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The Netherlands Antillean Football Union ( nl, Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie, or NAVU) was the governing body of football in the former
Netherlands Antilles nl, In vrijheid verenigd"Unified by freedom" , national_anthem = , common_languages = Dutch English Papiamento , demonym = Netherlands Antillean , capital = Willemstad , year_start = 1954 , year_end = 2010 , date_start = 15 December , ...
between September 1958 and February 2011. Its jurisdiction consisted of the islands of
Curaçao Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...
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Bonaire Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west ( leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC i ...
and (until 1986)
Aruba Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; pap, Pais Aruba) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south of the Caribbean Sea, about north of the Venezuela peninsula of ...
. NAVU was established on 5 September 1958 following a merger between
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, includin ...
(AVB) and
Curaçao Football Association Curaçao Football Association ( nl, Curaçaose Voetbalbond, or CVB) was a Curaçaosean football association. It was a member association of FIFA between 1932 and 1941, and 1946 to 1958. Overview The CVB was responsible for the Curaçao national f ...
(CVB). The
Bonaire Football Federation The Bonaire Football Federation ('' pap, Federashon Futbòl Boneriano'') is the governing body of football in Bonaire. Several iterations of the federation were made and disbanded before the modern federation were founded in 1960. They became a ...
(BVB) later joined on 4 August 1963. The FIFA membership of CVB was transferred to NAFU in 1958. NAVU was a founding member of CONCACAF in September 1961. The Aruba Football Federation split from NAFU in 1986 and becoming a full member of CONCACAF and two years later, a full member of
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 found ...
. In February 2011, NAFU was succeeded by Federashon Futbol Korsou (FFK) following the dissolution of the
Netherlands Antilles nl, In vrijheid verenigd"Unified by freedom" , national_anthem = , common_languages = Dutch English Papiamento , demonym = Netherlands Antillean , capital = Willemstad , year_start = 1954 , year_end = 2010 , date_start = 15 December , ...
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Netherlands Antilles nl, In vrijheid verenigd"Unified by freedom" , national_anthem = , common_languages = Dutch English Papiamento , demonym = Netherlands Antillean , capital = Willemstad , year_start = 1954 , year_end = 2010 , date_start = 15 December , ...
Football in the Netherlands Antilles
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 ...
1958 establishments in the Netherlands Antilles 2011 disestablishments in the Netherlands Sports organizations established in 1958 Organizations disestablished in 2011 {{NetherlandsAntilles-stub nl:Federashon di Futbol Korsou