AFA Senior Male League

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AFA Senior Male League
AFL Anguilla Football League.png
Founded1997
First season1997–98
Country Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla
Confederation CONCACAF
Number of teams11
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s) AFA League Commissioner's Cup
AFA Champions League
International cup(s) CFU Club Championship
CONCACAF Champions League
Current champions Doc's United
(2023)
Most championships Roaring Lions (10)
Top goalscorerJonathan Guishard
(74 goals)
Current: 2024 AFA Senior Male League

AFA Senior Male League or the AFA League is the top division in Anguilla, it was created in 1997. Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF, none of the Anguillan teams ever played in CFU Club Championship or CONCACAF Champions' Cup. 4,000 capacity Ronald Webster Park is a venue used for league matches.

Contents

AFA League - 2022

Previous winners

The winners of the league are: [1]

Ed.SeasonChampion
1
1997–98 ALHCS Spartan
2
1998–99 Attackers
–
1999–00not held due to Hurricane Lenny
3
2000–01 Roaring Lions
4
2001–02 Roaring Lions
5
2002–03 Roaring Lions
6
2004 ALHCS Spartan
7
2005–06 Roaring Lions
8
2006–07 Kicks United
9
2007–08 Attackers
10
2008–09 Attackers
11
2009–10 Roaring Lions [2]
12
2010–11 Kicks United
13
2011–12 Kicks United
14
2012–13 Attackers
15
2013–14 Roaring Lions
16
 2014–15 Kicks United
17
 2015–16 Salsa Ballers
18
 2016–17 Roaring Lions [3]
19
 2018 Kicks United
20
 2019 Kicks United
21
 2020 Roaring Lions
22
 2021 Roaring Lions
23
2022 Roaring Lions
24
2023 Doc's United

Performance by club

ClubCityTitlesSeasons won
Roaring Lions Stoney Ground 102000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2020, 2021, 2022
Kicks United The Valley 62006–07, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018, 2019
Attackers The Valley-North 41998–99, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13
ALHCS Spartan The Valley 21997–98, 2004
Salsa Ballers George Hill 12015–16
Doc's United Stoney Ground 12023

Top goalscorers

SeasonPlayerTeamGoals
2020
 Flag of Jamaica.svg Oliver Walker
18
2021
 Flag of Anguilla.svg Jonathan Guishard [es] Doc's2 United
10
2022
 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Ricardo John Salsa Ballers
25
2023
 Flag of Anguilla.svg Jonathan GuishardDoc's United
30
2024
 Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Chavel CunninghamAttackers
7

Multiple hat-tricks

RankCountryPlayerHat-tricks
1 Flag of Anguilla.svg Jonathan Guishard11
2 Flag of Cuba.svg Jose Torres6
3Flag placeholder.svgStewart Murray2
4 Flag of Anguilla.svg Glenville Allen1
Flag of Anguilla.svg Mekhi Connor
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Chavel Cunningham
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Silvanus James
Flag placeholder.svgSteve Lawrence
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jermaine Ricketts

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References

  1. ↑ "Anguilla - List of Champions". RSSSF . Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Press Release (30 April 2010). "2009 - 2010 CCC Sponsored Senior Male Football League Closes With Exciting Final Match". The Anguillian. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "EXCITING MALE, FEMALE FOOTBALL MATCH". The Anguillan. 29 May 2017.
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