2012 Cape Verdean Football Championship Final
The 2012 Cape Verdean Football Championship final was the final of the 2012 Cape Verdean Football Championships, which was the 32nd EDition of the Cape Verdean Football Championships and 25th with the knockout stage.
In Cape Verde, the finals were televised live on TCV and listened on radio on RCV.
No competitions were played on the first week of July due to the local elections that took place on July 1.
The final was played betweenSporting from Praia of Santiago South and SC Atlético from São Nicolau. The winners did not compete into the Cape Verdean Super Cup and the 2013 CAF Champions League in the following season, primarily due to its schedule, a part of it, the regional championship and cup competitions within it.
The 2012 football championship final was Sporting Praia's twelfth appearance which was also their seventh consecutive in their 89 years of existence and SC Atlético's second appearance in their 46 years of existence, their next appearance in 18 years.
Background
At group stage, Sporting Praia was participant of Group A and Atlético Ribeira Brava was participant of Group B, they qualified into the semis and placed in different parts, the two advanced to the finals.
Sporting Praia had reached the national championship final 13 times, 11 with the playoff stage winning eight of them. The last time they won a champion title was last season in 2010. Atlético reached the national championship final twice and never won a title.
Sporting Praia won their 9th and recent national football championship title, the club possessed the most national titles won until 2014 when Mindelense's total number of titles superseded Sporting Praia's totals by one.
As champion, Sporting Praia achieved their first entry into the first national super cup that took place in the following year on May 1, they challenged against the national cup winner Maio's Onze Unidos.
Road to final
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Group A |
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Opponent |
Result |
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Juventude |
6–1 (H) |
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Académica da Brava |
6–1 (H) |
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Académica do Fogo |
2–0 (A) |
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Batuque FC |
0–0 (A) |
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Estrela dos Amadores |
2–2 (H) |
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Group A winner
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Opponent |
1st leg |
2nd leg |
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Académica do Porto Novo |
4–0 |
3–0 (A) |
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Match details
First leg
Second leg
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