2003 Cape Verdean Football Championships

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Cape Verdean Football Championship

| season = 2003

| winners = Académico do Aeroporto

| runner-up = FC Ultramarina

| matches = 31

| total goals = 77

| league topscorer =

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2002

| nextseason = 2004

}}

The 2003 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 24th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 17 May and finished on 2 August. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesk/kaapv03.html |title=Archived copy of the 2003 Cape Verdean Football Championships at RSSSF|accessdate=2015-07-12 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175427/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kaapv03.html |archivedate=2016-03-03 }} No club participated in the 2004 CAF Champions League or the 2004 CAF Winner's Cup.

Sporting Clube da Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 11 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league.

Overview

The league was contested by 11 teams with Académico do Aeroporto winning the championship.

It was the first time that a total of 31 matches were played, 77 goals were scored

It would be the first time that two participants came from the island of Santiago and Santo Antão and they featured no single island championship match, they achieve two separate qualifications. Also it was the first participant of a club from Tarrafal, Amabox Barcelona and from Paul, Paulense. It was the only time that a participant of Fogo was outside the city of São Filipe, a club named Cutelinho.

Participants

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| Cape Verde

| border = black

| alt = none

| label = Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2003 Cape Verdean Football Championships

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| width = 450

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{{Location map~

| Cape Verde |label = CD Travadores |label_size = 100 |mark = Red pog.svg|8px |marksize = 7

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|lat_deg = 14 | lat_min = 54 | lat_sec = 58

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{{Location map~

| Cape Verde |label =
Académica Operária |label_size = 100 |mark = Red pog.svg|8px |marksize = 7

|lon_dir = W |lat_dir = N

|lat_deg = 16.177

|lon_deg = 022.918

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{{Location map~

| Cape Verde |label =
Nô Pintcha|position=top|label_size = 100 |mark = Red pog.svg|8px |marksize = 7

|lon_dir = W |lat_dir = N

|lat_deg = 14 | lat_min = 52 | lat_sec = 10.75

|lon_deg = 024 | lon_min = 41 | lon_sec = 28.6

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{{Location map~

| Cape Verde |label =
Cutelinho FC|position=top|label_size = 100 |mark = Red pog.svg|8px |marksize = 7

|lon_dir = W |lat_dir = N

|lat_deg = 15.034

|lon_deg = 024.325

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{{Location map~

| Cape Verde |label =
Onze Unidos|position=right |label_size = 100 |mark = Red pog.svg|6px |marksize = 7

|lon_dir = W |lat_dir = N

|lat_deg = 15 | lat_min = 08 | lat_sec = 26

|lon_deg = 023 | lon_min = 12 | lon_sec = 15

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{{Location map~

| Cape Verde |label =
Académico do Aeroporto|position=right|label_size = 100 |mark = Red pog.svg|6px |marksize = 7

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|lat_deg = 16 | lat_min = 45 | lat_sec = 11.50

|lon_deg = 022 | lon_min = 56 | lon_sec = 20

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{{Location map~

| Cape Verde |label =
Amabox Barcelona |label_size = 100 |mark = Red pog.svg|6px |marksize = 7

|lon_dir = W |lat_dir = N

|lat_deg = 15.278

|lon_deg = 023.752

|link =

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{{Location map~

| Cape Verde |label =
Paulense |label_size = 100 |mark = Red pog.svg|6px |marksize = 7

|lon_dir = W |lat_dir = N

|lat_deg = 17 | lat_min = 08 | lat_sec = 59

|lon_deg = 025 | lon_min = 00 | lon_sec = 50

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{{Location map~

| Cape Verde |label =
Académica do Porto Novo|position=left |label_size = 100 |mark = Red pog.svg|6px |marksize = 7

|lon_dir = W |lat_dir = N

|lat_deg = 17 | lat_min = 01 | lat_sec = 16.50

|lon_deg = 025 | lon_min = 04 | lon_sec = 36

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{{Location map~

| Cape Verde |label =
FC Ultramarina |label_size = 100|mark = Red pog.svg|6px |marksize = 7

|lon_dir = W |lat_dir = N

|lat_deg = 16.566

|lon_deg = 024.357

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| Cape Verde |label =
Batuque FC |label_size = 100|mark = Red pog.svg|6px |marksize = 7

|lon_dir = W |lat_dir = N

|lat_deg = 16 | lat_min = 52 | lat_sec = 57

|lon_deg = 024 | lon_min = 59 | lon_sec = 08

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= Information about the clubs =

