Taça Regional de Príncipe,Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe literally the Príncipe Regional Cup is the regional association football knockout tournament of the island of São Tomé, it was created in 1998. The winner competes with the São Tomé Cup winner in the São Tomé and Príncipe Cup. All of its finals matches are played at Estádio 13 de Julho at the furthermost area of the island capital. FC Porto Real is the current cup winner which won the 2017 title.
History From 1981 to 1984, the regional cup was also the national cup as Príncipe did not have its own cup competition at the time as well as from 1988 to 1989 and 1992.
From 1998 to 2000, the regional cup winner of the island was placed in the semis. Since 2001, the cup winner competes in a single national cup match.
Title history The first cup winner was 1º de Maio who won the first edition, the second winner was Os Operários which was in 1999, Sundy was the third winner in 2001. Os Operários won their second title and was the only club to have more than a title in 2003 which lasted until 2007 as Sundy became the second to win a second title and shared it. Sporting Príncipe became the fourth club to win a title in 2010 and had the fewest titles that season. Sundy became the club with the most regional cup titles in 2011, Sporting won in 2012 and shared it with Os Operários as the second most titles in 2013, Sporting became second with their third title in 2013. Porto Real was the fifth and recent club to win a title leaving UDAPB the only club without any cup titles. Os Operários' title total was third until 2016 as then won their last cup title and is currently shared with Sporting. Porto Real and 1º de Maio were fourth and last in title count with only one title, it changed in September 2017 with Porto Real winning their second and recent cup title, 1º de Maio's cup total is now fifth and last.
Previous winners Year Winners Score Runners-up19981º de Maio1999GD Os Operários2001GD Sundy2002no competition2003GD Os Operários2004No competition2005No competition2006No competition2007GD Sundy2008no competition2009 &2010Sporting Clube do Príncipe2011GD Sundy2012Sporting Clube do Príncipe2013GD Sundy2014Sporting Clube do Príncipe2015Porto Real2016GD Os Operários1–0Sporting Príncipe2017Porto Real3–2UDAPB2018Porto Real3–0GD Sundy
Performance By Club Club Winners Winning yearsGD Sundy42001, 2007, 2011, 2013 GD Os Operários31999, 2013, 2016 Sporting Clube do Príncipe32009-10, 2012, 2014Porto Real32015, 2017, 20181º de Maio11998
Performance by area Club Winners Winning years Santo António 6 1999, 2009–10, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 Sundy 4 2001, 2007, 2011, 2013 Porto Real 3 2015, 2017, 2018 Novo Estrela 1 1998
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