Aruban Division di Honor

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Aruban Division di Honor
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Founded1960
First season1960
Country Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba Football Federation
Confederation CONCACAF
Number of clubs10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to Division Uno
International cup(s) CFU Club Shield
Current champions Britannia (5th title)
(2023–24)
Most championships
Website futbolaruba.com/division-honor
Current: 2024-25

Aruban Division di Honor or Campeonato AVB Aruba Bank is the top level association football league in Aruba. It is overseen by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond and was created in 1960. Up to and including 1985, the top clubs from Aruba also entered the Kopa Antiano for the championship of the Netherlands Antilles, RCA and Estrella were the only Aruban teams to win that championship in 1965 and 1970.

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The winner of the league plays in the CFU Club Shield. The 6-10th place team is taken to the Silver League Poule A or Poule B, a 6-team Round-Robin against the top four of the Division Uno (6 per poule, 2 from Division di Honor, 4 from Division di Honor), then the 1st place of Poule A and B automatically get promoted, the 2nd-3rd placer of both qualify into the promotion playoffs and the winners of the first 2 matches go to the final and the winner of the final gets promoted, and remaining 6 are placed into the Play-Offs Caya 6, the top 4 of the Caya 6 are placed into the Play-Offs Caya 4, and the top 2 are placed into the Grand Final. The championship is usually played between September and June. Most league games take place in front of dozens of spectators.

Campeonato AVB – Member clubs 2017–18

Previous winners

Ed.SeasonChampion
1
1960 RCA
2
1961 Dakota
3
1962 Dakota
4
1963 Dakota
5
1964 RCA
6
1965 Dakota
7
1966 Dakota
8
1967 RCA
9
1968 Estrella
10
1969 Dakota
11
1970 Dakota
12
1971 Dakota
1972No championship
13
1973 Estrella
14
1974 Dakota
15
1975 Bubali
16
1976 Dakota
17
1977 Estrella
18
1978 RCA
19
1979 RCA
20
1980 Dakota
21
1981 Dakota
22
1982 Dakota
23
1983 Dakota
24
1984 San Luis
25
1985 Estrella
26
1986 RCA
27
1987 RCA
28
1988 Estrella
29
1989 Estrella
30
1990 Estrella
31
1991 RCA
32
1992 Estrella
33
1993 River Plate
34
1994 RCA
35
1995 Dakota
36
1996 Estrella
37
1997 River Plate
38
1998 Estrella
39
1999 Estrella
40
2000 Nacional
41
2001 Nacional
42
2002 RCA
43
2003–04 Nacional
44
2004–05 Britannia
45
2005–06 Estrella
46
2006–07 Nacional
47
2007–08 RCA
48
2008–09 Britannia
49
2009–10 Britannia
50
2010–11 RCA
51
2011–12 RCA
52
2012–13 La Fama
53
2013–14 Britannia
54
2014–15 RCA
55
2015–16 RCA
56
2016–17 Nacional
57
2017–18 Dakota
58
2018–19 RCA
59
2019–20 Season abandoned due to COVID-19
60
2020–21 Nacional
61
2021–22 Dakota
62
2022–23 RCA
63
2023–24 Britannia
64
2024–25 TBD

Performance by club

ClubTitlesSeasons won
Dakota 171961, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1995, 2017–18, 2021–22
RCA 171960, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2022–23
Estrella 121968–69, 1973, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2005–06
Nacional 62000, 2001, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2016–17, 2020–21
Britannia 52004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2023–24
River Plate 21993, 1997
La Fama 12012–13
Bubali 11975
San Luis 11984

Top goalscorers

YearTopscorer(s)Club(s)Goals
2002 Flag of Aruba.svg Jonathan Lake RCA 43
2003–04 Flag of the United States.svg Benjamin Kee RCA 7
2005–06 Flag of Aruba.svg Ronald Gómez RCA 9
2012–13 Flag of Jamaica.svg Albert Roy Francis Nacional 16
2013–14 Flag of the United States.svg Ediz Yorulmazoglu La Fama 13
2016–17 Flag of Colombia.svg Devis Oliveros Nacional 17
2017–18 Flag of Jamaica.svg Kenroy Ranger Nacional 18
2018–19 Flag of Aruba.svg Ronald Gómez RCA 8
2021–22 Flag of Colombia.svg Devis Oliveros Nacional 27
2022–23 Flag of Aruba.svg Ricky Hodge Dakota 22
2023-24 Flag of Colombia.svg Luis M. Torres Estrella 16
Most goals scored by a player in a single game

Multiple hat-tricks

RankCountryPlayerHat-tricks
1 Flag of Colombia.svg John Silva4
2 Flag of Aruba.svg Maurice Escalona 3
Flag of Aruba.svg Ricky Hodge
Flag of Colombia.svg Devis Oliveros
Flag of Jamaica.svg Kenroy Ranger
Flag of Venezuela.svg Richard Sousa
Flag of Aruba.svg Pieter Susebeek
8 Flag of Aruba.svg Reangelo Boekhoudt2
Flag of Aruba.svg Jonathan Lake
Flag of Aruba.svg Albert Lopez
Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastian Montoya
Flag of Colombia.svg Luis M Torres
Flag of Aruba.svg Norwin Werleman
14 Flag of Aruba.svg Chando de Lange1
Flag of Aruba.svg Trevor Faro
Flag of Aruba.svg Sonny Hooi
Flag of Aruba.svg Gregory Lake
Flag of Aruba.svg Daniel Linscheer
Flag of Aruba.svg Denrick Lopez
Flag of Aruba.svg Kenrick Lopez
Flag of the United States.svg John Lugay
Flag of Aruba.svg Evander Nedd
Flag of Aruba.svg Jonathan Oduber
Flag of Colombia.svg Camilo Peña
Flag of Colombia.svg Juan S Ponce
Flag of Aruba.svg Hermanus Ridderbos
Flag of Aruba.svg Jermaine Roberts
Flag of Aruba.svg Junior Rasmijn
Flag of Aruba.svg Sylvester Schwengle
Flag of Aruba.svg Lionel Tromp
Flag of Aruba.svg Marlon Angeles

References