Bonaire League

Bonaire League
Founded	31 May 1960; 64 years ago
Country	Bonaire
Confederation	CONCACAF
Number of clubs	11
Level on pyramid	1
International cup(s)	CFU Club Shield
Current champions	Real Rincon
Most championships	Real Rincon (16 titles)
Top goalscorer	Ayrton Cicilia ; (91 goals)
	Current: 2023-24 Bonaire League

Divishon Honor – Bonaire^[1] or known as Kampionato^[2]^[3]^[4] (literally [the football] championship ) is the top association football league in Bonaire, a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. The top two clubs competed in the Netherlands Antilles Championship until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010.

Current clubs

There are currently 11 clubs in the Bonaire League:^[5]

Arriba Perú (Kralendijk)
Atlétiko Flamingo (Nikiboko)
Atlétiko Tera Corá (a.k.a. ATC), (Tera Corá)
Independiente Bonaire(Kralendijk)
SV Real Rincon (Rincon)
SV Estrellas (Nort Saliña Kunuku Bieu)
SV Juventus (Antriòl)
SV Uruguay (Antriòl)
SV Vespo (Rincon)
SV Vitesse (Antriòl)
SV Young Boys (Kralendijk)

Competition format

The league operates on a promotion and relegation system with multiple divisions. The exact format has varied over the years, but it currently involves: Regular Season: All participating teams compete in a league format, playing each other once(which means all teams play 10 matches).

The Kaya 6 Stage: The top six teams from the regular season enter this phase, playing in a single round-robin format.

Final Stage - Kaya 4: The top four teams from the Kaya 6 Stage compete in another round-robin phase. The two best teams from this stage advance to the final match to determine the league champion.

The league typically starts in the fall, with the final match played in the summer of the following year.

Champions

Previous winners are:^[6]

Season	Champion
1960–61	SV Deportivo
1961–62	SV Estrellas
1962–63	SV Estrellas
1963–64	SV Estrellas
1964–65	not held
1965–66	SV Estrellas
1966–67	not held
1967–68	SV Vitesse
1968–69	SV Vitesse
1969–70	SV Vitesse
1970–71	SV Vitesse
1971–72	SV Real Rincon
1973	SV Real Rincon
1973-74	not held
1974-75	SV Estrellas
1976	SV Juventus
1977	SV Juventus
1978	SV Estrellas
1979	SV Real Rincon
1980-81	SV Vitesse
1982	not held
1983	SV Uruguay
1984	SV Juventus
1984-85	SV Juventus
1986	SV Real Rincon
1987	SV Juventus
1988	SV Estrellas
1989	SV Juventus
1990–91	SV Vitesse
1991–92	SV Juventus
1992–93	SV Vitesse
1993–94	SV Juventus
1994–95	SV Vespo
1996	Real Rincon
1997	Real Rincon
1998–99	SV Estrellas
1999–00	SV Estrellas
2000–01	SV Estrellas
2001–02	SV Estrellas
2002–03	Real Rincon
2003–04	Real Rincon
2004–05	SV Juventus
2005–06	Real Rincon
2006–07	SV Vespo
2007–08	SV Juventus
2009	SV Juventus
2010	SV Juventus
2011	not held
2012	SV Juventus
2013	SV Juventus
2014	Real Rincon
2015–16	Atlétiko Flamingo
2016–17	Real Rincon
2017–18	Real Rincon
2018–19	Real Rincon
2019–20	season abandoned after round 11
2021	Real Rincon
2022	Real Rincon
2023–24	Real Rincon

Top winners

Italic indicates former clubs.

Club	Title	Winning years
Real Rincon	16	1971–72, 1973, 1979, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2014, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021, 2022, 2023–24
SV Juventus	14	1976, 1977, 1984, 1984–85, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
SV Estrellas	11	1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1974–75, 1978, 1988, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02
SV Vitesse	7	1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1980–81, 1990–91, 1993
SV Vespo	2	1994–95, 2006–07
Atlétiko Flamingo	1	2015–16
SV Deportivo	1	1960–61
SV Uruguay	1	1983

Top goalscorers

Season	Goalscorer	Club	Goals
2016-17	Devis Oliveros		17
2017-18	Ayrton Cicilia	Real Rincon	21
2019-20	Jermaine Windster	Uruguay	16
2021	Yurick Seinpaal	Atlético Flamingo	9
2022	Christopher Isenia	Vespo	18
2023-24	Felix Verhaar	Real Rincon	22

Most goals scored by a player in a single game

7 goals
- Christopher Isenia (Vespo) 1-15 against Juventus, 9 July 2022

Multiple hat-tricks

Rank	Player	Hat-tricks
1	Christopher Isenia	5
2	Ayrton Cicilia	4
3	Jerson Agostein	2
	Yurick Seinpaal
	Felix Verhaar
6	G Anthony	1
	Kevin Cijntje
	Richnaldo Cijntje
	Gideon Emers
	Fabio Hierck
	Jurven Koffi
	Jonathan Libania
	Denzel Marchena
	Brigamsley Martha
	Edshel Martha
	G Martis
	Mayron Serberce
	Leroy Van Dongen
	Jermaine Windster

References

^ "Divishon Honor – Bonaire". Wdb Sport. c. 2019. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ Stokkermans, Karel (22 November 2018). "Bonaire 2017/18". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Leagues and Clubs of Bonaire". National Football Teams.com. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Kampionato 2017/2018 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats". Global Sports Archive. Data Sports Group. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Bonaire League". BFF. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
^ "Bonaire - List of Champions". RSSSF. 2022. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[1] "Divishon Honor – Bonaire". Wdb Sport. c. 2019. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[2] Stokkermans, Karel (22 November 2018). "Bonaire 2017/18". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[3] "Leagues and Clubs of Bonaire". National Football Teams.com. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[4] "Kampionato 2017/2018 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats". Global Sports Archive. Data Sports Group. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[5] "Bonaire League". BFF. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[6] "Bonaire - List of Champions". RSSSF. 2022. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

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v t e Bonaire League
Founded 1960
Clubs	Arriba Perú Atlétiko Flamingo Atlétiko Tera Corá Estrellas Juventus Uruguay Real Rincon Vespo Vitesse Young Boys
Former clubs	Amstel Centro Rincón Cierra Maestra Deportivo OA SUNT Teach United
Seasons	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

v t e Top-level men's football leagues of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Current	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bonaire^† British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador French Guiana^† Grenada Guadeloupe^† Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique^† Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis (Saint Kitts, Nevis) Saint Lucia Saint Martin^† Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten^† Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States U.S. Virgin Islands
Non-recognized	Greenland Saint Barthélemy Saint Pierre et Miquelon Sint Eustatius (defunct)
^† Associated members