Football league season
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 . 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.
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 .
Participating football (soccer) clubs of the 2003 Cape Verdean Football Championships (Cape Verde)
Académica Operária , winner of the Boa Vista Island League Nô Pintcha , winner of the Brava Island League Cutelinho FC , winner of the Fogo Island League Onze Unidos , winner of the Maio Island League Académico do Aeroporto , winner of the Sal Island League Barcelona , winner of the Santiago Island League (North) CD Travadores , winner of the Santiago Island League (South) Paulense Desportivo Clube , winner of the Santo Antão Island League (North) Associação Académica do Porto Novo , winner of the Santo Antão Island League (South) FC Ultramarina , winner of the São Nicolau Island League Batuque FC , winner of the São Vicente Island League Week 1 Home Score Visitor Date Académica Porto Novo 1 - 1 Travadores 17 May Onze Unidos 0 - 0 Nô Pintcha 17 May Académico Aeroporto 2 - 0 Académica Operaria 17 May Batuque 1 - 1 Cutelinho 18 May Paulense 0 - 0 Barcelona 18 May
Week 2 Home Score Visitor Date Ultramarina 4 - 1 Onze Unidos 24 May Nô Pintcha 3 - 1 Académica Porto Novo 25 May Barcelona 0 - 2 Académico Aeroporto 24 May Cutelinho 3 - 2 Paulense 24 May Académica Operaria 2 - 3 Batuque 24 May
Week 3 Home Score Visitor Date Travadores 3 - 0 Nô Pintcha 31 May Académica Porto Novo 1 - 3 Ultramarina 31 May Académico Aeroporto 2 - 0 Paulense 31 May Batuque 2 - 0 Barcelona 31 May Cutelinho 2 - 0 Académica Operaria 31 May
Week 4 Home Score Visitor Date Onze Unidos 2 - 0 Académica Porto Novo 14 June Ultramarina 2 - 1 Travadores 14 June Académico Aeroporto 1 - 0 Batuque 14 June Barcelona 1 - 1 Cutelinho 14 June Paulense 2 - 1 Académica Operaria 14 June
Week 5 Home Score Visitor Date Nô Pintcha 1 - 0 Ultramarina 29 June Travadores 2 - 1 Onze Unidos 29 June Académica Operaria 3 - 3 Barcelona 28 June Batuque 2 - 1 Paulense 28 June Cutelinho 1 - 0 Académico Aeroporto 28 June
Biggest win: Ultramarina 4-0 Onze Unidos (May 24) ^ The match was abandoned at the 90th minute with the score 0-2 after a referee was attacked, Cutelinho was excluded and kicked out of the championships, Ultramarina was awarded 0-3
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