2015–16 Brava Island League

The 2015–16 Brava Island League season was the competition of the second and third tier football in the island of Brava, Cape Verde. Its started on 9 January^[1] and finished on 17 April 2016, over a month after the last season. The tournament was organized by the Brava Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol da Brava, ARFB).^[2] Sporting Brava won their third straight title.

Sporting Brava was yet again the defending team of the title. A total of 7 clubs participated in the competition. 217 goals were scored, more than the previous two seasons. All matches were played at Estadio de Aquiles de Oliveira in Nova Sintra.

Overview

As Fogo saw a couple of record breaking matches during the season but fewer than the previous, Brava was slightly more and saw another high scoring matches, from round 2 to 6, one out of three ended with more than six goals, the same for the seventh round. Two high scoring matches made by Sporting and Juventude da Furna were in the ninth round. The eleventh round match featuring Benfica and Juventude made the season's highest scoring match with 16 goals by Juventude and the next in several seasons, it was also the highest of any of the regional leagues in Cape Verde, the second was Sporting's two matches with eleven, first to Corôa (round 5) then to Benfica (round 9) which there were more than a match totalling three had 10+ goals scored. In the final three rounds, the remaining two rounds had 2/3 finished with 7+ goals. It made Benfica Brava had their worst season ever, another in two years but worse, they had a win, 11 losses and conceded 69 goals.

Sporting Brava made another point record numbering 34 succeeding their 32 made two seasons earlier.

Morabeza took the number on spot in round 1, Sporting Brava took it for the rest of the season. Sporting Brava had the 37th unbeaten match and made it another club record.

Sporting Brava scored the most number of goals numbering 63 which was a club record, Juventude was second with 34 and was also their record, the last two were Morabeza with 12 and Benfica with 9, another worst for that club. Sporting conceded the fewest numbering ten, Morabeza and Benfica conceded the most, 50 and 69 for the last placed club, neither team were without a win. The top four positions were the same as last season but slightly different as Sporting had their best season ever since the additional team expansion in 2011, also in goalscoring.

There were no competitions on the third week of March due to the parliamentary elections on March 20.

Participating clubs

League standings

Updated to games played on 17 April 2016.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2015/16: Brava
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) head-to-head away goals (only if two teams are tied); 6) goal difference
(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.

Results

Position changes

Statistics

References

External links

• "Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol" (in Portuguese).
• Associação Regional de Futebol da Brava at the FCF page
• 2015-16 Brava Island season at RSSSF