{{Short description|Governing body of football in the Cayman Islands}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2015}} {{National football association | Logo = Cayman Islands Football Association.svg | Badge_size = 140px | Founded = 1966 | FIFA affiliation = 1992 | Region = [[CONCACAF]] | Region affiliation = 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/jm/kingston/kingston/kingston-gleaner/1990/08-21/page-31|title=Cayman now full members|date=21 August 1990|publisher=[[Kingston Gleaner]] |url-access=subscription}} <br>"Delegates at Saturday's extraordinary Congress of that organization held at the Mallards Beach Hotel in Ocho Rios, approved the application from the Cayman Islands for full membership in CONCACAF. They were associate members for two years."</ref> | President = Alfredo Whittaker | }}

The '''Cayman Islands Football Association''' is the governing body of football in the [[Cayman Islands]]. The Cayman Islands Football Association governs all National Team programs, youth development leagues, Women's league and the [[Cayman Islands Premier League|Cayman Islands Men's Premier League]].

{{As of|2011|11}}, the Cayman Islands were ranked 181st, moving up four places in the FIFA world rankings after a 1:1 draw against the Dominican Republic in a 2014 FIFA Brazil World Cup Qualifier.

The [[Cayman Islands national football team]] is the national team of the [[Cayman Islands]] and is controlled by the '''Cayman Islands Football Association'''. It is a member of [[FIFA]] and [[CONCACAF]].

==History== In 1966, the Cayman Islands Football Association was formed, to administer the sport in the islands, which by then had a growing domestic league. As the game grew, the need for expanding football facilities became evident. In 1982 the Annex Field, originally built by developer Mike Simmons, was further improved. The Ed Bush field was built in West Bay and opened by [[Elizabeth II]] on March 6, 1994, followed by a game in which the Cayman Islands beat Jamaica to qualify for the finals of the Shell Caribbean Cup in Trinidad & Tobago. Encouraged by this result, Government agreed a build a new football field.

In 1995, the association presided over the further development of the national sports complex, which was transformed into a modern multi-purpose facility, and renamed the Truman Bodden Sports Complex. On July 30 of that year, the Cayman Islands hosted the Shell Caribbean Cup Finals for the first time. Among the guests were then FIFA President [[João Havelange]] and the legendary Brazilian footballer, [[Pelé]]. While on this visit, Pele officially opened the Donovan Rankine Field in East End, also built in 1995. The North Side field came in for redesign and upgrade in 1998/1999 and the G. Haig Bodden Playing Field was completed in Bodden Town shortly afterwards.

Following the destruction caused by [[Hurricane Ivan]] in 2004, which left nearly all sporting facilities on the islands destroyed or unusable, the Cayman Islands Government launched a $28-million, four-year reconstruction project, which has seen all five district stadiums on Grand Cayman, and the Cayman Brac playing field, redeveloped to international standards. Both the Annex stadium in George Town - now renamed the T. E. McField Sports Centre after its founder - and the Ed Bush Stadium in West Bay are FIFA Two-Star Football Turf facilities, and the Truman Bodden Sports Complex has been reopened as a 3,000 capacity national stadium.

The CIFA now presides over sixteen domestic league and cup competitions at the Under-13 boys, Under-15 boys, Under-17 boys, Under-17 girls, and men's and women's senior levels. In addition to competitions, the CIFA oversees an active calendar of education courses for coaches, referees and administrators, as well as regular camps and training programmes for young players.

The CIFA realised two major achievements in 2009, as the Under-17 women's national team became the first Cayman Islands team to progress to the finals of the regional [[Concacaf Under-17 Women's Championship]]s, and with the opening of the new CIFA office at the [[Cayman Centre for Excellence]]; a long-term development to provide the CIFA with a dedicated training and administration centre. In September 2011 the [[Cayman Islands National Under-20 Women's Football Team]] qualified for the next round of the [[U-20 Women's World Cup]] after beating Suriname 4:0 and narrowly losing 1:0 to Trinidad & Tobago in the first round of the [[Caribbean Football Union World Cup]] Qualifiers.

==Presidents== * Allan Moore (1981–1985) * Ed Bush (1985–1987) * Allan Moore (1987–1989) * Tony Scott (1989–1991) * Jeffrey Webb (1991-2015) * Lee Ramoon (2016-2017) * Alfredo Whittaker (2017-; banned for six months)<ref>{{Cite web|last=FIFA.com|title=Who We Are - News - FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctions Cayman Islands Football Association and President Alfredo Whittaker |url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/fifa-disciplinary-committee-sanctions-cayman-islands-football-association-and-pr|access-date=2021-05-31|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" !Name !Position !Source |- |{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} [[Alfredo Whittaker]] |President |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026 |title=Cayman Islands Football Association |url=https://inside.fifa.com/associations/CAY |website=Inside FIFA}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About - Meet our Leaders |url=https://www.caymanislandsfa.com/about.html |access-date=2026-04-14 |website=Cayman Islands Football Association}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} [[Mark Beckford]] |Vice-president |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} [[Dion Brandon]] |2nd Vice-president |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Marcos Tinoco]] |General secretary |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} [[Armando Ebanks]] |Treasurer |<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=FIFA.com|title=Member Association - Cayman Islands |url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/cay/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220122547/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/cay/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2019|access-date=2021-01-30|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Claudio García]] |Technical director |{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} |- |{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} [[Joey Jap Tjong]] |Team coach (men's) |{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} |- |{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} [[Michael Jonhson]] |Team coach (women's) |{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} |- |n/a |Media/communications manager | |- |n/a |Futsal Coordinator | |- |{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} Peterkin Berry |Chairperson of the Referees Committee |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} Livingston Bailey |Head/Director of the Referees Department |{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} |- |n/a |Referee coordinator | |}

==Cayman Islands National Team results== Men's National Team 2014 FIFA Brazil World Cup Qualifying Results

14/11/11 19:30 Georgetown Cayman Islands 1:1 (0:1) Dominican Republic 11/11/11 15:00 San Cristobal Dominican Republic 4:0 (2:0) Cayman Islands 11/10/11 19:30 San Salvador El Salvador 4:0 (3:0) Cayman Islands 07/10/11 19:30 Georgetown Cayman Islands 0:1 (0:0) Suriname 06/09/11 19:30 Georgetown Cayman Islands 1:4 (0:0) El Salvador 02/09/11 18:00 Paramaribo Suriname 1:0 (1:0) Cayman Islands

Women's U20 National Team CFU World Cup Qualifying Results

15/10/11 15:00 Cayman Islands 2:0 (1:0) Bahamas 18/10/11 18:00 Suriname 0:4 (0:0) Cayman Islands 20/10/11 18:00 Cayman Islands 0:1 (0:0) Trinidad & Tobago

== References == <references />

==External links== * {{official|http://caymanfootball.com/}}. {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20131215183817/http://caymanfootball.com/ |date=15 December 2013 }}. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070602182014/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=cay/index.html Cayman Islands] at the FIFA website (archived 2 June 2007) * [https://www.concacaf.com/inside-concacaf/member-associations/cayman-islands/ Cayman Islands] at CONCACAF site

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