Príncipe Island League is the top division of the São Toméan Football Federation for the Príncipe Island. The league consists only a single tier and features six clubs. GD Os Operários is the current championship winner which won a total of five titles and is now the only club with the most titles numbering five.
Since 2011, every single club on the island has a regional championship title.
History The first edition took place in 1985. Cancellations occurred first to financial problems and only a few clubs that time, from 1986 to 1988, then from 1991 to 1992 and from 1994 to 1997. A few more cancellations occurred from 2004 to 2005, 2008 and there were no single season in 2010.
In 2009, two clubs shared the most number of championship titles and were GD Os Operários and Sundy, in 2014, it was three with Porto Real's win and Sporting Principe in 2016 which made it to four. In 2017, Os Operários again became the only club to possess the most titles with five. Sundy, Porto Real and Sporting Príncipe are now second in title totals with four each.
Príncipe Island League – clubs (2017) 1º de Maio FC Porto Real GD Os Operários GD Sundy Sporting Clube do Príncipe UDAPB
Previous winners
1985 : FC Porto Real 1986-1988: No championships 1989 : GD Sundy 1990 : GD Os Operários 1991-1992: no championships 1993 : GD Os Operários 1994-1997 : no championship 1998 : GD Os Operários 1999 : FC Porto Real 2000 : GD Sundy 2001 : GD Sundy 2002 : no championship 2003 : 1º de Maio 2004 : GD Os Operários 2005-2006 : no championship 2007 : UDAPB 2008 : no championship 2009 : GD Sundy 2010 : no championship 2011 : Sporting Clube do Príncipe 2012 : Sporting Clube do PríncipeRSSSF.com 2013 : FC Porto RealRSSSF.com 2014 : FC Porto RealRSSSF.com 2015 : Sporting Clube do PríncipeRSSSF.com 2016 : Sporting Clube do PríncipeRSSSF.com 2017 : GD Os OperáriosRSSSF.com 2018 : FC Porto RealRSSSF.com
2026 : 1° de Maio
Performance by club Club Winners Winning years GD Os Operários 5 1990, 1993, 1998, 2004, 2017 FC Porto Real 5 1985, 1999, 2013, 2014, 2018 Sporting Clube do Príncipe 4 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 GD Sundy 4 1989, 2001, 2002, 2009 1º de Maio 2 2003, 2026 UDAPB 1 2007
Performance by area Club Winners Winning years Santo António 9 1990, 1993, 1998, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 Porto Real 5 1985, 1999, 2013, 2014, 2018 Sundy 4 1989, 2001, 2002, 2009 Novo Estrela 1 2003 Picão 1 2007 Top goalscorers SeasonPlayerTeamGoals 2021 Jamilson SantosSundy232022 Jamilson SantosSundy272023 Jamilson SantosPorto222024 Jamilson SantosPorto252025 Jamilson Santos1⁰ de Maio242026 Jamilson Santos1⁰ de Maio20
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