ALGARVE FOOTBALL - FIXTURES AND RESULTS

LAST WEEKEND'S RESULTS NEXT WEEKEND'S GAMES

Liga Betclic

Portimonense 2 - 2 Rio Ave att. 2528
Gil Vicente 2 - 0  Farense att. 5831

An equaliser in the seventh minuite of added time gace Portimonense a vital point in their fight to avoid the trauma of the relegation playoff. They now stand 16th, one point behind Estrela Amadora and two behind Boavista. The equation is simple. They must win the final game and hope that Estrela Amadora do not, preferably that Boavista don't either.

The vital games are these :

Boavista v Vizela (Vizela already relegated)
Estrela Amadora v Gil Vicente
Farense v Portimonense

Ko's Saturday 18th May 1530hrs. 'all - ticket' go to https://www.scfarense.pt/bilheteira/

No games last weekend. Next Sunday Moncarpachense will be at home to SC Lusitania with a 12 noon kick off, so that their opponents can get home by nightfall! Moncarapachense are bottom of the four team group with only a slender mathematical chance of making the promotion spot.

ALGARVE LEAGUE DIVISION ONE     Second phase promotion group

Lagos 2 - 1 Ferreiras
Lagoa 3 -1 Odiáxere
Silves 2 - 0 Quarteirense

Lagoa have already won the league and the single promotion place. The league will drag on for the rest until 1st June. Next Saturday's games, all at 1700hrs

Odiáxere v Ferreiras
Quarteirense v Lagoa
Silves v Lagos

Relegation group

Lusitano VRSA 2 - 0 Paderne
Carvoeiro United 3 - 1 Portimonense B
Os 11 Esperanças 2 - 1 Culatrense

Carvoeiro United are already relegated.  Culatrense will probably join them. Three games remain. Next Saturday at 1700hrs :

Portimonense B v Paderne
Culatrense v Carvoeiro United
Lusitano VRSA v Os 11 Esperanças

ALGARVE LEAGUE DIVISION TWO Second Phase

Promotion Group
Imortal Albufeira B 0 - 2 SC Olhanense 1912
Moncarpachense B 2 - 1 Campinense
Os Armacanenses 1 - 3 Guia

One game remaining. SC Olhanense are top with 20 points and promoted. Moncarpachense B are second with 19 points, Guia third with 17, so the second place is up for grabs. The important game is Guia v Moncarapachense B at Guia next Saturday at 1900hrs. Olhanense will be at home to Os Armancanenses at the same time. The bottom two, Campinense and Imortal B will also be in action, same time.

Silver Group

Ferreiras B 2 -1 Messinense
Sport Faro Benfica 2 -3 Sambrasense
Quarteira SC 6 - 0 Lagoa B

All pretty meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but Quarteira SC maintain their 100% record of nine wins in nine games.

The final round of games next Saturday at 1900 :

Quarteira SC v Sambrasense
Messinense v Sport Faro Benfica
Lagoa B v Ferreiras B

Bronze group final placement matches
1st and 2nd : Mentes Desporto 0 - 4 Louletano B

3rd and 4th
Odiáxere B 0 - 1 Alvor

5th and 6th
Bensafrim 8 - 2 Marítimo Olhanense

WOMEN'S FOOTBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE THIRD DIVISION Second Phase South group

Guia 4 - 0 Salesiano Arouca

Guia finished second, one point behind winners Pasteis da Bola. That means they have to go into a promotion / relegation playoff with a team from the bottom of the second division. Which one is not made clear in the press release! More later.

Portimonense did their bit winning 3-1, But the referee at Boavista did his bit for the bigger club too, giving them a 101st minute penalty to get the draw they needed to avoid the relegation play-off. Portuguese football, eh...  

LAST WEEKEND'S RESULTS NEXT  WEEKEND'S GAMES

Liga Betclic

The final weekend of the season in the top leagues saw Portimonese condemned to a playoff to avoid relegation. Although recent form had improved, a string of defeats in February and March gave them too big a task. As reported above, although they won their final game at Farense, the team above them drew and gained a vital point. Portimonense now have a two leg playoff against AVS. The first game will be at Portimão on Saturday 25th May, ko 1945hrs with the second leg at AVS little ground in Vila das Aves the following Sunday, 2nd June, also at 1945hrs. (None of this midweek stuff here!)

Campeonato de Portugal second phase south group

Moncarpachense 0 - 1 SC Lusitania

Moncarapachense are bottom of the four team group and way out of the running. Two more games to play, the next of which is next Sunday at Vítoria Setubal ko 1530hrs. They and Lusitania are one point apart at the top.

ALGARVE LEAGUE DIVISION ONE Second Phase Championship Group

It drags on! Lagoa won the league and  gained promotion weeks ago.

Odiáxere 0 - 4 Ferreiras
Quarteirense 0 - 1 Lagoa
Silves 2 - 0 Lagos

Next Saturday at 1700hrs

Odiáxere v Lagos
Ferreiras v Quarteirense
Lagoa v Silves

Relegation Group, which drags on also. Carvoeiro United are already relegated. Almost certain that Culatrense will join them.

