In the 2011–12 season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde:
November 25: Celtic FC and GD Varanda, clubs of Praia's neighborhood of Achadinha de Baixo northwest of the center played a match in honor of Djack
December 2: the 2011–12 Santiago Island League (South) season began
February 11: Sporting Praia made a scoreless draw with Boavista Praia
February 26: Juventude in Sal celebrated their 50th anniversary
April 1: SC Santa Maria celebrated their 75th anniversary
Académica do Porto Novo won the Porto Novo Cup and qualified into the Cape Verdean Cup
Académico do Aeroporto defeated Académica do Sal to claim their super cup title for Sal
Juventude da Furna won their cup title for Brava and qualified into the Cape Verdean Cup
CD Onze Unidos won their cup title for Maio and qualified into the Cape Verdean Cup
GD Palmeira won the 2012 Sal Island Cup and qualified into the Cape Verdean Cup
April 29: all qualifiers listed into the Cape Verdean football championships.
May 5: Cape Verdean Football Championships begun
June 3: Regular season ends, Sporting Praia, Académica Fogo, SC Atlético and Académica Porto Novo qualified into the semis
June 10: the Semfinals started
June 17: Sporting Praia and SC Atlético qualfiied into the finals
July 1: No finals competition due to the 2012 local elections that took place
July 7: Sporting Praia claimed their ninth and recent title for the club
late-August: Onze Unidos won their only Cape Verdean Cup title. This was the recent Cape Verdean Cup held
Sporting Praia and SC Atlético each had 15 goals and were the first in each group, second placed Group A club Académica do Fogo had eight points and eleventh in the total of goals with three. Académica of Porto Novo, second in Group B had ten points and scored ten goals. The top four advanced into the semis, Sporting Praia and SC Atlético advanced with four goals scored. Sporting Praia won under the away goals rule in the first match and Sporting Praia claimed their ninth and recent title for the club. Sporting Praia later qualified into the first national Super Cup in the following year.
Leading goalscorer: Gerson (SC Atlético) - 13 goals
The fourth Cape Verdean Cup took place. This was the first edition that all eleven participants participated, the cup winners from Boa Vista and Brava competed. Onze Unidos won their only cup title after defeating Académica do Porto Novo 2-1 in extra time.
Juventude, winner of the Sal Island Cup
Boavista Praia, winner of the Santiago South Zone Cup
Marítimo Porto Novo, winner of the Santo Antão North Cup
Talho, winner of the São Nicolau Cup
FC Ultramarina, winner of the São Nicolau Cup
Batuque, winner of the São Vicente Cup
Caló (Sporting Praia)
