2003 Cape Verdean Football Championships

The 2003 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 24th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 17 May and finished on 2 August. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.[1] No club participated in the 2004 CAF Champions League or the 2004 CAF Winner's Cup.

Cape Verdean Football Championship
Season2003
ChampionsAcadémico do Aeroporto
Matches played31
Goals scored77 (2.48 per match)
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2004 →

Sporting Clube da Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 11 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league.

Overview

The league was contested by 11 teams with Académico do Aeroporto winning the championship.[1]

It was the first time that a total of 31 matches were played, 77 goals were scored

It would be the first time that two participants came from the island of Santiago and Santo Antão and they featured no single island championship match, they achieve two separate qualifications. Also it was the first participant of a club from Tarrafal, Amabox Barcelona and from Paul, Paulense. It was the only time that a participant of Fogo was outside the city of São Filipe, a club named Cutelinho.

Participants
Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2003 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)
  • Académica Operária, winner of the Boa Vista Island League
  • Nô Pintcha, winner of the Brava Island League
  • Cutelinho FC, winner of the Fogo Island League
  • Onze Unidos, winner of the Maio Island League
  • Académico do Aeroporto, winner of the Sal Island League
  • Barcelona, winner of the Santiago Island League (North)
  • CD Travadores, winner of the Santiago Island League (South)
  • Paulense Desportivo Clube, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (North)
  • Associação Académica do Porto Novo, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (South)
  • FC Ultramarina, winner of the São Nicolau Island League
  • Batuque FC, winner of the São Vicente Island League

Information about the clubs
Club Location
Académico do AeroportoEspargos
Académica OperáriaSal Rei
Académica do Porto NovoPorto Novo
BarcelonaTarrafal de Santiago
Batuque FCMindelo
Cutelinho FCSão FIlipe
Nô PintchaNova Sintra
Onze UnidosVila do Maio
PaulensePaul
CD TravadoresPraia
FC UltramarinaTarrafal de São Nicolau

League standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1FC Ultramarina430194+59
2CD Travadores421174+37
3CD Nô Pintcha42114407
4Onze Unidos411246-24
5Associação Académica do Porto Novo401339-61

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Académico do Aeroporto540171+612
2Cutelinho532073+411
3Batuque FC531174+310
4Paulense Desportivo Clube511358-34
5Barcelona503248-43
6Académica Operária5014612-61

Results
Week 1
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica Porto Novo 1 - 1 Travadores 17 May
Onze Unidos 0 - 0 Nô Pintcha 17 May
Académico Aeroporto 2 - 0 Académica Operaria 17 May
Batuque 1 - 1 Cutelinho 18 May
Paulense 0 - 0 Barcelona 18 May
Week 2
Home Score Visitor Date
Ultramarina 4 - 1 Onze Unidos 24 May
Nô Pintcha 3 - 1 Académica Porto Novo 25 May
Barcelona 0 - 2 Académico Aeroporto 24 May
Cutelinho 3 - 2 Paulense 24 May
Académica Operaria 2 - 3 Batuque 24 May
Week 3
Home Score Visitor Date
Travadores 3 - 0 Nô Pintcha 31 May
Académica Porto Novo 1 - 3 Ultramarina 31 May
Académico Aeroporto 2 - 0 Paulense 31 May
Batuque 2 - 0 Barcelona 31 May
Cutelinho 2 - 0 Académica Operaria 31 May
Week 4
Home Score Visitor Date
Onze Unidos 2 - 0 Académica Porto Novo 14 June
Ultramarina 2 - 1 Travadores 14 June
Académico Aeroporto 1 - 0 Batuque 14 June
Barcelona 1 - 1 Cutelinho 14 June
Paulense 2 - 1 Académica Operaria 14 June
Week 5
Home Score Visitor Date
Nô Pintcha 1 - 0 Ultramarina 29 June
Travadores 2 - 1 Onze Unidos 29 June
Académica Operaria 3 - 3 Barcelona 28 June
Batuque 2 - 1 Paulense 28 June
Cutelinho 1 - 0 Académico Aeroporto 28 June

Final Stages
Semi-Finals Finals
Cutelinho 0 0
FC Ultramarina 3 - 3 FC Ultramarina 1 2 3
CD Travadores 0 0 0 Académico do Aeroporto 3 3 6
Académico do Aeroporto 1 0 1

Semifinals
Cutelinho FC0:3[lower-alpha 1]FC Ultramarina
Fogo Island
CD Travadores0:1Académico do Aeroporto
Campo do Coco
Praia
FC UltramarinaCancelledCutelinho
Académico do Aeroporto0:0CD Travadores
Estadio Marcelo Leitão
Espargos

Finals
FC Ultramarina1:3Académico do Aeroporto
Páscoa  5' Pu  10' 32'
Nhuca  53'
Estadio João de Deus Lopes da Silva
Ribeira Brava on São Nicolau Island
Académico do Aeroporto3:2FC Ultramarina
Dixa Vítor
Cape Verdean Football 2003
Champions
Académico do Aeroporto
1st title

Statistics
  • Biggest win: Ultramarina 4-0 Onze Unidos (May 24)

Notes
  1. The match was abandoned at the 90th minute with the score 0-2 after a referee was attacked, Cutelinho was excluded and kicked out of the championships, Ultramarina was awarded 0-3

Footnotes
  1. "Archived copy of the 2003 Cape Verdean Football Championships at RSSSF". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
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