Cape Verdean Football Championship
Season2000
ChampionsFC Derby
Matches played10
Goals scored19 (1.9 per match)
Biggest home winAcadémica Operária
Biggest away winseveral clubs
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The 2000 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 21st of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. The competition started on 13 August and finished on 10 September, it started and finished later due to the 2000 Amílcar Cabral Cup that took place at Estádio da Várzea from May 4 to 14. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.[1] FC Derby won their second title and later participated in the 2001 CAF Champions League the following year. Sporting Clube da Praia would be the only time that a non-participant would participate in the 2000 CAF Winners Cup, the criteria for qualification was not continued.[2]

Overview

The league was contested by 7 teams with FC Derby winning the championship.[1]

GD Amarantes was the defending team of the title but was no participant in the competition. A total of 7 clubs (4 in Group A, 3 in Group B) participated in the competition, one from each island league, no club came from the islands of Brava and Maio as the competition was cancelled for the season. The season had a shorter 2-3 matches in Group A and 2 matches in Group B. There were only 10 matches, the total number of goals scored was only a low 19.

It was the last season they used the group system with the final matches, they would use the common ranking system with the club with the most points winning the title the following season. Not until the 2003 season they would use the group system with 4 matches and with playoffs though the semis would be added.

It marked the final appearance of GD Palmeira of Santa Maria at the national championship competition, their next national appearance for that club was the 2012 Cape Verdean Cup.

Participants

Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2000 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)

Information about the clubs

Club Location
Académica OperáriaSal Rei
SC AtléticoRibeira Brava
FC DerbyMindelo
GD PalmeiraSanta Maria
Solpontense Futebol ClubePonta do Sol
CD TravadoresPraia
VulcânicosSão Filipe

League standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Académica Operária312063+35
2SC Atlético312054+15
3Solpontense201123-11
4CD Travadores201114-31

Club

 Ope Atl Sol Tra
Académica Operária2-21-13-0
SC Atlético2-11-1
Solpontense Futebol Clube4-0
CD Travadores

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Futebol Clube Derby211010+14
2Vulcânicos21011103
3Grupo Desportivo Palmeira201101-11

Club

 Der Vul Pal
FC Derby1-00-0
Vulcânicos1-0
GD Palmeira

Results

Week 1
Home Score Visitor Date
Solpontense FC 1 - 1 Académica Operária 13 August
CD Travadores 1 - 1 SC Atlético 13 August
Vulcânicos FC 0 - 1 FC Derby 13 August
Week 2
Home Score Visitor Date
SC Atlético 2 - 1 Solpontense FC 20 August
Académica Operária 3 - 0 CD Travadores 20 August
GD Palmeira 0 - 1 Vulcânicos FC 20 August
Week 3
Home Score Visitor Date
CD Travadores - Solpontense FC 27 August[lower-alpha 1]
SC Atlético 2 - 2 Académica Operária 27 August
FC Derby 0 - 0 GD Palmeira 27 August

Positions by round

Group A

Team/Round 01 02 03
Académica Operária
1
1
1
SC Atlético
1
2
2
Solpontense
1
3
3
CD Travadores
1
4
4

Group B

Team/Round 01 02 03
FC Derby
1
1
1
GD Palmeira
3'
3
3
Vulcânicos
2
2
2

Finals

FC Derby1:1Académica Operária
Colega 45' Eli 31'
Académica Operária0:1FC Derby
Ica 70'
Cape Verdean Football 2000
Champions
FC Derby
2nd title

Statistics

  • Highest scoring match: Académica Operária 3 - 0 CD Travadores (20 August)

Notes

  1. ↑ No match took place

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Cape Verde Islands 2000".
  2. ↑ The criteria for qualification of Sporting Clube da Praia into the 2001 CAF Winners' Cup was not continued
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