São Nicolau Cup

São Nicolau Cup
Founded2005
RegionCape Verde São Nicolau Island, Cape Verde
Number of teams8
Current championsUltramarina Tarrafal (4th time)
Most successful club(s)Ultramarina Tarrafal (4 titles)

The São Nicolau Island Cup (Portuguese: Taça da Ilha de São Nicolau, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Tasa da Dja de San Nikolau) is a cup competition played during the season in the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde, it consists of all the clubs from all the two regional divisions and are divided into about four rounds. The competition is organized by the São Nicolau Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de São Nicolau, ARFSN).[1] The cup winner competes in the regional super cup final in the following season, when a cup winner also wins the championship, a runner-up competes, it was done for the first and only time in 2017, before, it was the only regional cup where no cup runner up qualified. For several seasons, the winner qualified into Cape Verdean Cup which has been cancelled due to financial and scheduling reasons.

Its recent cup winner is Ultramarina Tarrafal who won their fourth title and their second straight.

About the cup and title history

FC Belo Horizonte and now Ultramarina Tarrafal has won the most number of cup titles numbering three, the least are Desportivo Ribeira Brava and Talho who have a title each.

Ribeira Brava Municipality has the most number of cup titles won numbering seven, of which three were won by Juncalinho and Ribeira Brava and one from Talho while Tarrafal de São Nicolau has four cup titles.

Only Caleijão (a club no longer exist today) and Académica da Preguiça are the only clubs who never won a cup title.

Winners

Season Winner Score Runner-up
2005/06 Belo Horizonte
2006/07 AJAT'SN
2007/08 SC Atlético
2008/09 Belo Horizonte
2009/10 Talho
2010-11 Desportivo Ribeira Brava
2011-12 FC Ultramarina
2012/13 SC Atlético 1–1 (5–4 pen) FC Belo Horizonte
2013/14 FC Ultramarina[2][3]
2014/15 Belo Horizonte[4]
2015/16 AJAT'SN[5]
2016/17 FC Ultramarina Tarrafal 4–0 Desportivo Ribeira Brava
2017–18 FC Ultramarina Tarrafal 1–0 Académica da Preguiça

Performance By Club

Club Winners Winning Years
FC Ultramarina 4 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018
Belo Horizonte 3 2006, 2009, 2015
AJAT'SN 2 2007, 2016
SC Atlético 2 2008, 2013
Desportivo Ribeira Brava 1 2011
FC Talho 1 2010

Performance by Municipality

Municipality Winners Club location Winners Winning years
Ribeira Brava 7 Juncalinho 3 2006, 2009, 2015
Ribeira Brava 3 2008, 2011, 2013
Talho 1 2010
Tarrafal de São Nicolau 6 Tarrafal de São Nicolau 6 2007, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018

See also

References

  1. ^ São Nicolau Regional Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website
  2. ^ «F.C Ultramarina conquista Taça de São Nicolau», noticiaSN.com, March 29, 2014(in Portuguese), retrieved on 14 October 2014
  3. ^ Batalha, José (4 June 2014). "2013/14 São Nicolau Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. ^ Batalha, José (23 December 2015). "2014/15 São Nicolau Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  5. ^ Batalha, José (23 December 2015). "2015/16 São Nicolau Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2016.