2007 Cape Verdean Football Championships
| Season | 2007 |
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| Champions | Sporting Clube da Praia |
| Matches played | 36 |
| Goals scored | 93 (2.58 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Kadú (9) |
| Biggest home win | Académico do Aeroporto |
| Highest scoring | Académica do Mindelo |
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The 2007 Cape Verdean Football Championships season was the 28th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 12 May and finished on 21 July, earlier than the last season. The tournament was organized by the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol (Cape Verdean Football Federation, FCF). Sporting would win their 6th title and second straight after defeating Académica do Mindelo under the away goals rule, the only time it happened, the scorer was Dário who scored their only goal at the finals during stoppage time. They would have entry to the 2008 CAF Champions League. No second place team would also participate in the 2008 CAF Confederation Cup
Sporting Clube da Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. As Sporting Praia won the 2006 national title, Académica da Praia, runner-up of the island division would compete in the championships.
The season at the time would have the second club to win two back-to-back titles after CS Mindelense in 1976 and 1977.
The biggest win was Académico do Aeroporto who won 8-0 against Sporting from Porto Novo, the most number of goals was Académica do Mindelo. In the knockout stage, three of the four clubs would be with the name Académic-, The Battle of Académica would feature two homonymous clubs from Praia and Mindelo and the latter would win two goals (one per match).
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