The 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 36th beginner level competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 9 May and finished on 11 July. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships at RSSSF The schedule including its matches were created on Saturday January 10. CS Mindelense won the eleventh title and became the second club after Sporting Praia to win three in a row. Neither clubs participated in the CAF Champions League competition in 2016 and in the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup. This was the second ever and most recent finals competition that two clubs came from the same island as well as the same city.
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.
The biggest win was Mindelense who scored 6-0 over Sporting Clube from Brava. In Group A, only one club scored more than ten goals while four clubs in Group B scored more than ten, the top two scored 14 each and the 3rd and 4th place clubs scored 12 each. Mindelense became the third and recent club to win all five matches in a six club group stage, Derby also done theirs for the second and most recent time.ĵ
The finals had two of its matches ended in a draw with a goal each, this was the first time that happened. The winner was decided on penalty kicks and Mindelense won 4-3 on penalty kicks, this was the first that ended in a penalty shootout in 21 years, the next occurred in the following season.
Participating clubs
CS Mindelense, winner of the 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships Académica Operária, winner of the Boa Vista Island League Sporting (Brava), winner of the Brava Island League Spartak d'Aguadinha, winner of the Fogo Island League Académico 83, winner of the Maio Island League Académico do Aeroporto, winner of the Sal Island League Beira Mar, winner of the Santiago Island League (North) FC Boavista, winner of the Santiago Island League (South) Paulense Desportivo Clube, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (North) Académica do Porto Novo, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (South) FC Ultramarina, winner of the São Nicolau Island League FC Derby, runner up of the São Vicente Island League
Information about the clubs Club Location Venue CapacityAcadémico 83Vila do MaioMaio4,000Académica OperáriaSal ReiArsénio Ramos500Porto NovoPorto Novo8,000Académico do AeroportoEspargosMarcelo Leitão8,000Beira-MarTarrafalMangueFC BoavistaPraiaVárzea12,000MindeloAdérito Sena8,000MindelenseMindeloAdérito Sena8,000Paulense Desportivo ClubePaúlJoão Serra2,000Spartak d'AguadinhaSão Filipe5 de Julho1,000Sporting (Brava)Vila Nova SintraAquiles d'Oliveira500Tarrafal de São NicolauOrlando Rodrígues5,000 Italics indicates a team playing in a stadium in a different town or city.
League standings Group A PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1FC Derby5500122+10152Paulense Desportivo Clube531163+3103Académica do Porto Novo521255074Académico 83520359-465Spartak510459-436Académica Operária502327-52
Group B PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1CS Mindelense5500141+13152Boavista FC5401144+10123Académico do Aeroporto5302129+394FC Ultramarina52031216-465Sporting Clube da Brava5014516-1116Beira-Mar5014314-111
Results Week 1HomeScoreVisitorDateAcadémica Operária1 - 1Paulense9 MaySpartak1 - 4Derby9 MayAcadémica Porto Novo1 - 0Académica 8310 MayBeira-Mar0 - 2Boavista9 MayMindelense3 - 0Ultramarina9 MayAcadémico Aeroporto2 - 1Sporting Brava3 June
Week 2HomeScoreVisitorDateAcadémica Operária0 - 2Spartak17 MayDerby2 - 1Académica Porto Novo16 MayAcadémica 831 - 3Paulense16 MayBeira-Mar0 - 2Mindelense16 MayUltramarina2 - 3Académico Aeroporto17 MaySporting Brava0 - 3Boavista17 May
Week 3HomeScoreVisitorDateTimeDerby1 - 0Académica Operária24 May15:30Spartak1 - 2Académica 8324 May15:30Paulense1 - 0Académica Porto Novo23 May15:30Ultramarina5 - 2Beira-Mar24 May15:30Mindelense6 - 0Sporting Brava23 May15:30Boavista4 - 2Académico Aeroporto23 May15:30
Week 4HomeScoreVisitorDatePaulense0 - 1Derby31 MayAcadémica Porto Novo2 - 1Spartak30 MayAcadémica 832 - 0Académica Operária30 MayBoavista5 - 1Ultramarina30 MayAcadémico Aeroporto1 - 2Mindelense31 MaySporting Brava1 - 1Beira-Mar31 May
Week 5HomeScoreVisitorDateAcadémica Operária1 - 1Académica Porto Novo7 JuneDerby4 - 0Académica 837 JuneSpartak0 - 1Paulense7 JuneBeira-Mar0 - 4Académico Aeroporto6 JuneUltramarina4 - 3Sporting Brava7 JuneMindelense1 - 0Boavista6 June
Final Stages
Semi-finals
Finals
Cape Verdean Football 2015ChampionsCS Mindelense11th title
Statistics Top scorer: Matxona: 6 goals (of FC Boavista) Least-beaten goalkeeper: Vozinha (of CS Mindelense) Greatest player: Oceano (of Paulense) Greatest trainer: Alberto Leite (of CS Mindelense) Fair Play Award: Académico do Aeroporto Highest scoring match: Mindelense 6-0 Sporting Brava (May 23)
See also 2014–15 in Cape Verdean football
References
External links
2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships at RSSSF