NB: there are two separate championships, one of the island
of São Tomé and one for the island of Príncipe.
The winners meet in the national title playoff (two legs).
Campeonato de São Tomé
----------------------
Round 1
[Jan 22]
Santana FC 2-2 Sporting Praia Cruz
Inter Bom-Bom 0-0 Guadalupe
[Jan 23]
Aliança Nacional 1-3 Vitória Riboque
Udescai 2-0 Caixão Grande
Round 2
[Jan 30]
Sporting Praia Cruz 3-2 Udescai
Caixão Grande 0-2 Inter Bom-Bom
Guadalupe 2-1 Aliança Nacional
[later]
Vitória Riboque lt Santana FC
Round 3
Vitória Riboque drw Sporting Praia Cruz
Inter Bom Bom bt Udescai
Aliança Nacional drw Caixão Grande
Santana bt Guadalupe
Round 4
Guadalupe bt Vitória Riboque
Sporting Praia Cruz drw Inter Bom-Bom
Caixão Grande drw Santana FC
Udescai lt Aliança Nacional
Round 5
Vitória Riboque lt Caixão Grande
Sporting Praia-Cruz bt Guadalupe
Aliança Nacional drw Inter Bom-Bom
Santana drw Udescai
Round 6 [Mar 19]
Inter Bom-Bom 2-1 Santana FC
Aliança Nacional 1-1 Sporting Praia Cruz
Udescai lt Vitória Riboque
Caixão Grande bt Desportivo Guadalupe
Round 7
Vitória Riboque bt Inter Bom-Bom
Sporting Praia-Cruz drw Caixão Grande
Guadalupe lt Udescai
Santana FC bt Aliança Nacional
Round 8
[May 6]
Guadalupe 1-2 Inter Bom-Bom
[May 7]
Sporting Praia Cruz 3-1 Santana FC
Vitória Riboque bt Aliança Nacional
Caixão Grande bt Udescai
Round 9 [May 14]
Santana FC 0-2 Vitória Riboque
Udescai 1-4 Sporting Praia Cruz
Inter Bom-Bom drw Caixão Grande [abd at 0-0; police abd; replay, draw]]
Aliança Nacional 2-3 Guadalupe
Round 10
Sporting Praia Cruz lt Vitória Riboque
Udescai lt Inter Bom Bom
Caixão Grande bt Aliança Nacional
Guadalupe bt Santana
Round 11 [Jun 3]
Vitória Clube Riboque 1-1 Desportivo Guadalupe
Inter do Bom-Bom 0-0 Sporting Clube da Praia-Cruz
Santana Futebol Clube 1-0 Caixão Grande
Aliança Nacional lt Udescai
Round 12 [Jun 18]
Caixão Grande 0-0 Vitória Riboque
Desportivo Guadalupe 0-2 Sporting Praia-Cruz
Inter Bom-Bom 4-0 Aliança Nacional
Udescai 2-0 Santana
Round 13 [Jul 29]
Santana FC 1-2 Inter Bom-Bom
(Maputo; Markiko, 20, Celso, 70)
Vitória Riboque 5-0 Udescai
Sporting Praia-Cruz 4-0 Aliança Nacional
Desportivo Guadalupe drw Caixão Grande
Round 14 [Aug 5]
Inter Bom-Bom awd Vitória Riboque
(Derison, 45)
[awarded 3-0; match interrupted in 53' at 1-0 to Inter after referee disallowed
Vitória's equaliser; in 68' pitch invasion after continuing protest from Vitória's
supporters]
Caixão Grande 1-2 Sporting Praia-Cruz
Udescai 1-1 Guadalupe
Aliança Nacional 1-3 Santana FC
Final table (w/o goals several rounds):
1 Inter FC (Bombom) 14 8 5 1 15 3 29 [São Tomé Champions]
2 Sporting Clube Praia Cruz 14 7 6 1 21 8 27
3 Vitória FC (Riboque) 14 7 3 4 11 5 24
4 Bairros Unidos FC (Caixão Grd.) 14 4 6 4 1 7 18
5 Santana FC 14 5 3 6 9 14 18
6 GD Guadalupe 14 4 4 6 8 9 16
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7 UDESCAI 14 4 2 8 8 13 14 Relegated
8 FC Aliança Nacional 14 1 3 10 6 20 6 Relegated
Relegated: UDESCAI [Água Izé] and Desportivo Aliança Nacional [Pantufo].
