Santiago South Cup
| Founded | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Region |
 Southern Santiago Island, Cape Verde
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| Number of teams | 14 |
| Current champions | Sporting Clube da Praia |
The Santiago South Zone Cup (Portuguese: Copa da Ilha de Santiago Sul, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Kopa da dja di Santiagu Sul) is the oldest regional cup competition in Cape Verde and is played during the season in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, it consists of all the clubs from all the two regional divisions and are divided into about six rounds. The cup competition is organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Santiago Sul, ARFSS).The cup winner competed in the regional super cup final in the following season. For several seasons, the winner qualified into Cape Verdean Cup which has been cancelled due to financial and scheduling reasons.
Until 2003, it covered the whole island and was known as the Santiago Island Cup (Taça Insular/Regional de Santiago) and was also known as the Praia Cup (Taça da Praia) in which it would later be used for the opening tournament and consisted of only eight to ten clubs and they only came from the city of Praia, no clubs from the north of the island competed in the cup competition as no clubs from that part were registered at the time. The cup competition split in 2002 and the Santiago Cup became the Santiago South Cup. The first cup competition in the North Zone took place in 2007, no further competitions has taken place today there due to financial reasons. The 2016 cup final did not took place in May 2016 due to an unknown reason. The cup final was rescheduled and set to April 15, 2017 and Delta won their only regional cup title.
Its recent cup winner is Sporting Clube da Praia who won their recent cup title on May 7. As Sporting were also 2017 champions who became on April 9, runner up Garridos also qualified into the upcoming 2017 regional super cup, their qualification status became runner-up.
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