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Association Sportive Capoise (French pronunciation: [asɔsjɑsjɔ̃ spɔʁtiv kapwaz]; commonly referred to as AS Capoise or simply ASC [4]) is a professional football club based in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. [1]
It was created in 1937 and is headed by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football, the official governing body of football in the country.The champion and runner-up teams of the league's tournaments qualify to participate in the CONCACAF Champions League from the first round of the CFU Club Championship. 20 teams participate in this league and compete for the national title.
The 2020–21 Ligue Haïtienne season is the 58th season of top-tier football in Haiti.It began on 5 September 2020 and ended in July 2021. The league Championnat National Haïtien Professionnel is split into two tournaments—the Série d'Ouverture and the Série de Clôture—each with identical formats and each contested by the same 18 teams.
The FHF is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in Haiti, both professional and amateur. A member of CONCACAF since 1961, FHF is in charge of football in Haiti and all lower categories. The principal sporting field is the Sylvio Cator stadium in Port-au-Prince. It is a founding member of CONCACAF. [3]
Haiti's home ground is Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince and the team's manager is Gabriel Calderón Pellegrino. [9] Haiti has one of the longest football traditions in the region and were the second Caribbean team to make the World Cup, after qualifying from winning the 1973 CONCACAF Championship.
In 1973, Haiti hosted the CONCACAF Championship, which also served as the qualification for the 1974 World Cup in Germany. Haiti won all but their last match against Mexico but finished with the most points in the tournament [4] and qualified for their first world football championship, where arguably their best football player of all time, Emmanuel Sanon, wrote history.
Short name Full name City Department Stadium Aigle Noir AC: Aigle Noir Athlétic Club Port-au-Prince: Ouest: Stade Sylvio Cator: America FC: America Football Club des Cayes
Aigle Noir Athlétic Club (French pronunciation: [ɛɡl nwaʁ], English: Black Eagle) commonly referred to as Aigle Noir, is a professional football club based in Bel Air, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]