Port Vila Football League

Port Vila Football League
Founded	1994; 30 years ago
Country	Vanuatu
Confederation	OFC
Number of teams	27
Level on pyramid	3 (in Port Vila)
Domestic cup(s)	Port Vila Shield; Port Vila FA Cup
Current champions	Ifira Black Bird ; (2024)
Most championships	Tafea (16 titles)
Top goalscorer	Kensi Tangis ; (73 goals)
Website	vanuafoot.vu
	Current: 2024 Port Vila Premier League

Port Vila Football League (also known as the Digicel League, or simply Digicel Premier League) is the top division football league in Port Vila, Vanuatu. It consists of three competitions: Port Vila Premier League, Port Vila First Division and the Port Vila Second Division. The league's domestic cup is the Port Vila FA Cup, in which all 3 divisions compete in.

The Port Vila Premier League is considered to be the best football league in Vanuatu while the Port Vila Football Association is considered to be the main football association in Vanuatu. The top 4 of the Port Vila Premier League qualifies for the PVFA top four competition, and the winner of that competition is one of the two teams that takes part for Vanuatu in the OFC Champions League. The other team is the winner of the VFF National Super League which is a round-robin competition of the best teams of the islands of Vanuatu. The main island where Port Vila is, Efate is not included in this competition.

The league is not fully professional.^[1]^[2]

Members

Port Vila Premier League	Port Vila First Division	Port Vila Second Division	Former teams
Level on pyramid – 1	Level on pyramid – 2	Level on pyramid – 3	Level on pyramid - none
Erakor Golden Star Ifira Black Bird ABM Galaxy Mauwia Sia-Raga Tafea Yatel Tupuji Imere	Shepherds United* Mauriki United Malampa Easton AS Ambassadors North Efate United Pango Green Bird Seveners United	Kings United Van Warriors Melakel Black Diamond Narak Tegapu Redal Teouma Academy Varona	Torba United Spirit 08 Amicale

All teams and leagues are for the 2019/20 season

List of champions

Port Vila Premier League

The list with Port Villa Champions:^[3]^[4]

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Topscorer	Goals
1994	Tafea
1995	Tafea
1996	Tafea
1997	Tafea
1998	Tafea
1999	Tafea
2000	Tafea
2001	Tafea
2002	Tafea	Shepherds United
2003	Tafea	Shepherds United
2004	Tafea
2005	Tafea
2006	Tafea
2007	Tafea	Tupuji Imere
2008–09	Tafea	Amicale
2009–10	Amicale	Tafea
2010–11	Amicale	Tafea
2011–12	Amicale	Tafea
2012–13	Amicale	Erakor Golden Star
2013–14	Amicale	Erakor Golden Star	Bernard Daniel	7 goals each.
2013–14	Amicale	Erakor Golden Star	Sanni Issa	7 goals each.
2014–15	Amicale	Erakor Golden Star
2016	Erakor Golden Star	Amicale
2017	Ifira Black Bird	Erakor Golden Star
2017–18	Tupuji Imere	Erakor Golden Star
2018–19	Tafea	Galaxy
2019–20	Ifira Black Bird	Galaxy	Kensi Tangis	21 goals
2020–21	Galaxy	Tafea	Kensi Tangis	19 goals
2021–22	Ifira Black Bird	Mauriki	Kensi Tangis	9 goals
2022–23	Ifira Black Bird	Galaxy	Kensi Tangis	22 goals
2023–24	Ifira Black Bird	Galaxy	Jodie Tasip

Port Vila First Division

Season	Winner	Runner-up
2007	Seveners United
2008–09	Spirit 08	Teouma Academy
2009–10	Shepherds United	Ifira Black Bird
2010–11	Seveners United
2011–12	Erakor Golden Star
2012–13	Yatel
2013–14	Narak Tegapu
2014–15	Mauriki	Sia-Raga
2016	Mauwia	Seveners United
2017
2018–19	Sia-Raga	Mauwia

Port Vila Second Division

Season	Winner	Runner-up
2014–15	ABM Galaxy
2016	Black Diamond
2017

Performances

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Tafea	16	3
Amicale	6	2
Ifira Black Bird	3	-
Erakor Golden Star	1	5
Tupuji Imere	1	1
Galaxy	1	–

Domestic Cups

Port Vila Independence Cup

The Port Vila Independence Cup is held in July. The final match is played on July 30, Vanuatu's independence day

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref
2019	Tupuji Imere FC	3–1	Tafea	^[5]

