The Sint Maarten national football team is the football team of Sint Maarten, the Dutch half of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, and is controlled by the Sint Maarten Soccer Association. Sint Maarten is not a member of FIFA, and therefore is not eligible to enter the World Cup. However, the association planned to apply for FIFA membership in 2016.
The Comité de Football des Îles du Nord is the official football (soccer) federation of the French half of the island of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy island, although Saint Barthélemy now has its own Comité de Football de Saint Barthélemy (Journaux Officiels).
Sint Maarten Soccer Association (SMSA) Senior League is the top association football league in Sint Maarten.
The Sint Maarten Soccer Association is the governing body of football in Sint Maarten. It was founded in 1986 and its president is Johnny Singh.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands, commonly known as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with the large majority of its territory in Western Europe and with several small island territories in the Caribbean Sea, in the West Indies islands.
A common visa exists since the end of 2010 for the territories of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands which form together the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. The visa is not valid for the European part of the Netherlands, which is part of the Schengen Area.
The Prime Minister of Sint Maarten became the head of government of Sint Maarten after the Netherlands Antilles had been dissolved on 10 October 2010. The prime minister, together with the Council of Ministers and the Governor of Sint Maarten, form the executive branch of the government of Sint Maarten. Sint Maarten's current prime minister is Leona Marlin-Romeo.
The Dutch Caribbean are the territories, colonies, and countries, both former and current, of the Dutch Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands that are located in the Lesser Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea.
The sport of association football in the territory of Sint Maarten is run by the Sint Maarten Soccer Association. The association administers the national football team, as well as the Sint Maarten Senior League.
The Liberation Stars are a Sint Maarten football club based in Philipsburg who competed in the Sint Maarten League while it was still in existence. The club has been reported to have been playing in Sint Maarten's top division since 2002, although the most recent records are from 2007.
The Sint Maarten Amateur Athletic Association is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Sint Maarten. Current president is Les Brown.
The Sint Maarten cricket team has represented the Dutch Overseas Territory of Sint Maarten in cricket. The team is not a member of the International Cricket Council, but is a member of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, which itself is a member association of the West Indies Cricket Board, and players from Sint Maarten generally represent the Leeward Islands cricket team at domestic level and the West Indies at international level. Sint Maarten has however played as a separate entity in matches which held Twenty20 status, but has not appeared in first-class or List A cricket. The teams current coach is Rishie Singh, who was appointed in 2009. As of September 2014, the teams captain is Kenroy David.
Andre Knol is a St. Maartener international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Funmakers FC of the SMSA Senior League. At one point, he was one of the top four youngest senior international players in the world.
Djai Essed is a St. Maartener footballer who plays for the Sint Maarten national team.
The 2016–17 Sint Maarten Soccer Association (SMSA) Senior League was the 41st season of top division football in Sint Maarten. The season begin on 2 October 2016 and ended on 10 April 2017.
Funmakers Football Club is a St. Maartener football club based in the Philipsburg region. The club competes in the SMSA Senior League, the top tier of football in Sint Maarten.
Miss Sint Maarten is a national beauty pageant that selects queen from Sint Maarten representative to Miss Universe pageant between 1976 and 1982. This pageant is incorporated to Miss St. Martin who selects the winner to Miss France since 2012.
