Port Vila Football League

Port Vila Football League
Founded 1994
Country Vanuatu
Confederation OFC
Number of teams 27
Level on pyramid 3 (in Port Vila)
Domestic cup(s) Port Vila Shield
PVFA Cup
Website http://www.vanuafoot.vu/

Port Vila Football League, also known as the Digicel League or more simply, the Digicel Premier League is the main football competition in Port Vila, Vanuatu. It consists of 3 competitions: Port Vila Premier League, Port Vila First Division and the Port Vila Second Division.

The Port Vila Premier League is considered to be the best football league in Vanuatu while the Port Vila Football Association is considered to be the main football association in Vanuatu. The top 4 of the Port Vila Premier League qualifies for the PVFA top four competition, and the winner of that competition is one of the two teams that takes part for Vanuatu in the OFC Champions League. The other team is the winner of the VFF National Super League which is a round-robin competition of the best teams of the islands of Vanuatu. The main island where Port Vila is, Efate is not included in this competition.

Members

Port Vila Premier League Port Vila First Division Port Vila Second Division
Level on pyramid – 1
Level on pyramid – 2
Level on pyramid – 3
  • AS Ambassador**
  • Eastern Stars
  • Lakotau
  • Lopatu
  • Malampa United
  • Narak Tegapu**
  • Redal
  • Torba United
  • Varona
  • Yatel**

All teams and leagues are as off the 2017 season.

List of champions

Port Vila Premier League

The list with Port Villa Champions: [1][2]

Season Winner Runner-up
1994
Tafea
1995
Tafea
1996
Tafea
1997
Tafea
1998
Tafea
1999
Tafea
2000
Tafea
2001
Tafea
2002
Tafea
Shepherds United
2003
Tafea
Shepherds United
2004
Tafea
2005
Tafea
2006
Tafea
2007
Tafea
Tupuji Imere
2008–09
Tafea
Amicale
2009–10
Amicale
Tafea
2010–11
Amicale
Tafea
2011–12
Amicale
Tafea
2012–13
Amicale
Erakor Golden Star
2013–14
Amicale
Erakor Golden Star
2014–15
Amicale
Erakor Golden Star
2016
Erakor Golden Star
Amicale
2017
Ifira Black Bird
Erakor Golden Star

Port Vila First Division

Season Winner Runner-up
2007
Seveners United
2008-09
Spirit 08
Teouma Academy
2009-10
Shepherds United
Ifira Black Bird
2010-11
Seveners United
2011-12
Erakor Golden Star
2012-13
Yatel
2013-14
Narak Tegapu
2014-15
Mauriki
Sia-Raga
2016
Mauwia
Seveners United
2017

Port Vila Second Division

Season Winner Runner-up
2014-15
ABM Galaxy
2016
Black Diamond
2017

Performances

Club Winners Runners-up
Tafea
15
3
Amicale
6
2
Erakor Golden Star
1
4
Ifira Black Bird
1
–
Shepherds United
–
2
Tupuji Imere
–
1

Domestic Cups

Port Vila Shield

The Port Vila Shield is the National Cup held in January each year since 2013.
Previous Winners of the Port Vila Shield are:

Season Winner Score Runner-up Ref
2013
Tafea FC
2014
Tafea FC
1–0
Amicale FC
[3]
2015
Amicale FC
1–0
Erakor Golden Star
[4]

PVFA Cup

The PVFA Cup was a tournament that was held as a warm up for the 8 teams that play in the Digicel Premier League. Since 2016 the PVFA Cup will be a tournament for all of the 27 teams of the first 3 divisions.
Previous winners of the PVFA Cup are:

Season Winner Score Runner-up Ref
2014
Tafea
3–0
Ifira Black Bird
2016
Tupuji Imere
1-0
Erakor Golden Star

Top Four Super League

The Top Four Super League is a competition played between the top four teams of the Port Vila Football League to decide one of the two representatives of Vanuatu in the OFC Champions League (the other representative is from the VFF National Super League).

Season Winner
2016
Erakor Golden Star
2017
Erakor Golden Star[5]

See also

VFF National Super League

References

  1. ↑ "Vanuatu - List of Champions".
  2. ↑ "Archive - Premia Divisen - Vanuatu - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Vanuafoot - Vanuatu Football Federation".
  4. ↑ OFC. "Oceania Football Confederation".
  5. ↑ "Erakor book Champions League return". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 July 2017.
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