2016–17 Santo Antão North Premier Division

Santo Antão North Premier Division
Season 2016–17
Champions Paulense
Relegated UD Janela
Matches played 30
Goals scored 91 (3.03 per match)
Biggest home win Paulense
Biggest away win Paulense
Rosariense
Sinagoga
Highest scoring Paulense 5 - 0 Santo Crucifixo (November 19)
Paulense 5 - 0 Janela (25 March)

The 2016–17 Santo Antão North Premier Division season was the 18th competition of football and fifth of the Premier Division that took place in the northern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. Its started on 12 November[1] and finished on 26 March, along with the South Zone, the season finished the earliest of any of the country's island leagues. The tournament was organized by the Santo Antão North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Zona Norte do Santo Antão, ARFZNSA).[2] Paulense won their seventh championship title which they did on February 19[3] and later finished with 28 points and participated in the 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships in mid May, it was also be the first that had three groups each and Paulense was placed in Group A alongside the champion of the south of the island Académica do Porto Novo and Mindelense, last season's national champion. Janela finished last place and participated in the Second Division in the following season. The scheduling were made in September.

Overview

CD Sinagoga was the defending team of the title. A total of six clubs participated in the division, Santo Crucifixo, a club based in the parish seat of Coculi competed in the Premier Division for the first time. A total of 91 goals were scored, three less than the previous season.

Paulense led the whole season and out of the ten matches they played, they had nine wins and a draw and made their second best season and scored 29 goals which was also second for the club to theirs made in 2012. Each two of the highest scoring matches with five goals and a difference of all (5-0) were Paulense. Paulense scored the most goals numbered 29, fifth placed Foguetões was second with 16 and Janela with the least numbering six.

The most number of goals scored in a single week was week 5, the least number of goals scored was week 7.

On the opposites, Janela suffered and had not a single win, it had four draws and six losses and was relegated to the Second Division which they participated in the following season.

The club each had a week off in the last week of November, the first and the last two weeks of December, the first three weeks and the last week of January, the first and the last weeks of February and the first week of March due its subregional and regional cup competitions.

Clubs and locations

Club Location 2015-16 positions
Beira-MarRibeira Grande3rd in the Premier Division
Os FoguetõesEito-Paul4th in the Premier Division
UD JanelaJanela5th in the Premier Division
PaulensePaul2nd in the Premier Division
UD Santo CrucifixoCoculiSecond Division
CD SinagogaSinagogaChampions of the Premier Division

League standings

Premier Division

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Paulense (C) (Q) 10 9 1 0 29 5 +24 28 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2 CD Sinagoga 10 4 3 3 13 10 +3 15
3 Santo Crucifixo 10 4 2 4 14 17 −3 14
4 Beira-Mar 10 3 3 4 11 18 −7 12
5 Os Foguetões 10 2 3 5 16 19 −3 9
6 Janela (R) 10 0 4 6 8 22 −14 4 Relegation to 2017/18 Santo Antão North Zone Second Division

Updated to games played on 17 November 2016.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2016-17: Santo Antão North Premier Division
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 Venue Date Time
Foguetões 1 - 1 Janela João Serra 12 November 14:00
Santo Crucifixo 0 - 1 Sinagoga João Serra 12 November 16:00
Beira-Mar 0 - 4 Paulense João Serra 13 November 16:00
Week 2
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Paulense 5 - 0 Santo Crucifixo João Serra 19 November 14:00
Janela 1 - 1 Beira-Mar João Serra 19 November 16:00
Sinagoga 4 - 0 Foguetões João Serra 20 November 16:00
Week 3
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Sinagoga 1 - 1 Janela João Serra 10 December 14:00
Foguetões 0 - 1 Paulense João Serra 10 December 16:00
Santo Crucifixo 2 - 0 Beira-Mar João Serra 11 December 16:00
Week 4
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Beira-Mar 3 - 2 Foguetões João Serra 17 December 14:00
Santo Crucifixo 3 - 1 Janela João Serra 17 December 16:00
Paulense 1 - 0 Sinagoga João Serra 18 December 16:00
Week 5
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Sinagoga 3 - 0 Beira-Mar João Serra 21 January 14:00
Foguetões 1 - 1 Santo Crucifixo João Serra 21 January 16:00
Janela 0 - 3 Paulense João Serra 22 January 16:00
Week 6
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Sinagoga 0 - 2 Santo Crucifixo João Serra 11 February 14:00
Paulense 3 - 2 Beira-Mar João Serra 11 February 16:00
Janela 1 - 2 Foguetões João Serra 12 February 16:00
Week 7
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Foguetões 4 - 1 Sinagoga João Serra 18 February 14:00
Beira-Mar 1 - 1 Janela João Serra 18 February 16:00
Santo Crucifixo 1 - 4 Paulense João Serra 19 February 16:00
Week 8
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Beira-Mar 1 - 0 Santo Crucifixo João Serra 11 March 14:00
Paulense 3 - 2 Foguetões João Serra 11 March 16:00
Janela 1 - 3 Sinagoga João Serra 12 March 16:00
Week 9
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Sinagoga 0 - 0 Paulense João Serra 18 March 14:00
Janela 1 - 2 Santo Crucifixo João Serra 18 March 16:00
Foguetões 1 - 2 Beira-Mar João Serra 19 March 16:00
Week 10
Home Score Visitor Venue Date Time
Paulense 5 - 0 Janela João Serra 25 March 14:00
Beira-Mar 1 - 1 Sinagoga João Serra 25 March 16:00
Santo Crucifixo 3 - 3 Foguetões João Serra 26 March 16:00

Position changes

Club / Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Beira-Mar
6
5
6
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
Os Foguetões
4
4
5
6
6
4
4
4
5
5
Janela
3
3
3
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
Paulense DC
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Santo Crucifixo
5
6
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Sinagoga
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Santo Antão North Premier Division 2016–17
Champions
Paulense
7th title

Statistics

  • Biggest win:
Paulense 5 - 0 Santo Crucifixo (November 19)
Paulense 5 - 0 Janela (March 25)
  • Longest first place streak: Paulense (all season)
  • Longest winning streak: Paulense (weeks 1-8)
  • Longest unbeaten streak: Paulense (all season)

References

  1. ↑ "Futebol Santo Antão Norte: Campeonato Regional de Futebol arranca este sábado com seis equipas". Criolosports (in Portuguese). 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Santo Antão North Regional Football Association's website (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ "Santo Antão Norte/Futebol: Paulense sagra-se campeão regional a três jornadas do fim do campeonato" [Paulense Became Regional Champions Three Weeks Before the End of the Championships] (in Portuguese). Inforpress. 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  • "Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol" (in Portuguese).
  • Santo Antão (North Zone) at Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol website (in Portuguese)
  • Season results and highlights at rsssf.com
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