The 2003 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 24th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 17 May and finished on 2 August. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. No club participated in the 2004 CAF Champions League or the 2004 CAF Winner's Cup.
Sporting Clube da Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 11 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league.
Overview The league was contested by 11 teams with Académico do Aeroporto winning the championship.
It was the first time that a total of 31 matches were played, 77 goals were scored
It would be the first time that two participants came from the island of Santiago and Santo Antão and they featured no single island championship match, they achieve two separate qualifications. Also it was the first participant of a club from Tarrafal, Amabox Barcelona and from Paul, Paulense. It was the only time that a participant of Fogo was outside the city of São Filipe, a club named Cutelinho.
Participants
Académica Operária, winner of the Boa Vista Island League Nô Pintcha, winner of the Brava Island League Cutelinho FC, winner of the Fogo Island League Onze Unidos, winner of the Maio Island League Académico do Aeroporto, winner of the Sal Island League Barcelona, winner of the Santiago Island League (North) CD Travadores, winner of the Santiago Island League (South) Paulense Desportivo Clube, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (North) Associação Académica do Porto Novo, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (South) FC Ultramarina, winner of the São Nicolau Island League Batuque FC, winner of the São Vicente Island League
Information about the clubs Club LocationAcadémico do AeroportoEspargosAcadémica OperáriaSal ReiAcadémica do Porto NovoPorto NovoBarcelonaTarrafal de SantiagoBatuque FCMindeloCutelinho FCSão FilipeNô PintchaNova SintraOnze UnidosVila do MaioPaulensePaulPraiaTarrafal de São Nicolau
League standings Group A PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1FC Ultramarina430194+592CD Travadores421174+373CD Nô Pintcha421144074Onze Unidos411246-245Associação Académica do Porto Novo401339-61
Group B PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1Académico do Aeroporto540171+6122Cutelinho532073+4113Batuque FC531174+3104Paulense Desportivo Clube511358-345Barcelona503248-436Académica Operária5014612-61
Results Week 1HomeScoreVisitorDateAcadémica Porto Novo1 - 1Travadores17 MayOnze Unidos0 - 0Nô Pintcha17 MayAcadémico Aeroporto2 - 0Académica Operaria17 MayBatuque1 - 1Cutelinho18 MayPaulense0 - 0Barcelona18 May
Week 2HomeScoreVisitorDateUltramarina4 - 1Onze Unidos24 MayNô Pintcha3 - 1Académica Porto Novo25 MayBarcelona0 - 2Académico Aeroporto24 MayCutelinho3 - 2Paulense24 MayAcadémica Operaria2 - 3Batuque24 May
Week 3HomeScoreVisitorDateTravadores3 - 0Nô Pintcha31 MayAcadémica Porto Novo1 - 3Ultramarina31 MayAcadémico Aeroporto2 - 0Paulense31 MayBatuque2 - 0Barcelona31 MayCutelinho2 - 0Académica Operaria31 May
Week 4HomeScoreVisitorDateOnze Unidos2 - 0Académica Porto Novo14 JuneUltramarina2 - 1Travadores14 JuneAcadémico Aeroporto1 - 0Batuque14 JuneBarcelona1 - 1Cutelinho14 JunePaulense2 - 1Académica Operaria14 June
Week 5HomeScoreVisitorDateNô Pintcha1 - 0Ultramarina29 JuneTravadores2 - 1Onze Unidos29 JuneAcadémica Operaria3 - 3Barcelona28 JuneBatuque2 - 1Paulense28 JuneCutelinho1 - 0Académico Aeroporto28 June
Final Stages
Semifinals
Finals
Cape Verdean Football 2003ChampionsAcadémico do Aeroporto1st title
Statistics Biggest win: Ultramarina 4-0 Onze Unidos (May 24)
Notes
Footnotes
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011016/http://www.fcf.cv/pt/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175427/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kaapv03.html