Caribbean Football Union

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CFU countries location map.

The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) is the representative organization for football associations in the Caribbean.[1] It represents 25 FIFA member nations, as well as 6 territories that are not affiliated with FIFA. The Union was established in January 1978 and its member associations compete in the CONCACAF region.

The CFU runs multiple competitions, including the CFU Club Shield, CONCACAF Caribbean Cup, and youth challenge series.

History

The formation of the Caribbean Football Union is credited to former Trinidad and Tobago national footballer Patrick Raymond. In 1976, he approached Phil Woosnam, the Commissioner of the North American Soccer League (NASL), about ownership of a Caribbean franchise within the NASL, and instead, Woosnam proposed the formation of a Caribbean Professional League. Acting on Woosnam's advice, and with assistance from former England player-turned businessman Jimmy Hill and his company World Sports Academy, plus the recommendation of former FIFA President Sir Stanley Rous, that a Caribbean regional governing body as a sub-group within CONCACAF be the first order of business, Raymond introduced the initiative in August 1977 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, that eventually led to the formation of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). The CFU was inaugurated on January 28, 1978, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as the Caribbean region's governing football body and a sub-group within CONCACAF.

A previous effort to establish a Caribbean regional governing body was the British Caribbean Football Association (BCFA) in January 1957, with the Trinidad & Tobago FA's President Ken Galt as the BCFA's president, and the TTFA's Secretary Eric James as General Secretary, and in 1959, a representative BCFA team toured the UK.

In May 2013, under the direction of Damien E. Hughes, the CFU relocated their offices from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad to Kingston, Jamaica.[2] In August 2015, Hughes was replaced by Antiguan Neil Cochrane. Cochrane announced that several jobs would be moved from Jamaica to Antigua and a smaller headquarters would be rented.[3]

Corruption scandal

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Competitions

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The CFU Championship was a tournament for national teams in the region active between 1978 and 1988. It was sometimes referred to as the CFU Nations Cup. The Caribbean Cup was the international cup for the Caribbean between 1989 and 2017; the top 4 teams in the tournament used to qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The Caribbean Club Championship was the championship for Caribbean club teams. The winner qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup from 1997 and until 2008, and from 2008–09 until 2016–17, the top 3 clubs qualified for a preliminary round of the CONCACAF Champions League. Since 2017, the winner of the rebranded Caribbean Club Championship qualified for the knockout stage of the CONCACAF Champions League.

The CONCACAF Caribbean Cup is the latest announced regional competition.

Previously the CFU had organised a pan-Caribbean league, the Caribbean Professional Football League; it was active between 1992 and 1994.

Current title holders

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Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition Dates
National teams
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Abolished
U-23 Tournament 2015 File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti unknown File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba TBD
U-20 Tournament 2016 File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti unknown File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda TBD
U-17 Tournament 2016 File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti unknown File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba TBD
U-14 Tournament 2024 File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica — File:Flag of French Guiana.svg French Guiana 2026
Futsal Championship 2016 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba unknown Template:Country data CUW TBD
National teams (women)
Women's Caribbean Cup 2018 Script error: No such module "flagg". unknown unknown TBD
Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2015 Script error: No such module "flagg". unknown Script error: No such module "flagg". TBD
Women's U-20 Tournament 2017 Template:Fbwu unknown Template:Fbwu TBD
Women's U-17 Tournament 2017 Template:Fbwu unknown Template:Fbwu TBD
Girls U-14 Tournament 2023 Template:Fbwu — Template:Fbwu TBD
Club teams
CONCACAF Caribbean Cup 2024 Template:Fbaicon Cavalier 1st Template:Fbaicon Cibao 2025
CFU Club Shield 2024 Template:Fbaicon Arnett Gardens 1st Template:Fbaicon Grenades 2025

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Representative team

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In August 1993, CFU President Jack Warner ruled out the possibility of merging the Caribbean nations into one national football team, similar to the West Indies cricket team. He said: "There seems to be some myth outside there that a Caribbean team is the answer to football in the region. I have never heard anything so ludicrous," said Warner, "If to reach a [FIFA] World Cup have to be considered by size, why haven't China ever made it. The simple fact is, we must take whatever seems to be our liabilities and make them our assets. Being small is never a liability in this sport".[5]

Presidents

There have been three presidents (and three acting presidents) of the CFU since its foundation:

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General secretaries

There have been seven general secretaries of the CFU since its foundation:

Staff

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Members of the CFU (orange), members of the CONCACAF (orange and camel).

