2016–17 Académica do Porto Novo season

Académica do Porto Novo
2016–17 season
Chairman Cape Verde Osvaldinho Silva Lopes
Manager Cape Verde Gunga
Stadium Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo
Santo Antão Island League (North) Champion
Santo Antão South Zone Cup Winner
Santo Antão Cup Unilateral Winner
Home colours
Away colours

The 2016–17 Académica do Porto Novo season were in the island and top division of Cape Verdean football. The season for the club was as not as successful as the previous four seasons, a part of it were defeating the region's weakest clubs, since the association has only a single division. The club won their 11th title[1] and became the next club to win seventh consecutive titles of each island leagues, others are CS Mindelense of nearby São Vicente several times between the foundation up to 1994, Botafogo of Fogo in 1981 and Brava's Nô Pintcha in 1996. The title total has became to be one of the most number of clubs having the most regional titles.[2]

Académica Porto Novo's regional championship titles covers half of the 21 regional titles won with the exception of some seasons in the late 1990s.

Santo Antão South Zone Island League

The 2016-17 season was their seventh consecutive season that finished first place. It was a slightly more successful than the previous season and did not had a single loss. Their first match was a 0-7 win over Sporting. Académica made the season's only draw with Lajedos. Académica underwent a 10 match winning streak, their greatest result were 8 goals, first to Inter (8-0), then Sporting (9-2) and last another challenge with Inter as an alternate match (1-8). The March 18 match was the only one that was awarded 0-3 as Santo André did not show up due to financial concerns and not to concede a goal more than Sporting Porto Novo's at the final round. Later that round, Sporting had 38 goals conceded and the club conceded 39, a week later Sporting Porto Novo conceded the most goals in the region. Académica had a 12 match unbeaten streak at the time, its record still continues on home matches.

Académica Porto Novo finished with 11 wins and a draw.

A club from Brava named Sporting Brava had a 49 match unbeaten streak at the regions, four less than Académica Porto Novo's, midseason, their success was shattered and that would be second behind Académica's/

Uncommon in other leagues in other countries, some of the matches of different portions were mixed up and in different round which were not in order.

Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers Attendance League
position
13 November Sporting Porto Novo A 0–7 1st
19 November Lajedos H 1-1 1st
26 November Os Sanjoanenses A 0-1 1st
11 December Santo André H 6-0 1st
17 December Fiorentina Porto Novo A 1-4 1st
21 January Inter Porto Novo H 8–0 1st
28 January Fiorentina Porto Novo H 1–0 1st
11 February Sporting Porto Novo H 8–2 1st
19 February Inter Porto Novo A 1-8 1st
25 February Os Sanjoanenses H 3-0 1st
18 March Santo André A 3-0[lower-alpha 1] 1st
25 March Lajedos A 0-1 1st
  1. Santo André did not show up due to financial concerns and not to concede a goal more than Sporting Porto Novo's at the final round, Académica was awarded 0-3, it was also Santo André's final match of the season. That round, Sporting had 38 goals conceded and the club conceded 39, a week later Sporting Porto Novo conceded the most goals in the region
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion/Relegation
1Académica do Porto Novo121110515+4634Promoted into the National Championships
2Lajedos12822246+1826None

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
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12 11 1 0 51 5  +46 34 5 1 0 27 3  +24 6 0 0 24 2  +22

Last updated: 25 March 2017.
Source: Rankings at rsssf

Santo Antão South Zone Cup

Académica Porto Novo defeated Sanjoanense in the regional cup final and claimed their 12th cup title and is the most of any of the regional Capeverdean cup titles.

Santo Antão Cup

Unlike earlier seasons with their outstanding achievements even in cup competitions, the club lost one of a few matches there and was out of the competition and their continued records without a loss at the regional competitions was shattered.

Santo Antão South Zone Super Cup

Nonetheless in the 2016 edition, the club defeated Lajedos who was second place cup winner as the club were also cup winners and claimed their 6th Super Cup title.

