2015 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship

São Tomé and Principe Championship
Season	2015
Champions	Sporting Praia Cruz
Matches played	1
← 2014

The 2015 São Tomé and Principe Championship was the 30th season of the São Tomé and Principe Championship the top-level football championship of São Tomé and Principe. It began in 9 May, a day earlier than last season and concluded on 21 November.^[1] Two national final matches occurred in the season. Sporting Praia Cruz from São Tomé island won their seventh and recent title.

Teams

35 teams participated in the São Tomé and Principe Championship, 30 from São Tomé Island (10 in each division) and 5 from Príncipe Island. At the end of season champion of São Tomé Island League and champion of Principe Island League play one match for champion of São Tomé and Principe.

São Tomé teams 2015

Premier Division

Sporting Praia Cruz
FC Vitória

Location of teams in the São Tomé Premier Divison of 2014. Juba Diogo Simão is not mapped here.

Ten clubs participated in the 2014 season (third time since its reduction), Sporting Praia Cruz won their eight and recent title and went on to participate in the national championship match in November 15.

Teams

Club	City	District
Aliança Nacional	Pantufo	Água Grande
Bairros Unidos FC	Caixão Grande	Mé-Zóchi
UD Correia (Newly Promoted)	Correia
Folha Fede (Newly Promoted)	Folha Fede
Juba Diogo Simão	Diogo Simão
FC Neves^[2]	Neves	Lembá
Santana FC	Santana	Cantagalo
Sporting Praia Cruz	São Tomé	Água Grande
UDRA (Current champions)	São João dos Angolares	Caué
Vitória FC	São Tomé	Água Grande

Second Division

The second division featured 10 clubs.

Club	City	District
Agrosport	Monte Café	Mé-Zóchi
Amador	Agostinho Neto
CD Guadalupe	Guadalupe	Lobata
Kê Morabeza (Newly promoted)^[3]
Inter Bom-Bom	Bom-Bom	Mé-Zóchi
Micoló	Micoló	Lobata
Oque d'El Rei	Oque d’El Rei	Lobata
Porto Alegre	Porto Alegre	Caué
Ribeira Peixe	Ribeira Peixe	Caué
Trindade (Newly Promoted)	Trindade	Mé-Zóchi

Third Division

The third division featured 10 clubs.

Andorinha
Boa Vista
Conde
Cruz Vermelha
Diogo Vaz
Otótó
Santa Margarida - a new club participated in the national competition and the third division for the first time
Sporting São Tomé
UDESCAI
Varzim

Clubs not in competition

Principe teams 2015

1º de Maio
Os Operários
Sporting Clube do Príncipe

GD Sundy

UDAPB

Location of teams in the Principe 2013. FC Porto Real is not mapped here.

Five clubs took part in the 2014 season. One of the clubs did not participate in the season. Sporting Príncipe won the title and participated in the national championship match in November.

Club	City	District
1º de Maio	Santo António	Pagué
GD Os Operários	Santo António	Pagué
FC Porto Real (Current champions)	Porto Real	Pagué
Sporting Clube do Príncipe ^[4]	Santo António	Pagué
GD Sundy	Sundy ^[5]	Pagué
UDAPB	Picão	Pagué

National final

Two national final matches took place on November 15 and 21 at noon.^[6] It was another "Sporting" competition as the match featured Sporting Príncipe from Príncipe and Sporting Praia Cruz from São Tome Island.

Sporting Praia Cruz won the first leg 4-2 while Sporting Príncipe won the second leg 2-1. In the first leg, Sporting Príncipe started to lead at the 15th minute after a goal was scored by Arthur, at the 38th minute, Sporting Praia Cruz tied it by Jair and lasted for less than two minutes as Zé changed the lead position to Sporting Praia Cruz at the 40th minute. Inside the second half, once again the match was tied at 2 as Tó scored the half's first goal at the 46th minute. Sporting Praia Cruz kept the lead for the rest of the match, Zé scored his second goal of the match at the 65th minute, in the last few minutes of the match, Jaty scored the fourth goal at the 87th minute. In the second leg, Sporting Príncipe took the lead as Abel scored the match's first goal at the 46th minute, in the second half, a penalty kick was scored at the 73rd minute by Maiê and for approximately seventeen minutes, the total goals of two matches were tied at four. This would change as Sporting Praia Cruz scored the match's only goal at the 90th minute by Jaty and kept the championship hope throughout the remainder of the match. With a total of five goals scored, Sporting Praia Cruz would go on the win their seventh and recent national title.

Sporting Praia Cruz will participate into the 2016 CAF Champions League in the preliminaries in February.

15 November 25
12:00 (UTC+1)

Sporting Praia Cruz	4:2	Sporting Príncipe
Jair 38', Zé 40', 65', Jaty 87'		Artur 15', Tó 46'

Estádio 13 de Junho, Santo António

21 November 2015
12:00 (UTC+1)

Sporting Príncipe	2:1	Sporting Praia Cruz
Abel 46, Maiê 73' (pen)		Jaty 90'
	Penalties
	UDRA won

Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho
São Tomé (city)

Winner Sporting Praia Cruz 7th title

References

↑ "São Tomé results 2015". RSSSF.
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↑ a new club participated in the national competition and the second division for the first time
↑ Sporting Clube do Príncipe at Wiki Sporting (in Portuguese)
↑ "301 Moved Permanently". places-in-the-world.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
↑ "2015 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship". RSSSF.

São Tomé and Príncipe Championship seasons

2009-10 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

2015 in African Football (CAF)

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