2013–14 Sporting Clube da Praia season

Sporting Clube da Praia
2013–14 season
Chairman Cape Verde Paulo Veiga
Manager Cape Verde Beto
Stadium Estádio da Várzea
Santiago Island League (South) Champion
Cape Verdean Football Championships Semifinalist
Santiago South/Praia Cup Winner
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The 2013–14 Sporting Clube da Praia season were in the island and top division of Cape Verdean football. They would be regional champions and qualified into the national championship. Their success would reach as high as the Semifinals where they lost to Académica from the island of Fogo west of Praia.[1][2]

The club scored a total of 45 goals. Of which 36 was scored in the Santiago South League and 9 in the national championships, 7 in the regular season and 2 in the playoffs. Their total points was 44 for the island and 13 in the national championships.

Santiago Island League (South)

The 2013-14 season would start being ninth, the first match on November 16 lost to Travadores 0-1, second to last place. The next 8 matches were victorious, the greatest match was with Academica da Praia who won with 4 goals on December 1, 2013. Also their rankings slowly gained 5th when they challenged Tchadense, then 3rd for the next three weeks and finally first place after defeating Desportivo Praia on January 19. The match on February 1 was tied 2 apiece with CD Travadores, Sporting won the next two matches until Boavista tied the match with 1 each on February 21, the club went to have a three match winning streak until Desportivo clumbered Sporting 1-0 on March 22. The final match of the season had Sporting defeated Bairro 2-0 on March 30 and claimed their recent island title.[1]

The club had a total of 36 goals of which 19 were scored at home and 17 were scored away. Up to week 10, around 70% of the goals were scored away, it was mostly scored away at week 12 and after week 16, more than half were away.

Date Opponents H/A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance League
position
15 November 2013 CD Travadores H 0-1 no goals scored 9th
22 November 2013 Tchadense A 0-2 5th
1 December 2013 Académica (Praia) A 0-4 4th
14 December 2013 Boavista FC H 1-0 3rd
20 December 2013 Vitória A 1–2 3rd
4 January 2014 Varanda H 2-1 2nd
11 January 2014 Celtic A 0-1 1st
19 January 2014 Desportivo Praia H 2-1 1st
25 January 2014 AD Bairro A 0-1 1st
1 February 2014 CD Travadores A 2-2 1st
7 February 2014 Tchadense H 3-0 1st
16 February 2014 Académica (Praia) H 2-1 1st
21 February 2014 Boavista FC A 1-1 1st
2 March 2014 Vitória H 5-0 1st
9 March 2014 Varanda A 0-4 1st
15 March 2014 Celtic H 2-0 1st
22 March 2014 Desportivo Praia A 1-0 no goals scored 1st
30 March 2015 AD Bairro H 2-0 1st
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion/Relegation
1Sporting Clube da Praia181422369+2744Advanced into the national championships
2CD Travadores1813413710+2743None

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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 14 2 2 36 9  +27 44 8 0 1 19 4  +15 6 2 1 17 5  +12

Last updated: April 1, 2014.
Source: Rankings at rsssf

Santiago South/Praia Cup

Sporting Praia claimed their first and only cup during the season.

Cape Verdean National League

The club achieved entry into the national championships after winning the regional title of Santiago South. This is their recent appearance in the nationals and would succeed as high as the semis, their overall ranking was third with two goals scored in the playoffs.

The club participated in Group A and finished first with 13 points and 4 wins.[1][2]

Their first match against Académica do Porto Novo ended in a scoreless draw on April 6. Sporting Praia went on for a four-game winning streak, they defeated Paulense on April 12, Sporting Brava on April 19, the first-timer Grémio Nhagar on April 26 and Mindelo's FC Derby on May 4.[1]

Date Opponents H/A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance League
position (Group A)
6 April 2014 Académica do Porto Novo A 0-0 4th
12 April 2014 Paulense A 0-1 2nd
19 April 2014 Sporting (Brava) A 3-0 2nd
26 April 2014 Grémio Nhagar H 2-1 1st
4 May 2014 FC Derby A 0-1 1st
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion/Relegation
1Sporting Clube da Praia541071+613Advanced into playoffs
2Académica do Porto Novo522172+58Advanced into playoffs

Playoffs

As they were first in the group, the club headed on to the semis and faced with Académica of Fogo, a club from the west and dared to defeat them. All two semi-final matches ended in draws, the first with nil and the second with two, Sporting lost in the penalty kicks and ended their appearance in the 2014 national season.[1]

Semi-finals

Date Opponents H/A Result
F–A		 Scorer(s) Attendance
10 May 2014 Académica do Fogo A 0-0 no goals scored
17 May 2014 Académica do Fogo H 3-0 Ró 23', 51'

Squad

As of 11 April 2011[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Senegal GK Maguette
2 Cape Verde DF Delta
3 Cape Verde DF Nito
4 Cape Verde DF Loloti
5 Cape Verde FW Ballack
6 Cape Verde DF Ademar
7 Cape Verde FW Patrick
8 Cape Verde MF Palo
9 Cape Verde FW Zé De Tchetcha
10 Cape Verde MF Edimar
11 Cape Verde FW Caló
12 Cape Verde GK Bocas
13 Cape Verde DF Tó
No. Position Player
14 Cape Verde FW Rapazinho Puto
15 Cape Verde DF Capiton
16 Cape Verde MF Lê
17 Cape Verde DF Osvaldo
18 Cape Verde FW Mais Alto
19 Cape Verde MF Xelo
20 Cape Verde FW Vargas Fernandes
21 Cape Verde MF Son Sent
22 Cape Verde DF Di li
25 Senegal MF Theodore
30 Cape Verde MF Dário
33 Cape Verde DF Piki

Club

The Management

Position Staff
Manager and head coach Cape Verde Beto

Source:

Other information

As of 2012

Chairman Cape Verde Paulo Veiga
Assistant manager Cape Verde Zé Piguita
Goalkeeping coach Cape Verde Tchabana
Team chef Cape Verde Nelson/ Manú
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Estádio da Várzea (5,000 / 108x69 m)

Last updated: September 2012
Source: http://www.scp.cv

Team kit

Home
Away
Third Colours

Source:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Santiago South highlights at rsssf.com
  2. 1 2 2013-14 season at Sporting Praia homepage (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ 2011 Season - Squad

External links

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