The Sal Island Opening Tournament (Portuguese: Torneio de Abertura da Ilha do Sal, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Turneiu de Abertura Idja du Sal) is an opening tournament competition played during the season in the island of Sal, Cape Verde. The competition is organized by the Sal Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Sal, ARFS).Sal Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website The competition is similar to a league cup used in other countries. The first competition began in the 2000s.
As the league later had two divisions, unlike other islands, the 2015 season had all of the clubs from the first and second divisions competed and extended to 11 rounds with several new clubs who started competing in official competitions. The group system was restored for the 2016-17 season and had two groups and each round, the leader of each group headed to the final and has two divisions.. The current winner is SC Santa Maria who became the fourth club to win their only title.
Winners SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-up2001/02Académica do Sal2002-04Unknown2004/05Académico do Aeroporto2005/06Académico do Aeroporto2006/07Palmeira2007/08Académica do Sal2008/09Académico do Aeroporto2009/10Académico do Aeroporto2010/11Académico do Aeroporto2011/12Académica do Sal2012/13Académico do Aeroporto2013/14Académico do Aeroporto2014/15Académico do Aeroporto2015-16Académico do Aeroporto2016/17Santa Maria2017Santa Maria1–0Académico do Aeroporto
Performance By Club
Listed titles only Club Winners Winning years Académico do Aeroporto 9 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Académica do Sal 2 listed 2002, 2008 SC Santa Maria 2 2016/17, 2017 GD Palmeira 1 listed 2007
Performance by area Listed titles only Settlement or city Area Winning years Espargos 11 listed2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016Santa Maria 3 listed 2007, 2016/17, 2017
See also Sports in Sal, Cape Verde Sal Premier Division Sal Second Division Sal Island Cup Sal Island SuperCup
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