Football league season
The 2002 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 23rd of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde . The competition started on 11 May and finished on 6 July 2002. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation . Sporting Praia won their fourth title. No club participated in the 2003 CAF Champions League and the 2003 CAF Winners Cup .
Overview
Onze Unidos was the defending team of the title. A total of 9 clubs, 36 matches were played and 117 goals were scored. It was one of the few seasons that the total number of points would be the champion, it had fewer games compared to other football leagues and this would be the last season to do so. The following season, they used the group system with 4 matches and with playoffs though the semis would be added, also the Santiago and Santo Antão Island Leagues would be split into two and the total number of clubs risen to 11. The number of goals were higher than any other season in history until 2005. Sporting and Bautuque shared the record total of 19 points , no other club surpassed it since, even into the creation of a three-group season with six matches for each club made in May 2017. Batuque scored the most at home, the most in a regular season.
Participants
Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2000 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)
League standings
Results
Week 1
Home
Score
Visitor
Date
Sanjoanense
2 - 1
Onze Unidos
11 May
Académica Fogo
4 - 2
Académica Operaria
11 May
Atlético
2 - 1
Sporting Praia
11 May
Batuque
4 - 1
Académico Aeroporto
11 May
Week 2
Home
Score
Visitor
Date
Académica Brava
0 - 1
Batuque
18 May
Académico Aeroporto
3 - 0
Atlético
18 May
Sporting Praia
3 - 0
Académica Fogo
18 May
Académica Operaria
2 - 0
Sanjoanense
18 May
Week 3
Home
Score
Visitor
Date
Onze Unidos
0 - 2
Académica Operaria
25 May
Sanjoanense
0 - 2
Sporting Praia
25 May
Académica Fogo
1 - 2
Académico Aeroporto
25 May
Atlético
6 - 0
Académica Brava
25 May
Week 4
Home
Score
Visitor
Date
Batuque
3 - 0
Atlético
1 June
Académico Aeroporto
4 - 1
Sanjoanense
1 June
Sporting Praia
2 - 0
Onze Unidos
1 June
Académica Brava
0 - 3
Académica Fogo
2 June
Week 5
Home
Score
Visitor
Date
Académica Operaria
0 - 1
Sporting Praia
8 June
Onze Unidos
1 - 1
Académico Aeroporto
8 June
Sanjoanense
2 - 1
Académica Brava
8 June
Académica Fogo
2 - 1
Batuque
8 June
Week 6
Home
Score
Visitor
Date
Atlético
1 - 1
Académica Fogo
15 June
Batuque
4 - 1
Sanjoanense
15 June
Académico Aeroporto
2 - 1
Académica Operaria
15 June
Académica Brava
1 - 1
Onze Unidos
16 June
Week 7
Home
Score
Visitor
Date
Sporting Praia
3 - 1
Académico Aeroporto
22 June
Académica Operaria
2 - 0
Académica Brava
22 June
Onze Unidos
0 - 1
Batuque
22 June
Sanjoanense
1 - 2
Atlético
22 June
Week 8
Home
Score
Visitor
Date
Académico Fogo
5 - 1
Sanjoanense
29 June
Atlético
3 - 0
Onze Unidos
29 June
Batuque
3 - 0
Académica Operaria
29 June
Académica Brava
0 - 9
Sporting Praia
29 June
Week 9
Home
Score
Visitor
Date
Académico Aeroporto
3 - 0
Académica Brava
6 July
Sporting Praia
1 - 1
Batuque
6 July
Académica Operaria
0 - 1
Atlético
6 July
Onze Unidos
2 - 5
Académico Fogo
6 July
Position changes
Statistics
Top scorer : Di: 9 goals (Sporting Praia)
Highest scoring match: Académica Brava 0-9 Sporting Praia (June 29)
Longest winning streak: Sporting Praia
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