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The governing body of association football in Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda Football Association
CONCACAF
Short nameabfa
Founded1928
HeadquartersSaint John's
FIFA affiliation1970
CONCACAF affiliationbetween 1961 and 1973
PresidentEverton Gonsalves
Websitehttp://antiguafootball.com/

The Antigua and Barbuda Football Association is the governing body of football in Antigua and Barbuda. They control the Antigua and Barbuda national football team.

Association staff

Name Position Source
Antigua and Barbuda Everton Gonsalves President
Antigua and Barbuda Michael Carr Vice-president
Antigua and Barbuda Gregory Kenderson 2nd Vice-president
Antigua and Barbuda Daryl Michael 3rd Vice-president
Antigua and Barbuda Gwendolyn Salmon 4th Vice-president
Antigua and Barbuda Rohan Hector General secretary
Antigua and Barbuda Daryl Michael Treasurer
n/a Technical director
England Tom Curtis Team coach (men's)
United States Lisa Cole Team coach (women's)
Antigua and Barbuda Troy Gibson Media/communications manager
Antigua and Barbuda Sean Samuel Futsal Coordinator
Antigua and Barbuda Rolston James Referee coordinator

Competitions

The ABFA oversees the administration of Antigua and Barbuda's football leagues; the Premier Division, First Division, Second Division and the Female Division as well as the Antigua and Barbuda FA Cup.

National Stadium

The ABFA's official national stadium is the Antigua Recreation Ground which have recently been approved to host World Cup 2010 qualifying matches. An attempt to have the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium approved for matches was rebuffed due to "ongoing works."

References

  1. CONCACAF was founded in 1961.
  2. "Abrahams likely to head CONCACAF". Kingston Gleaner in newspaperarchive.com. 13 February 1973.
    "The Caribbean CONCACAF members are Jamaica, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Surinam, Trinidad and the Dominican Republic."
  3. "ABFA improving coaching skills | Antigua Observer Newspaper". www.antiguaobserver.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013.
  4. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Antigua and Barbuda". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  5. ^ "ANTIGUA and BARBUDA". Concacaf. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. "FIFA Approves the ARG". ABFA. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2008.

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See also
Geography
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Player/Club of the Century
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