Santiago Island League

Santiago Island League
Region Cape Verde Brava Island, Cape Verde
Founded 1953
Number of teams 12 (up to 2002)
2 in 2009
Promotion to Cape Verdean Football Championship (up to 2002)

The Santiago Island League (North) was a regional championship played in all of Santiago Island until 2002 when it was broken up into two present divisions, the North and the South zones, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship had played in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season.

The island league was one of the two oldest in Cape Verde. Until the 1960s, the league included clubs from the entire southern portion of Cape Verde and functioned as a regional league.

The island championship returned in 2009 for a season, it featured a single match with the winner of the North and South Zones competing for the single island championship, Académica da Praia won the championship.

Winners

Before independence

Performance By Club

Club Winners Winning Years
Sporting Clube da Praia 3 listed 1961, 1969, 1974
CD Travadores 4 listed 1960, 1966, 1968, 1972
Académica (Praia) 2 listed 1964, 1965
Boavista FC (Cape Verde) 1 listed 1963
Vitória FC (Praia) 1 listed 1973

After independence

Performance By Club

Club Winners Winning Years
Sporting Clube da Praia 6 listed 1976, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1997, 2002
CD Travadores 4 listed 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000
Boavista FC (Cape Verde) 3 listed 1987, 1993, 1995
Académica (Praia) 2 listed 1989, 2009
Desportivo da Praia 1 listed 1990
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