The 1999 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 20th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. GD Amarantes won their first and only title. Sporting Clube da Praia would be the only time that a non-winning title would participate in the 2000 CAF Champions League, the criteria for qualification was not continued.The criteria for qualification of Sporting Clube da Praia into the 2000 CAF Champions League was not continued No club took part in the 2000 CAF Winners' Cup.
Overview CS Mindelense was the defending team of the title. A total of 8 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league, no club came from Santiago Island as the competition was cancelled for the season. The season had 6 matches in Group A but a shorter 2 and 3 matches in Group B, it was the first ever season with twice the meetings with each club of the group, occurred in only one croup, the next time it was done was in 2017 with the club and the first in each of the three groups.
The league was contested by 8 teams with GD Amarantes winning the championship. New records were made, Amarantes finished with a new record with 13 points since the points per win risen to three in the nation, Juventude got 10 points, at the time, it became the second highest point in the championships. Two years later, the highest point record was superseded by Onze Unidos. In goal numbers, Solpontense scored the most with 14 and was a record at the national championships, it was superseded in 2001 by Botafogo.
It marked the last appearance of GD Amarantes at the top-level competition.
Participants
Académica Operária, winner of the Boa Vista Island League Nô Pintcha, winner of the Brava Island League Vulcânicos FC, winner of the Fogo Island League Onze Unidos, winner of the Maio Island League Juventude, winner of the Sal Island League Solpontense Futebol Clube, winner of the Santo Antão Island League FC Ultramarina, winner of the São Nicolau Island League GD Amarantes, winner of the São Vicente Island League
Information about the clubs Club LocationAcadémica OperáriaSal ReiMindeloJuventudeEspargosNô PintchaNova SintraOnze UnidosVila do MaioSolpontense Futebol ClubePonta do SolTarrafal de São NicolauVulcânicosSão Filipe
League standings Group A PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1GD Amarantes641185+3132Juventude6312911-2103Solpontense Futebol Clube6222148+684FC Ultramarina6024310-72ClubAmaJuvSSolpUltrGD Amarantes 4-02-10-0Juventude (Sal)2-0 2-22-1Solpontense Futebol Clube1-24-0 4-0FC Ultramarina--+0-22-2
Group B PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1Vulcânicos FC312063+352Académica Operária312054+153Onze Unidos201123-114Nô Pintcha201114-31ClubVulAopOnzeNôPiVulcânicos 1-03-11-0Académica Operária1-1 3-1+--Onze Unidos0-22-0 --+Nô Pintcha1-21-13-1
Finals
Cape Verdean Football 1999ChampionsGD Amarantes1st title
Footnotes
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011016/http://www.fcf.cv/pt/ Historic results and rankings at rsssf.com