Port Vila Shield

The Port Vila Shield is the National Cup held in January each year since 2013.
Previous Winners of the Port Vila Shield are:

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref
2013	Tafea FC
2014	Tafea FC	1–0	Amicale FC	^[6]
2015	Amicale FC	1–0	Erakor Golden Star	^[7]

Port Vila FA Cup

The Port Vila FA Cup (PVFA Cup) was originally a tournament held as a warm-up for the 8 teams that play in the Digicel Premier League. As of 2016, the PVFA Cup became a tournament for all of the 27 teams of the first 3 divisions.
Previous winners of the PVFA Cup are:

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref
2014	Tafea	3–0	Ifira Black Bird
2016	Tupuji Imere	1–0	Erakor Golden Star
2018	Amicale	4–1	Galaxy
2019	Tafea	1–0	Galaxy	^[8]

Top Four Super League

The Top Four Super League is a competition played between the top four teams of the Port Vila Football League to decide one of the two representatives of Vanuatu in the OFC Champions League (the other representative is from the VFF National Super League).

Season	Winner
2016	Erakor Golden Star
2017	Erakor Golden Star^[9]
2017–18	Erakor Golden Star
2018–19	Galaxy

References

^ "Kalo, the magician for surprise package Vanuatu". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017. The No10 is a student and, like the other 20 members of the Vanuatu squad, he is not a professional footballer, but he is still the only player among his compatriots with experience of playing in the OFC Champions League. Centre-back Jason Thomas is the only other player to have represented his country – an island with fewer than 300,000 inhabitants – at senior level. Most of the population earn a living through horticulture, and some of the players also help out their families with the work.
^ "Global Club Football Report 2017" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018. None of the top-tier domestic competitions in Oceania is fully professional.
^ "Vanuatu - List of Champions".
^ "Archive - Premia Divisen - Vanuatu - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
^ Vanuatu Football Brazil [@VanuatuB] (Jul 30, 2019). "Tweet" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Vanuafoot - Vanuatu Football Federation". Archived from the original on 2014-03-22.
^ OFC. "Oceania Football Confederation". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
^ "Vanuatu Sport on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30.^{[user-generated source]}
^ "Erakor book Champions League return". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 July 2017.

[vanuatu-1] "Kalo, the magician for surprise package Vanuatu". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017. The No10 is a student and, like the other 20 members of the Vanuatu squad, he is not a professional footballer, but he is still the only player among his compatriots with experience of playing in the OFC Champions League. Centre-back Jason Thomas is the only other player to have represented his country – an island with fewer than 300,000 inhabitants – at senior level. Most of the population earn a living through horticulture, and some of the players also help out their families with the work.

[OFC-2] "Global Club Football Report 2017" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018. None of the top-tier domestic competitions in Oceania is fully professional.

[3] "Vanuatu - List of Champions".

[4] "Archive - Premia Divisen - Vanuatu - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

[5] Vanuatu Football Brazil [@VanuatuB] (Jul 30, 2019). "Tweet" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[6] "Vanuafoot - Vanuatu Football Federation". Archived from the original on 2014-03-22.

[7] OFC. "Oceania Football Confederation". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.

[8] "Vanuatu Sport on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30.^{[user-generated source]}

[9] "Erakor book Champions League return". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 July 2017.

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v t e Port Vila Football League
Divisions	Port Vila Premier League Port Vila First Division Port Vila Second Division
Clubs	ABM Galaxy Amicale AS Ambassador Black Diamond Eastern Stars Erakor Golden Star Ifira Black Bird Kingz United Lakotau Lopatu Malampa United Mauriki Mauwia Narak Tegapu North Efate United Pango Green Bird Redal Santos Seveners United Shepherds United Sia-Raga Tafea Torba United Tupuji Imere Varona Yatel
Seasons	2007 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2016 2017 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

v t e Top-level football leagues of Oceania (OFC)
Current	American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati^† New Caledonia New Zealand Niue^† Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu^† Vanuatu (Port Vila, rest of country)
Non-recognized	Palau
^† Associated members


Founded	1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Country	Vanuatu
Confederation	OFC
Number of teams	27
Level on pyramid	3 (in Port Vila)
Domestic cup(s)	Port Vila Shield Port Vila FA Cup
Current champions	Ifira Black Bird (2024)
Most championships	Tafea (16 titles)
Top goalscorer	Kensi Tangis (73 goals)
Website	vanuafoot.vu
Current: 2024 Port Vila Premier League