2012 Cape Verdean Football Championships

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.[1] Sporting Praia won the ninth title (eleventh overall), it would be the club's most recent title win.[2] 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.

Cape Verdean Football Championship
Season2012
ChampionsSporting Clube da Praia
Matches played36
Goals scored111 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorerGerson (13)
Biggest home winSporting Praia
2011
2013

Overview

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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

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Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2012 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)

Information about the clubs

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Club Location Venue Capacity
Académico 83 Vila do Maio 20 de Janeiro 1,000
Académica da Brava Vila Nova Sintra Aquiles de Oliveira 500
Académica do Fogo São Filipe 5 de Julho 1,000
Académica Operária Sal Rei Arsénio Ramos 500
Académica do Porto Novo Porto Novo Porto Novo 8,000
SC Atlético Ribeira Brava João de Deus Lopes da Silva 1,000
Batuque FC Mindelo Adérito Sena 8,000
Estrela dos Amadores Tarrafal Tarrafal 1,000
Juventude Espargos Marcelo Leitão 8,000
Mindelense Mindelo Adérito Sena 8,000
Paulense Paúl João Serra 2,000
SC Praia Praia Várzea 12,000

League standings

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sporting Clube da Praia 5 3 2 0 15 3 +12 11
2 Académica do Fogo 5 2 2 1 3 3 0 8
3 Juventude 5 2 2 1 8 9 -1 8
4 Batuque FC 5 2 2 1 6 3 +3 8
5 Estrela dos Amadores 5 1 2 2 8 7 +1 5
6 Académica da Brava 5 0 0 5 1 16 -15 0

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 SC Atlético 5 5 0 0 15 8 +7 15
2 Académica do Porto Novo 5 3 1 1 10 6 +4 10
3 CS Mindelense 5 2 1 2 10 4 +6 7
4 Paulense Desportivo Clube 5 1 2 2 6 9 -3 5
5 Académica Operária 5 0 2 3 9 13 -7 2
6 Academico 83 5 0 2 3 6 13 -7 2

Results

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Week 1
Home Score Visitor Date
Sporting Praia 6 - 1 Juventude 5 May
Estrela Amadores 0 - 2 Batuque 5 May
Académica Brava 0 - 1 Académica Fogo 6 May
Mindelense 4 - 0 Paulense 5 May
Académica Operária 2 - 2 Académica 83 5 May
Académica Porto Novo 1 - 2 SC Atlético 5 May
Week 2
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica Fogo 0 - 0 Estrela Amadores 12 May
Sporting Praia 5 - 0 Académica Brava 13 May
Batuque 1 - 1 Juventude 13 May
Mindelense 5 - 0 Académica Operária 12 May
Académico 83 1 - 3 Académica Porto Novo 12 May
SC Atlético 3 - 1 Paulense 12 May
Week 3
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica Fogo 0 - 2 Sporting Praia 19 May
Juventude 3 - 1 Estrela Amadores 19 May
Académica Brava 0 - 2 Batuque 20 May
Académico 83 1 - 3 Mindelense 19 May
Académica Operária 4 - 5 SC Atlético 19 May
Paulense 1 - 1 Académica Porto Novo 19 May
Week 4
Home Score Visitor Date
Juventude 0 - 0 Académica Fogo 26 May
Batuque 0 - 0 Sporting Praia 26 May
Estrela Amadores 5 - 0 Académica Brava 27 May
Paulense 3 - 0 Académico 83 26 May
Académica Porto Novo 3 - 2 Académica Operária 26 May
SC Atlético 1 - 0 Mindelense 26 May
Week 5
Home Score Visitor Date
Sporting Praia 2 - 2 Estrela Amadores 3 June
Académica Fogo 2 - 1 Batuque 3 June
Académica Brava 1 - 3 Juventude 3 June
Mindelense 0 - 2 Académica Porto Novo 3 June
Académico 83 2 - 4 SC Atlético 3 June
Académica Operária 1 - 1 Paulense 3 June

Final Stages

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Semi-Finals Finals
Sporting Clube da Praia 3 1 4
Académica do Porto Novo 0 0 0 Sporting Clube da Praia 1 0 1
SC Atlético 2 2 4 SC Atlético 1 0 1
Académica do Fogo 1 1 2

Semi-finals

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Académica do Porto Novo0:3Sporting Clube da Praia
Quinzinho    
Zé di Tchetcha 

Académica do Fogo1:2SC Atlético
Guy   11' Gerson   17'   58'
Referee: Victor Lima


Finals

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Sporting Clube da Praia0:0SC Atlético
Referee: Nilton Medina
Cape Verdean Football 2012
Champions
Sporting Clube da Praia
9th title

Statistics

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "2012 Cape Verdean Football Championships". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  2. ^ "Sporting da Praia conquista 11º título de campeão nacional" [Sporting Praia Won the 11th National Title)]. A Semana. 8 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Cape Verde Islands 2011/12". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
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