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| Founded | 1960 |
|---|---|
| First season | 1960 |
| Country | |
| Confederation | CONCACAF |
| Number of clubs | 10 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Division Uno |
| International cup | CFU Club Shield |
| Current champions | Britannia (6th title) (2024–25) |
| Most championships | |
| Website | avbaruba |
| Current:2025-26 | |
Aruban Division di Honor orCampeonato AVB Aruba Bank is the top levelassociation football league inAruba. It is overseen by theArubaanse Voetbal Bond and was created in 1960. Up to and including 1985, the top clubs fromAruba also entered theKopa Antiano for the championship of theNetherlands Antilles,RCA andEstrella were the only Aruban teams to win that championship in 1965 and 1970.
The winner of the league plays in theCFU 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 theDivision 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.
| Ed. | Season | Champion | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoofdklasse | |||||||
1 | 1960 | RCA | |||||
2 | 1961 | Dakota | |||||
3 | 1962–63 | Dakota | |||||
4 | 1963–64 | Dakota | |||||
5 | 1964–65 | RCA | |||||
6 | 1965–66 | Dakota | |||||
7 | 1966–67 | Dakota | |||||
8 | 1967–68 | RCA | |||||
| Division Honor | |||||||
9 | 1968–69 | Estrella | |||||
| Hoofdklasse | |||||||
10 | 1969–70 | Dakota | |||||
11 | 1970–71 | Dakota | |||||
12 | 1971–72 | Dakota | |||||
– | 1972 | No championship | |||||
| Division Honor | |||||||
13 | 1973 | Estrella | |||||
14 | 1974 | Dakota | |||||
15 | 1975 | Bubali | |||||
16 | 1976 | Dakota | |||||
17 | 1977 | Estrella | |||||
18 | 1978 | RCA | |||||
19 | 1979 | RCA | |||||
20 | 1980 | Dakota | |||||
| Hoofdklasse | |||||||
21 | 1981 | Dakota | |||||
22 | 1982 | Dakota | |||||
| Eredivisie | |||||||
23 | 1983 | Dakota | |||||
24 | 1984 | San Luis | |||||
25 | 1985 | Estrella | |||||
26 | 1986 | RCA | |||||
27 | 1987 | RCA | |||||
28 | 1988 | Estrella | |||||
29 | 1989 | Estrella | |||||
30 | 1990 | Estrella | |||||
30 | 1990 | RCA[1] | |||||
31 | 1991 | RCA | |||||
32 | 1992 | Estrella | |||||
| Division Honor | |||||||
33 | 1993 | River Plate | |||||
34 | 1994 | RCA | |||||
35 | 1995 | Dakota | |||||
36 | 1996 | Estrella | |||||
37 | 1997 | River Plate | |||||
| Division di Honor | |||||||
38 | 1998 | Estrella | |||||
39 | 1999 | Estrella | |||||
40 | 2000 | Nacional | |||||
41 | 2001 | Nacional | |||||
42 | 2002 | RCA | |||||
43 | 2003–04 | Nacional | |||||
44 | 2004–05 | Britannia | |||||
45 | 2005–06 | Estrella | |||||
46 | 2006–07 | Nacional | |||||
47 | 2007–08 | RCA | |||||
48 | 2008–09 | Britannia | |||||
49 | 2009–10 | Britannia | |||||
50 | 2010–11 | RCA | |||||
51 | 2011–12 | RCA | |||||
52 | 2012–13 | La Fama | |||||
53 | 2013–14 | Britannia | |||||
54 | 2014–15 | RCA | |||||
55 | 2015–16 | RCA | |||||
56 | 2016–17 | Nacional | |||||
57 | 2017–18 | Dakota | |||||
58 | 2018–19 | RCA | |||||
59 | 2019–20 | Season abandoned due toCOVID-19 | |||||
60 | 2020–21 | Nacional | |||||
61 | 2021–22 | Dakota | |||||
62 | 2022–23 | RCA | |||||
63 | 2023–24 | Britannia | |||||
64 | 2024–25 | Britannia | |||||
| Club | Titles | Seasons won |
|---|---|---|
| Dakota | 17 | 1961, 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 |
| RCA | 17 | 1960, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2022–23 |
| Estrella | 12 | 1968–69, 1973, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2005–06 |
| Nacional | 6 | 2000, 2001, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2016–17, 2020–21 |
| Britannia | 6 | 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2023–24, 2024–25 |
| River Plate | 2 | 1993, 1997 |
| La Fama | 1 | 2012–13 |
| Bubali | 1 | 1975 |
| San Luis | 1 | 1984 |
| Year | Topscorer(s) | Club(s) | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | RCA | 43 | |
| 2003–04 | RCA | 7 | |
| 2005–06 | RCA | 9 | |
| 2012–13 | Nacional | 16 | |
| 2013–14 | La Fama | 13 | |
| 2016–17 | Nacional | 17 | |
| 2017–18 | Nacional | 18 | |
| 2018–19 | RCA | 8 | |
| 2021–22 | Nacional | 27 | |
| 2022–23 | Dakota | 22 | |
| 2023–24 | Estrella | 16 | |
| 2024–25 | RCA | 20 |
| Rank | Country | Player | Hat-tricks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Silva | 4 | |
| 2 | Maurice Escalona | 3 | |
| Ricky Hodge | |||
| Devis Oliveros | |||
| Kenroy Ranger | |||
| Richard Sousa | |||
| Pieter Susebeek | |||
| 8 | Reangelo Boekhoudt | 2 | |
| Jonathan Lake | |||
| Albert Lopez | |||
| Sebastian Montoya | |||
| Luis M Torres | |||
| Norwin Werleman |
| Season | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | RCA | 28 | |
| 2024-25 | Britannia | 16 |