[1] Sporting would win their 7th title and third straight after defeating Académica do Mindelo in penalty kicks.

Sporting gained entry into the 2009 CAF Champions League, it is the last club to enter to date.

A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title.

The season at the time made Sporting Praia to be the first club to win three back-to-back titles.

Platini played his last match for Sporting Praia and a Cape Verdean team on the second leg of the finals before moving to Académica de Coimbra in Portugal in the following season.