Diary of the season In the 2013–14 season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde: Around October 14 - FC Ultramarina won their recent cup title for São Nicolau«F.C Ultramarina conquista Taça de São Nicolau», noticiaSN.com, October 2013, retrieved on 14 October 2014 November: Emanuel de Pina (Loco) or (Ney Loko) became coach for Sporting Brava November 15 - the 2013–14 Santiago Island South Zone begins November 16 - Paulense celebrated its 32nd anniversary November 17 - Desportivo da Praia took the spot for Santiago South for six rounds November 23 - the 2013–14 Fogo Island League begins December 7 - the 2013–14 São Vicente Island League begins December 8 - FC Derby took the lead for a week for São Vicente December 14: The 2013–14 Brava Island League begins The 2013–14 Santo Antão Island League (South) begins The 2013–14 São Nicolau Island League begins Mindelense defeated Castilho 0-6 in the São Vicente Premier Division and took the number one spot for 12 rounds December 15 - the 2013–14 Maio Island League begins December 21: The 2013–14 Boa Vista Island League begins The 2013–14 Santo Antão Island League (North) begins January 13: Sporting Clube da Praia took the number one spot for Santiago South for the remainder of the season January 18 - the 2013–14 Sal Island League begins February 15: The group and calendar schedule for the 2014 National Football Championships was sorted in Praia by the Cape Verdean Football Federation2013-14 Cape Verdean Football Season March 9 - Académica da Calheta finished with 21 points and won their third and recent title for Maio and qualified into the national championships. March 23: Académica do Porto Novo finished with 34 points and won their eight title for Santo Antão South Zone and qualified into the national championships SC Atlético finished with 36 points and won their fourth title for São Nicolau and qualified into the national championships Sporting Clube da Brava finished with 32 points and won their first title for Brava and qualified into the national championships for the first time March 29 - Sport Clube Verdun finished with 20 points and won their second title for Sal and qualified into the national championships for the first time in more than thirty years March 30: Académica Operária finished with 34 points and won their 18th title for Boa Vista and qualified into the national champions Académica do Fogo finished with 42 points and won their 13th and recent title for Fogo and qualified into the national championships FC Derby finished with 32 points and won their ninth and recent title for São Vicente and qualified into the national championships, Mindelense, champion of the previous national season also qualified Grémio Nhágar won their only regional title for Santiago North Zone and qualified for the first time into the national championships Paulense finished with 22 points and won their 6th title for Santo Antão North Zone Sporting Clube da Praia finished with 44 points and won their 8th and recent title for Santiago South Zone All qualifications into the National Championships listed April 5 - National Championships begins April 6 - Mindelense defeated Sal Rei's Acádemica Operária 4-0 and made it the highest scoring match up to the last round May: FC Ultramarina won the São Nicolau Cup for the season«F.C Ultramarina conquista Taça de São Nicolau», noticiaSN.com, May 2014 , retrieved on 14 October 2014 May 4 Académica Porto Novo defeated Sporting Brava 5-0 and made it the highest scoring match Regular season ends, Académica do Fogo, Académica do Porto Novo, Mindelense and Sporting Praia advanced into the semis May 10 - The Semi-finals started May 17 - Académica do Fogo and CS Mindelense advanced into the finals May 24 - The Finals began May 31 - CS Mindelense claimed their 10th national title, the club qualified into the 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships the following year. Early Summer - Tarrafal FC de Monte Trigo was formed, it would participate in the Southern Santo Antão Regional Championships July 5 - Boavista Praia celebrated its 75th anniversary, the same date as Independence Day in Cape Verde, it would feature friendly matches with other Cape Verdean clubs in the following season August 13 - Spartak d'Aguadinha was coached for a season by Joel de Castro, the club's first and only Portuguese coach
Final standings
Cape Verdean Football Championships
The first two Group A teams had 7 goals. Académica do Fogo scored the most with 10 goals in the season and had three wins. Mindelense had nine and had four wins and qualified into the semis. Académica do Porto Novo and Sporting Praia lost in the semis, the first without goals and the second with a total of two scored. In the finals, Mindelense defeated Académica Fogo 2-1 in the first leg, the second leg was scoreless and Mindelense claimed their tenth national title and its national title totals superseded Sporting Praia.
Group A PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1Sporting Clube da Praia541071+6132Académica do Porto Novo522172+583Grémio Nhágar522165+184Paulense Desportivo Clube511346-245FC Derby511346-246Sporting Clube da Brava5023312-92
Group B PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1CS Mindelense540192+7122Académica do Fogo5320104+6113SC Atlético521233074Académica da Calheta520358-365Académica Operária520339-666Sport Clube Verdun501437-41
Final Stages
Leading goalscorer: Sidney (CS Mindelense) - goals
Island or regional competitions
Regional Championships CompetitionWinners Premier SecondBoa VistaAcadémica OperáriaBravaSportingFogoAcadémica do FogoBaxadaMaioAcadémica da CalhetaSalSport Clube VerdunSantiago North ZoneGrémio NhágarSantiago South ZoneSporting Clube da PraiaOs GarridosSanto Antão North ZonePaulenseBeira-MarSanto Antão South ZoneAcadémica do Porto NovoSão NicolauSC AtléticoSão VicenteFC DerbyAcadémica do Mindelo
Regional Cups CompetitionWinnersBoa VistaOnze EstrelasBravaFogoNot heldMaioAcadémica da CalhetaSalJuventudeSantiago North ZoneSantiago South ZoneSporting Clube da PraiaSanto Antão North ZoneSinagogaSanto Antão South ZoneAcadémica do Porto NovoSão NicolauFC UltramarinaSão VicenteBatuque FC
Regional Super Cups The 2013 champion winner played with a 2013 cup winner (when a club won both, a second place club competed). CompetitionWinnersBoa VistaSport Sal Rei ClubBravaJuventude da FurnaFogoUnknownMaioAcadémico 83SalAcadémico do AeroportoSantiago South ZoneSporting Clube da PraiaSanto Antão North ZonePaulenseSanto Antão South ZoneAcadémica do Porto NovoSão NicolauSC AtléticoSão VicenteFalcões do Norte
Regional Opening Tournaments CompetitionWinnersBoa VistaBravaNô PintchaFogoMaioSalAcadémico do AeroportoSantiago North ZoneSantiago South ZoneSanto Antão North ZonePaulenseSanto Antão South ZoneNo competition, cancelledSão NicolauFC UltramarinaSão VicenteNo competition, cancelled
Transfer deals Summer-Fall transfer window The September/October transfer window runs from the end of the previous season in September up to October. Patrick Andrade (or Patrick) from Benfica da Praia to G.D. Ribeirão (outside Cape Verde) Ká Semedo from Sporting Praia to Vitória Guimaraes B
See also 2013 in Cape Verde 2014 in Cape Verde Timeline of Cape Verdean football
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