Promoted: Varzim [Ribeira Afonso], the 2nd level champion, and Dinâmicos [Folha Fede].
Campeonato do Príncipe
----------------------
Champions: Sundy
Campeonato Nacional
===================
Final
First Leg [Sep 30]
Inter Bom-Bom [São Tomé] 4-1 Desportivo de Sundy [Príncipe]
(Vermelho, 8, Gimboa, 20, 62, 71; Pepe Emi, 89)
Second Leg [Oct 7]
Desportivo de Sundy [Príncipe] 2-1 Inter Bom-Bom [São Tomé]
(Zinho, 36, Chino, 84; Ndê, 72)
Inter Bom-Bom win their 2nd championship (first 1993/94) in the 20th edition
of the national championship of São Tomé e Príncipe
Second level
============
Last round [Jul 23]
Varzim 4-1 Amador
Palmar 3-5 Folha Fede
Promoted: Varzim (South Group champions) and Folha Fede (North Group champions).
Cup Tournaments 2000
Taça Nacional
=============
S. Tomé Island Cup
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2nd Round [Mar 26]
Desportivo Guadalupe 0-1 Udescai
Sporting Praia-Cruz 0-0 Aliança Nacional [0-0, aet; 4-2 pen]
Vitória Riboque 3-1 Santana FC
Agrosport 1-3 Andorinha
Desportivo Amador 0-3 Caixão Grande
3rd Round [Jun 11]
Vitória Riboque 0-1 Sporting Praia-Cruz
Caixão Grande 2-1 Udescai [aet]
Andorinha (2nd Level) bye
The next round will be the semifinals of the NATIONAL Cup (qualified Sporting Praia-Cruz,
Caixão Grande, Andorinha and 1º de Maio (winner of Príncipe Island Cup)).
Semifinals
[Aug 19]
Caixão Grande 1-1 Andorinha [aet, 3-1]
(Manuel, 16, Adelino, 107, Tinho, 118; Lobeti, 12)
[Sep 30]
1º de Maio do Príncipe 1-3 Sporting Praia-Cruz
(Ricardo Chinho, 30; Bana, 5, 27, Toni, 76)
Final [Oct 8]
Bairros Unidos FC Caixão Grande 1-3 Sporting Praia-Cruz [aet]
(Pajero, 52; Efi, 43, 95, Pony, 101)
It was the 16th Cup Edition and the 5th victory for Sporting Praia-Cruz.
Taça Solidariedade
==================
Quarterfinals
Vitória Riboque awd Sporting Praia-Cruz [abd in 80' at 0-1 due to pitch invasion
(Mijo, 15) by supporters of Vitória Riboque]
Marítimo Micolo (2nd L) awd Guadalupe [abd in 56' at 0-1 due to pitch invasion
by supporters of Marítimo]
FC Santana bye [?]
Abandoned matches awarded to visitors.
Semifinal
[Sep 24]
Santana FC 2-2 Sporting Praia-Cruz [aet]
[Ermenegildo, 6, Delfino, 75; Jordão, 16, Popô, 20 penalty]
[no penalties taken due to inavailability electric light]
[Sep 27]
Santana FC 5-3 Sporting Praia-Cruz [penalty shootout - no match]
Desportivo Guadalupe bye
Final [Oct 7]
Clube Desportivo de Guadalupe 1-1 Santana FC
[Vander, 90 pen; Abdul, 47]
[no extra time played due to inavailability electric light]
Final [Oct 14] [Only extra-time and penalties]
Clube Desportivo de Guadalupe 2-2 Santana FC [5-3 pen]
[Vander, 90 pen; Abdul, 47 (Oct 7)]
[António, 111; Gido, 93]
It was the 2nd edition.
Super Taça
==========
1st leg [Apr 29, 2001 - postponed to Sep 16, 2001]
Sporting Praia Cruz 4-2 Inter Bombom
[Roldão, 15, 85, Tolentino, 43, Mine; Gamboa, 10, Saide, 51]
2nd leg [May 6, 2001 - ppd to Sep 30, 2001 - ppd to Apr 6, 2002]
Inter Bombom 1-2 Sporting Praia Cruz
[Barroso, 85 pen; Têlê, 56, Rodão, 88]
25º Aniversário da Institucionalização da Direcção Geral dos Desportos Cup
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Final [Mar 12, 2002]
Inter Bombom 4-1 Sporting Praia Cruz
[Will, Nerí, Jaki, Diki; Tony]
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