The Stadion Rignaal 'Jean' Francisca is an

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stadium in

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History

In December 2021, the FFK Stadium was given its current name in honor of Rignaal 'Jean' Francisca who served as president of the

Curaçao Football Federation Curaçao Football Federation (; abbreviated as FFK) is the governing body of association football in Curaçao. It is the legal successor of the Netherlands Antillean Football Union, which ended with the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in ...

for nineteen years. In May 2022 an incident unrelated to football resulted in a shooting death at the stadium.

Events

The stadium hosts select matches of the

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as well as the matches of other football

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s from around the region.

References

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