The Maio Island Cup (Portuguese: Taça (Copa) da Ilha do Maio, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Tasa da Idja du Maio or Tasa da Djarmaiu, Maio Creole: Taça d' Djarmai) is a regional cup competition and is played during the season in the island of Maio, Cape Verde, it consists of all the clubs from all the two regional divisions and are divided into about three rounds, for some seasons, a group stage was featured. The cup competition is organized by the Maio Regional Football Association (Associação Regional do Maio, ARFM). 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. For several seasons, the winner qualified into Cape Verdean Cup which has been cancelled due to financial and scheduling reasons.
Its current cup winner is Onze Unidos who recently won two straight titles.
Up to 2014, it had seven clubs, for some seasons, five were active, the additional four made it to 11 in 2016 and the addition of Santa Clara in 2017 would it had it to 12, the withdrawal of Beira-Mar kept it at 11. It finally had 12 clubs for the 2017–18 season, the season also had started from group stage, divided into two groups and a club had one meeting, the top two advanced into the semis.
Winners SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-up2006/07Académica da Calheta2008-09Not held2009/10Barreirense FC2010-11Académico 832011-12Onze Unidos2012/13Académico 833–1Beira-Mar do Maio2013/14Académica da Calheta2014/15Onze Unidos2015/16Académico 832016-17Onze Unidos0–0 (4–3 p)Santana de Morrinho2017-18Onze Unidos2–0Barreirense
Performance By Club Club Winners Winning years Onze Unidos 4 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018 Académico 83 3 2011, 2013, 2016 Académica da Calheta 2 2007, 2014 Barreirense 1 2010
Performance by area Settlement or town Area Winning years Cidade do Maio 72011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018Calheta do Maio 2 2007, 2014 Barreiro 1 2010
See also Maio Premier Division Maio Second Division Maio Super Cup Maio Opening Tournament Maio Champion's Cup
References
External links Maio Regional Football Association which includes the Maio Cup