Portimonense B 3 - 0 Paderne
Culatrense 2 - 1 Carvoeiro United
Os 11 Esperanças 2 - 0 Lusitano VRSA

Next Saturday at 1700hrs

Portimonense B v Lusitano VRSA
Paderne v Culatrense
Carvoeiro United v Os 11 Esperanças

ALGARVE LEAGUE SECOND DIVISION second phase championship group

Final matches

Campinense 6 - 3 Imortal Albufeira B
Guia 0 - 1 Moncarapachense B
SC OIhanense 1912 5 - 1 Os Armacanenses

SC Olhanense win by 1 point over Moncarapachense B. Both will be promoted to the Algarve League First Division.

Silver group final matches

Lagoa B 0 - 1 Ferreiras B
Messinense 1 - 2 Sport Faro Benfica
Quarteira SC 2 -1 Sambrasense

WOMEN's FOOTBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE THIRD DIVISION

Guia  won the southern group which finished on 12th May. They now face the winners of the northern group, Rio Ave, in a two legged final to determine the championship. The first game will be at Guia on Saturday 25th May, ko 1600hrs with the second leg up in Rio Ave the following Saturday, 1st June, ko 1600hrs

LAST WEEKEND'S RESULTS NEXT WEEKEND'S GAMES

In addition to yesterday's post, in the Campeonato de Portugal second phase south group the futile season for Moncarapachense drags on with yet another defeat, one-nil away at leaders Vítoria Setubal. Moncarapachense have nul points from their five games. Next Saturday morning they play their final match, at home to Santarém, ko 1100. At the same time the top two meet out in the Azores with hosts SC Lusitania needing a big win over Vítoria to claim the top position and a place in the final.

In the northern group, the fixture god has also decreed that the top two will also meet. Amarante will host SC São João de Ver, with the latter also needing a big win.

Algarve League Division One Second Phase

This drags on, with the league and single promotion place long since won by Lagoa.

Results Saturday 25th May - top group
Odiáxere 2 - 4 Lagos
Ferreiras 0 - 2 Quarteirense
Lagoa 4 - 0 Silves

Final round of matches next Saturday ko 1700hrs

Quarteirense v Odíaxere
Silves v Ferreiras
Lagos v Lagoa

bottom group

Portimonense B 0 - 1 Lusitano VRSA
Paderne 0 - 2 Culatrense
Carvoeiro United 4 - 4 Os 11 Esperanças

Carvoeiro United will be relegated. It's never certain whether the next to bottom team will also be relegated because of teams folding after the season but the final round of fixtures will be important, just in case. Culatrense have 32 points, Paderne and Portimonense B both have 34.

Final round of fixtures next Saturday at 1700hrs

Culatrense v Portimonense B
Os 11 Esperanças v Paderne
Lusitano VRSA v Carvoeiro United.

LAST WEEKEND'S RESULTS

The final weekend of the season as it concerns the Algarve teams.

In addition to the gloomy news for Portimonense, the final round of matches in the Campeonato de Portugal second phase south group saw Moncarapachense win the 'dead rubber' against Santarém 1-0. That was their only win in the six game series.

The game between the other two, Lusitania and Vítoria Setubal, was the title decider. It went the way of Lusitania by 2-1. Both teams finished on 13 points and the same goal difference, but the tie break was the results between the two teams. Vítoria had won the first game 3-1 and so finished top by that single goal margin.  Vítoria will be promoted to Liga 3. In the Championship Final they will meet Amarante, who won their final game to secure the north group.

That game will be played in the National Stadium near Lisbon on Monday 10th June, ko 1600. (That day is a public holiday, National or Portugal Day.)

ALGARVE LEAGUE DIVISION ONE SECOND PHASE

At long last the final round of matches has taken place.

Top group

Quarteirense 5 - 2 Odiáxere
Silves 1 - 3 Ferreiras
Lagos 3 - 2 Lagoa

Lagoa finished way ahead on the top, 79 points from, in effect, 32 games. Lagos second on 57, Silves third with 53. Ferreiras 4th, 49 points, Quarteirense 5th with 48 and Odiáxere 6th on 43.

Lagoa will ascend to the Campeonato de Portugal, the 4th tier of Portuguese football. They will be replaced by Imortal Albufeira, who were relegated.

Bottom group

Culatrense 3 - 2 Portimonense B
Os 11 Esperanças 5 - 2 Paderne
Lusitano VRSA 5 - 0 Carvoeiro United

Carvoeiro finished bottom and will be relegated. If two teams go down, they will be joined by Paderne.

WOMEN'S FOOTBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE  DIVISION THREE FINAL SECOND LEG

Rio Ave 3 - 1 Guia. Rio Ave won 4 - 2 on aggregate.

I do believe that both will be promoted to the Second Division but no doubt there will be all kinds of hurdles to jump before that is confirmed.

And that is all until the League Cup gets under way in late July. I will list any pre-season matches below once these are confirmed.

The National First and Second Division campaigns will be under way in mid August, the Campeonato de Portugal usually starts late August or early September along with the first rounds of the FA Cup. The Algarve League does not begin until late September.

First pre season rumour is that Mansfield, managed now by Nigel Clough, will be here late in July. More as it unfolds.