiliate of FC Porto and the oldest ...
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CS Mindelense Clube Sportivo Mindelense (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''KS Mindelensi'' (''KS'' – ''Klubi Sporting''), São Vicente Crioulo: ''KS Mindelense'' (''KS'' – ''Klube or Clube (CS)'') is a football club that plays in the Prem ...
, etc. The island divisions including the two islands' two zones varies from each month that play and plays in the month of April and May and May in most islands, Santiago begins from December until May.


References


External links

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Official site
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