2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships
# 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championships

The 2014 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 35th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 5 April and finished on 31 May, earlier than the previous year as some days later, television viewers would later tune to the 2014 World Cup which took place in Brazil. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. CS Mindelense won the tenth title and their second in a row, its total number of titles superseded Sporting Praia's totals by one. They did not participate in the 2015 CAF Champions League.

## Overview

CS Mindelense was the team defending 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. Again more than three clubs shared the same club name starting with Académica numbering four out of twelve. Once again, half of Group B clubs would bear the first club name but only half would bear the name in the knockout stage.

SC Verdun of Pedra de Lume made their next national appearance in 34 years and first also featuring a group stage. Grémio Nhágar was the only participant of the north of Santiago that came from the municipality of Santa Catarina and Assomada.

The biggest win was Académico do Porto Novo who scored 5-0 over Sporting Clube from Brava. Mindelense scored the most matches at home numbering seven and was a record at the national championships.

The season would have the fewest goals in history after the expansion of the clubs to over ten, fewer than last season. Unlike last season, only two matches had nil points. Week 2 had the lowest scoring. Some matches finished 1-0 or 0-1.

## Participating clubs

* CS Mindelense, winner of the 2013 Cape Verdean Football Championships
* Académica Operária, winner of the Boa Vista Island League
* Sporting (Brava), winner of the Brava Island League
* Académica do Fogo, winner of the Fogo Island League
* Académica da Calheta, winner of the Maio Island League
* Sport Clube Verdun, winner of the Sal Island League
* Grémio Nhágar, winner of the Santiago Island League (North)
* Sporting Clube da Praia, winner of the Santiago Island League (South)
* Paulense Desportivo Clube, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (North)
* Académica do Porto Novo, winner of the Santo Antão Island League (South)
* SC Atlético, winner of the São Nicolau Island League
* FC Derby, winner of the São Vicente Island League

### Information about the clubs

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Académica da Calheta | Vila do Maio | Maio | 4,000 |
| Académica do Fogo | São Filipe | 5 de Julho | 1,000 |
| Académica Operária | Sal Rei | Arsénio Ramos | 500 |
| Académica do Porto Novo | Porto Novo | Porto Novo | 8,000 |
| SC Atlético | Ribeira Brava | João de Deus Lopes da Silva | 1,000 |
| FC Derby | Mindelo | Adérito Sena | 8,000 |
| Grémio Nhágar | Assomada | Cúmbem | 4,000 |
| Mindelense | Mindelo | Adérito Sena | 8,000 |
| Paulense Desportivo Clube | Paúl | João Serra | 2,000 |
| Sporting (Brava) | Vila Nova Sintra | Aquiles de Oliveira | 500 |
| SC Praia | Praia | Várzea | 12,000 |
| Sport Clube Verdun | Espargos | Marcelo Leitão | 8,000 |

Italics indicates a team playing in a stadium in a different town or city.

## League standings

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sporting Clube da Praia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 13 |
| 2 | Académica do Porto Novo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 8 |
| 3 | Grémio Nhágar | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 |
| 4 | Paulense Desportivo Clube | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 5 | FC Derby | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 6 | Sporting Clube da Brava | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 2 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CS Mindelense | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 |
| 2 | Académica do Fogo | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 11 |
| 3 | SC Atlético | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Académica da Calheta | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 5 | Académica Operária | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 6 | Sport Clube Verdun | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 1 |

Source:

## Results

The group and calendar was sorted on February 15 in Praia by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.

Week 1 :

| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| Académica PN | 0 - 0 | Sporting Praia | 6 April |
| FC Derby | 1 - 1 | Grémio Nhágar | 6 April |
| Sporting Brava | 1 - 1 | Paulense | 6 April |
| CS Mindelense | 4 - 0 | Acádemica Operária | 5 April |
| SC Atlético | 1 - 0 | Académica da Calheta | 6 April |
| Verdun | 2 - 2 | Académica do Fogo | 5 April |

Week 2 :

| Home | Score | Visitor | Date | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Académica PN | 2 - 1 | FC Derby | 13 April | 16:00 |
| Grémio Nhágar | 1 - 1 | Sporting Brava | 12 April | 16:00 |
| Paulense | 0 - 1 | Sporting Praia | 12 April | 16:00 |
| CS Mindelense | 1 - 0 | SC Atlético | 12 April | 15:30 |
| Académica da Calheta | 2 - 1 | Verdun | 12 April | 15:30 |
| Académica do Fogo | 2 - 0 | Acádemica Operária | 12 April | 15:30 |

Week 3 :

| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| Grémio Nhágar | 1 - 0 | Académica PN | 19 April |
| FC Derby | 0 - 1 | Paulense | 19 April |
| Sporting Praia | 3 - 0 | Sporting Brava | 19 April |
| Académica da Calheta | 0 - 2 | CS Mindelense | 19 April |
| SC Atlético | 1 - 1 | Académica do Fogo | 19 April |
| Acádemica Operária | 1 - 0 | Verdun | 19 April |

Week 4 :

| Home | Score | Visitor | Date | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Sporting Praia | 2 - 1 | Grémio Nhágar | 26 April | 16:00 |
| Sporting Brava | 1 - 2 | FC Derby | 27 April | 16:00 |
| Paulense | 0 - 0 | Académica PN | 26 April | 16:00 |
| Acádemica Operária | 1 - 3 | Académica da Calheta | 26 April | 15:30 |
| Verdun | 0 - 1 | SC Atlético | 26 April | 15:30 |
| Académica do Fogo | 2 - 1 | CS Mindelense | 26 April | 15:30 |

Week 5 :

| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| Académica PN | 5 - 0 | Sporting Brava | 4 May |
| Grémio Nhágar | 2 - 1 | Paulense | 4 May |
| FC Derby | 0 - 1 | Sporting Praia | 4 May |
| CS Mindelense | 1 - 0 | Verdun | 3 May |
| Académica da Calheta | 0 - 3 | Académica do Fogo | 3 May |
| SC Atlético | 0 - 1 | Acádemica Operária | 3 May |

## Final Stages

All times are in Cape Verdean Time (UTC−1)

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

### Finals

* Cape Verdean Football 2014 Champions
* CS Mindelense 10th title

## Statistics

* Top scorer: Sy: 5 goals (of Académica do Fogo)
* Biggest win: Académica PN 5-0 Sporting Brava (4 May)
