CONCACAF | |
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Short name | abfa |
Founded | 1928 |
Headquarters | Saint John's |
FIFA affiliation | 1970 |
CONCACAF affiliation | between 1961 and 1973 [1] [2] |
President | Everton 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.
Name | Position | Source |
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Everton Gonsalves | President | [4] [5] |
Michael Carr | Vice-president | [4] |
Gregory Kenderson | 2nd Vice-president | [4] |
Daryl Michael | 3rd Vice-president | [4] |
Gwendolyn Salmon | 4th Vice-president | [4] |
Rohan Hector | General secretary | [4] [5] |
Daryl Michael | Treasurer | [4] |
n/a | Technical director | |
Tom Curtis | Team coach (men's) | [4] |
Lisa Cole | Team coach (women's) | [4] |
Troy Gibson | Media/communications manager | [4] |
Sean Samuel | Futsal Coordinator | [4] |
Rolston James | Referee coordinator | [4] |
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.
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." [6]
The Montserrat national football team represents Montserrat in international football. Football is the second most popular sport in Montserrat, after cricket. The team plays at the Blakes Estate Stadium. The Montserrat football team was formed in 1973, and has entered the World Cup qualifiers since the 2002 edition, being eliminated in the first round on each occasion.
The Mexican Football Federation is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It administers the Mexico national team, the Liga MX and all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, directing, expanding, and supervising competitive football in Mexico. It is a member of CONCACAF and FIFA, and is subject to policies, statutes, objectives and ideals of those international governing bodies. The Federation was established on 23 August 1927 under the inaugural president Humberto Garza Ramos. In 1929, FIFA affiliation was established; CONCACAF affiliation was established in 1961.
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The Antigua and Barbuda national football team is the national team of Antigua and Barbuda.
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The Antigua and Barbuda women's national football team, nicknamed The Benna Girls, is the national women's football team of Antigua and Barbuda and is overseen by the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association, a member of the CONCACAF and the Caribbean Football Union.
The 2012 Caribbean Cup was the 17th edition of the Caribbean Cup, an international football competition for national teams of member nations affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region. The final stage was hosted by Antigua and Barbuda. The tournament determined the four Caribbean teams that qualified for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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