CONCACAF | |
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Short name | BVIFA |
Founded | 1974 |
Headquarters | Tortola |
FIFA affiliation | 1996 |
CONCACAF affiliation | 1994 (Associate member), [1] 1996 [2] |
President | Andrew Bickerton |
Website | http://bvifootball.com/ |
The British Virgin Islands Football Association is the governing body of football in the British Virgin Islands.The Association is also responsible for the British Virgin Islands men's national football team and its women counterpart.
Name | Position | Source |
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Avanell Morton | President | [3] [4] |
Andy Davis | Vice-president | [3] [4] |
Lorale Walters Abrams | 2nd Vice-president | [3] |
Juliana Luke | General Secretary | [3] |
Kenrick Grant | Treasurer | [3] |
Priya Mohamed | Director | [3] |
Dan Neville | Technical Director | [5] |
Chris Kiwomya | Team Coach (Men's) | [5] |
James Baird | Team Coach (Women's) | [5] |
Charles Jackson | Media/Communications Manager | [5] |
Rupert Johson | Referee Coordinator | [5] |
The BVIFA oversees the administration of British Virgin Islands's football leagues; the BVIFA National Football League, FA Women's League, FA National Youth Leagues and the FA Futsal League as well as the FA Cup, FA Presidents Cup, Super 6 and other FA Sanctioned Tournaments
The Gibraltar Football Association or also Gibraltar FA (GFA) is the governing body for Gibraltarian football and futsal. It was formed as the Gibraltar Civilian Football Association in 1895, changing to its current name in later years. It is one of the oldest football associations in the world. From October 2012, the GFA were provisional members of UEFA and the Gibraltar national futsal team, under-19 and under-17 representative teams participated in the 2013/14 UEFA season competitions. At the XXXVII UEFA Congress held in London on 24 May 2013, Gibraltar was accepted as a full member of UEFA. Gibraltar were admitted to FIFA as a full member on 13 May 2016 at the 66th FIFA Congress in Mexico.
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