2015–16 Académica da Praia season

Académica da Praia
2015–16 season
Chairman	Júlio César Tomar
Manager	José Barros Zé Piguita
Stadium	Estádio da Várzea
Santiago Island League (South)	4th
Top goalscorer	Nildo (13)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Académica da Praia season were in the Santiago Island League South regional premier division of association football . The club finished 4th after Sporting Praia and behind ADESBA with 43 points, more than half more and 32 goals, double than last season.^[1]

The club also had 13 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses.

Santiago Island League (South)[edit]

The 2014-15 season^[2] Académica da Praia started in the number one spot for eight weeks up to the tenth week with the exceptions of the second and third week which they were sixth and fifth. Their rankings dropped to second in week 11, then fifth for the next four weeks, then fourth in week 14, then fifth again, then sixth in week 18, then fifth again and rost up to fourth again in the final week where they would finish.^[1]

Being first, they would ranked higher than the city's greatest club Sporting Praia for eleven weeks and the second greatest CD Travadores almost throughout the season except for week 2.

Their first match was a victory that was over Varanda, the club lost to Desportivo in the second week, the club stayed being first having a three-game winning streak defeating the newcomer Eugênio Lima, Delta and Boavista, their first draw was with Vitória, then Sporting Praia, Académica would only have draws with that club. Another three game winning streak took place starting on February 15 and defeated Garridos, Celtic and Travadores. Académica went to a three-game losing streak and losing to ADESBA, Varanda and Desportivo Praia. Académica again defeated Eugênio Lima and Delta but lost to Boavista, Académica's final loss. Académica defeated Vitória on April 3, on April 15 and 23, the first two of four weeks added to the season, the club went on a two-game winning streak and defeated Garridos and Celtic. Académica went into a draw with Travadores. Their final match of the season was on May 8 and defeated ADESBA 1-0.^[1]

Académica Praia finished with 43 points, shares with their point total made in the 2005-06 Premier Division season. Since the introduction of the three point system in West Africa in the mid-1990s, their point total were second behind 45 made in the 2003-04 season. A season later, their total became third behind both the 2003-04 season and the 2016-17 season with 45 points. This total is now fourth as it is currently behind their 47 points made as of the 18th round of the 2017-18 season.

Académica Praia scored 32 goals, double than last season, 18 were scored at home and 14 were scored away, though the club had an extra win at home. Académica conceded 18 goals, of which 11, nearly a third were conceded at home.

Result round by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W
Position	1	6	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. Source: Arfss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results[edit]

13 November 2015 1	Académica da Praia	2–1	Varanda	Praia
16:00	Danildo Lima Monteiro	Report	Avelino Modesto Tavares Furtado	Stadium: Várzea

20 November 2015 2	Desportivo da Praia	1–0	Académica da Praia	Praia
17:45	Ariano Edgar Sanches	Report		Stadium: Várzea

29 November 2015 3	Eugénio Lima	0–1	Académica da Praia	Praia
17:20		Report	Paulo Ricardo Tavares	Stadium: Várzea

11 December 2015 4	Académica da Praia	3–2	Delta	Praia
16:00	Abdoulaye Silla Alex Ribeiro Correia Duco	Report	Ceminick dos Santos	Stadium: Várzea

12 December 2015 5	Boavista FC	1–5	Académica da Praia	Praia
17:20	Matchona	Report	Alex Ribeiro Correia Danildo Lima Monteiro Abdoulaye Silla	Stadium: Várzea

10 January 2016 6	Académica da Praia	0–0	Vitória	Praia
15:30		Report		Stadium: Várzea

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	League position
16 January 2016	Sporting Praia	A	1-1		1st
15 February 2015	Os Garridos	H	1-0		1st
30 January 2016	Celtic	A	0-1		1st
6 February 2016	Travadores	H	4-0		1st
14 February 2016	ADESBA	A	1-0	no goals scored	2nd
19 February 2016	Varanda	A	1-0	no goals scored	5th
26 February 2016	Desportivo Praia	A	1-2		5th
6 March 2016	Eugênio Lima	H	3-1		5th
11 March 2016	Delta	A	0-2		4th
23 March 2016	Boavista	H	0-3	no goals scored	5th
3 April 2016	Vitória	A	0-1	no goals scored	5th
9 April 2016	Sporting Clube da Praia	H	2-2		6th
15 April 2016	Os Garridos	A	0-1		5th
23 April 2016	Celtic	H	1-0		5th
4 May 2016^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Travadores	A	2-2		5th
8 May 2016	ADESBA	H	1-0		4th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Sporting Clube da Praia	22	13	7	2	49	17	+32	46
4	Académica da Praia	22	13	4	5	32	18	+14	43
5	ADESBA	22	11	8	3	26	13	+13	41

