Santiago North Second Division
The Santiago North Second Division is a tier-3 regional championship played in the northern part of Santiago Island, Cape Verde. The competition are organized by the Santiago North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Norte, ARFSN). The winner of the championship plays in the Santiago North Premier Division in the following season while the second placed club competes with a second last placed Premier Division club to participate in two divisional decisional matches to qualify into the Premier Division or remain in the Second Division in the following season.
About the Island/Regional League
The Second Division features ten clubs, the same as to that of the neighbouring Santiago South and another on the island of Fogo, being one of three in Cape Verde.
The Second Division was formed in 2015 and would feature two parts instead of one. It featured eight clubs, ten clubs would feature for the following season as the Premier Division reduced it to twelve clubs equalling to Santiago South's.
The 2016-17 Second Division went to a halt in February 7 as the referees needed the salaries for the 17th and the 26th rounds last season and the rounds of this season., it did not resumed until February 25 as the referees were paid four days earlier by its sponsorship of two telecommunications companies, one of them was Cabo Verde Telecom and the municipalities where the clubs are based.
Recently, the club number risen to twelve, it was likely done before the February strike as the Premier Division popularity in the nation is to that of Fogo and São Vicente.
Santiago North Second Division – Clubs 2016–17
- ADEC - Calheta
- AEF Chão Bom (also as Tchon Bom or Txon Bon)
- Delta Cultura - Tarrafal
- Desportivo de Assomada - became ADENE after a probable merger with an unregistered club in Assomada
- Desportivo de Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz
- Esperança FC - Assomada
- Inter Cutelo - Assomada subdivision
- Juventus de Assomada
- Associação Nhagar - Assomada North - probably the club who changed its name to Dangerous AC Assomada
- AD Portas Abertas - probably Ribeira da Barca
- Real Júnior - Chão Bom/Tarrafal - probably became Juventude de Tarrafal, probably merged with the former Amabox
- União Picos - Achada Igreja and São Salvador do Mundo Municipality
Former club
- Amabos Barcelona - Tarrafal
Winners
- 2003-04: Os Amigos
- 2015-16: Associação Juventus
- 2016–17: GDR São Lourenço
Performance by club
Club |
Winners |
Winning years |
|---|---|---|
Juventus Assomada |
1 |
2015-16 |
Os Amigos |
1 |
2003-04 |
GDR São Lourenço |
1 |
2016-17 |
Performance by municipality
Municipality |
Winners |
Winning year |
|---|---|---|
Santa Catarina |
2 |
2004, 2016 |
São Lourenço dos Órgãos |
1 |
2017 |
Seasons in the Santiago North Second Division
The number of seasons that each team (in alphabetical order) has played in the Second Division from 2015 to 2017. The teams in Bold participates in the 2017 Santiago North Second Division:
Seasons |
Clubs |
|---|---|
2 |
ADEC, Chão Bom, Delta Cultura, Esperança, Inter Cutelo, Associação Nhagar, Portas Abertas |
1 |
Desportivo de Assomada, Associação Juventus, GDR São Lourenço |
See also
- Sports in Santiago, Cape Verde