Antigua and Barbuda Football Association
{{Short description|The governing body of association football in Antigua and Barbuda}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{National football association
|Logo = Antigua and Barbuda FA logo.svg
|Upright = 0.9
|Founded = 1928
|FIFA affiliation = 1970
|Region = CONCACAF
|Region affiliation = between 1961 and 1973CONCACAF was founded in 1961.{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/jm/kingston/kingston/kingston-gleaner/1973/02-13/page-14|title=Abrahams likely to head CONCACAF|date=13 February 1973|publisher=Kingston Gleaner in newspaperarchive.com}}
"The Caribbean CONCACAF members are Jamaica, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Surinam, Trinidad and the Dominican Republic."
|President = Everton Gonsalves
|Coach = Derrick Edwards
}}
The Antigua and Barbuda Football Association is the governing body of football in Antigua and Barbuda.{{cite web |url=http://www.antiguaobserver.com/abfa-improving-coaching-skills/ |title=ABFA improving coaching skills {{!}} Antigua Observer Newspaper |website=www.antiguaobserver.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212033903/http://www.antiguaobserver.com/abfa-improving-coaching-skills/ |archive-date=2013-12-12}} They control the Antigua and Barbuda national football team.
Association staff
class="wikitable" |
Name
!Position !Source |
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{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Everton Gonsalves
|President |{{Cite web|date=2021-03-07|title=ANTIGUA and BARBUDA|url=https://www.concacaf.com/en/inside-concacaf/member-associations/antigua-and-barbuda/|access-date=2021-05-08|website=Concacaf}} |
{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Michael Carr
|Vice-president |
{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Gregory Kenderson
|2nd Vice-president |
{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Daryl Michael
|3rd Vice-president |
{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Gwendolyn Salmon
|4th Vice-president |
{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Rohan Hector
|General secretary |
{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Daryl Michael
|Treasurer |
n/a
|Technical director | |
{{Flagicon|England}} Tom Curtis
|Team coach (men's) |
{{flagicon|United States}} Lisa Cole
|Team coach (women's) |
{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Troy Gibson
|Media/communications manager |
{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Sean Samuel
|Futsal Coordinator |
{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Rolston James
|Referee coordinator |
Competitions
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
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."{{Cite web
|url=http://www.footballantigua.com/news_details.php?subaction=showfull&id=1202217485&archive=&start_from=&ucat=2&
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920062215/http://www.footballantigua.com/news_details.php?subaction=showfull&id=1202217485&archive=&start_from=&ucat=2&
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2008-09-20
|title=FIFA Approves the ARG
|access-date=2008-07-06
|publisher=ABFA
}}
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.antiguafootball.com/ }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070613013215/http://fifa.com/associations/association=atg/index.html Antigua and Barbuda] at the FIFA website.
- [https://www.concacaf.com/inside-concacaf/member-associations/antigua-and-barbuda/ Antigua and Barbuda] at CONCACAF site
{{Sports governing bodies in Antigua and Barbuda}}
{{Football in Antigua and Barbuda}}
{{CONCACAF associations}}
{{International football}}
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Category:National members of CONCACAF
Category:Football in Antigua and Barbuda
Category:Sports governing bodies in Antigua and Barbuda
Category:Sports organizations established in 1928
Category:1928 establishments in Antigua and Barbuda
Category:Association football governing bodies in the Caribbean
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