São Tomé Island LeagueSão Tomé Island League is the top division of the São Toméan Football Federation for the São Tomé Island. The champion competes at the national championships each year.
History Before independence, it was the only regional competition in the nation. It was the sole competition in the country and was acted as a national competition until 1985 when the Príncipe League were founded. From 1986 to 1988, 1991, 1992 and 1994 to 1997 as the other island's competitions were not held, the island champions were also national champions.
São Tomé League – clubs 2017
First Division Agrosport FC Aliança Nacional – Pantufo Bairros Unidos FC – Caixão Grande Correia – Correia Os Dinâmicos (Porto) Folha Fede Inter Bom-Bom Clube Desportivo de Neves (Neves) Sporting Praia Cruz (Praia Cruz) Trindade FC UDRA (São João dos Angolares) UDESCAI (Água Izé) Vitória FC (Riboque)
Second Division 6 de Setembro (Santana) Amador Boavista FC Uba Budo CD Guadalupe (Guadalupe) Kê Morabeza (Bela Vista) Oque d'El Rey (Oque d'El Rei) Palmar (Palmar) Ribeira Peixe (Ribeira Peixe) Santana FC (Santana) Sporting São Tomé
Third Division Andorinha Sport Club Desportivo Conde Cruz Vermelha (Almeirim) Juba Diogo Simão – withdrew Marítimo Micoló Otótó Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre) Santa Margarida (Santa Margarida) Varzim FC (Ribeira Afonso) Diogo Vaz
Previous winners
1977 : Vitória FC 1978 : Vitória FC 1979 : Vitória FC 1980 : Desportivo de Guadalupe 1981 : Desportivo de Guadalupe 1982 : Sporting Praia Cruz 1983 : no championship 1984 : Andorinha Sport Club 1985 : Sporting Praia Cruz 1986 : Vitória FC 1987 : no championship 1988 : 6 de Setembro 1989 : Vitória FC 1990 : 1991 : Santana FC 1992 : no championship 1993 : 1994 : Sporting Praia Cruz 1995 : Inter Bom-Bom 1996 : Caixão Grande 1997 : no championship 1998 : 1999 : Sporting Praia Cruz 2000 : Inter Bom-Bom 2001 : Bairros Unidos FC 2002 : no championship 2003 : Inter Bom-Bom 2004 : UDESCAI 2005 : no championship 2006 : no championship 2007 : Sporting Praia Cruz 2008 : no championship 2009 : Vitória FC 2010 : no championship 2011 : Vitória FC 2012 : Sporting Praia CruzRSSSF.com 2013 : Sporting Praia CruzRSSSF.com 2014 : UDRARSSSF.com 2015 : Sporting Praia CruzRSSSF.com 2016 : Sporting Praia CruzRSSSF.com 2017 : UDRARSSSF.com 2018 : UDRARSSSF.com
Performance by club Club Winners Winning years Sporting Praia Cruz 9 1982, 1985, 1994, 1999, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 Vitória FC 7 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1989, 2009, 2011 Inter Bom-Bom 3 1995, 2000, 2003 UDRA 3 2014, 2017, 2018 Desportivo de Guadalupe 2 1980, 1981 6 de Setembro (Praia) 1 1988 Andorinha Sport Club 1 1984 Bairros Unidos FC 1 2001 Caixão Grande 1 1996 Santana FC 1 1991 UDESCAI 1 2004
Performance by district DistrictWinnersWinning yearsÁgua Grande191977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016Mé-Zóchi51995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003Caué32014, 2017, 2018Lobata21980, 1981Cantagalo11991
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