2014–15 Santiago Island League (North)

The 2014-15 Santiago Island League (North) season was the competition of the second-tier football in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Its started on 20 December 2013 and finished on 3 May 2014. The tournament was organized by the Santiago North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Sul, ARFSS). Beira-Mar won their first and only title. It was one of the newest clubs to win their first titles of any island/regional league in the nation.

Grémio Nhagar was the defending team of the title. A total of 13 clubs participated in the competition, the first four clubs advanced into the second and final phase and the club with the highest number of points was a winner in week 6. There were a total of 90 matches, 72 in the first phase and 12 in the second and final phase.

A total of 202 goals were scored.

Participating clubs

  • AJAC (Calheta)
  • Beira-Mar (Chão Bom/Tarrafal)
  • Benfica
  • Desportivo da Calheta
  • Desportivo da Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz
  • Estrela dos Amadores (Tarrafal)
  • Flor Jovem (São Miguel)
  • Grémio Desportivo de Nhagar
  • Real Júnior (Chão Bom/Tarrafal)
  • São Lourenço FC (São Lourenço)
  • Scorpions
  • União Picos
  • Varandinha

League standings

First phase

The top four clubs colored in green would advance into the second phase.

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

1

Flor Jovem da Calheta

12

10

1

1

14

3

+11

31

2

Desportivo de Santa Cruz

12

8

2

1

12

6

+6

26

3

Varandinha (Tarrafal)

12

6

5

1

16

7

+9

23

4

SC Beira Mar

12

6

3

3

17

14

+3

21

5

Grêmio Nhagar

12

6

2

4

21

14

+7

20

6

Scorpions Vermelho

12

5

3

4

13

9

+4

18

7

Benfica (Santa Cruz)

12

3

6

3

11

10

+1

15

8

Estrela dos Amadores

12

3

5

4

12

13

-1

14

9

São Lourenço FC

12

3

2

7

10

14

-4

11

10

Desportivo da Calheta

12

2

4

6

16

18

-2

10

11

'''AJAC da Calheta

12

2

4

6

11

15

-4

10

12

União Picos

12

3

1

8

13

26

-16

10

13

Real Júnior

12

1

2

9

9

25

-16

5

Second and final phase

The club with the most number of points (and sometimes goals) colored in green would win the regional championship

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

1

SC Beira-Mar

6

4

0

2

11

4

+7

12

2

Varandinha (Tarrafal)

6

2

2

2

9

7

+2

8

3

Flor Jovem

6

2

1

3

4

7

-3

7

4

Desportivo (Santa Cruz)

6

1

3

2

4

10

-6

6

Results

First phase

Week 1

Home

'''Grémio Nhagar

São Lourenço

Beira-Mar

'''Desp. Santa Cruz

'''Flor Jovem

'''Real Junior

Week 2

Home

AJAC Calheta

Varandinha

'''Flor Jovem

Desp. Calheta

São Lourenço

'''União Picos

Week 3

Home

São Lourenço

Estrelas dos Amadores

Real Junior

Beira-Mar

'''Desp. Santa Cruz

'''Flor Jovem

Week 4

Home

Real Junior

Scorpions Vermelho

'''Grémio Nhagar

Desp. Calheta

AJAC Calheta

União Picos

Week 5

Home

São Lourenço

'''Beira-Mar

Varandinha

'''Desp. Santa Cruz

'''Flor Jovem

Estrelas dos Amadores

Week 6

Home

Grémio Nhagar

'''Beira-Mar

Benfica

Real Junior

'''Desp. Calheta

'''União Picos

Week 7

Home

'''Flor Jovem

'''Scorpions Vermelho

Estrelas dos Amadores

'''São Lourenço

'''Desp. Santa Cruz

'''Varandinha

Week 8

Home

'''Flor Jovem

'''Beira-Mar

'''União Picos

Benfica

AJAC Calheta

Grémio Nhagar

Week 9

Home

'''Varandinha

Scorpions Vermelho

'''Desp. Calheta

'''Desp. Santa Cruz

'''Estrelas dos Amadores

São Lourenço

Week 10

Home

'''Desp. Santa Cruz

Beira-Mar

Grémio Nhagar

União Picos

'''AJAC Calheta

Real Junior

Week 11

Home

Varandinha

São Lourenço

'''Benfica

Estrelas dos Amadores

Desp. Calheta

'''Scorpions Vermelho

Week 12

Home

Desp. Santa Cruz

Flor Jovem

Beira-Mar

'''AJAC Calheta

Grémio Nhagar

Real Junior

Week 13

Home

'''São Lourenço

União Picos

'''Varandinha

Scorpions Vermelho

Desp. Calheta

Benfica

Second phase

Week 1

Home

'''Beira-Mar

'''Varandinha

Week 2

Home

Desp. Santa Cruz

'''Flor Jovem

Week 3

Home

'''Varandinha

Flor Jovem

Week 4

Home

'''Beira-Mar

Desp. Santa Cruz

Week 5

Home

Varandinha

'''Beira-Mar

Week 6

Home

Desp. Santa Cruz

'''Flor Jovem

Position changes

First phase

Club / Week

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

AJAC

9

9

9

11

11

12

9

11

11

11

12

10

11

Beira Mar

13

6

4

7

4

4

6

4

4

4

5

5

4

Benfica da Santa Cruz

1

5

6

9

9

8

10

9

8

8

7

7

7

Desportivo da Calheta

11

11

12

12

12

13

13

13

10

10

11

9

10

Desportivo da Santa Cruz

5

4

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

Estrela dos Amadores

6

7

11

6

6

7

8

7

7

7

8

8

8

Flor Jovem

2

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

Grémio Nhagar

4

2

1

1

3

3

3

5

6

6

6

6

5

Real Júnior

3

3

5

8

10

10

11

12

13

13

13

13

13

Scorpions Vermelho

10

12

7

10

7

5

4

6

5

5

4

4

6

São Lourenço FC

7

10

10

5

8

9

7

8

9

9

10

9

9

União Picos

12

13

13

13

13

11

12

10

12

12

9

12

12

Varandinha de Tarrafal

8

8

8

4

5

6

5

3

3

3

3

3

3

Second phase

Club / Week

01

02

03

04

05

06

Beira-Mar

2

2

3

2

1

1

Desportivo da Santa Cruz

3

4

2

3

3

4

Flor Jovem

4

3

4

4

4

3

Varandinha de Tarrafal

1

1

1

1

2

2

Winner
Beira-Mar

1st title

Statistics

  • Biggest home win: Desportivo Calheta 6 - 1 União Picos (February 28)
  • Biggest away win: Desportivo Sta. Cruz 0-6 Beira-Mar (May 3)
  • Most differences in number of goals: Desportivo Calheta 6 - 1 União Picos (February 28)
Desportivo Praia 6-1 Travadores (2 April)
  • Longest leading streak: Flor Jovem: 9 weeks (first phase: weeks 2, 5-9 and 11-13)
  • Longest winning streak: Varandinha: 9 weeks (first phase: weeks 2-10)
  • Longest losing streak: Real Júnior do Tarrafal: 5 weeks (first phase: weeks 9-13)