Brava Island League

Brava Island League

Region	Brava Island, Cape Verde
Founded	1993
Number of teams	7
Promotion to	Cape Verdean Football Championship
Domestic cup(s)	Brava Island Cup Brava Island Super Cup
Current champions	Sporting (3rd time) (2015-16)
Most championships	Nô Pintcha (11 times)
Website	Official website

The Brava Island League is a regional championship played in Brava Island, Cape Verde. The winner of the championship plays in the Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. The league was founded in 1993. It has the fewest teams in the Capeverdean football or soccer.

Nô Pintcha has the most number of island titles with 11, Morabeza with 9, Académica and Sporting with two and Corôa and Juventude da Furna with only one title.

The first club to win the island title was Nô Pintcha in 1994 and was eight-time champion in 2001, one of the most to win eight consecutive titles of any island leagues in the country. It was the only club to be champion until 2002 when Académica became the second to win the first title in 2002, Nô Pintcha won two back to back in 2003 and 2004, Morabeza became the third first timer in 2005, Nô Pintcha won their recent in 2006, Morabeza won their second in 2007, Corôa was the fourth first timer in 2008, the second club to win back-to-back titles was Morabeza in 2009. The 2010-11 season held no competition likely due to financial problems, this was the latest cancellation of an island league in the country. Académica won their second and recent in 2012. Two first timers were Juventude in 2013 which is also their only title and Sporting in 2014. Sporting became two-time champion in 2015 and is the most recent victor.

Brava Island League – Clubs 2014–15

Source:^[1]

• Académica (Brava) – Vila Nova Sintra
• Benfica (Brava)
• GD Corôa (Nossa Senhora do Monte)
• Juventude da Furna
• Morabeza (Vila Nova Sintra)
• Nô Pintcha
• Sporting (Brava) - Vila Nova Sintra

Winners

Source:^[2]

• 1984-85 Morabeza
• 1986-93: unknown
• 1993–94: Nô Pintcha
• 1994–95: Nô Pintcha
• 1995–96: Nô Pintcha
• 1996–97: Nô Pintcha
• 1997–98: Nô Pintcha
• 1998–99: Nô Pintcha
• 1999–2000: Nô Pintcha
• 2000–01: Nô Pintcha
• 2001–02: Académica (Brava)
• 2002–03: Nô Pintcha
• 2003–04: Nô Pintcha
• 2004–05: Morabeza
• 2005–06: Nô Pintcha
• 2006–07: Morabeza
• 2007–08: Corôa
• 2008–09: Morabeza
• 2009–10: Morabeza
• 2010–11: not held
• 2011–12: Académica (Brava)
• 2012–13: Juventude da Furna
• 2013–14: Sporting Clube da Brava
• 2014-15: Sporting Clube da Brava
• 2015-16: Sporting Clube da Brava

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Winning seasons
Nô Pintcha	11	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006
Morabeza	5	1985, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010
Sporting	3	2014, 2015, 2016
Académica	2	2002, 2012
Corôa	1	2008
Juventude da Furna	1	2013

References

1. Batalha, José (23 April 2015). "Cape Verde Islands 2014/15". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
2. Batalha, José (3 April 2014). "Cape Verde Islands – List of Regional Tournament Winners". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

External links

• Brava Island League (Portuguese)