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Football In Aruba
Association football is the national sport of Aruba. Aruban football has been influenced and helped greatly by the national Royal Dutch Football Association over the years. The Aruba national team is normally placed near the bottom of the FIFA World Rankings System. History The Arubaanse Voetbal Bond, which governs football on the island, was formed in 1932 although it did not affiliate to FIFA until 1988. The AVB is a member of the CONCACAF governing body. The national league competition, the Aruban Division di Honor, was established in 1960 with the most successful teams being SV Dakota with 15 titles and SV Estrella with twelve. Until 1985 Aruban clubs also entered the Netherlands Antilles Championship with two winning, SV Racing Club Aruba in 1965 and SV Estrella in 1970. There are currently 62 registered clubs in Aruba with a total of 10,700 players and 126 officials involved in the game. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruba Football Federation
The Arubaanse Voetbal Bond is the governing body of football in Aruba. Its headquarters are at Frans Figaroa sports complex in the city of Noord. It's a member of FIFA and is responsible for governing amateur and professional football, including the men's, and youth national teams. The AVB is also responsible for sanctioning referees and football tournaments for most football leagues in Aruba. Professional Leagues The Division di Honor is the first division football league in Aruba. It comprises 10 teams and is fed by Division One, and Division Two. The AVB also runs the women's football league, and Juniors for U-20 teams. Since 2005 the AVB has operated the Betico Croes Tournament Cup for men's teams in all three divisions. Association staff Associations Affiliated with AVB Adult Level #Aruba national football team #Aruba women's national football team The Aruba women's national football team is the national women's football team of Aruba and is overseen by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Dutch Football Association
The Royal Dutch Football Association (, ; KNVB ) is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch men's and women's national teams. For three seasons in the 2010s, the KNVB and its Belgian counterpart operated a joint top-level women's league, the BeNe League, until the two countries dissolved the league after the 2014–15 season and re-established their own top-level leagues. The KNVB is based in the central municipality of Zeist. With over 1.2 million members the KNVB is the single largest sports association in the Netherlands. History In 1889, the Nederlandse Voetbal en Athletiek Bond was founded. Due to certain disagreements several football clubs ended their association with it and together to form Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond (KNVB) which was later renamed to present name. It was one of the founding members of FIFA in 1904 and one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caribbean Cup
The Caribbean Cup was the championship tournament for national association football teams that are members of the Caribbean Football Union. The first competition, established by Shell and run by former England Cricket fast bowler Fred Rumsey, was contested in 1989 in Barbados. The Caribbean Cup served as a qualification tournament among CFU members for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The Caribbean Cup replaced the CFU Championship competition which was active between 1978 and 1988. Trinidad and Tobago, eight-time winners, and Jamaica, six-time winners, were the most successful sides, winning a combined 14 of 18 titles. Martinique, Haiti, Cuba and Curaçao also won the tournament. In 1990 on the day of the final, an insurrection in Trinidad and Tobago, the host nation, by the Jamaat al Muslimeen forced an abandonment of the tournament with only the final and 3rd place play-off game remaining. Also, the tournament was not held in 2000, 2002 and 2003. The 2017 edition of the tournament w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caribbean Football Union
The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) is the representative organization for football associations in the Caribbean. It represents 25 FIFA member nations, as well as 6 territories that are not affiliated to FIFA. The Union was established in January 1978 and its Member Associations compete in the CONCACAF region. The CFU also runs developmental competitions, including a women's and boys' and girls' Challenge Series. History The formation of the Caribbean Football Union is credited to former Trinidad and Tobago national footballer Patrick Raymond. In 1976, he approached Phil Woosnam, the Commissioner of the North American Soccer League (NASL), about ownership of a Caribbean franchise within the NASL, and instead, Woosnam proposed the formation of a Caribbean Professional League. Acting on Woosnam's advice, and with assistance from former England player-turned businessman Jimmy Hill and his company World Sports Academy, plus the recommendation of former FIFA President Sir Stanley Rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands Antilles National Football Team
The Netherlands Antilles national football team (Dutch, "Nederlands-Antilliaans voetbalelftal"; Papiamentu, "Selekshon Antiano di futbòl") was the national team of the former Netherlands Antilles from 1958 to 2010. It was controlled by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie. The NAVU consisted of Curaçao and Bonaire. Aruba split in 1986 and has its own team. The Netherlands Antilles team never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. The country managed to come third in the CONCACAF championships of 1963 and 1969; during the 1963 tournament they were unofficial football world champions for four days after beating Mexico and before losing to Costa Rica. History Under the name Curaçao, the team played its first international game in 1934 (against Suriname, which was then still part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well) and continued to use the name Curaçao until the qualifications for the World Championships of 1958, although the name of the area had changed from "Territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruban Division Uno
