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Stadium | Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena | ||
São Vicente Island League | Champion | ||
Cape Verdean Football Championships | Champion | ||
São Vicente Cup | Finalist | ||
São Vicente Super Cup | Winner | ||
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The 2015–16 CS Mindelense season were in the island and top division of Cape Verdean football. The club won the island's 48th title, a record of all the island titles won by any club in Cape Verde. As they were the 2015 national league winners, they would participate and claim the nation's 11th title.
The club scored a total of 42 goals, about one fifth last season. Of which 24 was scored in the São Vicente League which was a third less and 18 in the national championships, 11 in the regular season and 7 in the playoffs. Their total points was 30 for the island and 11 in the national championships totalling 41.
At the time, Mindelense's regional championship titles covered more than 61% of the 78 regional titles.
The 2016 season was third place in weeks 1 and 3, in week 2, Mindelense was fourth, the remainder was at the number one spot Mindelense won a record breaking 48th title in the island. The club scored 30 goals.
Mindelense finished with 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, every loss was during the final two weeks of the championships.
The first match of the season ended in a draw with Falcões do Norte with a goal apiece. The next three matches ended in victory including Farense, Batuque and Salamansa (0-5), the latter ended with Mindelense scoring five goals. The week 5 match with Accadémica ended in a scoreless draw. Week 6 was victorious as they scored 3-0 over Amarante. The seventh week match with Derby ended in a goal draw. Mindelense won the next five matches until week 13 when the remaining two matches ended in a loss, first to Amarante then to Derby. Mindelense's 13th round challenge was the last challenge with Amarante at the championships after 78 years being in the second tier competition. The 0-5 victory over Salamansa would be repeated again on 19 March 2017.
Thus their 34 matches left without losing was finished on April 16 after losing to Amarante 2-0 at week 15, Mindelense's first loss in more than two years and became the longest of any of the regional championships in the country and also for matches won away being 13. Mindelense had 18 home matches without any loss, their next and recent home loss at home was 0-1 to Derby on April 24 in the final week of the season, their first lost at home since January 12, 2014 to Amarante. Mindelense's loss to Derby on April 24 is the last match lost to date for the club.
Last updated: 24 April 2016.
Source: Arfsv
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points