2003 Cape Verdean Football Championships

Cape Verdean Football Championship
Season2003
ChampionsAcadémico do Aeroporto
Matches played31
Goals scored77 (2.48 per match)
2002
2004

The 2003 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 24th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 17 May and finished on 2 August. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.[1] No club participated in the 2004 CAF Champions League or the 2004 CAF Winner's Cup.

Sporting Clube da Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 11 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league.

Overview

The league was contested by 11 teams with Académico do Aeroporto winning the championship.[1]

It was the first time that a total of 31 matches were played, 77 goals were scored

It would be the first time that two participants came from the island of Santiago and Santo Antão and they featured no single island championship match, they achieve two separate qualifications. Also it was the first participant of a club from Tarrafal, Amabox Barcelona and from Paul, Paulense. It was the only time that a participant of Fogo was outside the city of São Filipe, a club named Cutelinho.

Participants

Information about the clubs

Club Location
Académico do Aeroporto Espargos
Académica Operária Sal Rei
Académica do Porto Novo Porto Novo
Barcelona Tarrafal de Santiago
Batuque FC Mindelo
Cutelinho FC São Filipe
Nô Pintcha Nova Sintra
Onze Unidos Vila do Maio
Paulense Paul
CD Travadores Praia
FC Ultramarina Tarrafal de São Nicolau

League standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC Ultramarina 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5 9
2 CD Travadores 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
3 CD Nô Pintcha 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 7
4 Onze Unidos 4 1 1 2 4 6 -2 4
5 Associação Académica do Porto Novo 4 0 1 3 3 9 -6 1

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Académico do Aeroporto 5 4 0 1 7 1 +6 12
2 Cutelinho 5 3 2 0 7 3 +4 11
3 Batuque FC 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 10
4 Paulense Desportivo Clube 5 1 1 3 5 8 -3 4
5 Barcelona 5 0 3 2 4 8 -4 3
6 Académica Operária 5 0 1 4 6 12 -6 1

Results

Week 1
Home Score Visitor Date
Académica Porto Novo 1 - 1 Travadores 17 May
Onze Unidos 0 - 0 Nô Pintcha 17 May
Académico Aeroporto 2 - 0 Académica Operaria 17 May
Batuque 1 - 1 Cutelinho 18 May
Paulense 0 - 0 Barcelona 18 May
Week 2
Home Score Visitor Date
Ultramarina 4 - 1 Onze Unidos 24 May
Nô Pintcha 3 - 1 Académica Porto Novo 25 May
Barcelona 0 - 2 Académico Aeroporto 24 May
Cutelinho 3 - 2 Paulense 24 May
Académica Operaria 2 - 3 Batuque 24 May
Week 3
Home Score Visitor Date
Travadores 3 - 0 Nô Pintcha 31 May
Académica Porto Novo 1 - 3 Ultramarina 31 May
Académico Aeroporto 2 - 0 Paulense 31 May
Batuque 2 - 0 Barcelona 31 May
Cutelinho 2 - 0 Académica Operaria 31 May
Week 4
Home Score Visitor Date
Onze Unidos 2 - 0 Académica Porto Novo 14 June
Ultramarina 2 - 1 Travadores 14 June
Académico Aeroporto 1 - 0 Batuque 14 June
Barcelona 1 - 1 Cutelinho 14 June
Paulense 2 - 1 Académica Operaria 14 June
Week 5
Home Score Visitor Date
Nô Pintcha 1 - 0 Ultramarina 29 June
Travadores 2 - 1 Onze Unidos 29 June
Académica Operaria 3 - 3 Barcelona 28 June
Batuque 2 - 1 Paulense 28 June
Cutelinho 1 - 0 Académico Aeroporto 28 June

Final Stages

Semi-Finals Finals
Cutelinho 0 0
FC Ultramarina 3 - 3 FC Ultramarina 1 2 3
CD Travadores 0 0 0 Académico do Aeroporto 3 3 6
Académico do Aeroporto 1 0 1

Semifinals

Cutelinho FC0:3[a]FC Ultramarina
Fogo Island
CD Travadores0:1Académico do Aeroporto
Campo do Coco
Praia

Finals

FC Ultramarina1:3Académico do Aeroporto
Páscoa 5' Pu 10' 32'
Nhuca 53'
Académico do Aeroporto3:2FC Ultramarina
Dixa Vítor
Cape Verdean Football 2003
Champions
Académico do Aeroporto
1st title

Statistics

  • Biggest win: Ultramarina 4-0 Onze Unidos (May 24)

Notes

  1. ^ The match was abandoned at the 90th minute with the score 0-2 after a referee was attacked, Cutelinho was excluded and kicked out of the championships, Ultramarina was awarded 0-3

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy of the 2003 Cape Verdean Football Championships at RSSSF". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-07-12.