Thesport ofassociation football in the island ofBonaire is run by theBonaire Football Federation. The association administers themen's national team, thewomen's national team, as well as theBonaire League.

With football evidenced as early as 1923, Bonaire's football history is deep, albeit closely tied with that of neighbouringCuraçao.^[1] Competition started sporadically, with two attempted associations starting and subsequently folding.^[2] Evidence of the league is very limited though,^[3][4] but matches off the island certainly happened as early as 10 June 1956, when Bonaire club Flamingo played Blitz fromSint Maarten,^[5] with further matches in 1959 and 1961 onAruba.^[6][7]

The modernBonaire Football Federation formed in 1960, with theBonaire League finally forming in a lasting format. It would only not be held in a bare handful of years from then, though would change between a single year tournament (e.g. 1960) or one spread across 2 years (e.g. 1960–61).SV Estrellas would establish themselves as the early frontrunners, followed bySV Vitesse.SV Juventus would split off from Vitesse and hold the record for the most titles, thoughSV Real Rincon are close behind and have won the last 5 titles as of the end of 2021.^[2]

The men's champions would also take part in the majority of theNetherlands Antilles Championship seasons from 1972 until the dissolution of theNetherlands Antilles in 2010. However, no Bonaire club would ever win a title from this, withCuraçao clubs dominating.^[8][9]

While discussions have been held on a possible women's league in 2017, there has been no further development on the subject as of 2022. An indoor league forfutsal has been started in 2021 though.^[10]

Themen's national team have been active for many years, with unofficial national sides playing matches across their full footballing history. They would become an official team after theNetherlands Antilles would dissolve, with previously their players playing for theNetherlands Antilles national football team, though rarely. From then on they would participate in theABCS Tournament^[11] until their admission intoCONCACAF and theCaribbean Football Union^[12][13][14] where they would also start to play in theCONCACAF Gold Cup, theCaribbean Cup and theCONCACAF Nations League. Results have generally been poor, with the team playing the first two seasons of the Nations League in League C, but they have managed some successes against other low ranked sides. Youth football has been limited, but sides were sent to2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualifying,2017 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship and2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship which each had positive results.^{[citation needed]}

Thewomen's national team debuted against several club sides from the Dutch Caribbean in the 2015 and 2017 Dutch Caribbean Women's Soccer Cups with victories over Oualichi WST (Sint Maarten) but losses to SV Oema Sosa (Suriname),C.V.V. Inter Willemstad (Curaçao),SUBT (Curaçao) andSV Britannia (Aruba).^{[15][16][17][18]} Youth teams have participated in2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification,2020 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification and the2018 CFU Girls U14 Challenge Series but results were poor and neither side have since returned.^[19][20]

• Soccer in Saba

• Football in Bonaire

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