Founded 1982 CAF affiliation 1986 | FIFA affiliation 1986 President Mário Semedo | |
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The Cape Verdean Football Federation (Portuguese: Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol, FCF) is the governing body of football in Cape Verde. It was founded in 1982, affiliated to FIFA in 1986 and to CAF in 1986. It organizes the national football league and the national team.
Contents
- Premier League or Interisland league
- Island Leagues including the two zones of Santiago and Santo Anto
- References
Its current president is Victor Osório since 2015.
The federation is headquartered in the capital city of Praia and is located on Avenida Cidade de Lisboa in the subdivision of Várzea where the sport complexes are located.
Is offices is just south of Estádio da Várzea and features a small field on the east part. The building was completed in 2006 after the nearby stadium was also repaired. Since 2013, the Caixa building is adjacent to its offices.
Premier League or Interisland league
The Capeverdean Premier division are made up of two groups, Groups A and B and the team with the most points in the island but Santiago and Santo Antão are divided into two zones in the island qualifies into the premier division and not the top teams from the second or third divisions in other places. There are only about five to six rounds becore heading to the playoffs and are played in the months of May or June.
The premier league as well as the island divisions has several teams, more teams can be seen at another title below this one:
Island Leagues including the two zones of Santiago and Santo Antão
Unlike other leagues throughout the world in which is the second, third and fourth, the lowest is mainly the second division or secondary leagues and are split into ten leagues of which are played in the nine main islands, Santiago and Santo Antão is split into two, the North Zone and the South Zone; the tenth main island of Santa Luzia is uninhabited. The team of each league with the most points qualifies and advances into the premier division. One of these examples includes these islands and zones. In the 2005-06 season, the Santiago North Zone did not have a champion which meant that the champion of the previous season automatically entered the premier division:
The island divisions including the two islands' two zones varies from each month that play and plays in the month of April and May and May in most islands, Santiago begins from December until May.