2017 São Tomé Second Division

São Tomé Second Division

Season	2017
Champions	Sporting São Tomé
Promoted	Sporting São Tomé 6 de Setembro
Relegated	Kě Morabeza Boavista Uba Budo
Matches played	90
Goals scored	338 (3.76 per match)
← 2016

The 2017 São Tomé (Island or Regional) Second Division was a third their competition that took place that season. The club had 10 clubs, the competition began on 21 May and finished on 13 November. Geographically almost all clubs but Ribeira Peixe and Guadalupe were from the Northeast. Sporting São Tomé won the title and will participate into the Premier Division in the following season, alongside second placed 6 de Setembro. A total of 90 matches were played and 338 goals were scored, higher than the previous two seasons season.w

On the opposites, both Kě Morabeza and Boavista Uba Budo were relegated into the Third Division in the following season as they were the last placed clubs.

Next season, Ototó and Cruz Vermelha were promoted into the Second Division as they were the top Third Division clubs of the season.

Overview

Sporting São Tomé scored the most goals numbering 71, a high unseen in the Second Division in seasons, second was 6 de Setembro with 42, third was Guadalupe with 37 and fourth was Santana with 34. Kě Morabeza scored the least with only 13 goals. On the opposites, Boavista Uba Budo conceded the most with 58, second was 8th placed Oque do Rei with 37 and third was 7th placed Amador with 36.

Teams

6 de Setembro
Sporting São Tomé

Ké Morabeza

CD Guadalupe

Amador

Oque del Rei

Ribeira Peixe

Santana FC

Boavista Uba Budo

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Location of teams in the São Tomé Second Division of 2017.

Club	City	District
6 de Setembro (Promoted)	Santana	Cantagalo
Amador	Agostinho Neto
Boavista Uba Budo	Uba Budo
CD Guadalupe	Guadalupe	Lobata
Oque del Rei	Oque del Rei	Lobata
Desportivo Ké Morabeza (Relegated)
Palmar
Ribeira Peixe (Promoted)	Ribeira Peixe	Caué
Santana FC (Relegated)	Santana	Cantagalo
Sporting São Tomé (Promoted)	São Tomé	Água Grande

Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting São Tomé	18	13	3	2	71	31	+40	42	Qualification for 2018 São Tomé Island First Division
2	6 de Setembro	18	12	4	2	42	20	+22	40
3	CD Guadalupe	18	11	6	1	37	12	+25	39
4	Palmar	18	8	4	6	34	31	+3	28
5	Ribeira Peixe	18	7	2	9	30	46	−16	23
6	Santana FC	18	6	5	7	36	33	+3	23
7	Amador	18	5	3	10	25	36	−11	18
8	Oque d'El Rei	18	4	5	9	21	37	−16	17
9	Kê Morabeza (R)	18	4	2	12	13	34	−21	14	Relegation to 2018 São Tomé Island Third Division
10	Boavista Uba Budo (R)	18	3	0	15	29	58	−29	9

Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2017. Source: São Tomé Second Division results 2017
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

São Tomé Second Division 2017 Champions
Sporting São Tomé