Sint Maarten Football Federation
CONCACAF
Founded1986
FIFA affiliationN/A
CONCACAF affiliation2002 (Associate member),[1] 2013[2]
PresidentJohnny Singh

The Sint Maarten Football Federation is the governing body of association football in Sint Maarten. It was founded in 1986 and its president is Johnny Singh. The federation administers the men's national football team, the women's national football team, and various national leagues, predominantly the Sint Maarten Senior League.[3]

The FF mostly fell inactive around 2010, with football being described as a "mess" and returned in 2015, with national and international football coming back.[4] Hurricane Irma devastated the island in 2017 and football was limited for a time,[5] but managed to unsuccessfully apply to FIFA in 2022. An appeal was made to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the result is undecided by August 2022.[6]

Football stadiums in Sint Maarten

StadiumCapacityCity
Raoul Illidge Sports Complex3,000Philipsburg

References

  1. ↑ April 21, 2002: The national associations of Saint-Martin and Sint Maarten were welcomed as the newest (associate) members to the Confederation during the CONCACAF Ordinary Congress in Miami Beach, Florida (USA) "This Week in CONCACAF History: April 17-23". CONCACAF.com (2011). Archived from the original on August 30, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Concacaf". 17 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sint Maarten FA Leagues". sxmfootball.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "CAS ruling puts new focus on small football nations". playthegame.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Sint Maarten Cruyff Court Repaired after Hurricane Irma". cruyff-foundation.org. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Sint Maarten takes fifa to court over membership ruling". thedailyherald.sx. Retrieved 13 August 2022.


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