São Nicolau Regional Football Association

São Nicolau Regional Football Association (Portuguese: Associação Regional de Futebol de São Nicolau, abbreviation: ARFSN,) is a football (soccer) association covering the island of São Nicolau . It is headquartered in the island capital of Ribeira Brava^[1] The association are one of six in Cape Verde that covers only one municipality. It is the sublevel of the Capeverdean Football Federation.

The championship only has a single division where seven clubs participate, a club with the most points promotes into the National Championships.

History[]

The association was founded in 1982, a few years after independence.^[1] Formerly consisted of four clubs, it later raised to five, six in 2003 and seven since 2004. Since 2015, the association are the remaining four associations which contains only a single level football competition.

Organization[]

The association also organizes and functions the regional championships, the Cup, the Super Cup and the Opening Tournament, commonly as the Association Cup (equivalent to the two-tier cup in other countries which includes the League Cup). The association has eight registered clubs, one is a non-participant Calejão, the regional champion competes in the National Championships each season.

• São Nicolau Island Championships

Registered clubs[]

The region's registered clubs as of October 2017 include.

References[]

External links[]

• São Nicolau Regional Football Association website (in Portuguese)