2006 Cape Verdean Football Championships

Cape Verdean Football Championship

Season	2006
Champions	Sporting Clube da Praia
Matches played	35
Goals scored	90 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mendes (7)
Biggest home win	Derby
Highest scoring	Derby
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The 2006 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 26th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 6 May and finished on 2 July, earlier than the last season. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.^[1] Sporting Praia won their 5th title and in the following year participated in the 2007 CAF Champions League. No second place club participated in the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup.

Overview

Three clubs returned again, FC Derby, Sporting Praia and Mindelense, some others returned in some or several years, two clubs Barreirense FC and Beira Mar competed for the first time.

FC Derby was the defending team of the title. A total of 11 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. The Santiago Island League North Zone had no championships for the 2005-06 season. No extra team participated as the season had only 11 clubs.

The season marked the last appearance of Nô Pintcha at the nationals, a club who won a lot of regional title at the time.

The biggest win and score was Derby who defeated Nô Pintcha 7-1, the second largest was Académico do Aeroporto who defeated Barreirense 6-1. Académico do Aeroporto scored 6 points against Botafogo in the semis.

Dário continued his career for his second season with the club after playing with several Portuguese clubs including Paços Ferreira. He scored a goal in second leg of the finals at the 45th minute.

Participating clubs

Sporting Praia

Sport Sal Rei Club

Nô Pintcha

Botafogo

Barreirense

Académico do Aeroporto

Beira-Mar

Sporting Clube do Porto Novo

FC Ultramarina

FC Derby
CS Mindelense

Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2006 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)

• FC Derby, winner of the 2005 Cape Verdean Football Championships
• Sport Sal Rei Club, winner of the Boa Vista Island League
• Nô Pintcha, winner of the Brava Island League
• Botafogo, winner of the Fogo Island League
• Barreirense, winner of the Maio Island League
• Académico do Aeroporto, winner of the Sal Island League
• Sporting Clube da Praia, winner of the Santiago Island League (South)
• Beira Mar, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (North)
• Sporting Clube do Porto Novo, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (South)
• FC Ultramarina, winner of the São Nicolau Island League
• CS Mindelense, winner of the São Vicente Island League

Information about the clubs

Club	Location
Académico do Aeroporto	Espargos
Barreirense FC	Barreiro
Beira Mar	Ribeira Grande
Botafogo	São Filipe
FC Derby	Mindelo
CS Mindelense	Mindelo
Nô Pintcha	Furna
Onze Unidos	Vila do Maio
Sport Sal Rei Club	Sal Rei
Sporting Clube da Praia	Praia
FC Ultramarina	Ribeira Brava

League standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Derby	4	3	1	0	13	2	+11	10
2	Botafogo	4	2	2	0	9	3	+6	8
3	SC Sal Rei	4	2	2	1	5	2	+3	7
4	Nô Pintcha	4	1	0	3	4	12	-8	3
5	Sporting Clube do Porto Novo	4	0	0	4	0	12	-12	0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Académico do Aeroporto	5	4	0	1	12	3	+9	12
2	Sporting Clube da Praia	5	4	0	1	8	4	+4	12
3	FC Ultramarina	5	2	1	2	6	9	0	7
4	CS Mindelense	5	2	0	3	6	7	-1	6
5	Beira-Mar	5	1	1	3	5	8	-3	4
6	Barreirense FC	5	1	0	4	4	13	-9	2

Results

Week 1
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Derby	3 - 0	Sporting Porto Novo	7 May
Sal Rei	2 - 0	Nô Pintcha	1 June
Mindelense	1 - 0	Barreirense	6 May
Sporting Praia	2 - 0	Ultramarina	6 May
Académico Aeroporto	2 - 0	Beira-Mar	6 May

Week 2
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Botafogo	1 - 1	Derby	13 May
Sporting Porto Novo	0 - 3	Sal Rei	13 May
Ultramarina	0 - 1	Académico Aeroporto	13 May
Beira-Mar	0 - 2	Mindelense	14 May
Barreirense	0 - 2	Sporting Praia	14 May

Week 3
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Sal Rei	0 - 0	Botafogo	20 May
Nô Pintcha	1 - 0	Sporting Porto Novo	21 May
Mindelense	1 - 2	Sporting Praia	20 May
Académico Aeroporto	6 - 1	Barreirense	21 May
Beira-Mar	1 - 1	Ultramarina	21 May

Week 4
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Derby	2 - 0	Sal Rei	28 May
Nô Pintcha	2 - 3	Botafogo	29 May
Beira-Mar	1 - 2	Barreirense	28 May
Ultramarina	2 - 1	Mindelense	29 May
Sporting Praia	1 - 0	Académico Aeroporto	29 May

Week 5
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Botafogo	5 - 0	Sporting Porto Novo	25 May
Derby	7 - 1	Nô Pintcha	4 June
Sporting Praia	1 - 3	Beira-Mar	3 June
Barreirense	1 - 3	Ultramarina	3 June
Académico Aeroporto	3 - 1	Mindelense	3 June

Final Stages

	Semi-Finals							Finals
		Botafogo	2	0	2
		Académico do Aeroporto	2	6	8				Académico do Aeroporto	0	2	2
		Sporting Clube da Praia	2	0	2				Sporting Clube da Praia	1	2	3
		FC Derby	0	1	1

Semi-finals

10 June 2006 (2006-06-10)

Botafogo	2:2	Académico do Aeroporto

Estádio 5 de Julho
São Filipe

10 June 2006 (2006-06-10)

Sporting Clube da Praia	2:0	FC Derby

Estádio da Várzea
Praia

17 June 2006 (2006-06-17)

Académico do Aeroporto	6:0	Botafogo

Estádio Marcelo Leitão
Espargos

17 June 2006 (2006-06-17)

FC Derby	1:0	Sporting Clube da Praia

Estádio Alcindo Nascimento
Mindelo

Finals

24 June 2006 (2006-06-24)

Académico do Aeroporto	0:1	Sporting Clube da Praia
		Gerson 3'

Estádio Marcelo Leitão
Espargos

Referee: Orlando Araújo

2 July 2006 (2006-07-02)

Sporting Clube da Praia	2:2	Académico do Aeroporto
Dário 43' Quiroga 90'		Mendes 62' Hernâni 93'

Estádio da Várzea
Praia

Referee: Victor Lima

Cape Verdean Football 2006 Champions
Sporting Clube da Praia 5th title

Statistics

• Top scorer: Mendes: 7 goals (of Académico do Aeroporto)
• Highest scoring match: Derby 7-1 Nô Pintcha (June 4)

See also

• 2005–06 in Cape Verdean football

Footnotes

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External links

• Homepage of the Cape Verdean Football Federation
• Complete results and rankings at rsssf.com^{[dead link‍]}