The Santo Antão North Premier Division is a regional championship played in

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(though not listed), Santo Antão Island,

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. It is organized by the Santo Antão North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Zona Norte do Santo Antão, ARFZNSA). The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. The league was formed in 1997 and continued to play with the

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until the breakup into the north and south zones in 2002. Six clubs participate, a club with the most points participates in the national championships each season while the last placed club from the regional premier division relegates into the second division the following season. In 2013, the main portion became the Premier Division after the Premier Division was added. Paulense has the most island titles with six and will total seven on its entirety in late March, second is Solpontense with five, third is Rosariense with three and three clubs Beira-Mar and Foguetões and now Sinagoga with only one title.

Santo Antão North Premier Division- Clubs 2017/18

* Beira Mar - Ribeira Grande * Foguetões - Eito * Paulense - Paul * Rosariense - Ribeira Grande * Santo Crucifixo - covering the parish, based in Coculi * Sinagoga

Winners

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Regional championships (1997-2012)

*1997/98 :

Rosariense Clube Rosariense Clube da Ribeira Grande, also as Rosariense Desportivo Clube, short or conventional form: Rosariense Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo languages, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Rozariensi Klubi'' and the São Vicente Crioulo language ...

*1998/99 : Solpontense *1999/00 : Solpontense *2000-02 : ''not held as the Santo Antão Island League continued without the two zones'' *2002/03 :

Paulense DC Paulense Desportivo Clube ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Paulensi Disportibu Klubi'' and the São Vicente Crioulo: ''Paulense Dsportiv' Klube'') is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santo Ant� ...

*2003/04 :

*2004/05 :

*2005/06 : Beira-Mar (Ribeira Grande) *2006/07 :

*2007/08 : Solpontense *2008/09 : Foguetões *2009/10 : Solpontense *2010/11 :

*2011/12 : Paulense

Regional Premier Division (since 2013)

* 2012/13 : Solpontense * 2013/14 : Paulense * 2014/15 : Paulense * 2015/16 : Sinagoga * 2016-17: Paulense *2017–18: Os Foguetões

Performance by club

Performance by municipality

Seasons by club

The left indicates the participation in the North Zone and its Premier Division, inside the bracket is overall participation as one island and the North Zone.

References

External links

Santo Antão North Zone Regional Football Association website

Santo Antão North Premier Division at Sports Midia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Santo Antao Island League North Second level football leagues in Cape Verde 1997 establishments in Cape Verde Sports leagues established in 1997