2009 Cape Verdean Football Championships
# 2009 Cape Verdean Football Championships

The 2009 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 30th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 16 April, earlier than the last season and finished on 11 June. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. Sporting would win their 8th title and fourth straight after defeating the city's rival Académica. This was the first final competition that featured two clubs from the same island as well as the same city, it happened the following season with Boavista. Sporting Praia's next and final title would win in 2012.

## Overview

Sporting Clube da Praia was again the defending team of 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.

It was the only club that got three titles until 2016 when CS Mindelense became the second club to win three back-to-back titles. The biggest win was Mindelense who scored 6 against Foguetões. Only one match which one team scored the highest point and the season was again not the retelling of high scoring records.

The championships was the last appearance for Académica Praia.

## Participating clubs

* Sporting Clube da Praia, winner of the 2008 Cape Verdean Football Championships
* Académica Operária, winner of the Boa Vista Island League
* SC Morabeza, winner of the Brava Island League
* Vulcânicos FC, winner of the Fogo Island League
* Onze Unidos, winner of the Maio Island League
* Sport Clube Santa Maria, winner of the Sal Island League
* Estrela dos Amadores, winner of the Santiago Island League (North)
* Académica da Praia, winner of the Santiago Island League (South)
* Os Foguetões, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (North)
* Sporting Clube do Porto Novo, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (South)
* FC Ultramarina, winner of the São Nicolau Island League
* CS Mindelense, winner of the São Vicente Island League

### Information about the clubs

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Académica Operária | Sal Rei | Arsénio Ramos | 500 |
| Académica da Praia | Praia | Várzea | 12,000 |
| Estrela dos Amadores | Tarrafal | Tarrafal | 1,000 |
| Foguetões | Paúl | João Serra | 1,000 |
| CS Mindelense | Mindelo | Adérito Sena | 5,000 |
| SC Morabeza | Vila Nova Sintra | Aquiles de Oliveira | 500 |
| Onze Unidos | Vila do Maio | 20 de Janeiro | 4,000 |
| Sport Clube Santa Maria | Santa Maria | Marcelo Leitão | 8,000 |
| Sporting Clube do Porto Novo | Porto Novo | Amílcar Cabral | 500 |
| Sporting Clube da Praia | Praia | Várzea | 12,000 |
| FC Ultramarina | Tarrafal de São Nicolau | Orlando Rodrigues | 5,000 |
| Vulcânicos FC | São Filipe | 5 de Julho | 1,000 |

## League standings

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Académica da Praia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 |
| 2 | CS Mindelense | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 12 |
| 3 | FC Ultramarina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 |
| 4 | Onze Unidos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Sport Clube Santa Maria | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 2 |
| 6 | Foguetões | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 1 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sporting Clube da Praia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +7 | 12 |
| 2 | Sporting Clube do Porto Novo | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 |
| 3 | SC Morabeza | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 4 | Vulcânicos FC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 5 | Estrela dos Amadores | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Académica Operária | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 1 |

## Results

Week 1 :

| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mindelense | 2 - 0 | Onze Unidos | 16 May |
| Foguetões | 0 - 1 | Académica Praia | 17 May |
| Ultramarina | 4 - 0 | Santa Maria | 9 June |
| Sporting Praia | 0 - 0 | Vulcânico | 16 May |
| Sporting Porto Novo | 2 - 0 | Académica Operária | 16 May |
| Morabeza | 2 - 1 | Estrela Amadores | 17 May |

Week 2 :

| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| Santa Maria | 1 - 2 | Mindelense | 23 May |
| Onze Unidos | 1 - 0 | Foguetões | 23 May |
| Académica Praia | 3 - 1 | Ultramarina | 23 May |
| Académica Operária | 1 - 3 | Sporting Praia | 23 May |
| Vulcânico | 0 - 2 | Morabeza | 24 May |
| Estrela Amadores | 3 - 2 | Sporting Porto Novo | 24 May |

Week 3 :

| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| Foguetões | 3 - 3 | Santa Maria | 30 May |
| Académica Praia | 2 - 1 | Onze Unidos | 30 May |
| Ultramarina | 1 - 2 | Mindelense | 31 May |
| Sporting Porto Novo | 0 - 3 | Sporting Praia | 30 May |
| Estrela Amadores | 0 - 2 | Vulcânico | 30 May |
| Morabeza | 0 - 0 | Acádemica Operária | 31 May |

Week 4 :

| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| Académica Praia | 2 - 2 | Santa Maria | 6 June |
| Onze Unidos | 1 - 1 | Ultramarina | 6 June |
| Mindelense | 6 - 0 | Foguetões | 6 June |
| Vulcânico | 0 - 2 | Sporting Porto Novo | 6 June |
| Estrela Amadores | 3 - 1 | Acádemica Operária | 6 June |
| Sporting Praia | 4 - 0 | Morabeza | 7 June |

Week 5 :

| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mindelense | 1 - 2 | Académica Praia | 13 June |
| Santa Maria | 0 - 2 | Onze Unidos | 13 June |
| Foguetões | 0 - 4 | Ultramarina | 13 June |
| Sporting Praia | 1 - 0 | Estrela Amadores | 13 June |
| Acádemica Operária | 0 - 1 | Vulcânico | 13 June |
| Morabeza | 0 - 3 | Sporting Porto Novo | 13 June |

## Final Stages

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CS Mindelense | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Sporting Clube da Praia | 0 | 3 | 3 | Sporting Clube da Praia | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sporting Clube do Porto Novo | 1 | 0 | 1 | Académica da Praia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Académica da Praia | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | |

### Semi-finals

Source:

### Finals

* Cape Verdean Football 2009 Champions
* Sporting Clube da Praia 8th title

## Statistics

* Top scorer: Kadú: 9 goals (CS Mindelense)
* Biggest win: Mindelense 6 - 0 Foguetões (6 June)
