The Gozo Football Association (GFA) is the body that co-ordinates and organises

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

on the island of Gozo,

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

. Formed in 1936, it organises the

Gozo Football League The Gozo Football League is a football competition for clubs on the Maltese island of Gozo, in the Mediterranean Sea. The league is run by the Gozo Football Association and currently has 14 teams split into two divisions, the First Division ( ...

, which is split into two divisions, the First Division and the

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. It also organises the

G.F.A. Cup The GFA Cup, currently known as the BOV GFA Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knockout football cup competition in Gozo, run by and named after the Gozo Football Association. The competition is played between the clubs of the Gozitan First Div ...

, the Independence Cup, the Freedom Day Cup, the

BOV Super Cup The GFA Super Cup, known as BOV Super Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football super cup held before the league season start in Gozo. The match is contested by the champions of the previous First Division season and the holders of th ...

, the First Division Knock-Out, the Second Division Knock-Out, the Second Division Challenge Cup, the Under-21s League, Under-18 League, and the Under-15s. It also organises the

Gozo national football team The Gozo representative football team ( mt, Assoċjazzjoni tal-Futbol Għawdxija) represents the island of Gozo, Malta, in football. It is organised by the Gozo Football Association and its home stadium is the Gozo Stadium. It is not affiliate ...

. The GFA also ran the

Gozo FC Gozo Football Club was a Maltese football club based on the island of Gozo. Gozo FC was founded in 1987. The club was disbanded following the end of the 2010-2011 season. Gozo FC was run by the Gozo Football Association. It represented the is ...

which from season 2008–09 was playing in the

Maltese Second Division The Maltese Second Division (also known as the BOV Second Division due to sponsorship reasons) was the third-highest division in Maltese football until 2020 when it was merged with the Maltese Third Division to create the National Amateur Leag ...

after winning the

Maltese Third Division The Maltese Third Division (also known as the BOV Third Division due to sponsorship reasons) was the lowest league level in Maltese football until 2020 when it was merged with the Maltese Second Division to create the National Amateur League. ...

Section B; from 16 matches they recorded 15 wins and a draw. As of the 2021/22 season, there are 14 Gozitan clubs competing in both divisions. The GFA's main premises are located at the

Gozo Stadium The Gozo Stadium ( mt, Il-Grawnd t'Għawdex), formerly known as the Silver Jubilee Ground, is the main stadium of the island of Gozo, Malta. The Gozo Stadium, which is located in Xewkija, seats only 1,644 people but its standing areas at each end ...

, previously known as the ''Silver Jubilee Ground'', situated at Mġarr Road in

Xewkija Xewkija ( mt, Ix-Xewkija, it, Casal Xeuchia, pronounced and written as Casal Sceuchia) is an administrative unit of Malta, on the island of Gozo. The population of Xewkija is 3,300 as of March 2014. History Xewkija, which is situated between ...

. The Gozo FA is not a member of the

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

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but is a provisional member of the

NF-Board The N.F.-Board (french: Nouvelle Fédération-Board) was a federation of football associations established on 12 December 2003. It was made up of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, r ...

Gozo Youth Football Association

The

Gozo Youth Football Association The Gozo Football Association (GFA) is the body that co-ordinates and organises football (soccer), football on the island of Gozo, Malta. Formed in 1936, it organises the Gozo Football League, which is split into two divisions, the Gozo Football L ...

is affiliated with the association which itself is a member association of the

Malta Football Association The Malta Football Association (MFA; mt, Assoċjazzjoni tal-Futbol ta' Malta) is the governing body of football in Malta. The Association organises the Maltese Football League and several other competitions, including a knockout competition ...

References

External links

Official website
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