Port Vila Football League


Port Vila Football League, also known as the Digicel League or more simply, the Digicel Premier League is the main football competition in Port Vila, Vanuatu. It consists of 3 competitions: Port Vila Premier League, Port Vila First Division and the Port Vila Second Division. The league's domestic cup is the Port Vila FA Cup, in which all 3 divisions compete in.
The Port Vila Premier League is considered to be the best football league in Vanuatu while the Port Vila Football Association is considered to be the main football association in Vanuatu.
The top 4 of the Port Vila Premier League qualifies for the [|PVFA top four competition], and the winner of that competition is one of the two teams that takes part for Vanuatu in the OFC Champions League. The other team is the winner of the VFF National Super League which is a round-robin competition of the best teams of the islands of Vanuatu. The main island where Port Vila is, Efate is not included in this competition.
The league is not fully professional.

Members

All teams and leagues are for the 2019/20 season

List of champions

Port Vila Premier League

The list with Port Villa Champions:

SeasonWinnerRunner-up
1994
Tafea
1995
Tafea
1996
Tafea
1997
Tafea
1998
Tafea
1999
Tafea
2000
Tafea
2001
Tafea
2002
Tafea
Shepherds United
2003
Tafea
Shepherds United
2004
Tafea
2005
Tafea
2006
Tafea
2007
Tafea
Tupuji Imere
2008–09
Tafea
Amicale
2009–10
Amicale
Tafea
2010–11
Amicale
Tafea
2011–12
Amicale
Tafea
2012–13
Amicale
Erakor Golden Star
2013–14
Amicale
Erakor Golden Star
2014–15
Amicale
Erakor Golden Star
2016
Erakor Golden Star
Amicale
2017
Ifira Black Bird
Erakor Golden Star
2017–18
Tupuji Imere
Erakor Golden Star
2018–19
Tafea
Galaxy

Port Vila First Division

Port Vila Second Division

Performances

Domestic Cups

Port Vila Independence Cup

The Port Vila Independence Cup is held in July. The final match is played in July 30, the Vanuatu's independence day
SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upRef
2019
Tupuji Imere FC
3–1
Tafea

[Port Vila Shield]

The Port Vila Shield is the National Cup held in January each year since 2013.

Previous Winners of the Port Vila Shield are:
SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upRef
2013
Tafea FC
2014
Tafea FC
1–0
Amicale FC
2015
Amicale FC
1–0
Erakor Golden Star

[Port Vila FA Cup]

The Port Vila FA Cup was originally a tournament held as a warm-up for the 8 teams that play in the Digicel Premier League. As of 2016, the PVFA Cup became a tournament for all of the 27 teams of the first 3 divisions.

Previous winners of the PVFA Cup are:
SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upRef
2014
Tafea
3–0
Ifira Black Bird
2016
Tupuji Imere
1-0
Erakor Golden Star
2018
Amicale
4-1
Galaxy
2019
Tafea
1-0
Galaxy

Top Four Super League

The Top Four Super League is a competition played between the top four teams of the Port Vila Football League to decide one of the two representatives of Vanuatu in the OFC Champions League.
SeasonWinner
2016
Erakor Golden Star
2017
Erakor Golden Star
2017–18
Erakor Golden Star
2018–19
Galaxy