The Sal Island Cup ( Portuguese : Taça da Ilha do Sal , Capeverdean Crioulo , Sal Creole : Taça Dja d' Sal , ALUPEC or ALUPEK : Tasa da Dja du Sal ) is a cup competition played during the season in the island of Sal , Cape Verde , it consists of all the clubs from all the two regional divisions and are divided into about five to six rounds. The competition is organized by the Sal Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Sal, ARFS). The cup winner competed in the regional super cup final in the following season. For several seasons, the winner qualified into Cape Verdean Cup which has been cancelled due to financial and scheduling reasons.
28-397: Its recent cup winner is SC Santa Maria who won their only title. Académico do Aeroporto do Sal has won the most number of cup titles, the least are SC Santa Maria and SC Verdun . Espargos has the most number of cup titles won numbering about 13. Santa Maria of the south of Sal is second with four and last is Pedra de Lume of the east of Sal. Between 2012 and 2014, SC Santa Maria
56-411: A draw, Juventude had scored 12 goals at the 5th round. Juventude made a goal draw with Santa Maria on January 27 and Juventude lost a position to Palmeira, they had 16 goals scored, second in the region behind Santa Maria. Two more wins were made with 1 over nil each were made in the next two rounds and gained a position, that Palmeira had second with 20 points. Another win was made, a larger score 0–5 over
84-435: A position and is now third, they shared their wins alongside Académico do Aeroporto . Juventude made a surprisingly win over ASGUI 3–2 on March 18, alongside Palmeira and Santa Maria, they are contesting for a regional title. With 27 points, they may get a club record as their highest is 29 made last season, their final challenge with Santa Maria, this may be a possibility being a regional title contest. Estádio Marcelo Leitão
112-529: A soccer ball and a boat in the middle overlooking its setting sun which is colored along with the setting evening skies of yellow, light orange, orange and red. Santa Maria has its own stadium located in the north of town, then as a field, it was the first sports facility on the island opened in the 1940s, it moved locations in the 1990s just next to its saline marsh. The club uses Estádio Marcelo Leitão where all of its matches are played. Its clothing colors are red with white left sleeve and white tag on back and
140-400: A two-goal draw, Palmeira's win had Santa Maria failing for another championship title and finished second behind Palmeira, Sal scored the region's most goals with 39, a goal less than last season failing to make another club record. On March 31, the regional cup finals was played with Palmeira Santa Maria and went into extra time and finally won their only cup title after winning 1–0, also became
168-632: A white rim on the right sleeve used for home games. Its colors are opposite with white clothing and others red for away or alternate games. Up to 2014 or 2015, its jersey has red shirt and socks and a white pants for its home games. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The sports club also has athletics. Its athletics competitions are competed at Estádio Marcelo Leitão in Espargos. FC Juventude (Sal) Futebol Clube Juventude ( Capeverdean Crioulo , also in
196-459: Is a multi-use stadium in Espargos , Cape Verde . It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000. The stadium has seat rows in the east side and is east-southeast of the city center and Monte Curral. The stadium is home to the two best football clubs on the island, Académico do Aeroporto and Académica do Sal . Other clubs based in Espargos but a neighborhood includes
224-543: Is currently the region's highest of the season, the club is first place as of the third round as they recently defeated the island's most popular club Académico do Aeroporto, a repeat of what they did in the Opening Tournament final and contested to be the top three clubs of the island as the club is the first of the four participating historic clubs in the Premier Division. At round 4, they were first place, more than
252-497: Is the third successful football (soccer) club on the island, having won 10 official regional titles . The club was founded on April 1, 1937, and is the oldest on the island and was once the island's only club until 1948. It is one of the most titled teams in Sal regional division numbering 7. The club participated 8 times in the national level. Their greatest appearance was in the national finals where they lost to Académica do Mindelo in
280-621: The Sal Crioulo language , ALUPEC or ALUPEK : Juventudi ) is a football (soccer) club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde . It is based in the subdivision of Morro de Cural in the city of Espargos in the island of Sal . Juventude is the fifth successful football (soccer) club on the island, having won 7 official regional titles . As of
308-446: The 1989 edition. As Académico do Aeroporto won their only national title in 2003, Santa Maria qualified as a runner up in 2004, the club only had a draw and finished 5th with a point. The club was next qualified as a runner up since the early 1990s. Their recent appearance was in 2009 after winning their last championship title, the club also did not have a win but had two draws, a little better than five years later with six goals scored,
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#1733084954788336-410: The 2016–17 season, its chairman is David Brito and its coach is Djulhiano (not as Djuliano) Santos. The club was founded on February 26, 1962, and is the oldest club in Espargos, it was also the first to be founded outside Santa Maria, the north of the island and a neighborhood. The club celebrated its 10th anniversary in 1972 and its 25th anniversary in 1987 and 50th anniversary 2012. The team entered
364-467: The 2017-18 season, its recent non competitor was ASGUI who withdrew. SC Santa Maria Sport Clube Santa Maria (also in Capeverdean Crioulos of ALUPEC or ALUPEK and Sal ) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde . It is based in the town of Santa Maria in the southern part of the island of Sal . Santa Maria
392-494: The 2017–18 season with the island's association cup, placed first in Group A, they advanced to play into the final match and defeated Académico do Aeroporto 1–0 at extra time to win their second straight title, the only scorer was Tchubasco. Santa Maria kicked off the 2017–18 Sal Premier Division with first place with three points, another win was made and a high scoring in two regional championship matches, they defeated ASGUI 2–9 and
