2015–16 Fogo Island League

The 2015-16 Fogo Island League season was the competition of the second and third tier football in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. Its started on 7 November 2014 and finished on 24 April 2015. The tournament was organized by the Fogo Regional Football Association (Associação Regional do Fogo de Futebol, ARFF).^[1][2] Vulcânicos won the ninth title and competed in the Cape Verdean National Championships in mid-May.

Spartak d'Aguadinha was the defending team of the title. A total of 18 clubs participated in the competition, 10 in the Premier Division and 8 in the Second Division.

The football (soccer) calendar started in October and was completed in late October in São Filipe and determined the ordering, the date and time of the matches.

A total of 368 goals were scored, 44 less than last season and made the second highest in any of the island leagues. The largest win was Académica who scored 1-12 over União São Lourenço on 3 April 2015, the second and last time with the same club. ,Cutelinho had some of the highest scoring match, their highest was 10-3 over Juventude, the highest result.

Cutelinho o had the number one spot for most of the time, Valência took the number on spot in week 3 (second time in the season) and Académica in week 4, Vulcânicos took it in week 5 and kept it for the remainder of the season with some exceptions, Académica was number one in weeks 7 and 8 and later in weeks 11 and 12. It was another season that some matches ended with a large score, some of them were over 7, four of them were in the final four weeks of competition.

ABC de Patim won the second division for the 2015/16 season and will again return during the 2016-17 season, their next appearance in 8 years. Juventude was placed 9th and challenged the promotional matches and challenged Atlético, a newly created club who was second placed for the first time at the knockout phase. Juventude won 2-1 in the first match on May 29, on June 5, each had a total of three goals, Juventude won the penalty kicks 4-2 and Juventude remains in the Premier Division in the following season. União conceded 74 goals, about a third fewer than last season, it made it second of any of the island leagues, its total was second to Parque Real and third to Delta's 60 conceded goals of the Santiago South's 2015-16 season.

Participating clubs

League standings

Premier Division

Updated to games played on 28 Aprill 2016.
Source: Cape Verde Islands: 2015/16: Fogo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) head-to-head away goals (only if two teams are tied); 6) goal difference
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Second Division

The second division was divided into two groups, the top two of each advanced up to semis, then one club into the finals, the winner advances into the regional Premier Division and the second place competes in the division decisional match where they promote into the Premier Division or remain into the Second Division.

The top two clubs were:

• 1st:ABC de Patim
• 2nd: Atlético, challenged with Juventude and after two matches had three goals each, Atlético lost 4-3 in penalty kicks and remains in the second division

Results

Promotional matches

Position changes

Statistics

• Biggest win: São Lourenço 1 - 12 Académica Fogo (April 3)
• Most differences in number of goals:

Cutelinho 10 - 3 Juventude (January 30)

São Lourenço 1 - 12 Académica Fogo (April 3)

• Longest number one streak: Académica Fogo (weeks 1-2 and 6-16)
• Longest last place streak: Parque Real (week 1 and weeks 5-18)

References

External links

• "Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol" (in Portuguese). 
• Fcf.cv
• 2015-16 Fogo Island Season at RSSSF