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The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories mainly in North America, including the Caribbean and Central America, and due to geopolitical reasons, three nations from the Guianas subregion of South America — Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. The CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct the World Cup and Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments.
The Netherlands Antilles national football team was the national team of the former Netherlands Antilles and was controlled by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie. The NAVU consisted of Curaçao and Bonaire. Aruba split in 1986 and has its own team.
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Kralendijk is the capital city and main port of the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. The language spoken in the town is Papiamentu, but Dutch and English are widely used. As of 2017, the town had a population of 10,620. In Papiamentu, the town is often called Playa or "beach".
Divishon Honor – Bonaire or known as Kampionato is the top association football league in Bonaire, a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. The top two teams in this competition competed in the Netherlands Antilles Championship until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010.
S.V. Vespo is a football team, from the town of Rincon on Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands, playing at the top level. Vespo was founded on 9 April 1959 and plays in the Bonaire League.
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The Bonaire national football team is the national football team of the Caribbean island of Bonaire, a public body of the Netherlands. It is under the control of the Bonaire Football Federation. It became a member of the CFU and an associate member of CONCACAF on 19 April 2013. after which it became a full CONCACAF member on 10 June 2014 The team can participate in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Caribbean Cup because of their membership in the confederation and sub-confederation. However, Bonaire is not a member of FIFA and therefore can not compete in the FIFA World Cup or other FIFA events.
Yurick Seinpaal is a Bonairean footballer who plays for SV Atlétiko Flamingo of the Bonaire League, and the Bonaire national team. With five international goals, Seinpaal is Bonaire's all-time top goal scorer since joining CONCACAF in 2013.
Ferdinand Bernabela is a Bonaire professional football manager. From 2014 to 2015 he coached the Bonaire national football team.
S.V. Uruguay is a Bonaire football club from Rincon that currently plays in the Bonaire League, the top level of football on Bonaire. The club was founded in 1944.
In April 2013, the Bonaire Football Federation was granted associate membership in CONCACAF and was promoted to full membership in June 2014. Bonaire also became a full member of the Caribbean Football Union in 2013.
Suehendley Barzey is a Bonairean footballer who plays for the Bonaire national team. With three international goals, Barzey is Bonaire's joint all-time top goal scorer since joining CONCACAF in 2013, along with Yurick Seinpaal and Jermaine Windster.
Rowendy Wendy José Sumter is a Curaçaoan footballer who plays Goalkeeper for RKSV Scherpenheuvel in the Sekshon Pagá and for the Curaçao national team.
Kopa MCB is an annual football domestic cup competition for teams on Bonaire. Until 2010 when the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved, teams from Bonaire competed against teams from Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles Championship. After gaining new politic status, no competition was held on Bonaire in 2011. The inaugural Kopa MCB was held in 2012. The competition is organized by the Bonaire Football Federation with naming rights purchased by Maduro & Curiel's Bank.
Jermaine Windster is an international footballer who currently plays for Real Rincon of the Bonaire League, and the Bonaire national football team. He has a brother and a sister named Jianna and Jordan.
Rilove Janga is a Bonaire footballer who plays as a centre-back for Real Rincon and the Bonaire national team.
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