Brava Regional Football Association


Brava Regional Football Association is a football association covering the island of Brava. It is headquartered in the island capital of Nova Sintra. The association are one of six in Cape Verde that covers only one municipality. It is the sublevel of the Capeverdean Football Federation.
The championship only has a single division where seven clubs participate, a club with the most points promotes into the National Championships. It has the fewest teams in the Capeverdean football or soccer and is also the smallest in area.

History

The association was founded in 1982, a few years after independence. Formerly consisted of four clubs, it later risen to five, six in 2003 and seven since 2012. From 2005 to 2010, it shared the fewest teams with the island of Sal, in 2011, Brava had the 10th fewest clubs until Sal added more clubs in 2014 and put the competition into two divisions. Since 2015, the association are the remaining four associations which contains only a single level football competition.

Organization

The association also organizes and functions the regional championships, the Cup, the Super Cup and the Opening Tournament, commonly as the Association Cup. The association has seven registered clubs, the regional champion competes in the National Championships each season.
The region's registered clubs as of October 2017 include.
ClubLocationFoundedRegistered
Académica da BravaNova Sintra
Benfica da BravaNova Sintra1996c. 1997
GD CorôaNossa Senhora do Monte
Juventude da FurnaFurna20102010
MorabezaNova Sintrac. 1977c. 1980
Nô PintchaNova Sintra
Sporting BravaNova Sintra1988c. 1990