2013–14 Sporting Clube da Praia season

Sporting Clube da Praia

2013–14 season
Chairman	Paulo Veiga
Manager	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
1	Sporting Clube da Praia	18	14	2	2	36	9	+27	44	Advanced into the national championships
2	CD Travadores	18	13	4	1	37	10	+27	43	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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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			9th
12 April 2014	Paulense	A	0-1			1st
19 April 2014	Sporting (Brava)	A	3-0
26 April 2014	Grémio Nhagar	H	2-1			2nd
4 May 2014	FC Derby	A	0-1			1st

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion/Relegation
1	Sporting Clube da Praia	5	4	1	0	7	1	+6	13	Advanced into playoffs
2	Académica do Porto Novo	5	2	2	1	7	2	+5	8	Advanced 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 GK Maguette 2 DF Delta 3 DF Nito 4 DF Loloti 5 FW Ballack 6 DF Ademar 7 FW Patrick 8 MF Palo 9 FW Zé De Tchetcha 10 MF Edimar 11 FW Caló 12 GK Bocas 13 DF Tó

No. Position Player 14 FW Rapazinho Puto 15 DF Capiton 16 MF Lê 17 DF Osvaldo 18 FW Mais Alto 19 MF Xelo 20 FW Vargas Fernandes 21 MF Son Sent 22 DF Di li 25 MF Theodore 30 MF Dário 33 DF Piki

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager and head coach	Beto

Source:

Other information

As of 2012

Chairman	Paulo Veiga
Assistant manager	Zé Piguita
Goalkeeping coach	Tchabana
Team chef	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. Santiago South highlights at rsssf.com
2. 2013-14 season at Sporting Praia homepage (Portuguese)
3. 2011 Season - Squad

External links

• Official website