Santo Antão Island League (North)
The Santo Antão Island League (North) is a regional championship played in Ribeira Grande and Paul (though not listed), Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. The league was formed in 1997 and continued to play with the Santo Antão Island League until the breakup into the north and south zones in 2002.
The league are several that have a premier and a second division, six clubs participate in the premier and five clubs participate in the second division, a club with the most number of points promotes into the regional premier division the following season while the last placed club from the regional premier division releagates into the second division the following season.
The Second Division was formed in around 2011 and consisted of only three clubs and three stages, the three stage system was abolished in 2015 and became two stage when it risen to four clubs with Santo Crucifixo competing for the first time and featured six matches, in the 2016/17 season, Torreense will compete for the first time and will raise the number of matches to eight.
Paulense has the most number of island titles with six, second is Solpontense with five, third is Rosariense with three and three clubs Beira-Mar and Foguetões and now Sinagoga with only one title.
Santo Antão Island League (North) - Clubs 2016/17
Premier Division
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Second Division
- Irmãos Unidos - Paul
- Rosariense - Ribeira Grande
- São Pedro Apostolo - covering the parish, based in Vale de Garça
- Solpontense - Ponta do Sol
- Torreense - Ribeira da Torre area, based in the village of Xoxô
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Winners
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Performance by club
| Club |
Winners |
Winning Years |
| Paulense DC |
6 |
2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2015 |
| Solpontense Futebol Clube |
5 |
1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013 |
| Rosariense Clube |
3 |
1998, 2007, 2011 |
| Beira-Mar (Ribeira Grande) |
1 |
2006 |
| Foguetões |
1 |
2009 |
| Sinagoga |
1 |
2016 |
Performance by municipality
| Municipality |
Winners |
Club location |
Winners |
Winning years |
| Ribeira Grande |
10 |
Ponta do Sol |
5 |
1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013 |
| Ribeira Grande |
4 |
1998, 2006, 2007, 2011 |
| Sinagoga |
1 |
2016 |
| Paul |
8 |
Pombas |
5 |
2003, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2015 |
| Eito |
3 |
2005, 2009, 2012 |
References
External links
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| Other competitions |
- Ribeira Grande Cup
- Ribeira Grande Super Cup
- Ribeira Grande Opening Tournament
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| Single island competition |
- Santo Antão Cup
- Santo Antão Super Cup (upper-level)
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| Super Cups | |
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Opening Tournaments
and League and
Association Cup |
- Boa Vista
- Brava
- Fogo
- Maio
- Sal
- Santiago North Zone
- Santiago South Zone
- Santo Antão North Zone
- Santo Antão South Zone
- São Nicolau
- São Vicente
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| National teams | |
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| League system | |
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| Domestic cups | |
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| Awards |
- Footballer of the Year
- Top scorers
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| Lists |
- All-time Table
- Champions
- Clubs
- International footballers
- Foreign players
- Venues
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- Men's clubs
- Women's clubs
- Men's players
- Women's players
- Expatriate players
- Managers
- Referees
- Venues
- Seasons
- Records
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Northeastern Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde