2012–13 in Cape Verdean football
# 2012–13 in Cape Verdean football

## Diary of the season

In the 2012–13 season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde:

* September 9 - Corinthians São Vicente celebrated its 25th anniversary of foundation
* September 26 - Alexandre Alhinho becomes manager of Académica do Mindelo
* November 18: Académica do Fogo celebrated their 50th anniversary
* December 15: Académica da Praia celebrated their 50th anniversary
* GD Palmeira won the Sal Super Cup
* The 2013 Santo Antão North Zone Island League was the first season that the Second Division was added, Beira-Mar, Irmãos Unidos and Janela appeared in the lowest division
* Paulense won the Santo Antão North Zone Cup
* Académica do Porto Novo won the Santo Antão South Zone Cup
* Batuque won the São Vicente Cup
* Sport Sal Rei Club won the Boa Vista (Bubista) Cup
* Academico 83 won the Maio (Djarmai) Cup
* GD Palmeira won the Sal Cup
* CD Travadores won the Santiago South Zone Cup
* Paulense won the Santo Antão North Zone Cup
* Académica do Porto Novo won the Santo Antão South Zone Cup
* FC Ultramarina won the São Nicolau Cup
* CS Mindelense won the São Vicente Cup
* May 5: all qualifiers listed into the Cape Verdean football championships.
* May 11: Cape Verdean Football Championships begun
* May 23: Juventude da Furna won the Brava Cup after beating Sporting Brava 3-0, as the Cape Verdean Cup was cancelled, it did not qualify
* May 26: Desportivo Praia defeated Ultramarina 1-4 and became the highest scoring match of the season and the largest goal difference for a week
* June 1:
   * Mindelense defeated Ultramarina 4-0 and made it the largest goal difference of the season and became the second highest scoring match
   * Solpontense defeated Académico 83 with four goals and became the third and fourth highest scoring match for each clubs for the season
* June 9:
   * Desportivo Praia defeatred Juventude Furna 1-4 and became the fourth highest scoring match of the season
   * Regular season ends, Sporting Praia, Mindelense, Acadèmicas from Fogo and Porto Novo and Desportivo advanced into the semis
* June 22: the Semifinals started
* June 29: Mindelense and Académica Porto Novo qualified into the finals
* July 13: CS Mindelense claimed their ninth title
* August 3: Académica do Sal celebrated its 50th anniversary

## Final standings

### Cape Verdean Football Championships

Desportivo da Praia had the most points numbered thirteen and scored twelve goals, Mindelense was second in Group A. In Group B, Académicas Fogo and Porto Novo, the first had eleven points and the second had ten. Mindelense advanced to the finals with two over Académica Fogo while Académica Porto Novo had two over Desportivo Praia. With a total of five goals scored in the two matches, Mindelense won their ninth title

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Desportivo da Praia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 13 |
| 2 | CS Mindelense | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 |
| 3 | Académico do Aeroporto | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 9 |
| 4 | FC Ultramarina | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 4 |
| 5 | Onze Estrelas | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 2 |
| 6 | Juventude da Furna | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 2 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Académica do Fogo | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 11 |
| 2 | Académica do Porto Novo | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | +4 | 10 |
| 3 | Sporting Clube da Praia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 0 |
| 4 | Solpontense FC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Academico 83 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 2 |
| 6 | Scorpions Vermelho | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |

**Final Stages**

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CS Mindelense | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Académica do Fogo | 1 | 0 | 1 | CS Mindelense | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Académica do Porto Novo | 3 | 0 | 3 | Académica do Porto Novo | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Desportivo da Praia | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |

Leading goalscorer: Dukinha (CS Mindelense) - 6 goals

### Cape Verdean Super Cup

The Cape Verdean Super Cup took place in late 2012 and featured the Onze Unidos and the champion Sporting Clube da Praia. It was one of the recent to have its own super cup competitions added.

## Transfer deals

### Summer-Fall transfer window

The September/October transfer window runs from the end of the previous season in September up to October.

* Ballack from Sporting Praia to Oriental
* Calú from CS Mindelense to Progresso Sambizanga
* Patrick Andrade (or Patrick) from Sporting Praia to Desportivo da Praia

### In early and mid 2013

* Théo Mendy from Sporting Praia to Boavista Lisbon
* Patrick from Desportivo da Praia to Benfica da Praia