League standings

= Group A =

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!style="width: 40px;"|Pos

!style="width: 170px;"|Team

!style="width: 45px;"|Pld

!style="width: 35px;"|W

!style="width: 35px;"|D

!style="width: 35px;"|L

!style="width: 45px;"|GF

!style="width: 45px;"|GA

!style="width: 45px;"|GD

!style="width: 45px;"|Pts

style="background:#ACE1AF;"1style="text-align: left;"|FC Ultramarina430194+59
style="background:#ACE1AF;"2style="text-align: left;"|CD Travadores421174+37
|3style="text-align: left;"|CD Nô Pintcha42114407
|4style="text-align: left;"|Onze Unidos411246|
24
|5style="text-align: left;"|Associação Académica do Porto Novo401339|
61

= Group B =

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!style="width: 40px;"|Pos

!style="width: 170px;"|Team

!style="width: 45px;"|Pld

!style="width: 35px;"|W

!style="width: 35px;"|D

!style="width: 35px;"|L

!style="width: 45px;"|GF

!style="width: 45px;"|GA

!style="width: 45px;"|GD

!style="width: 45px;"|Pts

style="background:#ACE1AF;"1style="text-align: left;"|Académico do Aeroporto540171+612
style="background:#ACE1AF;"2style="text-align: left;"|Cutelinho532073+411
|3style="text-align: left;"|Batuque FC531174+310
|4style="text-align: left;"|Paulense Desportivo Clube511358|
34
|5style="text-align: left;"|Barcelona503248|
43
|6style="text-align: left;"|Académica Operária5014612|
61

Results

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!colspan="12" style="with: 100%;" align=center | Week 1

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!width="90"|Score

!width="200"|Visitor

!width="100"|Date

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|Académica Porto Novo

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|1 - 1

|Travadores

|17 May

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|Onze Unidos

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|0 - 0

|Nô Pintcha

|17 May

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|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Académico Aeroporto

|2 - 0

|Académica Operaria

|17 May

align=center

|Batuque

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|1 - 1

|Cutelinho

|18 May

align=center

|Paulense

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|0 - 0

|Barcelona

|18 May

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!colspan="12" style="with: 100%;" align=center | Week 2

width="200"|Home

!width="90"|Score

!width="200"|Visitor

!width="100"|Date

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|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Ultramarina

|4 - 1

|Onze Unidos

|24 May

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|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Nô Pintcha

|3 - 1

|Académica Porto Novo

|25 May

align=center

|Barcelona

|0 - 2

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Académico Aeroporto

|24 May

align=center

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Cutelinho

|3 - 2

|Paulense

|24 May

align=center

|Académica Operaria

|2 - 3

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Batuque

|24 May

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!colspan="12" style="with: 100%;" align=center | Week 3

width="200"|Home

!width="90"|Score

!width="200"|Visitor

!width="100"|Date

align=center

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Travadores

|3 - 0

|Nô Pintcha

|31 May

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|Académica Porto Novo

|1 - 3

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Ultramarina

|31 May

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|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Académico Aeroporto

|2 - 0

|Paulense

|31 May

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|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Batuque

|2 - 0

|Barcelona

|31 May

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|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Cutelinho

|2 - 0

|Académica Operaria

|31 May

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!colspan="12" style="with: 100%;" align=center | Week 4

width="200"|Home

!width="90"|Score

!width="200"|Visitor

!width="100"|Date

align=center

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Onze Unidos

|2 - 0

|Académica Porto Novo

|14 June

align=center

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Ultramarina

|2 - 1

|Travadores

|14 June

align=center

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Académico Aeroporto

|1 - 0

|Batuque

|14 June

align=center

|Barcelona

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|1 - 1

|Cutelinho

|14 June

align=center

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Paulense

|2 - 1

|Académica Operaria

|14 June

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!colspan="12" style="with: 100%;" align=center | Week 5

width="200"|Home

!width="90"|Score

!width="200"|Visitor

!width="100"|Date

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|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Nô Pintcha

|1 - 0

|Ultramarina

|29 June

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|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Travadores

|2 - 1

|Onze Unidos

|29 June

align=center

|Académica Operaria

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|3 - 3

|Barcelona

|28 June

align=center

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Batuque

|2 - 1

|Paulense

|28 June

align=center

|bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Cutelinho

|1 - 0

|Académico Aeroporto

|28 June

Final Stages

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= Semifinals =

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= Finals =

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Nhuca {{goal|53}}

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{{clear}}

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!Cape Verdean Football 2003
Champions

align=center|Académico do Aeroporto
1st title

Statistics

  • Biggest win: Ultramarina 4-0 Onze Unidos (May 24)

Notes

{{Notelist}}

Footnotes

{{Reflist}}