Website Official website Current champion SC Beira-Mar (1st) | Number of teams 13 Founded 1999 | |
Region Northern Santiago Island including Assomada, Cape Verde Domestic cup(s) Santiago Island (North) Cup
Santiago Island (North) Super Cup Current champions Beira- Mar (1st)
(2014-15) Most championships Scorpions Vermelho (4 times) Promotion to Cape Verdean Football Championship Teams CD Scorpion Vermelho, Estrela dos Amadores, SC Beira‑Mar, GD Varandinha, Desportivo de Assomada | ||
The Santiago Island League (North) is a regional championship played in Santiago Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. The league was formed in 1999, in 2003, the Santiago Island League was split into the north and south zones and was formally created, the two are the youngest island league in Cape Verde. Since 2003, the club has both Premier and Second Divisions, from 2006 they went into disuse and in the 2006/07 season, the league was split into the northcentral and southcentral groups and several teams from the Second Level from the north became a single group. Clubs from São Domingos would participate in the South Zone as a couple of more clubs were created in the North Zone, also being almost equal to half of the island's population. Unlike other island leagues, between 2012 and 2015, it had the first and second phases and a playoff system in which the first four clubs would participate. The 2015/16 season now features 14 clubs and the first regional league in Cape Verde to have up to 26 rounds. After nearly nine years, the Second Division was restored and features six clubs.
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In its early years up to the 2014 season, it had the second most number of clubs in the country after the South Zone and ahead of São Vicente, later Fogo. It once had the most in the 2015-16 season. Now, together with the island's South Zone, it has the most number of clubs in the country.
Title history
Scorpions has the most number of titles with four, second Estrelas dos Amadores with 3 and six clubs with a title, Barcelona in 2003, Beira-Mar in 2015, the recent winner, Benfica in 2011, Desportivo de Santa Cruz in 2011, Flor Jovem from Calheta in 2005, Grémio Nhagar in 2014 and Varandinha in 2016.
Tarrafal since its foundation has the most number of titles won by clubs numbering seven, in its year of foundation, it was the sole title, in 2002, it was tied with Santa Cruz, since 2003, it has the most number of titles won by the municipality's clubs with the exception of 2008 which was tied with Santa Cruz in 2008, in 2010, in 2012 and in 2015, inbetween these, Santa Cruz was the leader in 2011 and from 2013 to 2015. Third was São Miguel with a title and fourth is Santa Catarina with a title in 2014