Mindelense–Batuque rivalry

Mindelense and Batuque rivalry
Other names O Clássico
O Clássico de São Vicente
Locale Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Teams Mindelense
Batuque
Latest meeting Mindelense 1-1 Batuque, 25 February 2017
Next meeting Batuque - Mindelense

The football rivalry between Mindelense and Batuque is a rivalry in the island of São Vicente and one of the largest in Cape Verde. The rivalry began in the 1996 when Batuque started to participate in the championship competitions and is one of the youngest in Cape Verde. It is also known as O Clássico and O Clássico de São Vicente which forms part of the Mindelo derby.[1]

History

The first challenge between the two clubs was in 1997. It became a main rivalry of the two clubs in around the 2000s. In recent years, the recent 6 matches in 2016 were won only by Mindelense.

In the past 20 years, there have been 38 challenges between them in the championships, soon there will be the 39th challenge coming soon.

The rivalry was featured in the second edition of the São Vicente Super Cup in 2006, the only time it appeared in any of those, there Mindelense won their first Super Cup title after defeating that club 1-0. Nenê was the only scorer.

Cultural rivalry

The rivalry are similar to one of the rivalries in other parts of Cape Verde, Mindelense is Mindelo's chief club, Batuque FC is named after the Capeverdean music genre and folk music.

Football rivalry

The rivalry is one of the youngest in Cape Verde.

Mindelense the most successful football (sooccer) club in Cape Verde, having won about 82 official titles (12 national and 70 regional) compared to Batuque's 12 official regional titles. On the other hand, Mindelense had goal scoring in African competitions (no Capeverdean team has ever won an African title) where they scored two goals, Mindelense first appeared in the 1993 African Cup of Champion's Clubs. Batuque never appeared in any of the continental competition.

Honours

Major/Minor honours won
Competition Mindelense Batuque
Cape Verdean Football Championships 12 None
São Vicente Island League 48 4
São Vicente Island Cup 3 4
São Vicente Super Cup 5 3
São Vicente Association Cup 7 1
Champion's Cup 1 None

Partial matches list

São Vicente Island League

The information has selected matches of the challenge from the 2013-14 season

Mindelense – Batuque Batuque – Mindelense
Season R. Date Score R. Date Score
2013–14 1 08–12–2013 2–1 8 15–02–2014 1–2
2014–15 1 17–01–2015 3–0 8 14–03–2015 0–2
2015–16 3 07–02–2016 0–1 10 24–03–2016 1–1
2016–17 7 25–02–2017 1–1 14 30–04–2017 0–2
2017–18 13 Upcoming 6 04–02–2018 0–1

São Vicente Super Cup

Mindelense – Batuque
Season Date Score
2006 1–0

Head-to-Head ranking in the São Vicente Championships

P. 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Key
Mindelense
Batuque

Men in both teams

References

  1. ↑ "São Vicente/Futebol: Campeonato principia este fim-de-semana e com clássico Mindelense – Batuque". Inforpress CV (in Portuguese). 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.