Competition: | Ligue Haïtienne |
Season: | 2019 |
Winners: | Ouverture: Arcahaie (1st title) Clôture: Abandoned |
Continentalcup1: | Caribbean Club Championship |
Prevseason: | 2018 |
Nextseason: | 2020 |
The 2019 Ligue Haïtienne is the 56th season of the Ligue Haïtienne, the top-tier football league in Haiti. The league Championnat National Haïtien Professionnel is split into two tournaments — the Série d'Ouverture and the Série de Clôture — each with identical formats and each contested by the same 16 teams.[1] The season began on 2 March 2019.
Due to unrest in the country, no further matches were played after 22 September. The season was formally abandoned on 18 December.
At the end of the 2018 season, the bottom three teams in the aggregate table; AS Sud-Est, Valencia, and Petit-Goâve; were relegated to the Haitian second-level leagues. Replacing them were three clubs from the Haitian second-level leagues; Violette AC, Triomphe and América.
Club | City | Stadium | |
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América | Les Cayes, Sud | Parc de Foot Land des Gabions des Cayes | |
Arcahaie FC | Arcahaie, Ouest | Parc National du Drapeau | |
Baltimore SC | Saint-Marc, Artibonite | Parc Levelt | |
AS Capoise | Cap-Haïtien, Nord | Parc Saint-Victor | |
Cavaly AS | Léogâne, Ouest | Parc Julia Vilbon | |
Cosmopolites SC | Delmas, Ouest | ||
Don Bosco FC | Pétion-Ville, Ouest | Parc Sainte-Thérèse | |
FICA | Cap-Haïtien, Nord | Parc Saint-Victor | |
AS Mirebalais | Mirebalais, Centre | Centre Sportif Bayas | |
Ouanaminthe FC | Ouanaminthe, Nord-Est | Parc Notre Dame | |
Racing Club Haïtien | Port-au-Prince, Ouest | Stade Sylvio Cator | |
Racing FC | Gonaïves, Artibonite | Parc Stenio Vincent | |
Real Hope FA | Cap-Haïtien, Nord | ||
Tempête FC | Saint-Marc, Artibonite | Parc Levelt | |
Triomphe | Liancourt, Artibonite | Parc Mercinus Deslouches | |
Violette AC | Port-au-Prince, Ouest | Stade Sylvio Cator |
The regular season began on 2 March and ended on 19 May.
The first legs were played on 23 and 24 May and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 May.The first leg match between Don Bosco and Tempête was begun on 23 May, but the game was abandoned at halftime due to rain. The game was replayed the next day.
The first legs were played on 29 and 30 May and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 June.
The first leg was played on 6 June and the second leg was played on 9 June. Winner qualifies for 2020 Caribbean Club Championship.
The regular season began on 24 August.
Winner qualifies for 2020 Caribbean Club Championship.
Played between champions of Série d'Ouverture and Série de Clôture.
Due to the abandonment of the season, no clubs were relegated for next season.