2015–16 Sal Island League

The 2015-16 Sal Island League season was the competition of the second-tier football in the island of Sal, Cape Verde. The season started on 6 February and finished on later on 8 May 2016. The tournament was organized by the Sal Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Sal, ARFS). Académico do Aeroporto won their 13th title. Its matches were predominantly both played in Estádio Marcelo Leitão and Santa Maria's municipal stadium, in the following season.

Académico do Aeroporto was the defending team of the title. It was the first season that the Premier Division featured eight clubs and 14 matches each club with a total of 48 matches, it also brought regional records for a club with Académico Aeroporto having 35 points, a club record for Sal and overall with the number of goals more than doubled to 165 and an average of 3.44 per match, higher than last season.

Florença will be Sal's seventh club to spend their second season in the second tier competition and the first in the Premier Division.

Académico Aerporto scored the number of goals numbering 30, second was Académica do Sal with 24 and third was Palmeira with 23, Juventude and ASGUI were sixth numbering 17 and Florença scored the least number of goals numbering 16 The biggest home win was Palmeira who scored 1-6 than ASGUI, two less than last season's rivalry of Académicas of Sal.

ASGUI who spent their first season in the Premier Division was relegated after being last with 9 points. Gaviões was the winner of the Second Division and will participate in the Premier Division for the first time.

Only one break took place on the last days of April and May 1 where the regional cup final took place.

Participating clubs

Premier Division

• Académica (Espargos)
• Académico do Aeroporto
• ASGUI - Santa Maria
• Florença - Santa Maria
• Juventude - Morro Curral, Espargos
• Palmeira - Santa Maria
• CS Santa Maria
• SC Verdun - Pedra de Lume

Second Division

• Chã de Matias
• Gaviões - Hortelã, Espargos
• Unidos - Ribeira Funda, Espargos
• Nova Geração

League standings

Premier Division

Second Division

• 1st: Gaviões

Results

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

Position changes

Statistics

• Biggest home wins:

ASGUI 1 – 6 Palmeira (27 March)

ASGUI 0 – 5 Juventude (24 Aprill)

• Largest score differences:

ASGUI 4 – 3 Verdun (6 February)

ASGUI 1 – 6 Palmeira (27 March)

• Longest winning streak: Académica Sal; 8 weeks (weeks 7-14)
• Longest unbeaten streak: Académico Aeroporto (weeks 1 - 8) y Académica Sal (weeks 7 - 14); 8 weeks

External links

• Sal Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website
• 2015–16 Sal Island League at RSSSF