2016–17 FC Ultramarina season

The 2016–17 FC Ultramarina season were in the island and top division of Cape Verdean football. The club won the island's 12th title, a record. As they were the 2016 national league winners, they qualified into the national championships. Ultramarina will qualify to the 2017 regional super cup as regional champion.

The club scored a total of 49 goals. Of which 33 was scored in the São Nicolau League which was a third less and 16 in the national championships, 11 in the regular season and 5 in the playoffs. Their total points was 36 for the island and 13 in the national championships totaling 49. On the regional points, it May Be a club record, but at the national level, it became a club record surpassing their 2003's nine points. On national goal total, their 16 goals in 2017 are more than the 15 scored in 2003, although the second leg result of the 2017 semi-finals was annulled.

São Nicolau Island League

Ultramarina Tarrafal won their 12th title in the island. The club scored 33 goals, 12 more than the previous season. Ultramarina Tarrafal started off with a victory over Belo Horizonte at the first round and started fourth, two consecutive draws followed, a scoreless one with Académica da Preguiça, then with two goals with Atlético Ribeira Brava, their rival. From the second round, the club was second placed for three rounds. Five straight wins Ultramarina later made, after their victory of AJAT'SN, they clinched first spot which they had for the rest of the season. Their highest scoring match was a 6-0 win over Talho on March 11. It was the island's highest until April 22 behind Atlético's 0-7 away over Talho. A goal draw was followed with Académica da Preguiça. All remaining five matches ended with victory, first their rival Atlético Ribeira Brava where Ultramarina conceded one goal at home, then Ribeira Brava, an 0-5 win over AJAT'SN which was the club's highest away and the remaining ended four over zero to Praia Branca then to Talho away at Ribeira Brava's field.

Ultramrina Tarrafal finished with 36 points and had 11 wins and 3 draws. 3 out of 4 conceded goals were in two matches that ended in draws away. Ultramarina won 20 matches in succession; they last lost on March 25, 2016 in a match against Atlético Ribeira Brava.

Results by round

All matches were played in 2017.

• Source: ARFSN, 6 May 2017

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

São Nicolau Cup

Ultramarina Tarrafal advanced all the way to the cup finals and faced Desportivo Ribeira Brava and defeated that club and conquered the cup title and became the island's only club to have a regional double.

Cape Verdean National Championships

Ultramarina Tarrafal achieved entry into the 2017 season as regional champion. The two group system was replaced with the three group system featured four clubs each and now had two meetings per club. Ultramarina played in Group A.

The first match was away on the island of Maio and faced Onze Unidos and lost 2-1. Ultramarina got their first seasonal win after defeating AJAC da Calheta from Santiago North 2-0 in their first of two challenges. At the 3rd round, a two goal draw was made with Fogo's Vulcânicos at home. Another win for Ultramarina was made on June 4 and defeated that club 2-1 at home which was also Ultramarina's last home match in the regular season. Ultramarina became a second placed club for some weeks. Two more wins were made first over AJAC da Calheta 0-2 in Calheta de São Miguel and a 1-2 win over Vulcânicos on the island of Fogo at Estádio 5 de Julho. Ultramarina finished first with 13 points and scored 11 goals and overcame Onze Unidos' lead and Ultramarina headed to the semifinals.

Results summary

Playoffs

Semifinals

The first leg was delayed as no extra keys into the stadium into Estádio Orlando Rodrigues in Tarrafal de São Nicolau were available due to unknown reason. On July 2, the second leg was played. A week later, Ultramarina Tarrafal was unofficially awarded against 3-0 and the club was still no entrant into the finals. Ultramarina appealed to the problems with their entry into the stadium. It caused the next delay of the national championship finals competition in nine years (but not overall). The first leg was rescheduled and the date of the match was unknown for several weeks, it was put to late July, then early August. As Mindelense did not showed up for a few weeks and after that club failing to appear to play in the first leg, Mindelense was disqualified and Ultramarina Tarrafal headed to the finals showdown in 14 years.

Squad

27 August 2017

Club

The Management

Other information

Team kit

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External links

• FC Ultramarina at Facebook, not often as the official site