2014–15 Santiago Island League (North)

Santiago Island League (North)
Season	2014-15
Champions	Beira-Mar
Matches played	90
Goals scored	202 (2.24 per match)
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The 2014-15 Santiago Island League (North) season was the competition of the second-tier football in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Its started on 20 December 2014 and finished on 3 May 2015. The tournament was organized by the Santiago North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Sul, ARFSS).^[1]^[2] Beira-Mar won their first and only title. It was one of the newest clubs to win their first titles of any island/regional league in the nation.

Grémio Nhagar was the defending team of the title. A total of 13 clubs participated in the competition, the first four clubs advanced into the second and final phase and the club with the highest number of points was a winner in week 6. There were a total of 90 matches, 72 in the first phase and 12 in the second and final phase.

A total of 202 goals were scored.

Participating clubs

AJAC (Calheta)
Beira-Mar (Chão Bom/Tarrafal)
Benfica
Desportivo da Calheta
Desportivo de Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz
Estrela dos Amadores (Tarrafal)
Flor Jovem (São Miguel)
Grémio Desportivo de Nhagar
Real Júnior (Chão Bom/Tarrafal)
São Lourenço FC (São Lourenço)
Scorpions
União Picos
Varandinha

League standings

First phase

The top four clubs colored in green would advance into the second phase.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Flor Jovem da Calheta	12	10	1	1	14	3	+11	31
2	Desportivo de Santa Cruz	12	8	2	1	12	6	+6	26
3	Varandinha (Tarrafal)	12	6	5	1	16	7	+9	23
4	SC Beira Mar	12	6	3	3	17	14	+3	21
5	Grêmio Nhagar	12	6	2	4	21	14	+7	20
6	Scorpions Vermelho	12	5	3	4	13	9	+4	18
7	Benfica (Santa Cruz)	12	3	6	3	11	10	+1	15
8	Estrela dos Amadores	12	3	5	4	12	13	-1	14
9	São Lourenço FC	12	3	2	7	10	14	-4	11
10	Desportivo da Calheta	12	2	4	6	16	18	-2	10
11	AJAC da Calheta	12	2	4	6	11	15	-4	10
12	União Picos	12	3	1	8	13	26	-16	10
13	Real Júnior	12	1	2	9	9	25	-16	5

Results

Week 1
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Grémio Nhagar	2 - 1	AJAC Calheta	20 December
São Lourenço	1 - 1	Estrelas dos Amadores	20 December
Beira-Mar	0 - 2	Benfica	20 December
Desp. Santa Cruz	1 - 0	Scorpions Vermelho	21 December
Flor Jovem	2 - 0	Desp. Calheta	21 December
Real Junior	2 - 0	União Picos	21 December

Week 2
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
AJAC Calheta	1 - 1	Real Junior	28 December
Varandinha	0 - 0	Estrelas dos Amadores	28 December
Flor Jovem	1 - 0	Benfica	28 December
Desp. Calheta	1 - 1	Desp. Santa Cruz	28 December
São Lourenço	0 - 1	Grémio Nhagar	28 December
União Picos	2 - 4	Beira-Mar	28 December

Week 3
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
São Lourenço	1 - 1	Varandinha	17 January
Estrelas dos Amadores	0 - 1	Scorpions Vermelho	17 January
Real Junior	1 - 4	Grémio Nhagar	18 January
Beira-Mar	1 - 1	AJAC Calheta	18 January
Desp. Santa Cruz	1 - 0	Benfica	18 January
Flor Jovem	2 - 0	União Picos	4 February

Week 4
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Real Junior	0 - 3	São Lourenço	25 January
Scorpions Vermelho	2 - 4	Varandinha	25 January
Grémio Nhagar	3 - 1	Beira-Mar	25 January
Desp. Calheta	0 - 1	Estrelas dos Amadores	25 January
AJAC Calheta	0 - 1	Flor Jovem	25 January
União Picos	0 - 2	Desp. Santa Cruz	25 January

