Port Vila Football League

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Port Vila Football League
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Founded1994;30 years ago (1994)
CountryVanuatu
Confederation OFC
Number of teams27
Level on pyramid3 (in Port Vila)
Domestic cup(s) Port Vila Shield
Port Vila FA Cup
Current champions Ifira Black Bird
(2021–22)
Most championships Tafea (16 titles)
Top goalscorer Kensi Tangis
(68 goals)
Website vanuafoot.vu
Current: 2022–23 Port Vila Premier League

Port Vila Football League (also known as the Digicel League, or simply Digicel Premier League) is the top division football league in Port Vila, Vanuatu. It consists of three competitions: Port Vila Premier League, Port Vila First Division and the Port Vila Second Division. The league's domestic cup is the Port Vila FA Cup, in which all 3 divisions compete in.

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The Port Vila Premier League is considered to be the best football league in Vanuatu while the Port Vila Football Association is considered to be the main football association in Vanuatu. The top 4 of the Port Vila Premier League qualifies for the PVFA top four competition, and the winner of that competition is one of the two teams that takes part for Vanuatu in the OFC Champions League. The other team is the winner of the VFF National Super League which is a round-robin competition of the best teams of the islands of Vanuatu. The main island where Port Vila is, Efate is not included in this competition.

The league is not fully professional. [1] [2]

Members

Port Vila Premier League Port Vila First Division Port Vila Second Division Former teams
Level on pyramid – 1
Level on pyramid – 2
Level on pyramid – 3
Level on pyramid - none

All teams and leagues are for the 2019/20 season

List of champions

Port Vila Premier League

The list with Port Villa Champions: [3] [4]

SeasonWinnerRunner-upTopscorerGoals
1994 Tafea
1995 Tafea
1996 Tafea
1997 Tafea
1998 Tafea
1999 Tafea
2000 Tafea
2001 Tafea
2002 Tafea Shepherds United
2003 Tafea Shepherds United
2004 Tafea
2005 Tafea
2006 Tafea
2007 Tafea Tupuji Imere
2008–09 Tafea Amicale
2009–10 Amicale Tafea
2010–11 Amicale Tafea
2011–12 Amicale Tafea
2012–13 Amicale Erakor Golden Star
2013–14 Amicale Erakor Golden Star Bernard Daniel 7 goals each.
Sanni Issa
2014–15 Amicale Erakor Golden Star
2016 Erakor Golden Star Amicale
2017 Ifira Black Bird Erakor Golden Star
2017–18 Tupuji Imere Erakor Golden Star
2018–19 Tafea Galaxy
2019-20 Ifira Black Bird Galaxy Kensi Tangis 16 goals
2020-21 Galaxy Tafea Kensi Tangis 19 goals
2021-22 Ifira Black Bird Mauriki Kensi Tangis
2022-23 Ifira Black Bird Galaxy Kensi Tangis 22 goals

Port Vila First Division

SeasonWinnerRunner-up

Port Vila Second Division

SeasonWinnerRunner-up

Performances

ClubWinnersRunners-up
16
3
6
2
3
-
1
5
1
1
1
–

Domestic Cups

Port Vila Independence Cup

The Port Vila Independence Cup is held in July. The final match is played on July 30, Vanuatu's independence day

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upRef
3–1
[5]

Port Vila Shield

The Port Vila Shield is the National Cup held in January each year since 2013.
Previous Winners of the Port Vila Shield are:

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upRef
1–0
[6]
1–0
[7]

Port Vila FA Cup

The Port Vila FA Cup (PVFA Cup) was originally a tournament held as a warm-up for the 8 teams that play in the Digicel Premier League. As of 2016, the PVFA Cup became a tournament for all of the 27 teams of the first 3 divisions.
Previous winners of the PVFA Cup are:

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upRef
3–0
1-0
4-1
1-0
[8]

Top Four Super League

The Top Four Super League is a competition played between the top four teams of the Port Vila Football League to decide one of the two representatives of Vanuatu in the OFC Champions League (the other representative is from the VFF National Super League).

SeasonWinner

See also

VFF National Super League

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References

  1. ↑ "Kalo, the magician for surprise package Vanuatu". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017. The No10 is a student and, like the other 20 members of the Vanuatu squad, he is not a professional footballer, but he is still the only player among his compatriots with experience of playing in the OFC Champions League. Centre-back Jason Thomas is the only other player to have represented his country – an island with fewer than 300,000 inhabitants – at senior level. Most of the population earn a living through horticulture, and some of the players also help out their families with the work.
  2. ↑ "Global Club Football Report 2017" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018. None of the top-tier domestic competitions in Oceania is fully professional.
  3. ↑ "Vanuatu - List of Champions".
  4. ↑ "Archive - Premia Divisen - Vanuatu - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Vanuatu Football Brazil [@VanuatuB] (July 30, 2019). "Tweet" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  7. ↑ OFC. "Oceania Football Confederation". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
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