2017 Cape Verdean Football Championship Final

2017 Cape Verdean Football Championship Final

Estádio da Várzea hosted the second leg of the final
Event	2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships
Sporting Clube da Praia Ultramarina Tarrafal (São Nicolau) 5 3
First leg
Sporting Clube da Praia Ultramarina Tarrafal (São Nicolau) 1 2
Date	20 August 2017
Venue	Estádio Orlando Rodrigues, Tarrafal de São Nicolau
Referee	António Rodrigues
Second Leg
Ultramarina Tarrafal (São Nicolau) Sporting Clube da Praia 2 3
Date	27 August 2017
Venue	Estádio da Várzea, Praia
Referee	Jaime Figueiredo

The 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championship final was the final of the 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships, which was the 37th edition of the Cape Verdean Football Championships and 31st with the knockout stage.^[1]

In Cape Verde, the finals were televised live on TCV and listened on radio on RCV.

The final was the next in three years that came from each island group, it featured FC Ultramarina from Tarrafal de São Nicolau (of Barlavento) and Sporting Praia, a club of Southern Santiago (of Sotavento). The winner is likely compete at the 2018 CAF Champions League in the following season.

The 2017 football championship final was Mindelense's was their fourteenth and recent appearance in their 97 year history and also their fourth consecutive and Académica do Porto Novo was their second appearance in their 32 year history.

Unlike the 2008 season which ended the finals in an away goals rule, the 2016 final was the second straight that the finals ended in both extra time and with a penalty shootout and the first with two legs, this was the only time it ever happened in Cape Verde.

Background

At group stage, FC Ultramarina competed in Group A while Sporting Praia competed in Group C, the first participant of each of the three groups.

Sporting Praia had reached the national championship final 14 times, 12 with the playoff stage winning eight of nine. The last time they won a champion title was last season in 2012. Ultramarina Tarrafal reached the national championship final in 2003 and never won a title.

Sporting Praia won their 10th and recent national football championship title, it now has two behind Mindelense's totals.^[1]

Road to final

Match details

First leg

20 August 2017 (2017-08-20)^{[lower-alpha 1]}16:00 (CVT, UTC-1)

FC Ultramarina Tarrafal (São Nicolau)	1-2	Sporting Clube da Praia
Patchico  89 (pen)'		Blessed Panduru

Estádio Orlando Rodrigues
Tarrafal de São Nicolau

Second leg

27 August 2017 (2017-08-27)^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Sporting Clube da Praia	3-2	FC Ultramarina (São Nicolau)
Nido  10' Sunday  67',  70'		Adyr  55' Augusto  72'

Estádio da Várzea,
Praia

Referee: Lenine Rocha

1. ↑ Originally for July 9
2. ↑ Originally for July 15

Sporting Clube da Praia, Home

Sporting Clube da Praia, Away

FC Ultramarina, Home

FC Ultramarina, Away

GK 1 Kelvi DF 2 Kadú DF 3 Admar DF 4 Blessed M. Teixeira DF 5 Madjer MF 6 Tabaco FW 7 Gily MF 8 Palo FW 9 Mike MF 10 Tigana (C) FW 11 Nildo MF 13 Gaussou Badayoko DF 14 Paulo Tavares DF 15 Panduru MF 17 Pery FW 18 Kikas FW 19 Tei MF 20 Dário Paiva FW 21 Igor FW 22 Matthew Mbutidem Sunday GK 23 Txu DF 24 Tidy MF 25 Nelito (Antunes) MF 26 Camaron

Adyr Augusto Djassa Patchico

Cape Verdean Football 2017 Champions
Sporting Clube da Praia 10th title

Match officials Assistant referees: Fourth official:

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.

References

External links

• 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships at RSSSF
• 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championship final: 1st leg: Ultramarina Tarrafal - Sporting Praia (in Portuguese)
• 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championship Final: 2nd leg: Sporting Praia - Ultramarina Tarrafal (in Portuguese)