Week 5
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
São Lourenço	0 - 1	Scorpions Vermelho	31 January
Beira-Mar	1 - 0	Real Junior	31 January
Varandinha	0 - 0	Desp. Calheta	31 January
Desp. Santa Cruz	1 - 0	AJAC Calheta	31 January
Flor Jovem	2 - 1	Grémio Nhagar	1 February
Estrelas dos Amadores	1 - 1	Benfica	1 February

Week 6
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Grémio Nhagar	1 - 2	Desp. Santa Cruz	7 February
Beira-Mar	3 - 1	São Lourenço	7 February
Benfica	1 - 1	Varandinha	7 February
Real Junior	1 - 2	Flor Jovem	8 February
Desp. Calheta	0 - 2	Scorpions Vermelho	8 February
União Picos	1 - 0	Estrelas dos Amadores	8 February

Week 7
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Flor Jovem	1 - 0	Beira-Mar	14 February
Scorpions Vermelho	1 - 0	Benfica	14 February
Estrelas dos Amadores	1 - 4	AJAC Calheta	14 February
São Lourenço	2 - 1	Desp. Calheta	15 February
Desp. Santa Cruz	1 - 0	Real Junior	15 February
Varandinha	2 - 1	União Picos	15 February

Week 8
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Flor Jovem	1 - 0	São Lourenço	21 February
Beira-Mar	1 - 0	Desp. Santa Cruz	21 February
União Picos	1 - 0	Scorpions Vermelho	21 February
Benfica	1 - 1	Desp. Calheta	22 February
AJAC Calheta	0 - 3	Varandinha	22 February
Grémio Nhagar	1 - 2	Estrelas dos Amadores	22 February

Week 9
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Varandinha	1 - 0	Grémio Nhagar	28 February
Scorpions Vermelho	0 - 0	AJAC Calheta	28 February
Desp. Calheta	6 - 1	União Picos	28 February
Desp. Santa Cruz	1 - 0	Flor Jovem	1 March
Estrelas dos Amadores	4 - 1	Real Junior	1 March
São Lourenço	0 - 1	Benfica	4 March

Week 10
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Desp. Santa Cruz	1 - 0	São Lourenço	7 March
Beira-Mar	0 - 0	Estrelas dos Amadores	7 March
Grémio Nhagar	0 - 0	Scorpions Vermelho	7 March
União Picos	2 - 2	Benfica	8 March
AJAC Calheta	0 - 0	Desp. Calheta	8 March
Real Junior	0 - 1	Varandinha	8 March

Week 11
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Varandinha	1 - 2	Beira-Mar	14 March
São Lourenço	0 - 2	União Picos	15 March
Benfica	2 - 1	AJAC Calheta	15 March
Estrelas dos Amadores	0 - 1	Flor Jovem	15 March
Desp. Calheta	2 - 3	Grémio Nhagar	15 March
Scorpions Vermelho	5 - 1	Real Junior	15 March

Week 12
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Desp. Santa Cruz	1 - 1	Estrelas dos Amadores	21 March
Flor Jovem	0 - 0	Varandinha	21 March
Beira-Mar	1 - 1	Scorpions Vermelho	21 March
AJAC Calheta	2 - 1	União Picos	22 March
Grémio Nhagar	1 - 1	Benfica	22 March
Real Junior	2 - 3	Desp. Calheta	22 March

Week 13
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
São Lourenço	2 - 1	AJAC Calheta	28 March
União Picos	2 - 4	Grémio Nhagar	28 March
Varandinha	2 - 0	Desp. Santa Cruz	28 March
Scorpions Vermelho	0 - 1	Flor Jovem	28 March
Desp. Calheta	2 - 3	Beira-Mar	28 March

