2014–15 CS Mindelense season

CS Mindelense

2014–15 season
Chairman	Adilson Nascimento
Manager	Rui Alberto Leite
Stadium	Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena
São Vicente Island League	Champion
Cape Verdean Football Championships	Champion
São Vicente Cup	Winner
São Vicente Super Cup	Winner
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The 2014–15 CS Mindelense season were in the island and top division of Cape Verdean football. The club won the island's 47th title, a record of all the island titles won by any club in Cape Verde. As they were the 2014 national league winners, they would participate and claim the nation's 10th title.

The club scored a total of 54 goals. Of which 36 was scored in the São Vicente League and in the national championships, 14 in the regular season and 4 in the playoffs. Their total points was 38 for the island and 15 in the national championships.

São Vicente Island League

The 2014-15 season would be at an unbeatable first place for the entire season and headed to win a record breaking 47th title in the island. The club scored 36 goals of which 22 (61.11%) were scored at home and 14 (38.889%) were scored away.

The club had their five-week winning streak and winning against Batuque, Derby, Salamansa, Ribeira Bote and Académica Mindelo, their first tie was in week 6 to Amarante by 2, next, they had another five week winning streak and defeated Falcões, Batuque,^[1] Derby, Salamansa, Ribeira Derby and Académica. Their week 13 match against Amarante ended in a 1-point tie, the final week saw Mindelense defeated Falcões by 3. The club didn't lose a single match, Mindelense won all away games, the home-away wins were a 50/50 share. In a week 11 match on April 5, Mindelense score 9-0 over Ribeira Bote, the biggest win of the season.

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
17 January 2015	Batuque	H	3–0			1st
24 January 2015	FC Derby	A	0-2			1st
31 January 2015	Salamansa	H	3-0			1st
7 February 2015	Ribeira Bote	A	1-3			1st
22 February 2015	Académica	H	1–0			1st
28 February 2015	Amarante	H	2–2			1st
8 March 2015	Falcões do Norte	H	2–0			1st
14 March 2015	Batuque	A	0-2			1st
22 March 2015	FC Derby	H	1-0			1st
28 March 2015	Salamansa	A	1-3			1st
5 April 2015	Ribeira Bote	H	9-1			1st
11 April 2015	Académica	A	0-1			1st
19 April 2015	GD Amarantes	H	1-1			1st
25 April 2015	Falcões do Norte	A	1-3			1st

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion/Relegation
1	CS Mindelense	14	12	2	0	36	7	+29	38	Promoted into the National Championships
2	FC Derby	14	6	4	4	19	15	+4	22	Also promoted into the National Championships

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
14	12	2	0	36	7	+29	38	6	2	0	22	4	+18	6	0	0	14	3	+11

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

São Vicente Cup

The club won their third São Vicente Cup title, their next in two years.

São Vicente Super Cup

The regional super cup took place on November 7.^[2] As Mindelense were regional champions and cup winners, the club as regional champion competed against a second place club. The club won their third São Vicente Super Cup title, their next in six years.

Cape Verdean National League

Even though as they were the 2014 national winners, as they won an island title, the club achieved entry and would go ahead to claim the country's 11th title.

Again, the club would play its matches in Group B.^[3] All matches ended in victory. The final match was played against Boavista from Praia and headed to the playoff stage.

Mindelense will not participate in the CAF Champions League in 2016.

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position (Group B)
9 May 2015	FC Ultramarina	H	3-0			1st
16 May 2015	Beira-Mar Clube do Tarrafal	A	0-2			1st
23 May 2015	Sporting Brava	H	6-0			1st
31 May 2015	Académico do Aeroporto	A	1-2			1st
6 June 2015	Boavista	H	1-0			1st

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion/Relegation
1	CS Mindelense	5	5	0	0	14	1	+13	15	Advanced into playofs
2	Boavista FC	5	4	0	1	14	4	+10	12	Advanced into playoffs

Playoffs

The club advanced into the playoffs, in the semis, Mindelense challenged Paulense from the Santo Antão Island League North Zone and lost the match 0-1, they won the second match 2-0, their final challenge was against the city's rival FC Derby, the next city rivalry in years, all the two matches ended with a single goal each, they would win the penalty shootout by four points and claimed the 11th national title.^[4]

Semi-finals

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
20 June 2015	Paulense Desportivo Clube	A	0-1		2nd
27 June 2015	Paulense Desportivo Clube	H	2-0	Gauço 21', Chicbaca 111'	2nd

Finals

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
4 July 2015	FC Derby	H	1-1	Latche	2nd
11 July 2015	FC Derby	A	1-1 (3-4 pen.)	Xibaka 37'	Champion

Squad

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

No. Position Player GK Vozinha Chibaca Gauço Latchie Xibaka

Club

The Management

Its manager was Rui Alberto Leite, he would become the best trainer for the 2014-15 national season. His post would be replaced by Daniel de Jesus in the following season.

Position	Staff
Manager	Rui Alberto Leite

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Other information

Chairman	Adilson Nascimento
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estádio Municipal Aderito Sena (5,000 / 105x68 m)

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Team kit

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Away

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References

1. "São Vicente/Futebol: Campeonato principia este fim-de-semana e com clássico Mindelense – Batuque". Inforpress CV. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
2. "São Vicente/Futebol: Quadro competitivo divulgado – Supertaça abre calendário a 07 de Novembro". Inforpress CV (in Portuguese). 28 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
3. "Mindelense no grupo B do Campeonato Nacional de Futebol" [Mindelense in Group B of the National Football Championships]. A Nação (in Portuguese). 11 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
4. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kaapv2015.html

External links

• Official website