São Tomé And Príncipe Championship
São Tomé and Príncipe Championship (Portuguese: ''Campeonato Nacional'') is the top division of the São Toméan Football Federation. In the 2021/22 season there were 18 teams participating in two leagues – 12 teams from São Tomé Island, whose league has two relegation places, alongside 6 teams from Príncipe Island, which operates as a single division with no relegation. The championship is decided in a match between the São Tomé Island champions and the Príncipe Island champions. The champion heads to the qualifying round of the CAF Champions League each season, for some seasons, there were no participants. Since 1998, the champion competes in the São Tomé and Príncipe Super Cup in the following year. Like Cape Verde further to the northwest in the Atlantic, they are the only two countries in Africa where only the title of each national subdivision spends only a year in the competition and being the few remaining nations to do so. Unlike Cape Verde, it may be the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Flag Of São Tomé And Príncipe
The national flag of São Tomé and Príncipe is a horizontal Triband (flag), triband of green, yellow, and green, with a red isosceles triangle at the hoist and two five-pointed black stars on the yellow band. The flag's aspect ratio is 1:2 and the ratio of the bands are 2:3:2. The flag was adopted upon São Tomé and Príncipe's independence from Portugal on 12 July 1975. The design is based on, and nearly identical to, the first flag of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe (MLSTP), which led the country to its independence. Design The flag was designed by Manuel Pinto da Costa, the first president of São Tomé and Príncipe. It is almost identical to the MLSTP flag except that the widths of its bands are at a ratio of 2:3:2, while on the MLSTP flag they are equal. The flag's colours are shared by the flags initially adopted by two other former Portuguese colonies, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, and all three feature a black star. Symbolism The colo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC Aliança Nacional
Futebol Club Aliança Nacional or with (de Pantufo) ( Portuguese meaning the Football Club National Alliance) is a football club based in Pantufo in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship São Tomé and Príncipe Championship (Portuguese: ''Campeonato Nacional'') is the top division of the São Toméan Football Federation. In the 2021/22 season there were 18 teams participating in two leagues – 12 teams from São Tomé Island, ... and plays at its own field. The team never claimed any national and insular titles, but won the cup in 1996. Logo Its logo is a seal with a white rim reading the club name surrounded by an orange line. Inside is a black portion with two orange half crescents and an inner white crescents with the acronym ANP, the last three letters in the middle, the N is colored white and the other two are black and a slightly smaller size. History The team lost in the semi-final to Sporting Clube Praia Cruz in 1994. Years later, the club was relegated to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UDAPB
União Desportiva Aeroporto, Picão e Belo Monte ( Portuguese meaning the Picão e Belo Monte Airport Sporting Union, abbreviation and common form: UDAPB) is a football club that plays in Santo António 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 capital as every club on the island does. It is located next to the island's only airport and is based in the village of Picão and the club area includes the Santo António subdivision of Aeroporto and Belo Monte, São Tomé and Príncipe in the northeast whose the club areas included, other areas includes the whole northeast of the island and Santa Rita. History The club was founded with the merger of then unregistered clubs of Picão, Aeroporto de Príncipe and Belo Monte and not longer after became registered. The team won their only island title in 2007. Its titles totals were third and were shared wit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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GD Sundy
Grupo Desportivo Sundy is a football club that is based in the section of Sundy/Sundi 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 capital as every club on the island does, their main field is Campo de Sundi which is located in Sundi. Its nickname is Nigéria, Portuguese for Nigeria. History The team won their island title in 1989, and the tenth club to claim the first national title in 2010 and is their only one. Their first three championship finals participation ended with a loss, first to Inter Bom-Bom, then to Bairros Unidos a year later. At the 2007 national semis, they lost to Vitória 4–3 on May 12. On March 6, 2010, Sundy challenged against 6 de Setembro in the national final for the title. In the 11th minute of the second half, Sundy scored 1–3 including a penalty. In regional championship totals, the club title was shared with Os ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sporting Clube Do Príncipe
Sporting Clube do Príncipe is a football club that plays in the island of Principe in São Tomé and Príncipe. The team plays in the Principe Island League in its local division. History The club was founded on February 6, 1915, and is the oldest club on the island and in the nation, Sporting Príncipe is the fathering club of Sporting Clube de Portugal and is the 183rd affiliate. The team won two titles in the national championship in late 2011 and 2012, the club became the eleventh to win their first title and the seventh and recent to win their second title in the country and their totals were third on the island behind Os Operários and Sundy. In 2013, their regional totals became fourth as Porto Real won another title. At the regional level, they got their fourth regional title for 2016 which was also their second consecutive and along with three other clubs possessed the most regional titles, later they qualified to the 2016 National Championships which became the sec ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 capital as every club on the island does. History The team was the island's first club to win an island title in 1985. In 1990, the club were one of three who had a title each. In 1993 that ranking became second. Porto Real won another island title in 1999. Sundy surpassed the club's title totals which made it third, it was shared with Sporting in 2012 for a season as Porto Real won two consecutive titles in 2013 and 2014, and became one of three clubs with the most titles on the island and, from 2016, one of four for one season, the titles totals became second behind Os Operários's five titles in September 2017. The club was suspended for the 2012 season. In the champ finals, the club lost all three matches, the recent two were lost to Sp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1º De Maio
