# 2011–12 Santiago Island League (South)

The 2011–12 Santiago Island League (South) season began on 3 December and finished on 29 April. Sporting won the regional competition and qualified into the 2012 Cape Verdean Football Championships. The championship was organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Sul, ARFSS).
Boavista Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 20 clubs participated in the competition, each in two divisions.

## Overview

One of the greatest matches of the season was part of the Capital Derby featuring Sporting and Boavista which was on February 11.
A total of 245 goals were scored. Desportivo Praia scored the most numbering 46, second was Sporting Praia with 36 and third was Académica Praia with 26. 7th placed Celtic scored the least with 12, the second least was 8th placed Tchadense and the third least was last placed Vitória with 17. On the opposites, last placed Varanda conceded the most with 34, 8th placed Tchadense concede the second most with 31 and third most was 7th placed Celtic with 29. Sporting conceded the least with 13, second was Desportivo with 15.
The first round was taken by Boa Vista, Académica took it in the second round, Sporting took it in the third round, then Desportivo in the eighth round and again Sporting in the thirteenth round and for the remainder of the season.

## Competing Teams

All matches were played at the Estádio da Várzea.

## Table
### Premier Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sporting Clube da Praia | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 13 | +23 | 47 | Qualification for 2012 Cape Verdean Football Championships |
| 2 | Desportivo | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 15 | +31 | 41 | |
| 3 | Boavista | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 30 | |
| 4 | Académica | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 27 | |
| 5 | CD Travadores | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | Ribeira Grande | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 22 | |
| 7 | Celtic | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 16 | |
| 8 | Tchadense | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 15 | |
| 9 | Varanda | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 15 | Divisional decisional match |
| 10 | Vitória | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 14 | Relegation to Segundona |

### Second Division

* 1st: ADESBA or Bairro - Craveiro Lopes, Praia

## Results
### Week 4

    13, 14 and 15 January 2012
* Travadores 1-3 Boavista
* Varanda 0-1 Tchadense
* Vitória 0-2 Desportivo
* Ribeira Grande 2-3 Sporting
* Celtic 1-0 Académica
Week 5
    20, 21 and 22 January 2012
* Académica 1-1 Ribeira Grande
* Desportivo 1-1 Travadores
* Vitória 4-1 Varanda
* Tchadense 1-4 Sporting Praia
* Boavista 1-1 Celtic
Week 6
    3, 4 and 5 February 2012
* Celtic 1-3 Desportivo
* Vitória 1-0 Tchadense
* Travadores 2-0 Varanda
* Ribeira Grande 2-3 Boa Vista
* Sporting 1-0 Académica
Week 7
    10, 11 and 12 February 2012
* Tchadense 1-2 Academica
* Varanda 4-1 Celtic
* Boavista 0-0 Sporting
* Desportivo 7-3 Ribeira Grande
* Vitória 1-2 Travadores
Week 8
    17, 18 and 19 February 2012
* Celtic 0-2 Vitória
* Sporting 1-2 Desportivo
* Travadores 1-0 Tchadense
* Ribeira Grande 2-2 Varanda
* Académica 2-0 Boavista
Week 9
    2, 3 and 4 March 2012
* Tchadense 0-3 Boavista
* Varanda 1-4 Sporting
* Vitória 0-1 Ribeira Grande
* Travadores 0-0 Celtic
* Desportivo 3-0 Académica
Week 10
    9, 10, 11 March 2012
* Vitória 1-3 Sporting Praia
* Travadores 1-2 Ribeira Grande
* Desportivo 1-0 Boavista
* Varanda 1-1 Académica Praia
* Celtic 0-1 Tchadense
Week 11
    16, 17, 18 March 2012
* Académica 3-1 Vitória
* Ribeira Grande 0-0 Celtic
* Sporting 1-0 Travadores
* Tchadense 0-3 Desportivo
* Boavista 2-1 Varanda
Week 12
    23, 24, 25 March 2012
* Ribeira Grande 3-0 Tchadense
* Vitória 0-1 Boavista
* Varanda 1-2 Desportivo
* Travadores 4-3 Académica
* Celtic 0-1 Sporting
Week 13
    30, 31 March and 1 April 2012
* Tchadense 2-1 Varanda
* Sporting 3-0 Ribeira Grande
* Académica 3-1 Celtic
* Desporitvo 0-3 Vitória
* Boavista 2-3 Travadores
Week 14
    5, 6 and 7 April 2012
* Ribeira Grande 2-1 Académica
* Sporting Praia 2-1 Tchadense
* Celtic 0-1 Boavista
* Travadores 1-1 Desportivo
* Vitória 1-1 Varanda
Week 15
    13, 14 and 15 April 2012
* Varanda 0-2 Travadores
* Tchadense 1-1 Vitória
* Desportivo 5-1 Celtic
* Boavista 1-1 Ribeira Grande
* Académica 1-2 Sporting
Week 16
    17, 18 and 19 April 2012
* Travadores 1-0 Vitória
* Académica 2-1 Tchadense
* Ribeira Grande 0-2 Desportivo
* Celtic 0-3 Varanda
* Sporting 1-1 Boavista
Week 17
    20, 21 and 22 April 2012
* Tchadense 2-0 Travadores
* Vitória 0-1 Celtic
* Boavista 1-1 Académica
* Varanda 1-2 Ribeira Grande
* Desportivo 0-1 Sporting
Week 18
    27, 28 and 29 April 2012
* Académica 1-3 Desportivo
* Celtic 2-0 Travadores
* Sporting 2-1 Varanda
* Ribeira Grande 1-4 Vitória
* Boavista 2-2 Tchadense

### Division Decisional match

The division decisional match was played not long before the next season started in late December. The first leg was played on December 12 and the second on the 16. The first leg was scoreless and Varanda won the second leg and Varanda remained in the Premier Division for the following season.
* First leg: Varanda 0-0 Fiorentina
* Second leg: Fiorentina 1-3 Varanda

## Position changes

| Club / Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Académica da Praia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| FC Boavista | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Celtic | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Desportivo da Praia | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ribeira Grande | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Sporting Clube da Praia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tchadense | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| CD Travadores | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Varanda | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Vitória | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
* Santiago South Zone Premier Division 2011–12 Champions
* Sporting Clube da Praia 6 title

### Statistics

* Biggest win: Desportivo 7-0 Varanda (16 December 2011)