The São Nicolau Island Cup (Portuguese: Taça da Ilha de São Nicolau, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Tasa da Dja de San Nikolau) is a cup competition played during the season in the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde, it consists of all the clubs from all the two regional divisions and are divided into about four rounds. The competition is organized by the São Nicolau Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de São Nicolau, ARFSN).São Nicolau Regional Football (Soccer) Association at the FCF website The cup winner competes in the regional super cup final in the following season, when a cup winner also wins the championship, a runner-up competes, it was done for the first and only time in 2017, before, it was the only regional cup where no cup runner up qualified. For several seasons, the winner qualified into Cape Verdean Cup which has been cancelled due to financial and scheduling reasons.
Its recent cup winner is Ultramarina Tarrafal who won their fourth title and their second straight.
About the cup and title history FC Belo Horizonte and now Ultramarina Tarrafal has won the most number of cup titles numbering three, the least are Desportivo Ribeira Brava and Talho who have a title each.
Ribeira Brava Municipality has the most number of cup titles won numbering seven, of which three were won by Juncalinho and Ribeira Brava and one from Talho while Tarrafal de São Nicolau has four cup titles.
Only Caleijão (a club no longer exist today) and Académica da Preguiça are the only clubs who never won a cup title.
Winners SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-up2005/06Belo Horizonte2006/07AJAT'SN2007/08SC Atlético2008/09Belo Horizonte2009/10Talho2010-11Desportivo Ribeira Brava2011-12FC Ultramarina2012/13SC Atlético1–1 (5–4 pen)FC Belo Horizonte2013/14FC Ultramarina«F.C Ultramarina conquista Taça de São Nicolau», noticiaSN.com, March 29, 2014, retrieved on 14 October 20142014/15Belo Horizonte2015/16AJAT'SN2016/17FC Ultramarina Tarrafal4–0Desportivo Ribeira Brava2017–18FC Ultramarina Tarrafal1–0Académica da Preguiça
Performance By Club Club Winners Winning years FC Ultramarina 4 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018 Belo Horizonte 3 2006, 2009, 2015 AJAT'SN 2 2007, 2016 SC Atlético 2 2008, 2013 Desportivo Ribeira Brava 1 2011 FC Talho 1 2010
Performance by Municipality Municipality Winners Club location Winners Winning years Ribeira Brava 7 Juncalinho 3 2006, 2009, 2015 Ribeira Brava 3 2008, 2011, 2013 Talho 1 2010 Tarrafal de São Nicolau 6 Tarrafal de São Nicolau 6 2007, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
See also São Nicolau Island League São Nicolau Super Cup São Nicolau Opening Tournament
References
External links São Nicolau Regional Football Association which includes the São Nicolau Cup