2005 Santiago Island League (South)
| Season | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Académica da Praia |
| Matches played | 90 |
| Goals scored | 266 (2.96 per match) |
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The 2005 Santiago South Premier Division season began on 8 January and finished on 24 April. Sporting won the regional competition and qualified into the 2005 Cape Verdean Football Championships. The championship was organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Sul, ARFSS).[1][2] All matches were played at Campo de Sucupira which was temporarily used up until 2007. The field no longer exists today and several buildings dominate the former field.
Académica Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 18 clubs participated in the competition, 10 in the Premier Division and eight in the Second, including in the lower division, Tchadense, Varanda and Asa Grande competed once more.[2] Also it would be the last competition competing in just a single municipality, the western part of Praia would have the municipality of Ribeira Grande de Santiago created after the end of the season, a club from that area would compete in the Second Division next season.
Overview
A total of 244 goals were scored, fewer than last season. Sporting scored the most with 64 and dominated over 26% or a quarter of the total. Its club total remains unbeaten even after the expansion into 12 teams and 22 rounds which began in the 2014-15 season. Second was Vitória which had half of the Sporting's totals numbering 32 and third was Académica with 26. The least was Paiol with seven goals who competed in the last season ever before joining Unidos do Norte, second least was eighth placed Desportivo with 10 and third least was Delta with 15.[2]
Sporting finished with 49 points and was a regional record that stood for 12 years. In the 2016-17 season, after the expansion to 12 matches that started in 2014, Sporting took the record with 55 points and stood it for just a season. Also Sporting had a record 16 wins, the same thing, it was surpassed to 17 by the same club in the 2016-17 season.
Again since 1998, the Second Division competition took place with Lapaloma winning the title would be promoted. Second placed Delta remained in the division after winning the decisional match competitions. Paiol was relegated and was to compete in the Second Division next season, a few months after their relegation, the club became part of Unidos do Norte and that club continued competed in the Second Division next season.
Competing teams
All matches were played at Campo de Sucupira near modern-day Estádio da Várzea.
| Team | Place |
|---|---|
| AD Bairro | Bairro Craveiro Lopes, Praia |
| Boavista | Praia |
| Celtic | Achadinha de Baixo neighbourhood, Praia |
| GDRC Delta | Praia |
| Desportivo | Praia |
| Paiol | Paiol neighbourhood, Praia |
| Sporting | Praia |
| Vitória | Praia |
| Académica | Praia |
| CD Travadores | Praia |
Table
Premier Division
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Clube da Praia | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 10 | +54 | 49 | Qualification for 2005 Cape Verdean Football Championships |
| 2 | Vitória | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 32 | |
| 3 | Académica | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 29 | |
| 4 | AD Bairro | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 28 | |
| 5 | CD Travadores | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 26 | |
| 6 | Boavista | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 23 | |
| 7 | Celtic | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 18 | |
| 8 | Desportivo | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 15 | |
| 9 | GDRC Delta | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 41 | −26 | 11 | Divisional decisional match |
| 10 | Paiol | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 46 | −39 | 2 | Relegation to Second Division |
Updated to games played on 24 April 2005.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Second Division
- 1st: Lapaloma
| Santiago South Premier Division 2004-05 Champions |
|---|
| Sporting Praia 2nd title |
References
- ↑ Santiago South Regional Football Association's website (in Portuguese)
- 1 2 3 2005 Santiago South Premier Division - at RSSSF