The

sport Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

in the country of

Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the ar ...

is run by the

Bahamas Football Association The Bahamas Football Association (BFA), is the official governing body of the sport of Association football in The Bahamas. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Nassau, the federation is a full member of FIFA since 1968 and governs Bahamian footb ...

. The association administers the Bahamas national football team, the beach soccer teams and futsal. It is Part of the

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 language, Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CON ...

. Since 2021 the women's football has an own director for the first time.

Men's League system

Former leagues have been the

New Providence Football League The New Providence Football League was the highest form of football on the island of New Providence. Before 2008, the champion of the New Providence Football League would compete with the champion of the Grand Bahama Football League to determine ...

and the

Grand Bahama Football League The Grand Bahama Football League was the highest form of association football on the Bahamian island of Grand Bahama. Before 2008, the champion of the Grand Bahama Football League would compete with the champion of the New Providence Football League ...

Women's League system

In 2016 the BFA started a national League.

Men's National team

Main article: Bahamas men's national football team The best men's national team ranking has been 136.

Women's National team

Main article:

Bahamas women's national football team The Bahamas women's national football team is the national women's football team of the Bahamas and is overseen by the Bahamas Football Association. It played six matches and lost all. It has never qualified for a World Cup or any other tourna ...

The best women's national team ranking has been 96.

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