2014 Cape Verdean Football Championship Final
| Event | 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships | ||||||
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| Date | 24 May 2014 | ||||||
| Venue | Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena, Mindelo | ||||||
| Referee | Aristides Rodrigues | ||||||
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| Date | 31 May 2014 | ||||||
| Venue | Estádio 5 de Julho, São Filipe | ||||||
| Referee | Antonio Rodrigues | ||||||
The 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championship final was the final of the 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships, which was the 35th edition of the Cape Verdean Football Championships and 28th with the knockout stage.[1] It was the final time the championship final was played in May due to that a few days later in June, viewers tuned to the 2014 World Cup which took place in Brazil.
In Cape Verde, the finals were televised live on TCV and listened on radio on RCV.
The final was played between CS Mindelense from São Vicente and Académica of Fogo. The winners did not compete into the Cape Verdean Super Cup and the 2015 CAF Champions League in the following season, primarily due to its schedule, a part of it, the regional championship and cup competitions within it.
The 2014 football championship final was Mindelense's was their twelfth appearance in their 95 year history and also their second consecutive and Académica do Fogo's first and only appearance in their 52 years of existence. The other club was the third and last from Fogo who appeared at the national championship final.
Background
At group stage, both were participants of Group B, they qualified into the semis and placed in different parts, the two advanced to the finals.
CS Mindelense had reached the national championship final twelve times, winning nine of them. The last time they won a championship title was last season in 2013 where they defeated Académica do Porto Novo with a total of 5 goals to 2 in two of its matches.
Académica do Fogo had never competed in a national championship final match.
Mindelense won their 10th national football championship title and was also their second consecutive, its total number of titles superseded Sporting Praia's totals by one.[2] Mindelense qualified into the 2014 national super cup, and later the national championships in the following season.
Road to final
| CS Mindelense | Round | Académica do Fogo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Group B | Group B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Académica Operária | 4–0 (H) | Matchday 1 | SC Verdun | 2–2 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SC Atlético | 1–0 (H) | Matchday 2 | Académica Operária | 2–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Académica da Calheta | 2–0 (A) | Matchday 3 | SC Atlético | 1–1 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Académica do Fogo | 2–1 (H) | Matchday 4 | CS Mindelense | 1–2 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SC Verdun | 1–0 (A) | Matchday 5 | Académica da Calheta | 3–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group B winner
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Final standings | Group B runner-up
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| Opponent | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Legs | Knockout stage | Opponent | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Legs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Académica do Porto Novo | 3–0 | 0–0 (A) | 3–0 (H) | Semi-finals | Sporting Clube da Praia | 2–2 (a) | 0–0 (H) | 2–2 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Match details
First leg
| CS Mindelense | 2-1 | Académica do Fogo |
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Patchico  Sidney |
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Second leg
| Académica do Fogo | 0-0 | CS Mindelense |
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     CS Mindelense, Home
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CS Mindelense, Away
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Académica do Fogo, Home
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Académica do Fogo, Away
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| Cape Verdean Football 2014 Champions |
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| CS Mindelense 10th title |
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References
- ↑ "Cape Verde Islands 2013/14". Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ↑ «Campeonato Nacional: Mindelense Revalida O Título» (Mindelense Won the Title). Criolosport, May 31, 2014 (in Portuguese), retrieved on 5 October 2014