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Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...

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Praia Praia (, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.Várzea where the sport complexes are located. Its office is just south of

Estádio da Várzea Estádio da Várzea is a multi-purpose stadium in Praia, Cape Verde, just west of the city center's plateau in the subdivision of Várzea, Praia, Várzea and on Avenida Cidade de Lisboa on its east side. It is currently used mostly for football ( ...

and features a small field on the east part. The building was completed in 2006 after the nearby stadium was also repaired. Since 2013, the Caixa building is adjacent to its offices.

Premier League or Interisland league

The Capeverdean Premier division are made up of two groups, Groups A and B and the team with the most points in the island but Santiago and Santo Antão are divided into two zones in the island qualifies into the premier division and not the top teams from the second or third divisions in other places. There are only about five to six rounds before heading to the playoffs and are played in the months of May or June. The premier league as well as the island divisions has several teams, more teams can be seen at another title below this one: *Cutelin dos Mosteiros Trás - Fogo *Nô Pintcha Mosteiros - Fogo *Grito Povo de Ribeira do Ilheu - Fogo *ABC de Patim - Fogo *

Académica (Praia) Academica or Académica may refer to: Football clubs * Académica de Coimbra (football), a Portuguese football club ** Associação Académica de Coimbra (rugby union) ** Associação Académica de Coimbra (volleyball) ** Associação Académica d ...

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Praia Praia (, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.Académica (Mindelo) -

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* Académica Sal-Rei - Sal-Rei * Académico do Aeroporto -

Espargos Espargos (Portuguese language, Portuguese for "asparagus") is the capital and main commercial centre of the island and municipality of Sal, Cape Verde, Sal, Cape Verde. The citySal Island * Académica (Espargos) - Espargos on Sal Island * Académico Sal Rei - Sal Rei on Boa Vista Island * GD Amarantes * Barreirense *África Show - Boa Vista * SC Atlético *

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*Castilho - Mindelo * Derby FC - Mindelo *Juventude - Fogo *

CS Mindelense Clube Sportivo Mindelense ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''KS Mindelensi'' (''KS'' – ''Klubi Sporting''), São Vicente Crioulo: ''KS Mindelense'' (''KS'' – ''Klube or Clube (CS)'') is a football club that plays in the ...

- Mindelo * No Pintcha - Brava * Onze Unidos - Vila do Maio * Sal-Rei - Sal Rei *Sanantonense? - Santo Antão * Sanjoanense? * Sport Club Santa Maria - Santa Maria in the island of Sal * Spartak d'Aguadinha - Fogo * Sporting Clube do Porto Novo -

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* Sporting Praia - Praia *Tchadense - Praia *

CD Travadores Clube Desportivo Travadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in th ...

- Praia * Ultramarina - São Nicolau *União - Fogo *Unidos do Norte - Paiol, Ponta d'Água Achada São Filipe, Praia *Verdun * Vulcânicos - Fogo

Island Leagues including the two zones of Santiago and Santo Antão

Unlike other leagues throughout the world in which is the second, third and fourth, the lowest is mainly the second division or secondary leagues and are split into ten leagues of which are played in the nine main islands, Santiago and Santo Antão is split into two, the North Zone and the South Zone; the tenth main island of Santa Luzia is uninhabited. The team of each league with the most points qualifies and advances into the premier division. One of these examples includes these islands and zones. In the 2005-06 season, the Santiago North Zone did not have a champion which meant that the champion of the previous season automatically entered the premier division: * Boa Vista: ** Académica Sal-Rei,

Académica Operária Associação Académica e Operária da Boa Vista (first part, Portuguese language, Portuguese meaning: "academy", Capeverdean Crioulo languages, Capeverdean Crioulo: ''Asosiason Akadémika y Operária/Uperária'') is a sports club that its footba ...

, África Show, Sal-Rei * Brava: ** Académica, Benfica, Corôa, Morabeza, No Pintcha, Sporting * Fogo: ** ABC, Cutelinho, Juventude, No Pintcha do Mosteiros, Spartak, União, Vulcânicos * Maio: ** Barreirense?, Onze Unidos * Sal ** Académico do Aeroporto, Académica (Espargos), Juventude, Palmeira, Santa Maria, Verdun * São Nicolau: **

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FC Ultramarina Futebol Clube de Ultramarina ( Portuguese meaning " overseas", Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Futebil Klubi di Ultramarina'') is a football (soccer) club that plays in the São Nicolau Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the ...

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Desportivo Ribeira Brava :''There is also a football club a based in Ribeira Brava in the Madeira Islands named Clube Desportivo Ribeira Brava (also as CDRB)'' Clube Desportivo Ribeira Brava ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Disportibu Ribéra Brava'', São Vi ...

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(South Zone): ** Académica, Boavista, Praia Rural, Sporting Praia, Tchadense,

CD Travadores Clube Desportivo Travadores ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC: ''Klubi Desportivu Travadoris'') is a football club in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde and are one of the unrelegated clubs of the Premier Division. It is based in th ...

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FC Ultramarina Futebol Clube de Ultramarina ( Portuguese meaning " overseas", Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Futebil Klubi di Ultramarina'') is a football (soccer) club that plays in the São Nicolau Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the ...

, etc. * Santo Antão (South Zone): ** Sporting Clube do Porto Novo * São Vicente: ** Académica (Mindelo), Castilho,

FC Derby Futebol Clube Derby (short form: FC Derby, second name: Derby São Vicente) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde and is Cape Verde's only affiliate of FC Porto and the oldest ...

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CS Mindelense Clube Sportivo Mindelense ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''KS Mindelensi'' (''KS'' – ''Klubi Sporting''), São Vicente Crioulo: ''KS Mindelense'' (''KS'' – ''Klube or Clube (CS)'') is a football club that plays in the ...

, etc. The island divisions including the two islands' two zones varies from each month that play and plays in the month of April and May and May in most islands, Santiago begins from December until May.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Federacao Caboverdiana de Futebol

Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...

Football in Cape Verde

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