GFA First Division

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GFA First Division
Country Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada
Confederation CONCACAF
Number of teams 10
Level on pyramid 2
Promotion to GFA Premier Division
Relegation to GFA Second Division
Domestic cup(s) GFA Super Knockout Cup
Soccerball current event.svg 2016 GFA First Division

The GFA First Division is the second tier of football in Grenada. The top two teams at the end of each season are promoted to the GFA Premier Division while the third and fourth place teams play the 7th and 8th placed Premier Division teams for advancement via playoffs. The bottom two teams at the end of the season are relegated to the GFA Second Division.

Association football Team field sport

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Grenada country in the Caribbean

Grenada is a country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself plus six smaller islands which lie to the north of the main island. It is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Its size is 348.5 square kilometres (134.6 sq mi), and it had an estimated population of 107,317 in 2016. Its capital is St. George's. Grenada is also known as the "Island of Spice" due to its production of nutmeg and mace crops, of which it is one of the world's largest exporters. The national bird of Grenada is the critically endangered Grenada dove.


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