Santo Antão Super Cup

Académica participated in the first ever Santo Antão single Super Cup, in the finals, the club defeated Marítimo in the Super Cup final.

Cape Verdean Football Championships

The 2017 National Championships season was the first reformatted into three groups. The club was placed in Group B and played their first match of the season at home with Sal's Académico do Aeroporto which ended in a goal draw and was second place. Académica Porto Novo lost to Mindelense away in the neighboring island of São Vicente with the result 2-1. A two-goal draw was made with Paulense from the north of the island and regained second place. The club made their only win to date on June 3 defeating Académica do Aeroporto in their first double challenge at the nationals with the score 1-3, one of two highest in the nationals. They had saved themselves from preventing their chance for entry into the knockout stage even in the best second placed club of each group after Mindelense made a draw. Académica Porto Novo got their second straight win defeating almighty Mindelense and their third straight in their derby with Paulense and finished second in Group B with 11 points and first in the best second place of each group with 11 points and 12 goals (also the nation's highest at the regular season), two more than Maio's Onze Unidos which got their ticket into the playoff stage. In goal totals of the regular season, it became a record for the club beating their 2011 regular season total which was first.

Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers Attendance League
position (Group B)
13 May Académico do Aeroporto H 1-1 2nd
20 May Mindelense A 2-1
27 May Paulense H 2-2 2nd
3 June Académica do Aeroporto A 1-3 2nd
11 June Mindelense H 2-1 2nd
18 June Paulense H 3-0 2nd-Q

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
6 3 2 1 12 7  +5 11 1 2 0 5 3  +2 2 0 1 7 4  +3

Last updated: June 18, 2017.
Source: Rankings at rsssf

Knockout stage

Académica do Porto Novo participated in the knockout stage against Sporting Praia, the first leg was played on June 24 at home which ended in a goal draw, the second leg was on July 1 at Várzea and was a 0-1 loss to Sporting and the club was out from participation in the finals.

Semi-finals

Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers
18 June Sporting Praia H 1-1 Pagui 91'
25 June Sporting Praia A 0-1 None

Squad

As of 15 February 2017[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Cape Verde GK Valdo
2 Cape Verde DF Kevy
4 Cape Verde DF Irlande
5 Cape Verde DF Tony
6 Cape Verde MF Levitson
7 Cape Verde MF Denis
8 Cape Verde MF Tchoiss
9 Cape Verde MF Tiwi
10 Cape Verde FW Oceano
11 Cape Verde FW Xolote[lower-alpha 1]
No. Position Player
12 Cape Verde GK Nuzuka
13 Cape Verde DF Tartã[lower-alpha 2]
14 Cape Verde MF Tucim
15 Cape Verde MF Nuno
17 FW Faguy[lower-alpha 3]
18 Cape Verde MF Lietson[lower-alpha 4]
19 Cape Verde MF Macky[lower-alpha 5]
21 Cape Verde DF Ady
22 Cape Verde DF Kareka
  1. Formerly written as Scholot and Sholot
  2. Sometimes as Tartão
  3. In English, he is known as Paguy
  4. Also as Liedson or Leedson
  5. Also as Maky not as Mackie

Club

The Management

Its chairman was Osvaldinho Silva Lopes and its manager was Gunga.

Position Staff
Manager Cape Verde Gunga

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Other information

Chairman Cape Verde Osvaldinho Silva Lopes
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo (2,000 / 105x68 m)

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Team kit

Home
Away

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References

  1. "Académica do Porto Novo sagrou-se, hoje, campeão regional de Santo Antão Sul de Futebol" [Académica Porto Novo Became Regional Champion of the Santo Antão South (Football) Today] (in Portuguese). RTC. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. "2016-17 Santo Antão South Regional Championships". RSSSF.
  3. Current squad at Académica Porto Novo's website (in Portuguese)
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