Antigua and Barbuda Football Association

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Antigua and Barbuda Football Association
CONCACAF
Antigua and Barbuda FA logo.svg
Short nameabfa
Founded1928
Headquarters St. John's
FIFA affiliation1970
CONCACAF affiliationbetween 1961 and 1973 [1] [2]
PresidentEverton Gonsalves
Website http://antiguafootball.com/

The Antigua and Barbuda Football Association is the governing body of football in Antigua and Barbuda. [3] They control the Antigua and Barbuda national football team.

Contents

Association staff

NamePositionSource
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Everton Gonsalves President [4] [5]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Akheilla Hillhouse Vice-president [4]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Daryl Michael 2nd Vice-president [4]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Gwen Solomon 3rd Vice-president [4]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Rohan Hector General secretary [4] [5]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Margaret Massiah Treasurer [6]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Sowebry Gomes Technical director
Flag of Mexico.svg Jacques Passy Team coach (men's) [4]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Karen Warner Team coach (women's) [4]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Troy Gibson Media/communications manager [4]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Sean Samuel Futsal Coordinator [4]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Rolston James Chairperson of the Referees Comiteee [4]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Kelehsa Antoine Head/Director of the Referees Department [4]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Kelehsa Antoine Referee Coodinator [4]

Competitions

The ABFA oversees the administration of Antigua and Barbuda's football leagues; the Premier Division, First Division, Second Division and the Female Division as well as the Antigua and Barbuda FA Cup.

National Stadium

The ABFA's official national stadium is the Antigua Recreation Ground which have recently been approved to host World Cup 2010 qualifying matches. An attempt to have the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium approved for matches was rebuffed due to "ongoing works." [7]

References

  1. CONCACAF was founded in 1961.
  2. "Abrahams likely to head CONCACAF". Kingston Gleaner in newspaperarchive.com. 13 February 1973.
    "The Caribbean CONCACAF members are Jamaica, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Surinam, Trinidad and the Dominican Republic."
  3. "ABFA improving coaching skills | Antigua Observer Newspaper". www.antiguaobserver.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 https://inside.fifa.com/associations/ATG
  5. 1 2 "ANTIGUA and BARBUDA". Concacaf. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. https://inside.fifa.com/en/associations/ATG/organisation
  7. "FIFA Approves the ARG". ABFA. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2008.