The 2012 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 33rd of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 5 May and finished on 7 July, slightly earlier than last year. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. Sporting Praia won the ninth title (eleventh overall), it would be the club's most recent title win. This time, Sporting Praia did not participate in the 2013 CAF Champions League. No club also participated in the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup. In 2012, Sporting Praia won the first super cup title and would become the first club to win both the championship and the super cup title in the same season.
Overview CS Mindelense was the defending team of the title. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. It would be the first time that more than three clubs shared the same club name starting with Académica numbering five out of twelve. Half of Group B clubs would bear the first club name but only half would bear the name in the knockout stage. In the top semifinal bracket, those same clubs again appeared and would be the first time. Both clubs from Santo Antão, Paulense and Académica Porto Novo would later appear in the national cup competitions. It also marked the last appearance of Juventude from the island of Sal.
The biggest win was Sporting Praia who won 6-0 over Juventude from Sal. SC Atlético became the second club to win all five matches in any of the six club group stage.
The finals were interrupted due to the local elections that took place on July 1.
Participating clubs
CS Mindelense, winner of the 2011 Cape Verdean Football Championships Académica Operária, winner of the Boa Vista Island League Académica da Brava, winner of the Brava Island League Académica do Fogo, winner of the Fogo Premier Division Académico 83, winner of the Maio Island League Juventude, winner of the Sal Island League Estrela dos Amadores, winner of the Santiago Island League (North) Sporting Clube da Praia, winner of the Santiago South Premier Division Paulense Desportivo Clube, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (North) Académica do Porto Novo, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (South) SC Atlético, winner of the São Nicolau Island League Batuque FC, winner of the São Vicente Island League
Information about the clubs Club Location Venue CapacityAcadémico 83Vila do Maio20 de Janeiro1,000Vila Nova SintraAquiles de Oliveira500São Filipe5 de Julho1,000Académica OperáriaSal ReiArsénio Ramos500Porto NovoPorto Novo8,000Ribeira BravaJoão de Deus Lopes da Silva1,000Batuque FCMindeloAdérito Sena8,000Estrela dos AmadoresTarrafalTarrafal1,000JuventudeEspargosMarcelo Leitão8,000MindelenseMindeloAdérito Sena8,000PaulensePaúlJoão Serra2,000SC PraiaPraiaVárzea12,000
League standings Group A PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1Sporting Clube da Praia5320153+12112Académica do Fogo522133083Juventude522189-184Batuque FC522163+385Estrela dos Amadores512287+156Académica da Brava5005116-150
Group B PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1SC Atlético5500158+7152Académica do Porto Novo5311106+4103CS Mindelense5212104+674Paulense Desportivo Clube512269-355Académica Operária5023913-726Academico 835023613-72
Results Week 1HomeScoreVisitorDateSporting Praia6 - 1Juventude5 MayEstrela Amadores0 - 2Batuque5 MayAcadémica Brava0 - 1Académica Fogo6 MayMindelense4 - 0Paulense5 MayAcadémica Operária2 - 2Académica 835 MayAcadémica Porto Novo1 - 2SC Atlético5 May
Week 2HomeScoreVisitorDateAcadémica Fogo0 - 0Estrela Amadores12 MaySporting Praia5 - 0Académica Brava13 MayBatuque1 - 1Juventude13 MayMindelense5 - 0Académica Operária12 MayAcadémico 831 - 3Académica Porto Novo12 MaySC Atlético3 - 1Paulense12 May
Week 3HomeScoreVisitorDateAcadémica Fogo0 - 2Sporting Praia19 MayJuventude3 - 1Estrela Amadores19 MayAcadémica Brava0 - 2Batuque20 MayAcadémico 831 - 3Mindelense19 MayAcadémica Operária4 - 5SC Atlético19 MayPaulense1 - 1Académica Porto Novo19 May
Week 4HomeScoreVisitorDateJuventude0 - 0Académica Fogo26 MayBatuque0 - 0Sporting Praia26 MayEstrela Amadores5 - 0Académica Brava27 MayPaulense3 - 0Académico 8326 MayAcadémica Porto Novo3 - 2Académica Operária26 MaySC Atlético1 - 0Mindelense26 May
Week 5HomeScoreVisitorDateSporting Praia2 - 2Estrela Amadores3 JuneAcadémica Fogo2 - 1Batuque3 JuneAcadémica Brava1 - 3Juventude3 JuneMindelense0 - 2Académica Porto Novo3 JuneAcadémico 832 - 4SC Atlético3 JuneAcadémica Operária1 - 1Paulense3 June
Final Stages
Semi-finals
Finals
Cape Verdean Football 2012ChampionsSporting Clube da Praia9th title
Statistics Top scorer: Gerson: 13 goals (of SC Atlético) Least beaten goalkeeper: Magueti: 4 goals (of Sporting Praia) Greatest player: Gerson (SC Atlético) Greatest coach: Janito Carvalho (Sporting Praia) Greatest head: Ru Évora (Sporting Praia) Highest scoring match: Sporting Clube da Praia 6-1 Juventude do Sal (5 May) Largest goal difference : 5 (three matches) CS Mindelense 5-0 Académica Operaria (12 May) Sporting Clube da Praia 5-0 Académica da Brava (13 May) Estrela dos Amadores 5-0 Académica da Brava (27 May)
See also 2011–12 in Cape Verdean football 2012 Cape Verdean Cup
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