Position changes

Club / Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13
AJAC	9	9	9	11	11	12	9	11	11	11	12	10	11
Beira Mar	13	6	4	7	4	4	6	4	4	4	5	5	4
Benfica da Santa Cruz	1	5	6	9	9	8	10	9	8	8	7	7	7
Desportivo da Calheta	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	10	10	11	9	10
Desportivo da Santa Cruz	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Estrela dos Amadores	6	7	11	6	6	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	8
Flor Jovem	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Grémio Nhagar	4	2	1	1	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	5
Real Júnior	3	3	5	8	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13
Scorpions Vermelho	10	12	7	10	7	5	4	6	5	5	4	4	6
São Lourenço FC	7	10	10	5	8	9	7	8	9	9	10	9	9
União Picos	12	13	13	13	13	11	12	10	12	12	9	12	12
Varandinha de Tarrafal	8	8	8	4	5	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3

Second and final phase

The club with the most number of points (and sometimes goals) colored in green would win the regional championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	SC Beira-Mar	6	4	0	2	11	4	+7	12
2	Varandinha (Tarrafal)	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8
3	Flor Jovem	6	2	1	3	4	7	-3	7
4	Desportivo (Santa Cruz)	6	1	3	2	4	10	-6	6

Results

Round 1
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Beira-Mar	1 - 0	Desp. Santa Cruz	4 April
Varandinha	3 - 0	Flor Jovem	4 April

Round 2
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Desp. Santa Cruz	2 - 2	Varandinha	12 April
Flor Jovem	1 - 0	Beira-Mar	12 April

Round 3
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Varandinha	3 - 1	Beira-Mar	19 April
Flor Jovem	0 - 1	Desp. Santa Cruz	19 April

Round 4
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Beira-Mar	2 - 0	Varandinha	22 April
Desp. Santa Cruz	1 - 1	Flor Jovem	22 April

Round 5
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Varandinha	0 - 0	Desp. Santa Cruz	25 April
Beira-Mar	1 - 0	Flor Jovem	25 April

Round 6
Home	Score	Visitor	Date
Desp. Santa Cruz	0 - 6	Beira-Mar	3 May
Flor Jovem	2 - 1	Varandinha	3 May

Position changes

Club / Week	01	02	03	04	05	06
Beira-Mar	2	2	3	2	1	1
Desportivo da Santa Cruz	3	4	2	3	3	4
Flor Jovem	4	3	4	4	4	3
Varandinha de Tarrafal	1	1	1	1	2	2

Winner Beira-Mar 1st title

Statistics

Biggest home win: Desportivo Calheta 6 - 1 União Picos (February 28)
Biggest away win: Desportivo Sta. Cruz 0-6 Beira-Mar (May 3)
Most differences in number of goals: Desportivo Calheta 6 - 1 União Picos (February 28)

Desportivo Praia 6-1 Travadores (2 April)

Longest leading streak: Flor Jovem: 9 weeks (first phase: weeks 2, 5-9 and 11-13)
Longest winning streak: Varandinha: 9 weeks (first phase: weeks 2-10)
Longest losing streak: Real Júnior do Tarrafal: 5 weeks (first phase: weeks 9-13)

References

↑ "Santiago North Zone Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website". fcf.cv. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
↑ "Santiago Norte - 1ª jornada do campeonato regional arranca este fim-de-semana". Oceanpress. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

External links

"Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol" (in Portuguese).
"Santiago Norte" [Santiago (North Zone)]. fcf.cv. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
"Cape Verde Islands 2014/15". rsssf.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

Santiago Island League (North)

Clubs (2015-16)

Premier Division	AJAC Beira-Mar Benfica Desportivo de Assomada Desportivo da Calheta Desportivo de Santa Cruz Estrela dos Amadores Flor Jovem Grémio Nhágar Real Júnior São Lourenço FC Scorpions União Picos Varandinha

Second Division	ADEC Os Amigos Chão Bom Delta Cultura Inter Cutelo Juventude Associação Juventus

Non-participant	Barcelona

Seasons

2014-15
2015-16

Other competitions

Santiago Island (North) Cup
Santiago Island (North) Super Cup
Santiago Island (North) Opening Tournament

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