The Aruban Division Uno (''English: Aruban First Division'') is the second tier of football in Aruba. Since 2022-23 season, the top 4 team in each group of the league will enter the promotion/relegation playoff along with the bottom 4 team from the Division di Honor. https://avbaruba.com/new-format-explanation/ Clubs 2022/23 The following sixteen clubs participated in the First Division during the 2022-23 season. Pool A: * Atlantico * Real Koyari * Sporting * Estudiantes * Jong Aruba * Bubali * Arsenal * RCS Pool B: * Unistars * FC San Nicolas * Caiquetio * Rooi Afo * Sport Boys * Brazil Juniors * Juventud TL * Undesa Clubs 2021/22 The following fourteen clubs participated in the First Division during the 2021-22 season. Pool A: * Sporting * Unistars * Caiquetio * Estudiantes * Real Koyari * Jong Aruba * Arsenal Pool B: * Santa Fe * FC San Nicolas * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SV Racing Club Aruba
Sport Vereniging Racing Club Aruba, known as SV Racing Club Aruba or RCA, is an Aruban football club based in Solito, Oranjestad, which currently play in Aruban Division di Honor, the nation's top level league. , they had won 16 titles since the league's creation under the auspices of the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond in 1960. Achievements *Aruban Division di Honor: 16 :: 1960, 1964, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19 * Netherlands Antilles Championship: 1 :: 1965 * Torneo Copa Betico Croes: 1 :: 2011–12, 2015–16 Performance in CONCACAF competitions * CFU Club Championship: 1 appearance ::2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...: First Round (stage 1 of 4) – (3rd in Group B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands Antilles Championship
Netherlands Antilles Championship or Kopa Antiano was the premier association football competition in the Netherlands Antilles, overseen by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie. The championship was contested by the top teams of the Curaçao League and the Bonaire League. Up to and including 1985, the top clubs from Aruba also entered in this championship. The last tournament was played in 2010 due to the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. Netherlands Antilles Championship - 2007/08 * C.S.D. Barber (CUR) * UNDEBA (CUR) *SV Juventus (BON) *Real Rincon (BON) Previous winners *1961 : RKSV SITHOC (CUR) *1962 : RKSV SITHOC (CUR) *1963-64 : ''not known'' *1965 : RCA (ARU) *1966 : CRKSV Jong Colombia (CUR) *1967 : RKSV Scherpenheuvel (CUR) *1968 : CRKSV Jong Colombia (CUR) *1969 : S.V. SUBT (CUR) *1970 : Estrella (ARU) *1971-72 : ''not known'' *1973 : CRKSV Jong Colombia (CUR) *1974 : CRKSV Jong Colombia (CUR) *1975-76 : ''not known'' *1977 : CRKSV Jong Holland (CUR) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SV Estrella
Sport Vereniging Estrella is an Aruban football (soccer), football club, which currently plays in Aruba's first division. They are based in Papilon, Santa Cruz, Aruba, Santa Cruz. The team is one of the most successful in Aruban football, and they are one of the two Aruban teams that won the Netherlands Antilles Championship. Achievements *Aruban Division di Honor: 12 :: 1968, 1973, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2006 *Netherlands Antilles Championship: 1 :: 1970 Performance in CONCACAF competitions *CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1 appearance ::CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1971, 1971 – Final Round ''(CONCACAF Series)'' – (6th placed in Final Group – 0 pts), (stage 2 of 2) Staff and board members * President: Lorenzo Werleman * Other Board Members: Clyde Croes, Herlando Everon, Derrick Franken, Lindomar Kock, Joanne Oduber, Naika Weller External links * SV Estrella Futbo* Websit Football clubs in Aruba Football clubs in the Netherland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SV Dakota
Sport Vereniging Dakota (''English:Sports Club''), known as SV Dakota or simply Dakota is an Aruban football club based in Oranjestad, Dakota, which currently play in Aruba's first division. Achievements *Aruban Division di Honor: 17 :: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1995, 2017–18, 2021-22 * Aruban Division Uno: 1 :: 2010-11 * Torneo Copa Betico Croes: 2 ::2007, 2019 * Finalist: 4 :: 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019 * Copa Juliana: 6 :: 1960, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969 * Netherlands Antilles Championship: 0 * Finalist: 4 :: 1962, 1963, 1970, 1983 Performance in CONCACAF competitions * CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1 appearance ::1983 – 2nd Round (Caribbean) – Lost against SV Robinhood 5 – 1 on aggregate (stage 2 of 4) Current squad ''As of 10 September 2022'' Current technical staff External linksOfficial site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories mainly in North America, including the Caribbean and Central America, and, due to geopolitical reasons, three nations from the Guianas subregion of South America— Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana (an overseas region of France). The CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct the World Cup and Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments. The CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico, with the merger of the NAFC and the CCCF, which made it one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia and Australia), UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean), OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL (South America). FIFA outlines a number of objectives in the organizational Statutes, including growing association football internationally, providing efforts to ensure it is accessible to everyone, and advocating for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
