The Maio Island League is a regional championship played in Maio Island, Cape Verde. The competition is organized by the Maio Regional Football Association (Associação Regional do Maio de Futebol, ARMF).Maio Regional Football Association's website The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. Since 2015, the last place club relegates and Beira-Mar was the first club to be relegated.
About the Island/Regional League The competition was founded around 1987 and was the last inhabited island without its own regional championships. They started out with six clubs, later it was increased to seven clubs which was the tenth most in the nation. From 2011 to 2015, it was shared with Brava having the second fewest clubs in Cape Verde which was also the ninth most.
For several seasons, the league featured seven clubs and played for a total of 12 rounds. Between the early 2010s up to 2015, the club was short of two clubs and featured only five clubs and played for a total of 10 rounds with a bye week.
In 2015, the Maio Premier Division replaced the Maio Island (or Regional) Championships and the island's Second Division was established.
In the following season, the division may contain eight clubs as the last place club heads to play a division decisional match with the second placed club.
Title history Académico 83 was the first club to win an island title, followed by Onze Unidos, Beira-Mar won their first in 1997, Académico 83 won another in 1998, Onze Unidos won six straight titles between 1999 and 2005 with the 2000 season not held. Two recent clubs won their first title, Barreirense in 2006 and Académica do Maio or Calheta in 2007, Académica do Maio from Calheta won two straight titles in 2008. Onze Unidos won in 2008 followed by Barreirense's second and recent title win, Onze Unidos again won a title for 2011, Académico won two straight in 2013, Académica da Calheta won their recent title in 2014. Académico 83 won another two straight titles, including their recent win of the 2015/16 season.
Maio Premier Division Clubs 2017/18 Académica do Maio - Vila da Calheta Académico 83 - Cidade do Porto Inglês Barreirense - Vila do Barreiro Miramar - Ribeira Dom João Morrerense - Morro CD Onze Unidos - Cidade do Porto Inglês Real Marítimo - Cascabulho (also known as Marítimo de Cascabulho) Santana de Morrinho - Morrinho
Winners Maio Island League
1987–88: not finished 1988–89: not held 1989–90: not held 1990–91 : Académico 83 1991–92 : Onze Unidos 1992–93 : Onze Unidos 1993–94 : Académico 83 1994–95 : Académico 83 1995–96 : Onze Unidos 1996–97 : Beira Mar 1997–98 : Académico 83 1998–99 : Onze Unidos 1999–2000 : Not held 2000–01 : Onze Unidos 2001–02 : Onze Unidos 2002–03 : Onze Unidos 2003–04 : Onze Unidos 2004–05 : Onze Unidos 2005–06 : Barreirense 2006–07 : Académica 2007–08 : Académica 2008–09 : Onze Unidos 2009–10 : Barreirense 2010–11 : Onze Unidos 2011–12 : Académico 83 2012–13 : Académico 83 2013–14 : Académica 2014–15 : Académico 83
Maio Premier Division 2015–16: Académico 83 2016–17: Onze Unidos 2017–18: Barreirense 2018–19: Académico 83 2019–20: not finished due to COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21: not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021–22: Barreirense 2022–23: Figueirense 2023–24: Barreirense 2024–25: not held
Performance By Club Club Winners Winning years Onze Unidos 12 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2017 Académico 83 9 1991, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019 Barreirense 5 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022, 2024 Académica do Maio 3 2007, 2008, 2014 Figueirense 1 2023 Beira Mar 1 1997
Performance by area Settlement or town Winners Winning years Porto Inglês211991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019Vila da Calheta 3 2007, 2008, 2014 Vila do Barreiro 3 2006. 2010, 2018
Youth Championships (under 17) 2012-13: Académico 83 2013-14: Académico 83 2014-15: Académico 83
See also Maio Island Cup Maio Super Cup Maio Opening Tournament Maio Champion's Cup
References
External links Maio Island League