420-410: The 2017–18 season, Juventude scored the region's second highest scoring match with an 0–5 win over Gaviões. The club was third at the fifth round, behind the well-known clubs of Santa Maria and Palmeira and ahead of other well-known clubs of Académico do Aeroporto and Académica do Sal. Juventude was second and three clubs alongside Académico do Aeroporto and Palmeira Santa Maria had 10 points, 3 wins and
448-433: The 2nd round, the club was in the lead until a loss to Juventude on April 14 and became second which would be for the rest of the season. On April 30, the final match of the season, Santa Maria made the highest scoring match in the region, where they defeated Gaviões 1–10. Santa Maria finished with 29 points, two less than Académica do Aeroporto's, the club scored 40 goals, the most in the nation. Santa Maria participated in
476-486: The city's second and recent club to have a cup title. Santa Maria will qualify into the super cup, first made on March 25, their status became as cup winner on March 31, they will play with the champion Palmeira later at the end of the season. Its logo represents a shield with a red line with another line and its abbreviated form on top, it features the Atlantic Ocean on the bottom coloured from sky blue to navy blue with
504-418: The club finished 5th with 2 points. The club won their only Super Cup title for Sal in 2009. On December 30, 2016, Santa Maria won their first Association Cup/Opening Tournament title for the 2016–17 season in the island. The club celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1987, the club celebrated their 75th anniversary in 2012. In the 2016–17 season, Santa Maria started second place, after a win over Verdun in
532-486: The latter the same with Juventude since the 10th round and Palmeira in the 11th round. In the 2017–18 Sal Island Cup, the club started at the first round where they defeated Oasis FC 3–1 in their first ever match with that club. Santa Maria had a bye week at the quarterfinals. In the semis, the club defeated Académico do Aeroporto and later became participant in the final. Santa Maria recently lost another Premier Division match, 1–3 to Palmeira and its first position. Santa Maria
560-421: The national division for the first time after independence in 1976 and lost a match there. Their second appearance was in 1990, and Juventude's only time they had a second consecutive appearance which was their third overall in 1991, Juventude played again in 1999 and recently in 2012. Between 1990 and 2014, Juventude was the last team to be left without a regional title before six additional clubs were formed and
588-494: The newly established clubs of Gaviões and Chã de Matias. Clubs playing the stadium but based on other parts of the island include Santa Maria , SC Verdun Pedra de Lume , Palmeira de Santa Maria and ASGUI, Florença. Its logo color is blue and reads the club name and the island name in the middle of the soccer ball. Its slogan is "Sports and Progress" ("Desporte e Progresso"), it also gives its name to its nickname O Azul . Its uniform colors are all sky blue for home matches and
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#1733084954788616-495: The other participating historic clubs of the island, two more than Juventude , three more than Académico do Aeroporto and five more than Académica do Sal. Santa Maria was one position ahead of Juventude. three ahead of Académico do Aeroporto and six ahead of Académica do Sal. Santa Maria is still first at the seventh round, midway in the Premier Division, as they did last season and has 19 points and has scored 24 goals, at that round, an unheard number over 17 last season. Their next win
644-447: The powerful Académica do Sal who is recently in low-moderate position, then a goal draw was made with Sal's most powerful club Académico with a goal apiece on 4 March. Juventude was still second, since the 10th round, same points and 7 wins as to Santa Maria, they had 24 goals scored, less than Santa Maria's. This round (round 11), they had the same wins as to Palmeira Sta. Maria. Unexpectedly Juventude lost to Florença on March 11 as well as
672-647: The regional champion in November 2016, Juventude lost to that club. Its current chairman is David Brito who became in 2015 and its manager is Djul(h)iano Santos who managed SC Verdun in the 2014–15 season. The club did not do well, Juventude finished second to last and was the first that they finished 7th with 12 points, 3 wins and draws and 8 losses. A season later, Juventude's position was better and finished 3rd in 2017, they had 29 points, 9 draws, 2 points and 3 losses, shared with Santa Maria , Juventude scored 30 goals, 10 less than Santa Maria's. The club started good for
700-498: The regional competition having two divisions. In 2010 the team won their first Sal Island Cup, thus qualifying for the Cape Verdean Cup , the national cup competition and be the third club to enter. Juventude are one of four teams that participated in the national level. Two more cup titles would be won for Sal Island, in 2014 and 2016. Juventude headed to their third super cup competition and faced Académica do Aeroporto do Sal,
728-484: Was 6–1 over Gaviões on January 21. A goal draw with Juventude was next, followed by another win over Florença Santa Maria, then a repeat of a goal draw, this time with ASGUI. Santa Maria lost to the powerful Académico do Aeroporto afterwards before a repeat of a goal draw, this time with Académica Sal on March 3. Santa Maria remains first place as of the 11th round. For two rounds from the 10th round, had equal points with Juventude, also they had 30 goals scored and seven wins,
756-427: Was second with 24 points, they were still the mastery in goals with 31 scored. Their points the same as Juventude's at round 12. Santa Maria made another win with a big result of 0–6 over Gaviões and were one of three that has a regional championship title waiting next round, also waiting are possible club records in points and goals as Santa Maria has 37 goals scored. Their final match was against Juventude which ended in
784-410: Was the only club who never won a cup title, in 2015, it was one of five clubs who never won a title including ASGUI and Chã de Matias, up to 2018, it was one of nine who never won a cup title. After March 31, 2018, all of the original six has a cup title or more, leaving eight clubs who never won a cup title, six of the eight included ASGUI, Chã de Matias, Florença, JURF, Oásis Atlântico and Pretória. In
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