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2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships

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Season
  
2014

Matches played
  
36

Champions
  
CS Mindelense

Goals scored
  
73 (2.03 per match)

2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships

Biggest home win
  
Academica do Porto Novo

Biggest away win
  
Académica da Calheta, Académica do Fogo

The 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships season was the 35th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 5 April and finished on 31 May, earlier than the previous year. The tournament was organized by the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol (Cape Verdean Football Federation, FCF). CS Mindelense won the tenth title and their second in a row They did not participate in the 2015 CAF Champions League.

Contents

CS Mindelense was the team defending the title. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. Again more than three clubs shared the same club name starting with Académica numbering four out of twelve. Once again, half of Group B clubs would bear the first club name but only half would bear the name in the knockout stage.

The biggest win was Académico do Porto Novo who scored 5-0 over Sporting Clube from Brava. Mindelense scored the most number of matches at home numbering seven and was a record at the national championships.

The season would have the fewest goals in history after the expansion of the clubs to over ten, fewer than last season. Unlike last season, only two matches had nil points. Week 2 had the lowest scoring. Some matches finished 1-0 or 0-1.

Participating clubs

  • CS Mindelense, winner of the 2013 Cape Verdean Football Championships
  • Académica Operária, winner of the Boa Vista Island League
  • Sporting (Brava), winner of the Brava Island League
  • Académica do Fogo, winner of the Fogo Island League
  • Académica da Calheta, winner of the Maio Island League
  • Sport Clube Verdun, winner of the Sal Island League
  • Grémio Nhágar, winner of the Santiago Island League (North)
  • Sporting Clube da Praia, winner of the Santiago Island League (South)
  • Paulense Desportivo Clube, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (North)
  • Académica do Porto Novo, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (South)
  • SC Atlético, winner of the São Nicolau Island League
  • FC Derby, winner of the São Vicente Island League
  • Information about the clubs

    Italics indicates a team playing in a stadium in a different town or city.

    League standings

    Group A

    Group B

    Source:

    Results

    The group and calendar was sorted on February 15 in Praia by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.

    Final Stages

    All times are in Cape Verdean Time (UTC-1)

    Statistics

  • Top scorer: Sidney: 5 goals (of CS Mindelense)
  • Biggest win: Académica PN 5-0 Sporting Brava (4 May)
  • References

    2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships Wikipedia