Port Vila Football League Explained

Port Vila Football League should not be confused with VFF National Super League.

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Country:Vanuatu
Confed:OFC
Teams:27
Level:3 (in Port Vila)
Domest Cup:Port Vila Shield
Port Vila FA Cup
Champions:Ifira Black Bird
Season:2021–22
Most Successful Club:Tafea (16 titles)
Top Goalscorer:Kensi Tangis
(73 goals)
Current:2024 Port Vila Premier League

Port Vila Football League (also known as the Digicel League, or simply Digicel Premier League) is the top division football league in Port Vila, Vanuatu. It consists of three competitions: Port Vila Premier League, Port Vila First Division and the Port Vila Second Division. The league's domestic cup is the Port Vila FA Cup, in which all 3 divisions compete in.

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.

The league is not fully professional.[1] [2]

Members

All teams and leagues are for the 2019/20 season

List of champions

Port Vila Premier League

The list with Port Villa Champions:[3] [4]

SeasonWinnerRunner-upTopscorer Goals
1994Tafea
1995Tafea
1996Tafea
1997Tafea
1998Tafea
1999Tafea
2000Tafea
2001Tafea
2002TafeaShepherds United
2003TafeaShepherds United
2004Tafea
2005Tafea
2006Tafea
2007TafeaTupuji Imere
2008–09TafeaAmicale
2009–10AmicaleTafea
2010–11AmicaleTafea
2011–12AmicaleTafea
2012–13AmicaleErakor Golden Star
2013–14AmicaleErakor Golden Star7 goals each.
Sanni Issa
2014–15AmicaleErakor Golden Star
2016Erakor Golden StarAmicale
2017Ifira Black BirdErakor Golden Star
2017–18Tupuji ImereErakor Golden Star
2018–19TafeaGalaxy
2019-20Ifira Black BirdGalaxyKensi Tangis21 goals
2020-21GalaxyTafeaKensi Tangis19 goals
2021-22Ifira Black BirdMaurikiKensi Tangis9 goals
2022-23Ifira Black BirdGalaxyKensi Tangis22 goals
2023-24Ifira Black BirdGalaxyJodie Tasip

Port Vila Second Division

Domestic Cups

Port Vila Independence Cup

The Port Vila Independence Cup is held in July. The final match is played on July 30, Vanuatu's independence day

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:

Port Vila FA Cup

The Port Vila FA Cup (PVFA Cup) was originally a tournament held as a warm-up for the 8 teams that play in the Digicel Premier League. As of 2016, the PVFA Cup became a tournament for all of the 27 teams of the first 3 divisions.
Previous winners of the PVFA Cup are:

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).

See also

VFF National Super League

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kalo, the magician for surprise package Vanuatu . fifa.com . 16 December 2017 . The No10 is a student and, like the other 20 members of the Vanuatu squad, he is not a professional footballer, but he is still the only player among his compatriots with experience of playing in the OFC Champions League. Centre-back Jason Thomas is the only other player to have represented his country – an island with fewer than 300,000 inhabitants – at senior level. Most of the population earn a living through horticulture, and some of the players also help out their families with the work. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170827084755/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2017/m=5/news=kalo-the-magician-for-surprise-package-vanuatu-2885548.html . 27 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Global Club Football Report 2017 . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . PDF . 29 June 2017 . 15 March 2018 . None of the top-tier domestic competitions in Oceania is fully professional. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180225024520/https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/proffootballdept/02/90/12/72/clubfootballreport_29.6.2017_neutral.pdf . 25 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Vanuatu - List of Champions.
  4. Web site: Archive - Premia Divisen - Vanuatu - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway. soccerway.com. 5 March 2016.