2016–17 Fogo Island League

The 2016-17 Fogo Island League season was the competition of the second and third tier football in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. Its started later on 26 November 2014 and finished on 23 April 2015, a day earlier. The tournament was organized by the Fogo Regional Football Association (Associação Regional do Fogo de Futebol, ARFF). Vulcânicos won the tenth straight and recent title and will compete in the Cape Verdean Football Championships in mid-May.

Overview

Vulcânicos was the defending team of the title. A total of 18 clubs participated in the competition, 10 in the Premier Division as well as in the Second Division. Clubs based in the municipalities of São Filipe and Santa Catarina do Fogo were played at Estádio 5 de Julho while clubs based in Mosteiros Municipality were played at Estádio Francisco José Rodrigues, matches in Mosteiros were played each Saturday at 16:00, the 12th round match were played on Friday.

The football (soccer) calendar was competed in October in São Filipe and determined the ordering, the date and time of the matches.

A total of 358 goals were scored, 12 less than last season. The largest win was Académica who scored 14-0 over Baxada on April 23, it was the highest in several years. Vulcânico made an 18 match unbeaten streak at the regional championships, their last loss was on March 22, 2016 where they lost to Spartak 2-3, their next and last was to Nô Pintcha Mosteiros.

Nô Pintcha held the number one spot for the first two rounds, Académica Fogo took it up to the 11th round on February 25, Vulcânicos took it for the rest of the season. In the first part, the club only had a point difference, Vulcânico lost to Nô Pintcha on April 1 and Académica Fogo made a goal draw with ABC Patim, in the last few rounds Vulcânicos and Académcia had the same points but Vulcânicos scored more and finished with Vulcânicos scoring 66 goals, five more than Académica.

The Second Division started later on December 3 and will finish on May 14. In the Second Division, Nova Era defeated Brasilim 0-20 in a match in around February 2016 and made it the highest scoring match of any Second Division competitions in Cape Verde and any tiers, not just Fogo, but all of the country. Nova Era won their second Second Division championship title and qualified into the Premier Division in the following season in October after six years being in that division. In three years after Parque Real, Atlético Mosteiros became the next club to be the first ever into the regional Premier Division after being runner up in the final phase. Also in the Second Division, it was the last featuring ten clubs, twelve clubs would feature in the following season with an extra club in each of the two groups.

Participating clubs

Premier Division

Second Division

• Atlântico - São Filipe
• Atlético do Mosteiros
• Brasilim - Monte Vaca subdivision, São Filipe
• Desportivo de Cova Figueira
• Esperança - Achada Furna
• Grito Povo - Ribeira do Ilhéu
• Luzabril
• Nova Era - Terra Branca subdivision, São Filipe
• Parque Real - Cova Figueira
• União de São Lourenço

League standings

Premier Division

Second Division

First phase

• Top two clubs of Group A:
  • Nova Era (5 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, 32 goals scored 16 points)
  • União de São Lourenço

• Top two clubs of Group B:
  • Grito Povo
  • Atlético Mosteiros

Final phase

Atlético Mosteiros, Grito Povo, Nova Era were União are participants in the final phase featuring four clubs. The top two will qualify into the Fogo Premier Division in the following season being the first ever season to do so.

• 1st, Champion: Nova Era (6 wins (all matches), 19 goals, 18 points) - total: 11 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, 41 goals, 35 points)
• 2nd: Atlético Mosteiros - also promoted
• 3rd - Grito Povo
• 4th - União do São Lourenço

Results

Position changes

Statistics

• Topscorer: Luizim: 26 goals (of Nô Pintcha dos Mosteiros)
• Biggest win: Académica Fogo 14-0 Baxada (23 April)
• Biggest away win: Baxada 4 - 11 Nô Pintcha (April 16)
• Longest winning streak: 7 weeks:
  • Académica Fogo (weeks 1-7)
  • Valência (weeks 12-18)
• Longest unbeaten streak: Vulcânicos: 14 weeks (weeks 1-14)

External links

• Fcf.cv
• 2016-17 Fogo Island Season at RSSSF