2006 Cape Verdean Football Championships

The 2006 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 26th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 6 May and finished on 2 July, earlier than the last season. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.[1] Sporting Praia won their 5th title and in the following year participated in the 2007 CAF Champions League. No second place club participated in the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup.

Cape Verdean Football Championship
Season2006
ChampionsSporting Clube da Praia
Matches played35
Goals scored90 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerMendes (7)
Biggest home winDerby
Highest scoringDerby
2005
2007

Overview

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Three clubs returned again, FC Derby, Sporting Praia and Mindelense, some others returned in some or several years, two clubs Barreirense FC and Beira Mar competed for the first time.

FC Derby was the defending team of the title. A total of 11 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. The Santiago Island League North Zone had no championships for the 2005-06 season. No extra team participated as the season had only 11 clubs.

The season marked the last appearance of Nô Pintcha at the nationals, a club who won a lot of regional title at the time.

The biggest win and score was Derby who defeated Nô Pintcha 7-1, the second largest was Académico do Aeroporto who defeated Barreirense 6-1. Académico do Aeroporto scored 6 points against Botafogo in the semis.

Dário continued his career for his second season with the club after playing with several Portuguese clubs including Paços Ferreira. He scored a goal in second leg of the finals at the 45th minute.

Participating clubs

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Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2006 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)

Information about the clubs

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Club Location
Académico do Aeroporto Espargos
Barreirense FC Barreiro
Beira Mar Ribeira Grande
Botafogo São Filipe
FC Derby Mindelo
CS Mindelense Mindelo
Nô Pintcha Furna
Onze Unidos Vila do Maio
Sport Sal Rei Club Sal Rei
Sporting Clube da Praia Praia
FC Ultramarina Ribeira Brava

League standings

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC Derby 4 3 1 0 13 2 +11 10
2 Botafogo 4 2 2 0 9 3 +6 8
3 SC Sal Rei 4 2 2 1 5 2 +3 7
4 Nô Pintcha 4 1 0 3 4 12 -8 3
5 Sporting Clube do Porto Novo 4 0 0 4 0 12 -12 0

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Académico do Aeroporto 5 4 0 1 12 3 +9 12
2 Sporting Clube da Praia 5 4 0 1 8 4 +4 12
3 FC Ultramarina 5 2 1 2 6 9 0 7
4 CS Mindelense 5 2 0 3 6 7 -1 6
5 Beira-Mar 5 1 1 3 5 8 -3 4
6 Barreirense FC 5 1 0 4 4 13 -9 2

Results

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Week 1
Home Score Visitor Date
Derby 3 - 0 Sporting Porto Novo 7 May
Sal Rei 2 - 0 Nô Pintcha 1 June
Mindelense 1 - 0 Barreirense 6 May
Sporting Praia 2 - 0 Ultramarina 6 May
Académico Aeroporto 2 - 0 Beira-Mar 6 May
Week 2
Home Score Visitor Date
Botafogo 1 - 1 Derby 13 May
Sporting Porto Novo 0 - 3 Sal Rei 13 May
Ultramarina 0 - 1 Académico Aeroporto 13 May
Beira-Mar 0 - 2 Mindelense 14 May
Barreirense 0 - 2 Sporting Praia 14 May
Week 3
Home Score Visitor Date
Sal Rei 0 - 0 Botafogo 20 May
Nô Pintcha 1 - 0 Sporting Porto Novo 21 May
Mindelense 1 - 2 Sporting Praia 20 May
Académico Aeroporto 6 - 1 Barreirense 21 May
Beira-Mar 1 - 1 Ultramarina 21 May
Week 4
Home Score Visitor Date
Derby 2 - 0 Sal Rei 28 May
Nô Pintcha 2 - 3 Botafogo 29 May
Beira-Mar 1 - 2 Barreirense 28 May
Ultramarina 2 - 1 Mindelense 29 May
Sporting Praia 1 - 0 Académico Aeroporto 29 May
Week 5
Home Score Visitor Date
Botafogo 5 - 0 Sporting Porto Novo 25 May
Derby 7 - 1 Nô Pintcha 4 June
Sporting Praia 1 - 3 Beira-Mar 3 June
Barreirense 1 - 3 Ultramarina 3 June
Académico Aeroporto 3 - 1 Mindelense 3 June

Final Stages

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Semi-Finals Finals
Botafogo 2 0 2
Académico do Aeroporto 2 6 8 Académico do Aeroporto 0 2 2
Sporting Clube da Praia 2 0 2 Sporting Clube da Praia 1 2 3
FC Derby 0 1 1

Semi-finals

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FC Derby1:0Sporting Clube da Praia
Estádio Alcindo Nascimento
Mindelo

Finals

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Académico do Aeroporto0:1Sporting Clube da Praia
Gerson   3'
Referee: Orlando Araújo
Sporting Clube da Praia2:2Académico do Aeroporto
Dário   43'
Quiroga   90'
Mendes   62'
Hernâni   93'
Referee: Victor Lima
Cape Verdean Football 2006
Champions
Sporting Clube da Praia
5th title

Statistics

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  • Top scorer: Mendes: 7 goals (of Académico do Aeroporto)
  • Highest scoring match: Derby 7-1 Nô Pintcha (June 4)

See also

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Footnotes

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