2015–16 Boavista (Praia) football season

The 2015–16 Boavista Praia season were in the island division of football (soccer). The club finished second after Desportivo da Praia.

The club scored 45 goals and had 14 wins, 4 ties, 4 losses and 46 points.

Santiago Island League (South)

The 2015-16 season would have a bad then rough start in the first few weeks, their first match was on November 14 with Travadores and lost to that club 0-1 their second rival to Sporting Praia. ADESBA was their second match which ended in a draw with a goal each. Boavista had a two-game winning streak and edfeated Varanda and Desportivo da Praia, each with a goal. The year's last match on December 18 lost to Académica 1-5 and was 8th. The first match of 2016 which was on 10 January featured Delta 1-0, from there, Boavista went on a six-game winning streak, and their positions rose, the club defeated the newcomer Eugênio Lima, Vitória, Sporting Os Garridos and Celtic and achieved the number one spot for only one week. On February 19, Boavista suffered a two-game losing streak and lost to Travadores and ADESBA, the second one had no goals. The club defeated Varanda 0-2 on March 5, there the positions fell to fourth and went to a scoreless draw with Desportivo on March 12. Another win followed after defeating Académica Praia and then a scoreless draw with the last placed Delta on April 3. Boavista defeated Eugênio Lima with 7-1, the highest of the season that was later shared by Sporting at the final week, also it had a large goal difference until that time. The club was no longer 4th after defeating Vitória 2-3. Boavista finished with a two-goal draw with Sporting on April 24 and both conceded the last goals of the season, for the last time, the club was again 4th. Boavista defeated Os Garridos for the second time 0-4 on April 29 and was 3rd again. The final match of the season was victorious as they defeated Celtic and finished second.

Boavista Praia scored a total number of 45 goals, second after Sporting Praia and befpre Desportivo, Matxona scored the most numbering 16, nearly a third of the total. Of the 14 wins, 9 or 2/3 of the matches were won away. 27 goals or 60% were scored away.

Result round by round

Date

Opponents

H/A

Result
F–A

Scorers

Attendance

League
position

14 November 2015

Travadores

H

0-1

no goals scored

11th

22 November 2015

ADESBA

A

1-1

9th

27 November 2015

Varanda

H

1-0

7th

12 December 2015

Desportivo da Praia

A

0-1

6th

18 December 2015

Académica da Praia

A

1-5

8th

10 January 2016

Delta

A

0-4

5th

17 January 2016

Eugěnio Lima

A

2-3

4th

24 January 2016

Vitória FC

H

2-1

3rd

31 January 2016

Sporting Praia

A

0-1

3rd

5 February 2016

Os Garridos

A

2-1

2nd

13 February 2016

Celtic

A

1-3

1st

19 February 2016

Travadores

A

2-3

2nd

28 February 2016

ADESBA

H

0-1

no goals scored

4th

5 March 2016

Varanda

A

0-2

4th

12 March 2016

Desportivo da Praia

H

0-0

no goals scored

5th

23 March 2016

Académica da Praia

A

0-3

4th

3 April 2016

Delta

H

0-0

no goals scored

4tn

10 April 2016

Eugěnio Lima

H

7-1

4th

17 April 2016

Vitória

A

2-3

2nd

24 April 2016

Sporting Praia

A

2-2

4th

29 April 2016

Os Garridos

A

0-4

3rd

7 May 2016

Celtic

H

3-0

2nd

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Promotion/Relegation

1

Desportivo da Praia

22

14

5

3

42

12

+30

47

Elevated into the national championships

2

Boavista Praia

22

14

4

4

45

21

+24

46

None

3

Sporting Clube da Praia

22

13

7

2

49

17

+32

46

None

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

Santiago South Zone Cup

The club reached up to the cup finals as of late April 2016. The match featured Boavista and Delta.

Squad statistics

Top scorers

Scorer

Club

No. of goals

1

Matxona

Boavista Praia

16

Club

Luis Manuel Semedo was chairman of the club. The next Portuguese coach in decades would be Joel de Castro who previously coached Spartak d'Aguadinha for the 2014-15 season. He was preceded in the last season by Nelito Antunes and was also succeeded by the same in the following season.

The Management

Other information

As of 2016

Team kit

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