Sports in Sal, Cape Verde

[2] At the time, Sal was only around 2,000 and football activity was the least in Cape Verde alongside Brava.

Overall, Espargos has the most titles won numbering 26, second is Santa Maria with eight and last is Pedra de Lume with two.

The island also features some other tournaments, the recent being the Armed Forces Cup first held in the 2016-17 season.

Beach volley is another sport played mainly in Santa Maria in the south of the island.

Kite surfing, sailing, windsurfing became popular and rose, during the 1990s and the 2000s, it risen dramatically, it became the commonplace of these sports in the archipelago surpassing São Vicente and nearby Boa Vista islands.

Most of the kite surfing and windsurfing are in the area of Santa Maria, Costa da Fragata and north of it.

Futsal, athletics, water polo and chess are other sports on the island, with its popularity quickly soared with its population growth in recent decades.

Some of the National Championship final matches took place several times at Estádio Marcelo Leitão in 1993, in 2003 and in 2006.