Dutch Antilles - List of Champions

The first championship of Curaçao was organised in 1921, the year in which the C.V.B. was founded. Football organisations were founded on Aruba in 1932 (A.V.B.) and on Bonaire in 1960 (B.V.B., after earlier, short-lived attempts in the 1930s and 1950s).
On 20 December 1941, the federations of Aruba and Curaçao formed the N.A.V.B. (Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Bond) which made two attempts to organise a match between the champions of both islands to determine the champions of the Dutch Antilles: in 1942 between S.U.B.T. and R.C.A. and on 29 Jul 1944 between Jong Holland and Hollandia. The first attempt failed when S.U.B.T. withdrew (instead Curaçao runners-up Jong Holland played and defeated R.C.A.), the second when Jong Holland withdrew due to a conflict with the C.V.B. (instead representative teams of Curaçao and Aruba played each other). At its foundation, the F.I.F.A. membership of the C.V.B. (dating back to 1932) was transferred to the N.A.V.B. However, after the end of World War II this transfer was rejected by the F.I.F.A., upon which the N.A.V.B. was dissolved in 1946 and F.I.F.A. membership returned to the C.V.B. In the same year, the A.V.B. unsuccessfully applied for F.I.F.A. membership (eventually, Aruba would join F.I.F.A. in 1988, after having been granted a status aparte within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986).
In 1956 a request by the C.V.B. to the A.V.B. to organise an Antillian championship in Oranjestad failed due to disagreements on dates. Eventually, after discussions dating back to 1954, the N.A.V.U. (Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie) was founded in 1958 by the A.V.B. and C.V.B. In 1960, it organised a playoff for the championship of the Dutch Antilles between the top-2 clubs of Curaçao and Aruba playing a double round robin in three weeks. The first ten editions of the N.A.V.U. championship (from 1960 up to and including 1970) were all held in the same format.
The B.V.B. joined the N.A.V.U. on 4 August 1963, and after several earlier requests the Bonaire champions (but not the runners-up) were admitted to the 1972 edition. The Aruban clubs ceased to enter after the island obtained the status aparte in 1986. Due to an administrative reorganisation of the islands, which led to the F.F.K. (Federashon Futbol Korsou, the Papiamentu translation of C.V.B.) obtaining F.I.F.A. membership instead of the defunct N.A.V.U., the tournament involving the top-2 of Bonaire and Curaçao was discontinued after the 2010 edition. In fact, three of the last eight editions held had only included two clubs from Curaçao anyway, as Bonaire failed to have its championship finished in time.

Year    Winners                                Runners-Up

1960    Jong Holland (Willemstad)              S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)
1961    Sithoc (Mahuma)                        R.C.A. (Oranjestad) [Aruba]
1962    Sithoc (Mahuma)
1963    Veendam                                Dakota (Oranjestad) [Aruba]
1964      not held
1965    R.C.A. (Oranjestad) [Aruba]            Jong Holland (Willemstad) 
1966    Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)              Veendam
1967    Scherpenheuvel                         Jong Colombia (Boca Samí) 
1968    Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)              Estrella (Santa Cruz) [Aruba]
1969    S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)                  Estrella (Santa Cruz) [Aruba]
1970    Estrella (Santa Cruz) [Aruba]          Dakota (Oranjestad) [Aruba]
1971      not held
1972    Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)              S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)
1973      not held
1974    Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)              Real (Rincon) [Bonaire]
1975    Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)              S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)              [!]
1976    Jong Holland (Willemstad)              Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)
1977    Jong Holland (Willemstad)
1978    Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)
1979    S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)                  Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)
1980    S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)
1981    Jong Holland (Willemstad)              S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)
1982/83 S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)                  Dakota (Oranjestad) [Aruba]
1983    S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)                  Victory Boys (Zapateer)
1984    S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)                  Jong Holland (Willemstad)
1985    Undeba (Banda Abou)            2-1 3-2 Juventus (Antriol) [Bonaire]   
1986    Victory Boys (Zapateer)                Sithoc (Mahuma)
1987    Undeba (Banda Abou)        1-1 2-2 2-0 Centro Dominguito
1988    Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)              Juventus (Antriol) [Bonaire]
1989    Undeba (Banda Abou)            1-0 1-0 Sithoc (Mahuma)
1990    Sithoc (Mahuma)                        S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)    
1991    Sithoc (Mahuma)                        Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)      
1992    Sithoc (Mahuma)                        Juventus (Antriol) [Bonaire]
1993    Sithoc (Mahuma) 
1994    Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)              Sithoc (Mahuma) 
1995    Sithoc (Mahuma)                        Centro Dominguito
1996/97 Undeba (Banda Abou)            1-1 2-0 Real Rincon (Rincon) [Bonaire]
1997    Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)          2-1 Undeba (Banda Abou)                [asdet] 
1998      not held
1998/99 Sithoc (Mahuma)                    0-0 Jong Holland (Willemstad)          [asdet, 3-2 pen]
2000      not held
2000/01 Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)          3-0 Juventus (Antriol) [Bonaire]   
2001/02 Centro Barber                      1-0 S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)
2002/03 Centro Barber                      2-1 Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)          [*]
2003/04 Centro Barber
2004/05 Centro Barber                      2-1 Victory Boys (Zapateer)
2005/06 Centro Barber                          Undeba (Banda Abou)                [*]
2006/07 Centro Barber                      4-2 Jong Colombia (Boca Samí) 
2007/08 Centro Barber                      1-0 Juventus (Antriol) [Bonaire]
2009    Hubentut Fortuna (Seru Fortuna)    4-2 Centro Barber                      [*]
2009/10 Centro Barber                      2-0 Real (Rincon) [Bonaire]

NB: all clubs from Curaçao unless indicated otherwise

[!] both participants from Aruba (Dakota and Estrella) and the one entrant from
    Bonaire (Estrellas) withdrew early Dec 1975 from the tournament, at the 
    half-way stage, leaving only S.U.B.T. and Jong Colombia as participants.
[*] the 2003, 2006 and 2009 editions had no entrants from Bonaire; thus, the 
    eventual champions and runners-up, both from Curaçao, were the only entrants.

Number of Wins (46)

10 Jong Colombia (Boca Samí)             [Curaçao]

 8 Centro Barber                         [Curaçao]
   Sithoc (Mahuma)                       [Curaçao]

 6 S.U.B.T. (Willemstad)                 [Curaçao]

 4 Jong Holland (Willemstad)             [Curaçao]
   Undeba (Banda Abou)                   [Curaçao] 

 1 Scherpenheuvel                        [Curaçao] 
   Estrella (Santa Cruz)                 [Aruba]
   Hubentut Fortuna (Seru Fortuna)       [Curaçao]
   R.C.A. (Oranjestad)                   [Aruba] 
   Veendam                               [Curaçao]
   Victory Boys (Zapateer)               [Curaçao]

champions of Curaçao

champions of Bonaire

champions of Aruba

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Main source (for data before 1985): Amigoe di Curaçao (available through the Koninklijke Bibliotheek)

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl, Karel Stokkermans and Piet Veroeveren for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Hans Schöggl, Karel Stokkermans and Piet Veroeveren
Last updated: 17 Jan 2012

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