2011 São Tomé First Division

The 2011 São Tomé (Island or Regional) First Division took place that season. The club had 12 clubs and not until 2016 when they had 12 clubs again, 10 clubs appeared for the next few seasons. A total of 126 matches were played and 313 goals were scored. Vitória Riboque won the season's title after finishing with 47 points and participated in the 2011 National Championship later in the year.[1][2]

São Tomé First Division
Season2011
ChampionsVitória FC (Riboque)
PromotedVitória FC (Riboque)
RelegatedCD Guadalupe
FC Neves
FC Ribeira Peixe
Santana FC
Matches played126
Goals scored313 (2.48 per match)
2012

Overview

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Neves and Ribeira Peixe were promoted into the Premier Division from the Second and spent only a season.

Guadalupe, Neves, Ribeira Peixe and Santana were relegated and participated in the regional Second Division in the following season. Guadalupe did not return to the Premier Division until 2013 and Neves and Santana until 2014.

Sporting Praia Cruz scored the most goals numbering 41, second was 6 de Setembro with 39, 3rd was Vitória Riboque with 35 and fourth was UDRA with 31. Santana scored the least with 15, the second least was UDESCAI with 16 and Ribeira Peixe with 17. On the opposites, Ribeira Peixe conceded the most with 48, followed by Santana with 47 and Neves with 37, Vitória Riboque conceded the least with 15 and Oque del Rei the second least with 16.

Between July 10 and August 14, there were no competitions due to the first (17 July) and second (7 August) rounds of the presidential elections that took place in the country, the 25 July one due to the regional cup competition that took place.

Teams

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Club City District
Bairros Unidos FC Caixão Grande Mé-Zóchi
Cruz Vermelha Almeirim Água Grande
CD Guadalupe Guadalupe Lobata
FC Neves[3] (Newly Promoted) Neves Lembá
Oque d'El Rei[3] Oque del Rei Água Grande
FC Ribeira Peixe (Newly Promoted) Ribeira Peixe[4] Caué
Santana FC Santana Cantagalo
6 de Setembro São Tomé Água Grande
Sporting Praia Cruz São Tomé Água Grande
UDESCAI Água Izé Cantagalo
UDRA São João dos Angolares Caué
Vitória FC São Tomé Água Grande

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vitória FC (Riboque) 21 15 2 4 35 15 +20 47 Qualification for 2011 São Tomé and Principe Championship
2 Sporting Praia Cruz 21 12 4 5 41 23 +18 40
3 6 de Setembro 21 11 6 4 39 19 +20 39
4 UDRA 21 10 4 7 31 18 +13 34
5 UDESCAI 21 9 5 7 16 18 −2 32
6 CD Oque d'El Rei 21 8 6 7 25 16 +9 30
7 Bairros Unidos FC 21 7 8 6 25 22 +3 29
8 GD Cruz Vermelha 21 8 5 8 25 28 −3 29
9 CD Guadalupe (R) 21 6 8 7 20 25 −5 26 Relegation to São Tomé Championship 2 division
10 FC Neves (R) 21 3 8 10 24 37 −13 17
11 FC Ribeira Peixe (R) 21 3 5 13 17 48 −31 14
12 Santana FC (R) 21 2 3 16 15 44 −29 9
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2011. Source: São Tomé results 2011
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated


 São Tomé First Division 2011
champions 
Vitória FC (Riboque)
7th title

References

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  1. ^ http://www.stpdigital.net/index.php/sport/clubes/404-vitoria-fc-riboque Archived 2017-08-09 at the Wayback Machine São Tomé Magazine Retrieved 2012-01-03
  2. ^ "São Tomé e Príncipe: Riboque é campeão regional". Jornal de São Tomé and Príncipe (in Portuguese). 20 November 2011. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "CLUB SOCCER". Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  4. ^ "Ribeira Peixe / Ribeira Peixe, São Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe, Africa". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 20 December 2022.