Country | Barbados |
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Confederation | CONCACAF |
Number of teams | 12 |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Promotion to | Barbados Premier League |
Relegation to | Barbados Division Two |
Domestic cup(s) | Barbados FA Cup |
The Barbados First Division is the second-tier league of football in Barbados. It is organized by the Barbados Football Association. [1]
Season | Zone 1 | Zone 2 | Zone 3 | |
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2013 [2] | Pinelands FC | N/A | ||
2014 [3] | Rendezvous FC | N/A | ||
2015 [4] | Empire Club | N/A | ||
2016 [5] | Ellerton FC | N/A | ||
2017 [6] | Empire Club | N/A | ||
2018 [7] | St. Andrew Lions FC | Central League Spartans FC | Barbados Soccer Academy | |
2019 [8] | Deacons FC | Wotton FC | N/A | |
2020 | Not held because of COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 | ||||
2022 | ||||
2023 | ||||
The Barbados national football team, nicknamed Bajan Tridents, is the national association football team of Barbados and is controlled by the Barbados Football Association. It has never qualified for a major international tournament. It came close to qualifying for the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup as it hosted the Caribbean Cup finals that acted as Gold Cup qualifiers, but finished fourth of the four teams. In 2001, it surprised many by making the semi-final round of the 2002 World Cup Qualifiers. In the first game of this round, they pulled off a shock 2–1 win over Costa Rica, but lost their five remaining games. In 2004, Barbados gained a shock 1–1 draw at home to Northern Ireland.
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Barbados:
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