2015–16 São Nicolau Island League

São Nicolau Island League
Season 2015-16
Champions SC Atlético
Matches played 52
Goals scored 169 (3.25 per match)
Biggest home win Belo Horizonte 2-1 Talho (January 16)
Biggest away win AJAT'SN 0-6 Talho (April 9)

The 2015-16 São Nicolau Island League season was the competition of the second-tier football in the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It started on 16 January[1] and finished on 8 May, 2016. The tournament was organized by the São Nicolau Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de São Nicolau, ARFSN).[2] The winner plays in the Cape Verdean National Championships. SC Atlético won their 14th title and finished with 36 points and competed in the 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships.

Overview

FC Ultramarina was the defending team of the title. A total of 8 clubs participated in the competition.

The biggest home win was Belo Horizonte who defeated Talho 2-1 on January 16 in the first week, the biggest away win was AJAT'SN who scored 0-6 over the ailing Talho on April 9. Talho conceded 54 goals and was the second in the club, their continued winless streak at the championships from late 2013 was the worst of any island leagues ever, as the club had no wins, it was worst in the season for the club and one of the worst after FC Ultramarina and SC Atlético in the 2005 season, though the goals were awarded against them as they fielded ineligible players. The 14th round match made Talho's final winless match. In the following season, Talho would win a match and take the lead in the regionals as of the first round.

Ultramarina lost to SC Atlético 0-2 in the São Nicolau derby on March 26, it was also Ultramarina's last loss of the club. Ultramarina now has a 20 match unbeaten streak as of April 30, 2017.

Belo Horizonte took the number one spot for the first two weeks, SC Atlético was number one for the rest of the season.

Atlético scored the most number of goals of the season numbering 37, second was Belo Horizonte who scored 30.

There were no competition on the second and third weeks of February due to the regional cup competitions, also there were no competitions on the third week of March due to the parliamentary elections on March 20.

Participating clubs

League standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 SC Atlético (C) (Q) 14 11 3 0 37 12 +25 36 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2 AJAT'SN 14 8 2 4 29 17 +12 26
3 Belo Horizonte 14 7 4 3 30 19 +11 25
4 Ultramarina Tarrafal 14 6 4 4 21 13 +8 22
5 Ribeira Brava 14 6 4 4 16 13 +3 22
6 Académica Preguiça 14 4 1 9 15 19 −4 13
7 Praia Branca 14 3 4 7 17 22 −5 13
8 Talho 14 0 0 14 4 54 −50 0

Updated to games played on 12 May 2016.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2015/16: São Nicolau
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

Week 1
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica 0 - 1 Ribeira Brava 16 January
Belo Horizonte 7 - 1 Talho 16 January
AJAT-SN 2 - 1 Praia Branca 16 January
Atlético 2 - 0 Ultramarina 17 January
Week 2
Home Score Visitor Date
Praia Branca 0 - 1 Ribeira Brava 23 January
Ultramarina 2 - 3 AJAT-SN 23 January
Talho 0 - 5 Atlético 24 January
Belo Horizonte 2 - 1 Académica 24 January
Week 3
Home Score Visitor Date
Atlético 2 - 1 Belo Horizonte 30 January
Ribeira Brava 1 - 1 Ultramarina 30 January
Académica 3 - 1 Praia Branca 31 January
AJAT-SN 3 - 0 Talho 3 February[lower-alpha 1]
Week 4
Home Score Visitor Date
Atlético 5 - 1 Académica 20 February
Ultramarina 1 - 1 Praia Branca 20 February
Belo Horizonte 1 - 1 AJAT-SN 21 February
Talho 0 - 1 Ribeira Brava 21 February
Week 5
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica 1 - 0 Ultramarina 27 February
Ribeira Brava 0 - 0 Belo Horizonte 27 February
AJAT-SN 2 - 4 Atlético 28 February
Praia Branca 3 - 1 Talho 28 February
Week 6
Home Score Visitor Date
Belo Horizonte 2 - 1 Praia Branca 5 March
Atlético 0 - 0 Ribeira Brava 5 March
Talho 0 - 3 Ultramarina 6 March
AJAT-SN 0 - 0 Académica 6 March
Week 7
Home Score Visitor Date
Ultramarina 0 - 0 Belo Horizonte 12 March
Praia Branca 2 - 2 Atlético 12 March
Ribeira Brava 2 - 1 AJAT-SN 16 March[lower-alpha 2]
Académica 3 - 0 Talho 27 April[lower-alpha 3]
Week 8
Home Score Visitor Date
Talho 0 - 2 Belo Horizonte 26 March
Praia Branca 0 - 2 AJAT-SN 26 March
Ribeira Brava 2 - 1 Académica 26 March
Ultramarina 0 - 2 Atlético 26 March
Week 9
Home Score Visitor Date
Ribeira Brava 0 - 0 Praia Branca 2 April
Académica 1 - 3 Belo Horizonte 2 April
Atlético 5 - 1 Talho 2 April
AJAT-SN 1 - 4 Ultramarina 2 April
Week 10
Home Score Visitor Date
Talho 0 - 6 AJAT-SN 9 April
Praia Branca 1 - 0 Académica 9 April
Belo Horizonte 2 - 3 Atlético 9 April
Ultramarina 2 - 0 Ribeira Brava 9 April
Week 11
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica 0 - 2 Atlético 16 April
Praia Branca 0 - 1 Ultramarina 16 April
Ribeira Brava 4 - 0 Talho 16 April
AJAT-SN 4 - 1 Belo Horizonte 16 April
Week 12
Home Score Visitor Date
Talho 0 - 3 Praia Branca 23 April
Atlético 2 - 1 AJAT-SN 23 April
Belo Horizonte 2 - 1 Ribeira Brava 24 April
Ultramarina 1 - 0 Académica 24 April
Week 13
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica 0 - 1 AJAT-SN 30 April
Ultramarina 5 - 1 Talho 30 April
Ribeira Brava 2 - 3 Atlético 30 April
Praia Branca 3 - 6 Belo Horizonte 30 April
Week 14
Home Score Visitor Date
Talho 0 - 4 Académica 6 May
Atlético 0 - 0 Praia Branca 7 May
Belo Horizonte 1 - 1 Ultramarina 7 May
AJAT-SN 2 - 0 Ribeira Brava 7 May

Position changes

Club / Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
Académica Preguiça
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
7
7
6
AJAT'SN
3
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
2
SC Atlético
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Belo Horizonte
1
1
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
3
Praia Branca
5
5
7
7
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
7
Ribeira Brava
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
5
FC Talho
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Ultramarina Tarrafal
7
7
6
6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
São Nicolau Island League 2015-16
Champions
SC Atlético
14th title

Statistics

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally for January 31
  2. ↑ Originally for March 13
  3. ↑ Originally for March 13

References

  1. ↑ "Futebol São Nicolau: Ultramarina perde no jogo da primeira jornada" [São Nicolau Football: Ultramarina Lost a Match in its First Week]. Criolosports (in Portuguese). 19 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. ↑ 2015–16 São Nicolau Island League at the FCF homepage
  • "Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol" (in Portuguese).
  • São Nicolau Regional Football (Soccer) Association
  • 2015-16 São Nicolau Island League at RSSSF
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.