The 2012 São Tomé and Principe Championship was the 27th season of the

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the top-level

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championship of

São Tomé and Principe SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Serb Autonomous Regions (''Srpska autonomna oblast'', SAO), during the breakup of ...

. It began on 1 May and concluded on 5 November. Sporting Clube do Principe from

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island won their second title.

Teams

15 teams participated in the

, 10 from

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and 5 from

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. 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 2012

First Division

Second Division

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(Zone A) and

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(Zone B).

=Zone A

= *

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 Roberto ...

Os Dinâmicos Folha Fede FC, also as Porto de Folha Fede or Portuense de Folha Fede and Os Dinâmicos Folha Fede ( Portuguese; ) is a football club that plays in the São Tomé Island League in Folha Fede in São Tomé and Príncipe. The team is based in the ...

/Porto - Folha Fede * Juba Diogo Simão * Palmar *

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FC Ribeira Peixe Futebol Clube Ribeira Peixe is a football (soccer), football club that plays in the São Tomé Island League, it was recently Promotion and relegation, promoted after being 2nd in the Third Division and plays in the Second Division for the 2017 se ...

* Santa Margarida *

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 ...

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=Zone B

= * Amador - Agostinho Neto *

Andorinha Sport Club Andorinha Sport Club is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the neighbourhood of Ponta Mina near Praia Cruz in the island of São Tomé. History The club was founded in 1931 and is one ...

* Desportivo Conde *

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CD Guadalupe Clube Desportivo de Guadalupe is a football club that plays in the São Tomé Island League in São Tomé and Príncipe. The team is based in the island of São Tomé and played in the island Second Division as of 2016. Logo and Uniform Its log ...

* Kê Morabeza - in the following season, the club would change its name to Kë Morabeza *

Desportivo Marítimo Clube Desportivo Marítimo Micoló is a football club that plays in the village of Micoló located near Guadalupe in the island of São Tomé Island League in São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Repu ...

- Micoló * FC Neves *

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* Diogo Vaz

Third Division

It was the first season that featured the Third Division.

Principe teams 2012

Five clubs took part,

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did not participated during the season which reduced the number of matches to eight. The competition started in May and finished in October. Sporting won the 2012 title and participated in the national championship match in November. Sporting defeated UDAPB 1–0 in the final match of the season.

National final

The national final match took place on 5 November 2012 at noon. The match featured Sporting from Príncipe and

Sporting Praia Cruz Sporting Clube da Praia Cruz is a professional Association football, football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the island of São Tomé Island, São Tomé. The team has won eight national and six ...

, it was the "Sporting" challenge. Every goal were scored in the last few minutes of the match. The first were scored by Remi Lima at the 86th minute, the second was a penalty kick which was scored by Sporting Praia's Jair which tied up the game, at additional time, Remy Lima scored the last two goals and Sporting Príncipe went on to win their second in a row and most recent national title and qualified into the

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References

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