Aruban Division di Honor

Aruban Division di Honor or Campeonato AVB Aruba Bank is the top level association football league in Aruba. It is overseen by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond and was created in 1960. Up to and including 1985, the top clubs from Aruba also entered the Kopa Antiano for the championship of the Netherlands Antilles, RCA and Estrella were the only Aruban teams to win that championship in 1965 and 1970.

Aruban Division di Honor
Founded1960
First season1960
CountryAruba Aruba Football Federation
ConfederationCONCACAF
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toDivision Uno
International cup(s)CFU Club Championship
Caribbean Club Shield
CONCACAF Champions League
Current championsDakota
Most championshipsDakota (17)
WebsiteDivision di Honor
Current: 2022-23

The winner of the league starts the qualifications for the CONCACAF Champions Cup from the first round of the CFU Club Championship. The 10th-placed team is relegated to the Division Uno, while the 8th and the 9th-placed teams play a 4-team round-robin with the 2nd and the 3rd of the second level to decide the relegation from or the promotion to the Division di Honor.

The championship is usually played between April and November.

Campeonato AVB – Member clubs 2017–18
Locations of the 2017–18 Division di Honor teams

Previous winners
Ed. Season Champion
1
1960RCA
2
1961Dakota
3
1962Dakota
4
1963Dakota
5
1964RCA
6
1965Dakota
7
1966Dakota
8
1967RCA
9
1968Estrella
10
1969Dakota
11
1970Dakota
12
1971Dakota
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1972No championship
13
1973Estrella
14
1974Dakota
15
1975Bubali
16
1976Dakota
17
1977Estrella
18
1978RCA
19
1979RCA
20
1980Dakota
21
1981Dakota
22
1982Dakota
23
1983Dakota
24
1984San Luis
25
1985Estrella
26
1986RCA
27
1987RCA
28
1988Estrella
29
1989Estrella
30
1990Estrella
31
1991RCA
32
1992Estrella
33
1993River Plate
34
1994RCA
35
1995Dakota
36
1996Estrella
37
1997River Plate
38
1998Estrella
39
1999Estrella
40
2000Nacional
41
2001Nacional
42
2002RCA
43
2003–04Nacional
44
2004–05Britannia
45
2005–06Estrella
46
2006–07Nacional
47
2007–08RCA
48
2008–09Britannia
49
2009–10Britannia
50
2010–11RCA
51
2011–12RCA
52
2012–13La Fama
53
2013–14Britannia
54
2014–15RCA
55
2015–16RCA
56
2016–17Nacional
57
2017–18Dakota
58
2018–19RCA
59
2019–20Season abandoned due to COVID-19
60
2020–21Nacional
61
2021–22Dakota

Performance by club
Club Titles Seasons won
Dakota171961, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1995, 2017–18, 2021–22
RCA161960, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
Estrella121968–69, 1973, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2005–06
Nacional62000, 2001, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2016–17, 2020–21
Britannia42004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14
River Plate21993, 1997
La Fama12012–13
Bubali11975
San Luis11984

Best scorers
Year Topscorer(s) Club(s) Goals
2002 Jonathan LakeRCA43
2003–04 Benjamin KeeRCA1
2005–06 Aruba Ronald GómezRCA9
2012–13 Albert Roy FrancisNacional16
2013–14 Ediz YorulmazogluLa Fama13
2016-2017 Colombia Devis OliverosNacional17
2017-18 Jamaica Kenroy RangerNacional18
2018-19 Aruba Ronald GómezRCA8
2021-22 Colombia Devis OliverosNacional27
2022-23 Ricky HodgeDakota12

References
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