Santo Antão North Premier Division

Santo Antão North Premier Division
Founded	1997
Region	Northeastern Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde
Number of teams	6
Promotion to	Cape Verdean Football Championship
Relegation to	Santo Antão North Second Division
Domestic cup(s)	Ribeira Grande Cup; Ribeira Grande Super Cup
Current champions	Paulense DC (7th time) ; (2016-17)
Most championships	Paulense DC (7 times)
Website	Official website

The Santo Antão North Premier Division is a regional championship played in Ribeira Grande and Paul (though not listed), Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde. It is organized by the Santo Antão North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Zona Norte do Santo Antão, ARFZNSA).^[1] The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. The league was formed in 1997 and continued to play with the Santo Antão Island League until the breakup into the north and south zones in 2002.

Six clubs participate, a club with the most points participates in the national championships each season while the last placed club from the regional premier division relegates into the second division the following season.

In 2013, the main portion became the Premier Division after the Premier Division was added.

Paulense has the most island titles with six and will total seven on its entirety in late March, second is Solpontense with five, third is Rosariense with three and three clubs Beira-Mar and Foguetões and now Sinagoga with only one title.

Santo Antão North Premier Division- Clubs 2017/18

Beira Mar - Ribeira Grande
Foguetões - Eito
Paulense - Paul
Rosariense - Ribeira Grande
Santo Crucifixo - covering the parish, based in Coculi
Sinagoga

Winners

Source:^[2]

Regional championships (1997-2012)

1997/98 : Rosariense Clube
1998/99 : Solpontense
1999/00 : Solpontense
2000-02 : not held as the Santo Antão Island League continued without the two zones
2002/03 : Paulense DC
2003/04 : Paulense DC
2004/05 : Paulense DC
2005/06 : Beira-Mar (Ribeira Grande)
2006/07 : Rosariense Clube
2007/08 : Solpontense
2008/09 : Foguetões
2009/10 : Solpontense
2010/11 : Rosariense Clube
2011/12 : Paulense

Regional Premier Division (since 2013)

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Paulense DC	7	2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
Solpontense Futebol Clube	5	1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013
Rosariense Clube	3	1998, 2007, 2011
Os Foguetões	2	2009, 2018
Beira-Mar (Ribeira Grande)	1	2006
Sinagoga	1	2016

Performance by municipality

Municipality	Winners	Club location	Winners	Winning years
Ribeira Grande	10	Ponta do Sol	5	1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013
		Ribeira Grande	4	1998, 2006, 2007, 2011
		Sinagoga	1	2016
Paul	8	Pombas	7	2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
Paul	8	Eito	2	2009, 2018

Seasons by club

The left indicates the participation in the North Zone and its Premier Division, inside the bracket is overall participation as one island and the North Zone.

Seasons	Clubs
18 (c. 35)	Paulense
16 (c. 30)	Solpontense
16	Os Foguetões
15 (c.. 30)	Rosariense
15	Beira Mar
14	CD Sinagoga
3	Janela
2	Irmãos Unidos, UD Santo Crucifixo
1	São Pedro Apóstolo

References

^ "Santo Antão Norte". Fcf.cv. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
^ Santo Antão North Zone Winners at RSSSF

External links

Santo Antão North Zone Regional Football Association website (in Portuguese)
Santo Antão North Premier Division at Sports Midia (in Portuguese)

[1] "Santo Antão Norte". Fcf.cv. Retrieved 2015-09-20.

[2] Santo Antão North Zone Winners at RSSSF

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