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Dublanc FC
Dublanc Football Club (also known as Dublanc Sports Club and, previously, Dublanc Strikers Sports Club) is a Dominica football club based in Dublanc, Dominica who plays their home games in Roseau Roseau (Dominican Creole: ''Wozo'') is the capital and largest city of Dominica, with a population of 14,725 as of 2011. It is a small and compact urban settlement, in the Saint George parish and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, the Roseau Ri ..., Dominica. The club competes in the Dominica Premiere League, the top tier of Dominica football. Honors * Dominica Premiere League: 3 ** 2005 (as Dublanc Strikers SC), 2016, 2017. Stadium Currently the team plays at the 12000 capacity Windsor Park Cricket Stadium. References External linksSoccerway profile Football clubs in Dominica {{Caribbean-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Park Cricket Stadium
Windsor Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Roseau, Dominica. It serves as the country's national stadium and is used mostly for cricket and association football matches. Other uses have included the World Creole Music Festival, the Finals of the Calypso Competition and the Miss Dominica pageant. The stadium is of International Cricket Council (ICC) international standard with facilities featuring 12,000 seats, private boxes, a media centre, practice nets, a players' personality complex, digital score boards and five cricket pitches. History The ground was named after Windsor, England, and is situated on the eastern side of Roseau. It was levelled out of a rubbish dump previously known as Cow Town. It was a popular venue for sports of all kinds, carnival activities, horse and donkey racing, state parades and played a central role in island life. In 1999 a national stadium was planned for the site, but after demolishing all of the existing stands and adjoining buildings, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roseau, Dominica
Roseau (Dominican Creole: ''Wozo'') is the capital and largest city of Dominica, with a population of 14,725 as of 2011. It is a small and compact urban settlement, in the Saint George parish and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, the Roseau River and Morne Bruce. Built on the site of the ancient Island Carib village of Sairi, it is the oldest and most important urban settlement on the island of Dominica. It is on the west (leeward) coast of Dominica and has a combination of modern and colonial French architecture. Roseau is Dominica's most important port for foreign trade. Some exports include bananas, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges, and cocoa. The service sector is also a large part of the local economy. There are several private institutions registered in Dominica, like Ross University, Ballsbridge University, international university for graduate studies, All Saints University, New World University, Western Orthodox University. There is a prominent diocese calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominica Premiere League
The Dominica Premier League is the top division for association football in Dominica, it was created in 1970. Eight teams participate in this league. Starting in 2005, the winner and runners-up can qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup from the first round of the CFU Club Championship. The teams play an 18-matches league (home and away matches against the other 9 teams), in the end of that 18 matches the winner is declared the Dominica Champion and the 10th placed is relegated to Dominica First Division. Some matches are played at 12,000 capacity Windsor Park, which is also used for cricket. Clubs competing in the 2019–20 season * Bath Estate (Roseau) * Dublanc FC ( Dublanc) * East Central ( Mahaut) * Exodus ( Saint Joseph) * Harlem United (Newtown) * Mahaut ( Mahaut) * Portsmouth Bombers (Portsmouth) * Pointe Michel ( Pointe Michel) *South East ( La Plaine) * WE United ( Castle Bruce) Previous winners Winners so far: *1965 : Spartans Sports Club (Laudat) *1966 : Domf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Dominica Premier League
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The 2020 Dominica Premier League is the 55th season of the Dominica Premier League, the top tier of association football in Dominica. The season began on 12 January 2020. The season was suspended on 15 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Dominica and resumed play on 31 July. South East FC won the league title. Standings Stadiums References Dominica Premiere League seasons Dominica football Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominica
Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically situated as part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. Dominica's closest neighbours are two constituent territories of the European Union, the overseas departments of France, Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast. Dominica comprises a land area of , and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census. The island was settled by the Arawak arriving from South America in the fifth century. The Kalinago displaced the Arawak by the 15th century. Columbus is said to have passed the island on Sunday, 3 November 1493. It was later colonised by Europeans, predominantly by the French from the 1690s to 1763. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublanc, Dominica
Dublanc is a village in Saint Peter Parish, Dominica, Saint Peter parish on the west coast of Dominica between the town of Portsmouth, Dominica, Portsmouth and the village of Bioche. It sits on a low hillside at an elevation of 27. it had a population of 423.Commonwealth of Dominica, ''Population and Housing Census — 2001''. Roseau, Dominica: Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, 2001. The Dublanc river, which rises on the flanks of Morne Diablotin (the tallest mountain in Dominica), cuts through the village just before entering the Caribbean Sea. Industry Dublanc is a rural village; many residents Farming, farm and Fishing, fish for their livelihood. Amenities *Catholic church *Seventh-Day Adventist Church *Pre-School *Primary School Sports The village continues to do well in sporting events in Dominica, mainly Soccer, football and cricket. Some Past Residents Irvine Shillingford, a local cricketer References {{Settlements in D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
