2012 Cape Verdean Football Championships

Cape Verdean Football Championships
Season	2012
Champions	Sporting Clube da Praia
Matches played	36
Goals scored	111 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gerson (13)
Biggest home win	Sporting Praia
	← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Cape Verdean Football Championships 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 Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol (Cape Verdean Football Federation, FCF).^[1] Sporting Praia won the ninth title, it would be the club's most recent title win. This time, Sporting Praia did not participate in the 2013 CAF Champions League. No club also participated in the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup.

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.

The biggest win was Sporting Praia who won 6-0 over Juventude from Sal.

Participating clubs

Mindelense Batuque FC

Estrela dos Amadores

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

CS Mindelense, winner of the 2011 Cape Verdean Football Championships
Académica Operária, winner of the Boa Vista Island League
Académica da Brava, winner of the Brava Island League
Académica do Fogo, winner of the Fogo Island League
Académico 83, winner of the Maio Island League
Juventude, winner of the Sal Island League
Paulense Desportivo Clube, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (North)
Académica do Porto Novo, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (South)
SC Atlético, winner of the São Nicolau Island League
Batuque FC, winner of the São Vicente Island League
Estrela dos Amadores, winner of the Santiago Island League (North)
Sporting Clube da Praia, runner-up of the Santiago Island League (South)

Information about the clubs

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

League standings

Group A

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

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

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

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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10 June 2012

Académica do Porto Novo	0:3	Sporting Clube da Praia
		Quinzinho Zé di Tchetcha

Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo
Porto Novo

10 June 2012

Académica do Fogo	1:2	SC Atlético
Guy 11'		Gerson 17' 58'

Estádio 5 de Julho
São Filipe

Referee: Victor Lima

17 June 2012

Sporting Clube da Praia	1:0	Académica do Porto Novo

Estádio da Várzea
Praia

17 June 2012

SC Atlético	2:1	Académica do Fogo

Estádio João de Deus Lopes da Silva
Ribeira Brava

Finals

23 June 2012

SC Atlético	1:1	Sporting Clube da Praia

Estádio João de Deus Lopes da Silva
Ribeira Brava

7 July 2012

Sporting Clube da Praia	0:0	SC Atlético

Estádio da Várzea
Praia

Referee: Nilton Medina

Winner Sporting Clube da Praia 9th title

Statistics

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)
Biggest wins:

Sporting Clube da Praia 6-1 Juventude do Sal (5 May)

CS Mindelense 6-1 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)

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References

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External links

"Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol" (in Portuguese).

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