2012–13 in Cape Verdean football

Football in Cape Verde

Season

2012–13

Men's football

2013 Cape Verdean Football Championships

CS Mindelense

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Diary of the season

In the 2012–13 season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde:

September 9 - Corinthians São Vicente celebrated its 25th anniversary of foundation
September 26 - Alexandre Alhinho becomes manager of Académica do Mindelo
November 18: Académica do Fogo celebrated their 50th anniversary
December 15: Académica da Praia celebrated their 50th anniversary
GD Palmeira won the Sal Super Cup
The 2013 Santo Antão North Zone Island League was the first season that the Second Division was added, Beira-Mar, Irmãos Unidos and Janela appeared in the lowest division
Paulense won the Santo Antão North Zone Cup
Académica do Porto Novo won the Santo Antão South Zone Cup
Batuque won the São Vicente Cup
Sport Sal Rei Club won the Boa Vista (Bubista) Cup
Academico 83 won the Maio (Djarmai) Cup
GD Palmeira won the Sal Cup
CD Travadores won the Santiago South Zone Cup
Paulense won the Santo Antão North Zone Cup
Académica do Porto Novo won the Santo Antão South Zone Cup
FC Ultramarina won the São Nicolau Cup
CS Mindelense won the São Vicente Cup
May 5: all qualifiers listed into the Cape Verdean football championships.
May 11: Cape Verdean Football Championships begun
May 23: Juventude da Furna won the Brava Cup after beating Sporting Brava 3-0, as the Cape Verdean Cup was cancelled, it did not qualify
May 26: Desportivo Praia defeated Ultramarina 1-4 and became the highest scoring match of the season and the largest goal difference for a week
June 1:
- Mindelense defeated Ultramarina 4-0 and made it the largest goal difference of the season and became the second highest scoring match
- Solpontense defeated Académico 83 with four goals and became the third and fourth highest scoring match for each clubs for the season
June 9:
- Desportivo Praia defeatred Juventude Furna 1-4 and became the fourth highest scoring match of the season
- Regular season ends, Sporting Praia, Mindelense, Acadèmicas from Fogo and Porto Novo and Desportivo advanced into the semis
June 22: the Semifinals started
June 29: Mindelense and Académica Porto Novo qualified into the finals
July 13: CS Mindelense claimed their ninth title
August 3: Académica do Sal celebrated its 50th anniversary

Final standings

Cape Verdean Football Championships

Main article: 2013 Cape Verdean Football Championships

Desportivo da Praia had the most points numbered thirteen and scored twelve goals, Mindelense was second in Group A. In Group B, Académicas Fogo and Porto Novo, the first had eleven points and the second had ten. Mindelense advanced to the finals with two over Académica Fogo while Académica Porto Novo had two over Desportivo Praia. With a total of five goals scored in the two matches, Mindelense won their ninth title

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Desportivo da Praia	5	4	1	0	12	2	+10	13
2	CS Mindelense	5	3	1	1	9	4	+5	10
3	Académico do Aeroporto	5	2	3	0	3	1	+2	9
4	FC Ultramarina	5	1	1	3	5	12	-7	4
5	Onze Estrelas	5	0	2	3	4	9	-5	2
6	Juventude da Furna	5	0	2	4	4	8	-5	2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Académica do Fogo	5	3	2	0	4	0	+4	11
2	Académica do Porto Novo	5	3	1	1	15	1	+4	10
3	Sporting Clube da Praia	5	2	3	0	6	3	+3	0
4	Solpontense FC	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6
5	Academico 83	5	0	2	3	5	11	-6	2
6	Scorpions Vermelho	5	0	1	4	1	6	-5	1

Final Stages

Semi-Finals					Finals

	CS Mindelense	1	1	2
	Académica do Fogo	1	0	1		CS Mindelense	3	2	5
	Académica do Porto Novo	3	0	3		Académica do Porto Novo	0	2	2
	Desportivo da Praia	1	0	1

Leading goalscorer: Dukinha (CS Mindelense) - 6 goals

Cape Verdean Super Cup

The Cape Verdean Super Cup took place in late 2012 and featured the Onze Unidos and the champion Sporting Clube da Praia. It was one of the recent to have its own super cup competitions added.

Island or regional competitions

Regional Championships

Competition	Winners
Competition	Premier	Second
Boa Vista	Onze Estrelas
Brava	Juventude da Furna
Fogo	Académica do Fogo	União de São Lourenço
Maio	Academico 83
Sal	Académico do Aeroporto
Santiago North Zone	Scorpion Vermelho
Santiago South Zone	Sporting Clube da Praia	Vitória FC da Praia
Santo Antão North Zone	Solpontense FC	Beira-Mar
Santo Antão South Zone	Académica do Porto Novo
São Nicolau	FC Ultramarina
São Vicente	CS Mindelense	Ribeira Bote

Regional Cups

Competition	Winners
Boa Vista	Sport Sal Rei Club
Brava	Juventude da Furna
Fogo	Unknown
Maio	Académico 83
Sal	GD Palmeira
Santiago South Zone	CD Travadores
Santo Antão North Zone	Paulense
Santo Antão South Zone	Académica do Porto Novo
São Nicolau	SC Atlético
São Vicente	CS Mindelense

Regional Super Cups

The 2012 champion winner played with a 2012 cup winner (when a club won both, a second place club competed).

Competition	Winners
Boa Vista	Juventude do Norte
Brava	Juventude da Furna
Fogo	Valência
Maio	Unknown
Sal	GD Palmeira
Santiago South	ADESBA
Santo Antão North	Paulense
Santo Antão South	Académica do Porto Novo
São Nicolau	FC Ultramarina
São Vicente	Batuque FC

Regional Opening Tournaments

Competition	Winners
Boa Vista	Académica Operária
Brava	Sporting Clube da Brava
Fogo
Maio	Académico 83
Sal	Académica do Sal
Santiago South Zone
Santo Antão North Zone	Paulense
Santo Antão South Zone	Académica do Porto Novo
São Nicolau	Not held
São Vicente	CS Mindelense