2017–18 Académica do Porto Novo season

Académica do Porto Novo
2017–18 season
Manager Cape Verde Gunga
Stadium Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo
Santo Antão Island League (North) Champion
Santo Antão South Cup Winner
Home colours
Away colours

The 2017–18 Académica do Porto Novo season were in the island and top division of Cape Verdean football. Their season was shortened due that Tarrafal de Monte Trigo again did not compete, and two additional, Lajedos who was runner up last season and Associação Santo André, the region's least successful club. Their reasons was in part due to financial and material. This reduced to six clubs that participated in the competition with the last being in 2010, this would be less successful for Académica than the 2016 and the 2017 seasons, but they would be more successful than the six match 2012 season. The club won their 12th title[1] and became the next club to win eight 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.[1]

Académica Porto Novo's regional championship titles covers more than half of the 24 regional titles won with the exception of some seasons in the late 1990s.

Santp Antão North Opening Tournament

Académica took part in their next opening tournament (or association cup), the next in three years, they would win another title.

Santo Antão South Zone Island League

The 2017-18 season was their eighth consecutive season that finished first place. It was a slightly more successful than the previous season and did not had a single loss. Académica currently has a 22 match unbeaten streak and its record still continues on home matches.

Académica Porto Novo finished with every match won and 51 goals scored, one of the highest in club history.

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
December 22, 2017 Inter FC Porto Novo H 4–1 1st
January 6, 2018 Sporting Porto Novo A 0-4 1st
January 12, 2018 Fiorentina Porto Novo H 3-0 1st
January 20, 2018 Os Sanjoanenses A 0-5 1st
January 26, 2018 Marítimo Porto Novo H 8-2 1st
February 10, 2018 Os Sanjoanenses H 7–0 1st
February 17, 2018 Marítimo Porto Novo A 1–4 1st
February 24, 2018 Fiorentina Porto Novo A 0–5 1st
March 10, 2018 Inter Porto Novo A 0-9 1st
March 17, 2018 Sporting Porto Novo H 2-0 1st
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion/Relegation
    1Académica do Porto Novo101000513+4830Promoted into the National Championships
    2Sporting Porto Novo10433911-215None

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

    OverallHomeAway
    PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
    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 Cup

    On March 21, Académica Porto Novo defeated Marítimo in the regional cup final 2-1 at extra time and claimed their 13th cup title and is the most of any of the regional Capeverdean cup titles.

    Santo Antão South Cup

    Nonetheless in the 2017 edition played on December 16, the club defeated Os Sanjoanenses who was second place cup winner as the club were also cup winners and claimed their 7th Super Cup title after winning 4-0.

    Cape Verdean Football Championships

    The 2018 National Championships season was the second that had three groups. The club was placed in Group A.

    Round Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers Attendance League
    position (Group B)
    1 April 7 Sport Sal Rei Club A 1-1
    2 April 14 Académica da Praia H 2-0
    3 April 21 CS Mindelense H 1-1
    4 May 5 Sport Sal Rei Club H 2-1 2nd
    5 Académica da Praia A
    6 April 28 CS Mindelense A 2-1

    Squad

    As of 1 October 2017[2]

    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

    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

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    References

    1. 1 2 "2017-18 Santo Antão South Regional Championships". RSSSF.
    2. ↑ Current squad at Académica Porto Novo's website (in Portuguese)
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