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 |
Scorers |
Attendance |
League |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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