Grupo Desportivo 1º de Maio is a football club that plays 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 capital as every club on the island does. History The team was founded on May 1, 1982, and named after the foundation of the date of the club. Its current coach is Aldo Cruz. The club celebrated its 10th anniversary in 1992 and later celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2007. Its logo has a gold-yellow pointed crest with a thin dark green edge with the club name and the club's location inside and on top, ''Djunta Mó'', the Príncipe Creole form. It has a sky blue colored football (soccer ball) in the middle with two people shaking hands inside. It also has three stars on the bottom, colored green, red and yellow. In 1999, the club won their first regional cup title and played in the national semis where they were placed at the time, they lost a mat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vitória FC (Riboque)
Vitória Futebol Clube do Riboque () is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship.The club is most noted for the fact that they are the São Tomé and Príncipe one of oldest club, founded 1976. The team is based in Riboque a neighbourhood of city São Tomé in the Água Grande District on the island of São Tomé. Its offices are located at Avenida Geovany in Riboque. The club is the only unrelegated club in the island of São Tomé. Vitória Riboque is historically the third successful football (soccer) club in both São Tomé Island and São Tomé and Príncipe, having won about 25 official titles, 14 are national and the remaining 11 are regional titles. In national championship titles, they have five, about 15% of the championship title totals, by district, half of the titles won. Of the regional titles, about 30% of the totals, by district, more than half of the totals. In cup titles it totals about 30% of the national titles. History The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UDRA
União Desportiva Rei Amador, known popularly by the abbreviation UDRA, is a football club based in the southern part of the island of São Tomé, in the city of São João dos Angolares. Founded in 1995, the club competes in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship, using Campo de Ribeira Peixe. The club is named after Rei Amador, a slave king in Angolares mythology. UDRA is recently the top 10 successful football (soccer) club in São Tomé Island and has the third most overall honours in São Tomé and Príncipe, having won about 13 official titles, seven are national and the remaining six are regional titles. History UDRA was founded in 1995 and being one of the first football clubs in Caué which includes the southern part of the island. Years later, the team became a registered club. UDRA first played in the island's second division. In 2005, UDRA celebrated its 10th anniversary of the club's foundation. UDRA became the twelfth and recent club to win their first ti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UD Correia
União Desportivo Correia is a football club that is based in the settlement of Correia west of the national capital São Tomé in the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main isla .... The team plays in the São Tomé Island League. It never won any titles. The club was founded in 2000, not long after, it became a registered club of the country. In 2010, the club celebrated its 10th anniversary of its foundation. In the 2000s, they played in the second division, as of the 2016 season, they played in the regional Premier Division. Its logo has a light blue star with a green soccer ball in the middle. League and cup history Island championships Statistics *Appearances at the regional competitions: 11 *Appearances at the regio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Trindade FC
Trindade FC is a football club that plays in Trindade on the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main isla .... The team plays in the São Tomé Island League's first level. It has never won any titles. After playing for several seasons in the Second Division, the club returned once more into the island's Premier Division in 2016 after being in the top two positions in 2015. League and cup history Island championships References Football clubs in São Tomé and Príncipe Mé-Zóchi District São Tomé Island Premier Division {{SaoTomePrincipe-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sporting Clube De São Tomé
Sporting Clube de São Tomé is a football club based in the national capital São Tomé, in the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe. The team is part of the São Tome Island Football Association and the Santomean Football Association. The club is historically the second best club both on the island and in the nation. History Sporting São Tomé is the fathering club of Sporting Clube de Portugal and is the 183rd affiliate. The team was one of the archipelago's first. Their first provincial title was won in 1952, their second was won in 1966 and their last was in 1971. Sporting São Tomé alongside Andorinha and the club now Porto de Folha Fede never won any titles after independence in 1975. In recent years, the club was relegated into the Second Division and later relegated into the Third Division until 2015 when they were in the top two positions and returned to the Second Division for two seasons, in September 2017, the club finished first with 42 wins, 13 win ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |