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GFF Elite League
The Elite League, often referred to as GFF Elite League, is the top level of the football system in Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co .... Contested by 10 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation. Top level before GFF Elite League was GFF National Super League. The competition was formed as the Stag Elite League in 2015 following a hiatus for the 2014-15 season. Its inaugural season consisted of 8 of the 11 FIFA licensed teams from Guyana. The league expanded to 10 teams for its second season, but four teams pulled out before the season began. 11,000 people attended the 90 matches 2024 edition of the GFF Elite League, resulting in an average attendance of 122 per game.https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2024/08/29/gff-concludes-kfc-elite-league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories mainly in North America, including the Caribbean and Central America, and, for geopolitics, geopolitical reasons, 3 nations from the Guianas Subregion#South America, subregion of South America-Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana (an overseas department and region, overseas region of French Fifth Republic, France). The CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct the FIFA World Cup, World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup, Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments. The CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico, with the merger of the North American Football Confederation, NAFC and the Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgetown Football Stadium
Georgetown Football Stadium is a multi-use stadium on Vlissengen Road in Georgetown, Guyana. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 2,000 people. It formerly hosted international venues. It's the main venue for local teams in the GFF Elite League: GDF, Milerock, Santos, and the Western Tigers. See also * Bourda * Providence Stadium The Providence Stadium or Guyana National Stadium is a sports stadium in Guyana, replacing Bourda as the national stadium. The stadium was built specifically to host Super Eight matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup held in March and April 2007. ... References Football venues in Georgetown, Guyana {{Guyana-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 GFF Elite League
The 2016–17 GFF Elite League (known as the 2016–17 Stag Elite League for sponsorship reasons) is the 16th season of the highest competitive football league in Guyana, and the 2nd season of the Elite League. Eight FIFA licensed clubs participated in the inaugural Elite League season. Slingerz are the defending champions, but are not participating in the league this season, due to being in bad standing with the Guyana Football Federation. Teams Alpha United and Slingerz withdrew from the competition and were thus deemed to be in ''bad standing'' with the Guyana Football Federation. Source: Standings Top scorers Attendances References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 GFF Elite League GFF Elite League seasons Guyana football football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha United FC
Alpha United Football Club is a Guyanese football club based in Providence. The club competes in the GFF Elite League, the top league of football in Guyana. They were league champions in the 2009–10, 2010, 2012, 2012–13, and 2013–14 seasons. In 2011, Alpha United gained recognition as being the first Guyanese football club to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League, North America's premier continental club tournament. Alpha United earned berth into the Champions League by finishing in third place in the subcontinental tournament, the CFU Club Championship, which they earned a berth into through winning the National Super League. They finished third in the 2011 CFU-CC and qualified for the preliminary round of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League, becoming the first club from Guyana to play in the CONCACAF Champions League. In the playoff for third place, Alpha United created history by beating Trinidad and Tobago's Defence Force on penalty kicks (4–3) after regula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slingerz FC
Slingerz FC is a Guyanese football club based in Vergenoegen. The club competes in the West Demerara Senior League, one of several regional leagues in Guyana. Founded in 2013, the club never qualified for the GFF National Super League, the top football league in Guyana at the time. However, the team has been very successful in Guyana's many cup competitions, including winning the Mayors Cup, Guyana's top cup competition, in 2015 after finishing runners-up in the previous tournament in 2013. The team has also finished champions or runners-up in several smaller cup competitions. The club was an inaugural member of Guyana's new first division, the GFF Elite League, in 2015. Honors League titles * Guyana National Football League ** Winners (1): 2015–16 * West Demerara Senior League ** Winners (1): 2013 Cups * Guyana Mayors Cup ** Winners (1): 2015 ** Runners-up (1): 2013 * GFA Banks Beer Knockout Tournament ** Winners (1): 2013–14 * Go For Gold Extravaganza ** Runners-u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 GFF Elite League
