{{Short description|Governing body of football in Aruba}} {{National football association | Logo = Arubaanse Voetbal Bond.jpg | Badge_size = 300px | Founded = {{Start date and age|1932|01|29|df=yes}} | FIFA affiliation = 1988<ref name=FIFA>{{cite web|last=|title=Member Association – Aruba|url=https://inside.fifa.com/en/associations/ARU/organisation|access-date=6 May 2026|website=FIFA|language=en-GB}}</ref> | Region = [[CONCACAF]] | Region affiliation = 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/jm/kingston/kingston/kingston-gleaner/1986/12-23/page-30|title=CFU Nations Cup to be held every 4 years|date=23 December 1986|publisher=[[Kingston Gleaner]] in newspaperarchive.com}}<br>"At the Zurich meeting, Aruba, St Vincent and the Grenadines and St Lucia were accepted as members of CONCACAF which should lead to their membership in FIFA after two years."</ref> | Subregion = [[Caribbean Football Union|CFU]] | Subregion affiliation = 1986<ref name=CFU/> | Website = {{URL|https://www.avbaruba.com}} |Headquarters=[[Noord, Aruba]]<ref name=Concacaf/> |President=Egbert Laclé<ref name="President">{{cite web |title=President's Message |url=https://avbaruba.com/presidents-message-2/ |website=Arubaanse Voetbal Bond |access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref>}}
The '''Arubaanse Voetbal Bond''' is the governing body of football in [[Aruba]]. Its headquarters are at the Angel Botta technical centre in the city of [[Noord]].<ref name=Concacaf/> It is a member of [[FIFA]] and [[CONCACAF]], and is responsible for governing amateur and professional football, including the men's, women's, and youth national teams.<ref name=HistoryAVB/> The AVB is also responsible for sanctioning referees and football tournaments for most football leagues in Aruba.<ref name="Statutes">{{cite web |title=Statutes of the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond |url=https://avbaruba.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Statutes-AVB-May-2025.pdf |website=Arubaanse Voetbal Bond |access-date=6 May 2026 |date=May 2025}}</ref>{{rp|23}}
==History== The first football competition in Aruba was organized in 1921. In 1930, a [[Aruba national football team|national team]] was organized, and played their first international match against [[Curaçao]]. The AVB was formed late in 1930 and became an official organization in 1932.<ref name="HistoryAVB">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://avbaruba.com/history/ |website=Arubaanse Voetbal Bond |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref>
From the 1950s to the 1980s, Aruban football existed under the umbrella of the [[Netherlands Antillean Football Union]] (NAVU). In 1986, Aruba changed from a member of the Netherlands Antilles to its own [[Autonomous administrative division#Dutch constituent countries|constituent country]] of the [[Netherlands]]. With this change in political status, the AVB was granted membership to CONCACAF in 1986 and to FIFA in 1988.<ref name="Concacaf">{{cite web |title=Member Association Profile: Aruba |url=https://www.concacaf.com/inside-concacaf/member-associations/aruba |website=Concacaf |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=HistoryAVB/><ref name="DG2021">{{cite journal |last1=Düerkop |first1=Sascha |last2=Ganohariti |first2=Ramesh |title=Sovereignty in sports: non-sovereign territories in international football |journal=International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics |date=2 October 2021 |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=679–697 |doi=10.1080/19406940.2021.1947347 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19406940.2021.1947347 |access-date=6 May 2026|url-access=subscription }}</ref>{{rp|689}} It has also been a member of the [[Caribbean Football Union]] since 1986.<ref name="CFU">{{cite web |title=Aruba |url=https://www.cfufootball.org/inside-cfu/member-associations/aruba/ |website=Caribbean Football Union |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref>
==Professional leagues and tournaments== The [[Aruban Division di Honor|Division di Honor]] is the first division men's football league in Aruba and is overseen by the AVB. It comprises 10 teams and participates in [[promotion and relegation]] with [[Aruban Division Uno]], the second division league. The bottom four teams in the Division di Honor and the top eight teams in Division Uno compete to play in the Division di Honor the next season, with four spots available.<ref>{{cite web |author1=AVB |title=AVB LEAGUE EXPLAINED 2022 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti92Q-WxI1M |website=YouTube |access-date=6 May 2026 |date=15 September 2022}}</ref> The AVB also runs the women's football league, and U-20 teams.{{cn|date=May 2026}}
Since 2005, the AVB has operated the [[Torneo Copa Betico Croes|Betico Croes Tournament Cup]] for men's teams.<ref name="RSSSFCup">{{cite web |last1=Laclé |first1=Randolf |last2=Stokkermans |first2=Karel |title=Aruba - List of Cup Winners |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arubacuphist.html |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=6 May 2026 |date=16 February 2026}}</ref>
==National teams== The AVB organizes the [[Aruba men's national football team]] and [[Aruba women's national football team]].
== Association staff == ''Current {{As of|2026|05|6|df=dmy|lc=y}}, according to the FIFA website for the AVB.''<ref name=FIFA/> {| class="wikitable" |- !Name !Position |- |{{flagicon|Aruba}} Egbert Lacle |President |- |{{flagicon|Aruba}} Dyane Wiersma |Vice President |- |{{flagicon|Aruba}} [[Francois Croes]] |Technical Director |- |{{flagicon|Aruba}} [[Marvic Bermúdez]] |Team Coach (Men's) |- |{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Arjan van der Laan]] |Team Coach (Women's) |- |{{flagicon|Aruba}} Monique Ras |Referee Coordinator |}
== References == <references />
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.avbaruba.com/}} * [https://inside.fifa.com/en/associations/ARU/organisation Aruba] at FIFA's website * [https://www.concacaf.com/inside-concacaf/member-associations/aruba/ Aruba] at CONCACAF's website
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