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Saint Martin is an island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 300 km (190 mi) east of Puerto Rico. The 87-square-kilometre (34 sq mi) island is divided roughly 60:40 between the French Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but the Dutch part is more populated than the French part. The division dates to 1648. The northern French part comprises the Collectivity of Saint Martin and is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic. The southern Dutch part comprises Sint Maarten and is one of four constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Even though the island is an overseas possession of two European Union member states, only the French part of the island is part of the EU.
The Sint Maarten national football team is the football team of Sint Maarten, the Dutch half of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, and is controlled by the Sint Maarten Soccer Association. Sint Maarten is not a member of FIFA, and therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup. However, the association applied for FIFA membership in 2016 but was rejected. In April 2022, the Sint Maarten Soccer Association appealed to the CAS against FIFA’s ruling.
Princess Juliana International Airport is the main airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. The airport is located on the Dutch side of the island, in the country of Sint Maarten, close to the shore of Simpson Bay Lagoon. In 2015, the airport handled 1,829,543 passengers and around 60,000 aircraft movements. The airport serves as a hub for Winair and is the major gateway for the smaller Leeward Islands, including Anguilla, Saba, Saint Barthélemy and Sint Eustatius. It is named after Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, who landed there while she was heir presumptive in 1944, the year after the airport opened. The airport has very low-altitude flyover landing approaches because one end of its runway is extremely close to the shore and Maho Beach. While Princess Juliana International is the primary aviation gateway to the island, there is also a smaller public-use airport on the French side, in the French Collectivity of Saint Martin, called Grand Case-Espérance Airport.
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Sint Maarten Premier League is the top association football league in Sint Maarten.
The Sint Maarten Football Federation is the governing body of association football in Sint Maarten. It was founded in 1986 and its president is Johnny Singh. The federation administers the men's national football team, the women's national football team, and various national leagues, predominantly the Sint Maarten Senior League.
Sint Maarten is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. With a population of 41,486 as of January 2019 on an area of 34 km2 (13 sq mi), it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin. Sint Maarten's capital is Philipsburg. Collectively, Sint Maarten and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean.
The Saint-Martin League is the top division of association football in the Collectivity of Saint Martin. The defending champions are Junior Stars FC, and the most successful club is ASC St. Louis Stars.
The sport of association football in the territory of Sint Maarten is run by the Sint Maarten Soccer Association. The association administers the men's national football team, the women's national football team, and various national leagues, predominantly the Sint Maarten Senior League and SXM Elite Championship.
The sport of association football in the island of Saint Barthélemy is run by the Saint Barthélemy Football Association. The association administers the men's national football team, the women's national football team, the Saint-Barthelemy Championships, and the Trophée José da Silva. There are also veterans matches and youth involvement for both genders, though this appears to be limited to individual events. The sport is mostly restricted to the Stade de Saint-Jean, which is located in the capital Gustavia, a multi-purpose stadium constructed in the 1970s. As the pitch aged, it required renovation and Roman Abramovich provided £3m to this effect in 2010.
Flames United SC is a Sint Maarten football club that currently plays in the SMSA Senior League, the highest level of football on Dutch Sint Maarten. The club's home ground is the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex in Philipsburg, the country's capital. The club also fields a futsal team. The current manager is Omar Hunter and the current team captain is Loxley Parker.
Mary Star of the Sea Church or Grand Case Catholic Church is a religious building affiliated to the Catholic Church located in Grand Case in the territorial collectivity of Saint Martin, a dependent territory of France that consists of the north half of the island of Saint Martin in the lesser Antilles. It should not be confused with the catholic church of the same name but located in the Dutch sector of the island.
FC Soualiga is a football club based in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. Its men's team competes in the Sint Maarten Senior League. It is mostly known for its women's team.
This is a list of Sint Maartener football clubs in international competitions. Sint Maartener clubs have participated in international club competitions since at least 1956, when there was the Bonaire–Sint Maarten series. Sint Maartener clubs have participated in competitive CONCACAF football competitions since at least 2017 when Flames United entered the 2017 CFU Club Championship. To date this is the only time a Sint Maartener team has participated in a CONCACAF competition.
This page details the match results and statistics of the Anguilla national football team.
Rhoda Arrindell is a Sint Maartener linguist and advocate for the independence of Sint Maarten. St. Maarten is a territory of the Netherlands in the Caribbean.
The Sint Maarten national football team represents Sint Maarten in international football under the control of the Sint Maarten Football Federation. After its creation in 1986, the association became an associate member of CONCACAF, the region's governing body, on 21 April 2002. It became a full member in 2013. Sint Maarten is also a member of the Caribbean Football Union and has played in the sub-confederation's tournaments since 1989. Sint Maarten is not a member of FIFA as of August 2022. The national side did not play a single senior international fixture for nearly sixteen years between 2000 and 2016.
Oliver Hobgood is a Sint Maartener footballer who plays for Aarhus Fremad and the Sint Maarten national team.
The 2022–23 Sint Maarten Premier League was the 46th season of the Sint Maarten Premier League, the top tier of association football in Sint Maarten. The season began on 22 October 2022 and concluded on 1 April 2023.
References
- ↑ "SXM Elite Championship : un tournoi pour unifier le football saint-martinois". lepalican-journal.com. 31 October 2022.
- ↑ "Kick-off of the SXM Elite Championship!". faxinfo.fr. 10 November 2022.
- ↑ "World Soccer article about the SXM Elite Championship".
- ↑ "Division Excellence/SXM Elite Championship (Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten)". rsssf.org.
- ↑ "SXM Elite Championship 2022/23". rsssf.org.
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