2017–18 Santo Antão South Island Championships

The 2016-17 Santo Antão Island League (South) season was the competition of the second-tier football in southern (and the western) part the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. Its started on 12 November and finished on 26 March. The tournament was organized by the Santo Antão South Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Zona Sul do Santo Antão, ARFSS).^[1][2] Académica do Porto Novo won their 13th title and their 13th/15th overall and finished with 30 points and will participate in the 2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships in early April, second time in one of three groups, they will appear in Group A.

Also Académica Porto Novo will appear in the Santo Antão South Super Cup later in the season.

Overview

Académica do Porto Novo was again the defending team of the title for the sixth time. Three clubs withdrew, a repeat of a withdrawal from Tarrafal FC de Monte Trigo 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, it would be an 10-round and a 50-match season, After returning from being absent last season, Marítimo Porto Novo returned to the competition.

A total of 112 goals were scored in the season, fewer less than last season. Académica led almost for the entire season. Not a single loss was made again for Académica Porto Novo. At the end of the season, it still holds the records for an unbeaten streak at home numbering 40. Académica scored 51 again, and made it the second highest for the club once more, Académica won their eighth consecutive title and any of the island leagues, other clubs who won eight consecutive titles were Brava's No Pintcha (1994-2001). Second in goal scoring were Marítimo and Inter with 17, about a third less than Académica's.

The championship season started right after the beginning of the regional cup competition, especially the north of the island where it started before its Premier and Second Division season. The first weeks of February and March were on a break due to the regional cup competition. The remaining cup competition, the semis and the finals finished after the end of the championships as to Santo Antão North.

Participating clubs

League standings

Updated to games played on 18 March 2018.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2017/18: Santiago South Zone
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.

Statistics

• Longest winning streak: Académica Porto Novo 10 weeks (weeks 1-10)

References

External links

• "Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol" (in Portuguese).
• Santo Antão (South Zone) Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website
• 2017–18 Santo Antão Island League (South) at RSSSF