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President Randolph Harris (Barbados)
Vice President Rignaal Francisca (Curaçao)
Vice President Michael Ricketts (Jamaica)
Vice President Lyndon Cooper (Saint Lucia)
Vice President Richard Dijkhoff (Aruba)
Executive Committee Members Gwendolyn Salmon (Antigua and Barbuda)
Glen Etienne (Dominica)
Eric Labrador (Puerto Rico)

Member associations

Current members

Nation Association National team Year joined the CFU [7] FIFA status Island group Geographical region
Template:Fba Anguilla Football Association Anguilla 1996 Member Leeward Islands
Template:Fba Antigua and Barbuda Football Association Antigua and Barbuda 1978 Member Leeward Islands
Template:Fba Arubaanse Voetbal Bond Aruba 1988 Member Leeward Antilles
Template:Fba Bahamas Football Association Bahamas 1978 Member Lucayan Archipelago
Template:Fba Barbados Football Association Barbados 1978 Member Windward Islands
Template:Fba Bermuda Football Association Bermuda 1978 Member North America
Template:Fba Bonaire Football Federation Bonaire 2013 Non-member Leeward Antilles
Template:Fba British Virgin Islands Football Association British Virgin Islands 1996 Member Leeward Islands
Template:Fba Cayman Islands Football Association Cayman Islands 1992 Member Greater Antilles
Template:Fba Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba Cuba 1978 Member Greater Antilles
Template:Fba Curaçao Football Federation Curaçao 1978 Member Leeward Antilles
Template:Fba Dominica Football Association Dominica 1994 Member Windward Islands
Template:Fba Dominican Football Federation Dominican Republic 1978 Member Greater Antilles
Template:Fba Ligue de football de la Guyane French Guiana 1978 Non-member South America
Template:Fba Grenada Football Association Grenada 1978 Member Windward Islands
Template:Fba Ligue Guadeloupéenne de Football Guadeloupe 1978 Non-member Leeward Islands
Template:Fba Guyana Football Federation Guyana 1978 Member South America
Template:Fba Haitian Football Federation Haiti 1978 Member Greater Antilles
Template:Fba Jamaica Football Federation Jamaica 1978 Member Greater Antilles
Template:Fba Ligue de football de la Martinique Martinique 1978 Non-member Windward Islands
Template:Fba Montserrat Football Association Montserrat 1996 Member Leeward Islands
Template:Fba Puerto Rican Football Federation Puerto Rico 1978 Member Greater Antilles
Template:Fba Saint Kitts and Nevis Football Association Saint Kitts and Nevis 1992 Member Leeward Islands
Template:Fba Saint Lucia Football Association Saint Lucia 1988 Member Windward Islands
Template:Fba Comité de Football des Îles du Nord Saint Martin Non-member Leeward Islands
Template:Fba Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1988 Member Windward Islands
Template:Fba Sint Maarten Soccer Association Sint Maarten Non-member Leeward Islands
Template:Fba Surinaamse Voetbal Bond Suriname 1978 Member South America
Template:Fba Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation Trinidad and Tobago 1978 Member Windward Islands
Template:Fba Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association Turks and Caicos Islands 1998 Member Lucayan Archipelago
Template:Fba U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Federation United States Virgin Islands 1998 Member Leeward Islands

Former Members

Association Year Note
Template:Fba 1978-2010 Netherlands Antilles was a founding member of CFU, Aruba was split from Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and forming their National Team. In 2011, NAFU was succeeded by Federashon Futbol Korsou (FFK) following the dissolution of Netherlands Antilles

See also

References

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External links

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