Antigua and Barbuda Football Association

The governing body of association football in Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda Football AssociationCONCACAF

Short name| abfa
Founded| 1928
Headquarters| Saint John's
FIFA affiliation| 1970
CONCACAF affiliation| between 1961 and 1973[1][2]
President| Everton Gonsalves
Website| http://antiguafootball.com/

The Antigua and Barbuda Football Association is the governing body of football in Antigua and Barbuda.[3] They control the Antigua and Barbuda national football team.

## Association staff

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Name  | Position  | Source

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Everton Gonsalves | President  | [4][5]
Akheilla Hillhouse | Vice-president  | [4]
Daryl Michael | 2nd Vice-president  | [4]
Gwen Solomon | 3rd Vice-president  | [4]
Rohan Hector | General secretary  | [4][5]
Margaret Massiah | Treasurer  | [4]
Sowebry Gomes | Technical director  |
Jacques Passy | Team coach (men's)  | [4]
Karen Warner | Team coach (women's)  | [4]
Troy Gibson | Media/communications manager  | [4]
Sean Samuel | Futsal Coordinator  | [4]
Rolston James | Chairperson of the Referees Comiteee  | [4]
Kelehsa Antoine | Head/Director of the Referees Department  | [4]
Kelehsa Antoine | Referee Coodinator  | [4]

## Competitions

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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

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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."[6]

## References

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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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m https://inside.fifa.com/associations/ATG
5. ^ a b "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.

## External links

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* Official website
* Antigua and Barbuda at the FIFA website.
* Antigua and Barbuda at CONCACAF site

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Antigua and Barbuda Football Association

National teams|

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* National team
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* U-17

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Women|

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* Netherlands Antilles

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