# 2000 Cape Verdean Football Championships

The 2000 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 21st of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. The competition started on 13 August and finished on 10 September, it started and finished later due to the 2000 Amílcar Cabral Cup that took place at Estádio da Várzea from May 4 to 14. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. FC Derby won their second title and later participated in the 2001 CAF Champions League the following year. Sporting Clube da Praia would be the only time that a non-participant would participate in the 2000 CAF Winners Cup, the criteria for qualification was not continued.

## Overview

The league was contested by 7 teams with FC Derby winning the championship.
GD Amarantes was the defending team of the title but was no participant in the competition. A total of 7 clubs (4 in Group A, 3 in Group B) participated in the competition, one from each island league, no club came from the islands of Brava and Maio as the competition was cancelled for the season. The season had a shorter 2-3 matches in Group A and 2 matches in Group B. There were only 10 matches, the total number of goals scored was only a low 19.
It was the last season they used the group system with the final matches, they would use the common ranking system with the club with the most points winning the title the following season. Not until the 2003 season they would use the group system with 4 matches and with playoffs though the semis would be added.
It marked the final appearance of GD Palmeira of Santa Maria at the national championship competition, their next national appearance for that club was the 2012 Cape Verdean Cup.

## Participants

* Académica Operária, winner of the Boa Vista Island League
* Vulcânicos FC, winner of the Fogo Island League
* GD Palmeira, winner of the Sal Island League
* CD Travadores, winner of the Santiago Island League.
* Solpontense Futebol Clube, winner of the Santo Antão Island League
* SC Atlético, winner of the São Nicolau Island League
* FC Derby, winner of the São Vicente Island League

### Information about the clubs

| Club | Location |
| Académica Operária | Sal Rei |
| SC Atlético | Ribeira Brava |
| FC Derby | Mindelo |
| GD Palmeira | Santa Maria |
| Solpontense Futebol Clube | Ponta do Sol |
| CD Travadores | Praia |
| Vulcânicos | São Filipe |

## League standings
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Académica Operária | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
| 2 | SC Atlético | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | Solpontense | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | CD Travadores | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| Club | Atl | Sol | Tra |
| Académica Operária | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 |
| SC Atlético | | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Solpontense Futebol Clube | | | 4-0 |
| CD Travadores | | | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Futebol Clube Derby | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 | Vulcânicos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Grupo Desportivo Palmeira | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Club | Vul | Pal |
| FC Derby | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Vulcânicos | | 1-0 |
| GD Palmeira | | |

## Results

Week 1 :
| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
| Solpontense FC | 1 - 1 | Académica Operária | 13 August |
| CD Travadores | 1 - 1 | SC Atlético | 13 August |
| Vulcânicos FC | 0 - 1 | FC Derby | 13 August |
| Week 2 ||||||||||||
| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
| SC Atlético | 2 - 1 | Solpontense FC | 20 August |
| Académica Operária | 3 - 0 | CD Travadores | 20 August |
| GD Palmeira | 0 - 1 | Vulcânicos FC | 20 August |
| Week 3 ||||||||||||
| Home | Score | Visitor | Date |
| CD Travadores | - | Solpontense FC | 27 August |
| SC Atlético | 2 - 2 | Académica Operária | 27 August |
| FC Derby | 0 - 0 | GD Palmeira | 27 August |

## Positions by round
### Group A

| Team/Round | 01 | 02 | 03 |
| Académica Operária | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| SC Atlético | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Solpontense | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| CD Travadores | 1 | 4 | 4 |

### Group B

| Team/Round | 01 | 02 | 03 |
| FC Derby | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| GD Palmeira | 3' | 3 | 3 |
| Vulcânicos | 2 | 2 | 2 |

## Finals

* Cape Verdean Football 2000 Champions
* FC Derby 2nd title

## Statistics

* Highest scoring match: Académica Operária 3 - 0 CD Travadores (20 August)