2016–17 CS Mindelense season
| 2016–17 season | |||
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| Chairman |
 Daniel de Jesus |
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| Manager |
Rui Alberto Leite
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| Stadium | Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena | ||
| São Vicente Island League | Champion | ||
| São Vicente Cup | Finalist | ||
| São Vicente Super Cup | Winner | ||
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The 2016–17 CS Mindelense season were in the island and top division of Cape Verdean football. The club won the island's 49th title, a record of all the island titles won by any club in Cape Verde. As they were the 2016 national league winners, they qualified into the national championships and currently participates. Mindelense will qualify to the 2017 regional super cup as champion later in the year.
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.
Mindelense's regional championship titles covers more than 62% of the 79 regional titles.
The club finished third in the First Division of the Association Cup, finished with 15 points and had 4 wins, 3 draws and 10 goals scored.
Mindelense won a record breaking 49th title in the island. The club scored 29 goals, two more than last season.
The first match of the season ended in a win over Farense, their third match with that club in the championships, Mindelense started third. A draw was followed in the year's first match and made a goal draw with Salamansa and Mindelense's position dropped to fourth and remained for two rounds. A three match winning streak was followed, first to Ribeira Bote, then to Falcões and lastly Académica Mindelo, the last two won with two goals over one, at the fourth round, they got back the third position. The match with Ribeira Bote, originally for January 15, as the squad were not ready for the match, they played it on March 4, Mindelense that time became second. Two single goals draws were made on 12 and 25 February, first to Derby then to Batuque. A two match winning streak Mindelense made, they defeated Farense in their fourth challenge and the result was 3-0, the second was a 0-5 win over Salamansa and became the highest result in the region for the season, from that round onward, Mindelense took the first place position. A two consecutive draws were made, first with nothing scored with Ribeira Bote on April 1, then with two goals with Falcões, that match the last meeting at the second tier competition as that club has been relegated after about 50 years playing with that club, a total of about 100 matches.
An almighty regional success came once more, it first came as the other club Académica Mindelo fielded a fake goalkeeper. One of the five was the April 14 match where the club was awarded 3-0 by the regional association and the national federation on April 28 over Académica Mindelo, the original result was an 0-1 loss. Up to that time from their win over Salamansa, the club was originally second. It became a part of their three match winning streak, Mindelense defeated Derby on April 22 and the last match of the season was a 0-2 win over Batuque.
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