The 2015–16 GFF Elite League (known as the 2015–16 Stag Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the highest competitive football league in Guyana, and the 1st season of the Elite League. Eight FIFA licensed clubs participated in the inaugural Elite League season. The season was split into Apertura and Clausura, two parts (known as the ''Genesis'' and ''Finale'' rounds). Each half consisted of 14 rounds, with each team playing the other 7 teams twice each. In each round, the top 4 teams advanced to the playoffs. The winners of each half then faced off to determine the overall champion. The two half-season champions also advanced to the 2017 CFU Club Championship. Slingerz FC, Slingerz (the Genesis round champions) defeated Alpha United FC, Alpha United (the Finale round champions) to win the overall championship. Team information Source: Genesis round The Genesis round consisted of 14 rounds from 18 September to 22 November 2015. Each team played the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Tigers FC
Western Tigers FC is a Guyanese football club in Georgetown. The club competes in the GFF Elite League, the top league of football in Guyana. History Founded in 1976 in the western region of the capital city of Georgetown, Western Tigers have won one league title in their history, in 1994–95. Western Tigers participated internationally in the 1995 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup, losing to Jong Colombia of the Netherlands Antilles The Netherlands Antilles (, ; ), also known as the Dutch Antilles, was a constituent Caribbean country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of the islands of Saba (island), Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten in the Lesser Antilles, ... 6–4 on aggregate. References Football clubs in Guyana {{Caribbean-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria, Guyana
Victoria is located on the Atlantic coast of Guyana, east of Georgetown and bordered by Cove and John to the west and Belfield to the east. It was the first village in Guyana to be bought by the combined resources of Africans who had recently won their freedom from slavery. The village is often also claimed to be the first African village that was bought by freed slaves from the trans-Atlantic slave trade. History The community was initially established as a plantation called Fort Wellington. In November 1839, 83 ex-slaves from five nearby estates (Douchfour, Ann's Grove, Hope, Paradise and Enmore) pooled their resources and bought Plantation Northbrook for 30,000 guilders, or $10,283.63. Each of the 83 owned one lot of land. After its purchase it was renamed Victoria, presumably in honor of England's Queen Victoria, although some suggest it may have been named as such in honor of the freed slaves' victory. It is credited with one of the first codes of local government in Guy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Kings FC
Victoria Kings FC is a Guyanese football club in Victoria. The club competes in the GFF Elite League, the top league of football in Guyana. They have a fierce rivalry with fellow eastern side, Buxton United Buxton United FC is a Guyanese football club in Buxton. The club competes in the GFF Elite League The Elite League, often referred to as GFF Elite League, is the top level of the football system in Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-oper .... The club's motto is ''Discipline is the Gateway to Excellence''. References Football clubs in Guyana {{Caribbean-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santos FC (Guyana)
Santos FC is a Guyanese professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... club based in Georgetown. Founded in 1964, the club competes in the GFF Elite League, the top league of football in Guyana. References Football clubs in Guyana {{Caribbean-footyclub-stub it:Santos (disambigua)#Sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackenzie Sports Club
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Linden, Guyana
Linden is the second largest city in Guyana after Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown, and capital of the Upper Demerara-Berbice region, located at , altitude . It was declared a town in 1970, and includes the communities of MacKenzie, Christianburg, and Wismar. It lies on the Demerara River and has a population of 27,277 as of 2012. It is primarily a bauxite mining town, containing many mines 60–90 m deep, with many other pits now in disuse. The Bauxite Company Commercial bauxite Mining in Guyana, mining started in Linden a hundred years ago. In 1916 the Demerara Bauxite Company Limited, known as DEMBA, a subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of Canada Limited, was established with the objective of mining, processing and selling bauxite. The site chosen for this preliminary venture was on the Demerara River, south of the capital city Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown. At that time there was no settlement in the area, except for the wards of Wismar, Guyana Wismar and Christianburg. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |