Santiago Island League (South)
| Region |
 Southern Santiago Island, Cape Verde
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|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Number of teams | 12 (Premier Division) 10 (Second Division) |
| Promotion to | Cape Verdean Football Championship |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Praia Cup Praia Super Cup |
| Current champions |
Desportivo da Praia (1st time) (2015-16) |
| Most championships | Sporting Clube da Praia (7 times) |
| Website | Official website |
The Santiago Island League (South) is a regional championship played in Santiago Island, Cape Verde and is a part of the Santiago South Zone Football Association. The winner of the championship plays in Cape Verdean football Championships of each season. In 2007 and 2013 when Sporting Praia automatically qualified in the championships as they won their national titles in the previous season, a second place club qualified to the national championships. The league was formed after the split of the Santiago Island League into the north and south zones in 2002 and the two are the youngest island leagues in Cape Verde, it featured clubs only from the municipality of Praia, Ribeira Grande de Santiago split in 2005 and featured from two parts up to 2010, clubs from São Domingos switched from the North to the South Zone in 2010 and increased the number of clubs in two divisions of the south zone. It was the first island league to feature a second division league, it was once known as the second level. In the late 2000s and up to mid 2015, the league contained ten clubs in each of the two divisions. The championship has the most number of clubs in the country with the exception of the 2015-16 season which was second, currently it is shared with the island's North Zone. In Divisional part, it is one of three that has ten clubs, the others being the Santiago North Zone and Fogo.
The season features 12 clubs in the premier division for the second time, Varanda and Delta were relegated into the Second Division, Tchadense and Benfica were promoted last season. In the second division, it is another season featuring ten clubs, two new clubs competed for the first time, Relâmpago and Tira Chapêu.
Every title won are clubs that serves the whole of Praia. The first club won after the breakup was Travadores in 2003, Académica was the second winner in 2004, Sporting Praia won two consecutive titles in 2005 and in 2006. Académica won in 2007, then Sporting in 2008, Académica won two back to back titles in 2009, then Sporting in 2010. Boavista won their first in 2011. Sporting won three consecutive titles, one was their recent in 2014. Boavista won their recent title in 2015. Desportivo won their only title in 2016.
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