2011–12 Aruban Division di Honor

Division di Honor
Season 2011–12
Matches played 45
Goals scored 148 (3.29 per match)
Biggest home win Racing Club 8–0 Juventud TL
Biggest away win River Plate 1–7 La Fama
Highest scoring La Fama 7–2 Caravel

The 2011–12 Aruban Division di Honor (also known as the 2011–12 Campeonato AVB Aruba Bank for sponsorship purposes) is the 51st season of top flight association football in Aruba. The season began on 28 September 2011. Racing Club Aruba were the defending champions, having won their 12th title last season.

Teams

Sporting finished in 10th place at the end of the Regular Stage of last season's competition and were relegated to the Aruban Division Uno. Taking their place were the champions of the Division Uno, Dakota.

River Plate Aruba and Juventud Tanki Leendert finished in 8th and 9th place after the Regular Stage last season and had to play against the 2nd and 3rd place teams from the Division Uno, Brazil Juniors and San Luis Deportivo. River Plate Aruba and Juventud Tanki Leendert finished in the top two spots at the end of this playoff and retained their places in the competition.

Locations

Club Information

Club Home city Home ground
Britannia Piedra Plat Franklin J. Bareño Stadium
Bubali Noord Noord Field
Dakota Oranjestad Trinidad Stadium
Deportivo Nacional Palm Beach SV Deportivo Nacional Field
Estrella Santa Cruz Veld di Estrella
Independiente Caravel Angochi
Juventud Tanki Leendert Tanki Lender
La Fama Savaneta
Racing Club Aruba Oranjestad Trinidad Stadium
River Plate Aruba Oranjestad Trinidad Stadium

Regular Stage

The 10 teams in the competition play against every other team in the league twice in this stage of the competition, once at home and once away, for a total of 18 matches each. The top four teams progress to the Playoff Stage. The 8th and 9th place teams compete in a Promotion/Relegation Playoff against the 2nd and 3rd place teams from the Division Uno. The 10th place team is releagted to the Division Uno automatically. This stage of the competition began on 28 September 2011.

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Racing Club Aruba 18 14 2 2 58 13 +45 44 Playoff Stage
2 La Fama 18 12 3 3 57 25 +32 39
3 Britannia 18 11 3 4 53 26 +27 36
4 Estrella 18 9 4 5 39 28 +11 31
5 Bubali 18 8 3 7 33 25 +8 27
6 Deportivo Nacional 18 7 3 8 22 22 0 24
7 Dakota 18 5 6 7 27 35 8 21
9 River Plate Aruba 18 4 3 11 27 48 21 15 Relegation playoffs
9 Independiente Caravel 18 1 6 11 15 53 38 9
10 Juventud Tanki Leendert 18 2 1 15 11 67 56 7 Relegation to 2012–13 Aruban Division Uno

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] BRI BUB DAKDEPESTICRJTLLFARCARPA
Britannia 11 31 32 35 21 40 13 12 62
Bubali 15 00 12 23 31 20 12 12 21
Dakota 04 11 21 34 30 62 02 10 11
Deportivo Nacional 12 01 00 11 00 10 32 02 23
Estrella 11 32 30 02 00 01 23 13 03
Independiente Caravel 11 08 22 12 13 22 06 04 03
Juventud Tanki Leendert 05 14 12 03 05 12 04 010 21
La Fama 30 12 63 10 01 72 50 24 21
Racing Club Aruba 32 00 30 30 21 51 80 40 42
River Plate Aruba 17 12 22 02 14 11 31 17 03

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff Stage

The top four teams at the end of the Regular Stage enter this competition. Each team plays against the other three twice each, once at home and once away, for a total of six matches each. The top two teams qualify for the Final Stage.

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 La Fama 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 Final Stage
2 Racing Club Aruba 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10
3 Estrella 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 10
4 Britannia 6 1 1 4 7 12 5 4

Updated to games played on pre-season.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] BRI EST LFARCA
Britannia 11 13 23
Estrella 10 10 13
La Fama 20 01 21
Racing Club Aruba 23 10 11

Updated to games played on pre-season.
Source: FIFA.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Stage

Promotion/Relegation Playoff

The 8th and 9th place teams after the Regular Stage is finished enter this competition, along with the 2nd and 3rd place teams from the Division Uno. After six rounds, the top two teams will earn a place in next season's competition.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 2012–13 Aruban Division di Honor
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 00 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 00 0

Updated to games played on pre-season.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away[1] TBD TBD TBDTBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Updated to games played on pre-season.
Source: FIFA.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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