2015-16 Santiago Island League (South)
| Season | 2015-16 |
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| Champions | Desportivo da Praia |
| Promoted | Benfica Praia Tchadense |
| Relegated |
Varanda Delta |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 333 (2.52 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
 Matxona (16) |
| Biggest home win | Desportivo Praia Boavista Praia |
| Biggest away win | Sporting Praia |
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The 2015-16 Santiago Island League (South) season was the competition of the second-tier football in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Its started on 13 November 2014 and finished on 8 May 2016. The tournament was organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Sul, ARFSS). All the matches were played at Estádio da Várzea. Desportivo won the first and only title for the South Zone and participated in the 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships and finished with 47 points, Desportivo's last title win for Santiago was in 1990 and totals three overall.
The season was the first that featured a total of 12 clubs, 22 matches for each club, match total extended to 132 and lasted four weeks longer, Delta and Eugěnio Lima were promoted and added to the championship's club totals, clubs in the second division were reduced to 8, a total of 333 goals were scored and this was a championship record, 120 more and partly more goals were scored per capita numbering 2.52, overall fewer than Fogo's 412 goals scored in the 2014-15 season and the capita 4.58 per match, of any island league, it is third overall and the second of the season to Fogo. Sporting Praia scored the most goals (49), second were Boavista with 45, fifth Garridos with 27 who was placed 10th, sixth were three clubs, ADESBA, Celtic and Travadores who scored 26 each. Varanda scored the least with 12. Desportivo conceded the fewest goals (12) and Delta the most (60). Delta conceded the most goals in the regional championships, of any of the island leagues, second to Fogo's Parque Real's 104 conceded goals in the 2014/15 season. Also Delta did not win a single game.
Sporting finished third for the season, a position that has not been lower than second in thirteen years when they were fourth.
The season took a break, on the first week of December, the holiday season due to the regional cup competitions and the third week of March due to the parliamentary elections on March 20.
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