2017–18 Académica do Porto Novo season
| 2017–18 season | |||
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| Manager |  Gunga | ||
| Stadium | Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo | ||
| Santo Antão Island League (North) | Champion | ||
| Santo Antão South Cup | Winner | ||
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The 2017–18 Académica do Porto Novo season were in the island and top division of Cape Verdean football. Their season was shortened due that Tarrafal de Monte Trigo again did not compete, and two additional, Lajedos who was runner up last season and Associação Santo André, the region's least successful club. Their reasons was in part due to financial and material. This reduced to six clubs that participated in the competition with the last being in 2010, this would be less successful for Académica than the 2016 and the 2017 seasons, but they would be more successful than the six match 2012 season. The club won their 12th title[1] and became the next club to win eight consecutive titles of each island leagues, others are CS Mindelense of nearby São Vicente several times between the foundation up to 1994, Botafogo of Fogo in 1981 and Brava's Nô Pintcha in 1996. The title total has became to be one of the most number of clubs having the most regional titles.[1]
Académica Porto Novo's regional championship titles covers more than half of the 24 regional titles won with the exception of some seasons in the late 1990s.
Santp Antão North Opening Tournament[edit]
Académica took part in their next opening tournament (or association cup), the next in three years, they would win another title.
Santo Antão South Zone Island League[edit]
The 2017-18 season was their eighth consecutive season that finished first place. It was a slightly more successful than the previous season and did not had a single loss. Académica currently has a 22 match unbeaten streak and its record still continues on home matches.
Académica Porto Novo finished with every match won and 51 goals scored, one of the highest in club history.
Uncommon in other leagues in other countries, some of the matches of different portions were mixed up and in different round which were not in order.
| Date | Opponents | H/A | Result | Scorers | Attendance | League position |
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| December 22, 2017 | Inter FC Porto Novo | H | 4–1 | 1st | ||
| January 6, 2018 | Sporting Porto Novo | A | 0-4 | 1st | ||
| January 12, 2018 | Fiorentina Porto Novo | H | 3-0 | 1st | ||
| January 20, 2018 | Os Sanjoanenses | A | 0-5 | 1st | ||
| January 26, 2018 | Marítimo Porto Novo | H | 8-2 | 1st | ||
| February 10, 2018 | Os Sanjoanenses | H | 7–0 | 1st | ||
| February 17, 2018 | Marítimo Porto Novo | A | 1–4 | 1st | ||
| February 24, 2018 | Fiorentina Porto Novo | A | 0–5 | 1st | ||
| March 10, 2018 | Inter Porto Novo | A | 0-9 | 1st | ||
| March 17, 2018 | Sporting Porto Novo | H | 2-0 | 1st |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion/Relegation |
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| 1 | Académica do Porto Novo | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3 | +48 | 30 | Promoted into the National Championships |
| 2 | Sporting Porto Novo | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 15 | None |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5 | +46 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | +24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 |
Last updated: 25 March 2017.
Source: Rankings at rsssf
Santo Antão South Cup[edit]
On March 21, Académica Porto Novo defeated Marítimo in the regional cup final 2-1 at extra time and claimed their 13th cup title and is the most of any of the regional Capeverdean cup titles.
Santo Antão South Cup[edit]
Nonetheless in the 2017 edition played on December 16, the club defeated Os Sanjoanenses who was second place cup winner as the club were also cup winners and claimed their 7th Super Cup title after winning 4-0.
Cape Verdean Football Championships[edit]
The 2018 National Championships season was the second that had three groups. The club was placed in Group A.
| Round | Date | Opponents | H/A | Result | Scorers | Attendance | League position (Group B) |
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| 1 | April 7 | Sport Sal Rei Club | A | 1-1 | |||
| 2 | April 14 | Académica da Praia | H | 2-0 | |||
| 3 | April 21 | CS Mindelense | H | 1-1 | |||
| 4 | May 5 | Sport Sal Rei Club | H | 2-1 | 2nd | ||
| 5 | Académica da Praia | A | |||||
| 6 | April 28 | CS Mindelense | A | 2-1 |
Squad[edit]
- As of 1 October 2017[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club[edit]
Other information[edit]
| Chairman | Osvaldinho Silva Lopes
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| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo (2,000 / 105x68 m) |
Source:[citation needed]
Team kit[edit]
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Source:[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2017-18 Santo Antão South Regional Championships". RSSSF.
- ↑ Current squad at Académica Porto Novo's website (in Portuguese)
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