Aruban Division di Honor or Campeonato AVB Aruba Bank is the top level

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. It is overseen by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond and was created in 1960. Up to and including 1985, the top clubs from

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and Estrella were the only Aruban teams to win that championship in 1965 and 1970. The winner of the league plays in the CFU Club Shield. The 6-10th place team is taken to the Silver League Poule A or Poule B, a 6-team Round-Robin against the top four of the Division Uno (6 per poule, 2 from Division di Honor, 4 from Division di Honor), then the 1st place of Poule A and B automatically get promoted, the 2nd-3rd placer of both qualify into the promotion playoffs and the winners of the first 2 matches go to the final and the winner of the final gets promoted, and remaining 6 are placed into the Play-Offs Caya 6, the top 4 of the Caya 6 are placed into the Play-Offs Caya 4, and the top 2 are placed into the Grand Final. The championship is usually played between September and June. Most league games take place in front of dozens of spectators.

Campeonato AVB – Member clubs 2017–18

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( Piedra Plat) * Bubali (

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) * Caiquetio ( Paradera) * Dakota ( Dakota) * Nacional ( Palm Beach) * Estrella ( Santa Cruz) * Juventud TL ( Tanki Leendert) * La Fama ( Savaneta) *

( Solito) * River Plate ( Madiki) * Brazil Juniors ( San Nicolaas)

Previous winners

Performance by club

Top goalscorers

;Most goals scored by a player in a single game: * 8 goals ** Maurice Escalona (

) 0-13 against Caravel, 29 February 2008.

Multiple hat-tricks

References

External links

Aruba – List of Champions
RSSSF.com
Official websiteDivision di Honor
{{CONCACAF Leagues 1 Top level football leagues in the Caribbean 1960 establishments in Aruba Sports leagues established in 1960