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points<

Results summary[edit]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	13	4	5	32	18	+14	43	7	2	2	18	11	+7	6	2	3	14	7	+7

Last updated: May 12, 2016.
Source: Rankings at rsssf

Squad information[edit]

As of March 2016^[3]^[4]

No.	Pos.	Name	Goals
1	GK	Henry Ijama
1	GK	Aléssio Edson Fortes
2	GK	Moleza (Evandro Pina Dinis)
3	GK	Jú (Carlos Jorge, Jr.)
4	DF	Caluca (Carlos Almeida)
5	DF	Txabana (Alberto Baessa)
6	DF	Paulo Ricardo Tavares
7	DF	Djimmy (Admir de Jesus Lopes)
8	DF	Patrick (Nelson Alves)
9	DF	Ronny (Paulo Fortes Soares)
10	MF	Admilson Renato do Rosario Amador
11	MF	Wilker Ricardo Silva
12	MF	Buco (António José Horta)
13	MF	Moises (Pires) Lopes
14	MF	Diney Samir Lopes
15	MF	Abdoulaye Silla
16	MF	Dy (Adilson dos Reis Martins)
17	DF	Mandinho (Carlos Manuel Rocha Soares)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
17	MF	Duco Edson Moníz
18	FW	Denane Barbosa
19	FW	Alex Ribeiro Correia	7
20	FW	Silvino Mendes
21	FW	Bruno Furtado
22	FW	Dário da Luz^{[lower-alpha 3]}
23	FW	Nildo (Danildo) Lima Monteiro
23	FW	Maikon (Carlos Alberto Ribeiro)
25	DF	Piter^{[lower-alpha 4]} (Adilson Tavares Furtado)
25	GK	Constantino (Moniz Leal)
26	MF	Dani (Daniel) Patrick Gonçalves

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	From
2015	MF	Moises Lopes	Boavista FC
2015	FW	Alex Ribeiro Correia
February 2016	GK	Constantino

Out[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	To
February 2016	GK	Henry Ijama	Varanda
February 2016	MF	Buco
February 2016	DF	Mandinho
Summer 2016	MF	Admilson
Summer 2016	FW	Alex Ribeiro Correia	Boavista Praia
Summer 2016	MF	Buco
Summer 2016	DF	Caluca
Summer 2016	GK	Constantino
Summer 2016	MF	Dani
Summer 2016	DF	Djimmy	CD Travadores
Summer 2016	MF	Duco	Boavista Praia
Summer 2016	MF	Dy
Summer 2016	GK	Jú
Summer 2016	FW	Maikon
Summer 2016	MF	Moises Pires
Summer 2016	GK	Moleza
Summer 2016	FW	Nildo Monteiro	Sporting Clube da Praia
Summer 2016	DF	Patrick
Summer 2016	DF	Piter
Summer 2016	DF	Ronny
Summer 2016	FW	Silvino
Summer 2016	MF	Wilker

Club[edit]

Zé Piguita remained the coach of the club until the 2016-17 season in which Kiki would take the job. Its chairman or president was Júlio César Tomar, in the following season, Janito Carvalho succeeded Tomar as chairman.

The Management[edit]

Position	Staff
Manager and head coach	Zé Piguita

Last updated: June 2016
Source:^{[citation needed]}

Other information[edit]

As of 2015

Chairman	Júlio César Tomar
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estádio da Várzea (5,000 / 108x69 m)

Last updated: June 2016
Source:^{[citation needed]}

Team kit[edit]

Home

Away/Alternate

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Notes[edit]

↑ Originally for April 30, rescheduled for May 4
↑ aka Zinho
↑ Sometimes as Dário, used as tertiary as there is a former player named Dário Furtado who uses this nickname
↑ Rarely as Peter

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "2015-16 Santiago South highlights at rsssf.com".
↑ "Futebol Santiago Sul: Campeonato Regional Época 2014–15 Arranca A 05 De Dezembro (2014–15 Santiago South Regional Football Championships Begins on December 5" (in português). Criolosport , 8 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
↑ Académica Praia article on the Spanish Wikipedia
↑ Article on the Ukrainian Wikipedia

External links[edit]

Académica da Praia's 2015/16 squad and stats at Konkuri

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[3] Originally for April 30, rescheduled for May 4

[6] Zinho

[7] Sometimes as Dário, used as tertiary as there is a former player named Dário Furtado who uses this nickname

[8] Rarely as Peter

[RSSSF-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "2015-16 Santiago South highlights at rsssf.com".

[2] "Futebol Santiago Sul: Campeonato Regional Época 2014–15 Arranca A 05 De Dezembro (2014–15 Santiago South Regional Football Championships Begins on December 5" (in português). Criolosport , 8 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

[4] Académica Praia article on the Spanish Wikipedia

[5] Article on the Ukrainian Wikipedia

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