The 2017 São Tomé and Principe Championship was the 32nd 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 ...

. There are two separate championships, one for teams of

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and one for teams of

Príncipe Island Príncipe (; ) is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of (including offshore islets) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Cens ...

. The champions of the two island championships play a home-and-away two-legged final to decide the overall champions.São Tomé e Príncipe 2017
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São Tomé teams 2017

First Division

Second Division

Third Division

The third division featured 10 clubs.

Final table

-.Juba de Diogo Simão withdrew Both Ototó (1st) and Cruz Vermelha (2nd) will be promoted into the Second Division in the following season.

Príncipe Championship

A total of 6 teams participate in the Príncipe Island League. Os Operários won their championship title for Príncipe and qualified into the national championship matches.

Final table

National final

The two match finals took place. on 19 and 26 November. The qualified teams were: *Champions of São Tomé:

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 ...

*Champions of Príncipe: Os Operários UDRA won all two legs, first 2-0 in São Tomé Island, then 1-3 in Príncipe and UDRA won their second national championship title. By district, Caué's total honours won in the championships also became two, superseded Cantagalo's single title and became third out of fifth, tied with Lobata, all won by Desportivo de Guadalupe. Also UDRA became entrant into the national super cup and qualify as champion.

Results

First Leg ov 19, Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé UDRA 2-0 Operários anine 34, 37 Second Leg ov 26, Estádio Regional 13 de Junho, Santo António Operários 1-3 UDRA áte 22; Tavarinho 7, Janine 54, Vando 56

References

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