Football or soccer competitions had and have taken part in the island of Santo Antão.

The Santo Antão Island Championships was a regional championship that played in all of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde until 2002 when it was split up into two present-day divisions of North (then Ribeira Grande) and South/Porto Novo, though it was split up in 1998 but it continued for four years before the final split up, in 1999 and 2000, only a single match occurred as the winner of the south competed with the winner of the north.

The championships were restored in the 2001 season and continued without the north and south zones for two more years.

As champion of the south zone, Académica of Porto Novo won two titles in 2015 and in 2016.

Several clubs compete in the competition instead of a cup winner from north or south.