The Comité Territorial de Football de Saint-Barthélemy ('' eng, Territorial Football Committee of Saint-Barthélemy'') is the governing body of

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Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy (french: Saint-Barthélemy, ), officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, is an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean. It is often abbreviated to St. Barth in French, and St. Barts in English ...

. The association was founded in 1994. In 2019 the committee announced that it was seeking membership in

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and the

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 Januar ...

for the first time. As of the September 2019 elections, the president of the association is Zouhir Boubakeur and the vice-president is French footballing legend

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. Unlike other

overseas collectivities The French overseas collectivities (''collectivité d'outre-mer'' or ''COM'') are first-order administrative divisions of France, like the French regions, but have a semi-autonomous status. The COMs include some former French overseas colonie ...

which are affiliated with the

French Football Federation The French Football Federation ( FFF; french: Fédération Française de Football) is the governing body of football in France. It also includes the overseas departments ( Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion), the over ...

(FFF), the Comité Territorial de Football de Saint-Barthélemy was aligned with the Football League of Guadeloupe, an Overseas Collectivity from which Saint Barthélemy voted to secede and form a separate Collectivity in 2003. However, the CTFSB separated from the Guadeloupean association as a required step in becoming a member of the

and

. The have since been receiving support from the FFF.

League

The committee organizes the Saint-Barthelemy Championships.

National team

The Saint Barthélemy national football team is also organized by the committee.

References

External links

Official website
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Sports organizations established in 1994 Football governing bodies in Overseas France 1990s establishments in Saint Barthélemy

League

National team

See also

References

External links