Maio Regional Football Association
| Founded | 1990 |
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| Location | |
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President
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Odílio Neves |
| Affiliations | Cape Verdean Football Federation |
| Website | Official website |
Maio Regional Football Association (Portuguese: Associação Regional de Futebol do Maio, abbreviation: ARFMS) is a football (soccer) association covering the island of Maio . It is headquartered in Cidade do Maio. It is affiliated to the Capeverdean Football Federation. Its current president is Odílio (Odílio Neves) who became in late 2016.
The league are several that have a premier and a second division, six clubs participate in the premier and five clubs participate in the second division, a club with the most number of points promotes into the regional premier division the following season while the last placed club from the regional premier division releagates into the second division the following season.
The association was founded in 1990. In the 2000s, it had only seven clubs.
The Second Division was formed in 2015 and consisted of four clubs, it would have consist of five clubs for the 2016-17 season, as Beira Mar withdrew due to financial reasons, it continued to have four clubs.
Until 2016, all clubs played in both divisions, Beira-Mar is the only club relegated and Real Marìtimo became the eighth club to enter the Premier Division.
The association also organizes and functions the regional championships, the Cup, the Super Cup, the Opening Tournament and now the Champions' Cup (equivalent to Champions' Trophy). The association has 12 registered clubs. The regional champion competes in the National Championships each season, once did in the cup (2007-2012) competition who competed at the national level. The regional championships has two divisions.
The region's registered clubs as of late 2016 include.
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