2014–15 Boavista (Cape Verde) football season

Boavista FC

2014–15 season
Chairman	Luis Manuel Semedo
Manager	Nelito Antunes
Stadium	Estádio da Várzea
Santiago Island League (South)	1st, champion
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The 2014–15 Boavista FC season were in the island division of football (soccer). The club won the Santiago South championship and entered the 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships.^[1]

The club had a total of 55 points (43 in the regionals and 12 in the nationals), and 54 goals, 37 goals in the regionals and 17 goals in the nationals. In the regionals, the club also had 13 wins, 4 draws and a loss^[2]

Santiago Island League (South)^[1]

Their first match of the season ended in a two-goal draw with CD Travadores, Boavista went on for a three-game winning streak until Vitória FC put their fifth match in a draw on January 18, Boavista defeated Varanda in their week 6 match. Boavista done their second draw with Sporting Praia on February 7 followed by another win over Garridos. Their tenth week match on February 22 was the club's only loss of the region during the season to Académica da Praia. A two-match winning streak followed which ended in a scoreless draw with Celtic, the next six matches ended in victories and gave Boavista a six match winning streak.

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
6 December 2014	CD Travadores	A	2-2			5th
13 December 2014	AD Bairro	H	1-1			2nd
19 December 2014	Celtic	A	0-3			1st
10 January 2015	Desportivo da Praia	H	4-3			1st
18 January 2015	Vitória FC	A	1-1			1st
1 February 2015	Varanda	H	1-0			1st
7 February 2015	Sporting Clube da Praia	A	1-1			1st
15 February 2015	Os Garridos	A	0-1			1st
22 February 2015	Académica da Praia	H	0-1			1st
1 March 2015	CD Travadores	H	2-0			1st
7 March 2015	AD Bairro	A	2-3			1st
15 March 2015	Celtic	H	0-0	no goals scored		1st
21 March 2015	Desportivo da Praia	A	1-2			1st
29 March 2015	Vitória FC	H	3-0			1st
4 April 2015	Varanda	A	0-2			1st
10 April 2015	Sporting Clube da Praia	H	1-0			1st
19 April 2015	Os Garridos	H	5-0			1st
26 April 2015	Académica da Praia	A	2-3			1st

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boavista FC	18	13	4	1	37	14	+23	43	Advanced to the 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships
2	Sporting Clube da Praia	18	9	7	2	26	14	+12	34	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	13	4	1	37	14	+23	43	7	1	1	19	5	+14	6	3	0	18	9	+9

Last updated: May 4, 2015.
Source: Rankings at rsssf

Cape Verdean National League

The club participated in Group B and advanced to the semis where they would finished as a semi-finalist.^[1]

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
9 May 2015	Beira Mar	A	0-2			3rd
17 May 2015	Sporting Clube da Brava	A	0-2
23 May 2015	Académico do Aeroporto	H	4-2
30 May 2015	FC Ultramarina	H	5-1
6 June 2015	CS Mindelense	A	1-0			2nd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CS Mindelense	5	5	0	0	14	1	+13	15	Advanced to the semis
2	Boavista FC	5	4	0	1	14	4	+10	12	Advanced to the semis
3	Académico do Aeroporto	5	3	0	2	12	9	+3	9	none

Playoffs

Boavista advanced to the playoffs, Boavista defeated FC Derby of Mindelo 2-1, all goals were scored by Givalter in the second half. The second and last leg was lost to Derby 2-1. Michel was the only scorer who scored at the 50th minute. Boavista lost the penalty kicks to Derby and was out of the competition.

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	Referee
20 June 2015	FC Derby	H	2-1	Givalter 62', 88'	Jaime Figueiredo
28 June 2015	FC Derby	A	2-1	Michel 50'	António Rodrigues

Santiago South/Praia Cup

The club won the 2015 Santiago South/Praia Cup. It is uncertain that Boavista FC will participate in the possible 2016 Cape Verdean Cup.

Santiago South/Praia Super Cup

As Boavista were regional champions and cup winners of 2015, the club as regional champion defeated a second place club in the Super Cup competition and claimed their fourth super cup title in four years.

Squad

As of December 2014^[3][4]

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

No. Position Player 7 Killy 9 Palo 11 Matxona 24 Patrick Núna Cachito Claudio Edidi Zequinha Romário Deco Ridney Márcio Gerson

No. Position Player Sylla Zebi Lito Toizito Vika Nilson Givalder Lambreta Iven Mano Djordy Tchesco Moisés Lopes

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	National
			Goals
11		Matxona	6

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name
2015		Michel Guilavogui

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
2015		Claudio
2015	GK	Moisés Lopes	Académica da Praia

Club

The Management

Nelito Antunes would coach for the last season in Boavista FC, he would be replaced with the Portuguese coach Joel de Castro the following season.

Position	Staff
Manager and head coach	Luis Manuel Semedo

Last updated: July 2015
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Other information

As of 2015

Chairman	Nelito Antunes
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estádio da Várzea (5,000 / 108x69 m)

Last updated: July 2015
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Team kit

Home

Away/Alternate

Third colours

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References

1. Santiago South highlights at rsssf.com
2. "Futebol/Santiago Sul: Boavista da Praia sagra-se campeão regional" [Boavista Praia Claimed the Regional Champion]. Inforpress CV. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015. (Portuguese)
3. Squad at Boavista Praia's Facebook page
4. CD Travadores article on the Spanish Wikipedia