Founded 1993 | Number of teams 7 | |
Region Brava Island, Cape Verde Promotion to Cape Verdean Football Championship Domestic cup(s) Brava Island Cup
Brava Island Super Cup Current champions Sporting (3rd time)
(2015-16) | ||
The Brava Island League is a regional championship played in Brava Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship plays in the Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. The league was founded in 1993. It has the fewest teams in the Capeverdean football or soccer.
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Title history
Nô Pintcha has the most number of island titles with 11, Morabeza with 9, Académica and Sporting with two and Corôa and Juventude da Furna with only one title.
The first club to win the island title was Nô Pintcha in 1994 and was eight-time champion in 2001, one of the most to win eight consecutive titles of any island leagues in the country. It was the only club to be champion until 2002 when Académica became the second to win the first title in 2002, Nô Pintcha won two back to back in 2003 and 2004, Morabeza became the third first timer in 2005, Nô Pintcha won their recent in 2006, Morabeza won their second in 2007, Corôa was the fourth first timer in 2008, the second club to win back-to-back titles was Morabeza in 2009. The 2010-11 season held no competition likely due to financial problems, this was the latest cancellation of an island league in the country. Académica won their second and recent in 2012. Two first timers were Juventude in 2013 which is also their only title and Sporting in 2014. Sporting became two-time champion in 2015 and is the most recent victor.
In performance by area, Nova Sintra leads the most with 22 of the 24 titles won based in the town, Académica and Sporting Brava though based in Nova Sintra are the club that serves the whole island. The other two had won a title each, in Nossa Senhora o Monte in 2008 and Furna in 2013.