Port Vila Football League (also known as the Digicel League, or simply Digicel Premier League) is the top division football league in Port Vila, Vanuatu. It consists of three competitions: Port Vila Premier League, Port Vila First Division and 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 Port Vila Premier LeaguePort Vila First DivisionPort Vila Second DivisionFormer teams Erakor Golden Star Ifira Black Bird ABM Galaxy Mauwia Sia-Raga Tafea Yatel Tupuji ImereShepherds United* Mauriki United Malampa Easton AS Ambassadors North Efate United Pango Green Bird Seveners UnitedKings United Van Warriors Melakel Black Diamond Narak Tegapu Redal Teouma Academy VaronaTorba United Spirit 08 Amicale All teams and leagues are for the 2019-20 season
List of champions Port Vila Premier League The list with Port Villa Champions: Season Winner Runner-up Topscorer Goals1994Tafea 1995Tafea 1996Tafea 1997Tafea 1998Tafea 1999Tafea 2000Tafea 2001Tafea 2002TafeaShepherds United 2003TafeaShepherds United 2004Tafea 2005Tafea 2006Tafea 2007TafeaTupuji Imere 2008–09TafeaAmicale 2009–10AmicaleTafea 2010–11AmicaleTafea 2011–12AmicaleTafea 2012–13AmicaleErakor Golden Star 2013–14AmicaleErakor Golden StarBernard Daniel 7 goals each.Sanni Issa2014–15AmicaleErakor Golden Star 2016Erakor Golden StarAmicale 2017Ifira Black BirdErakor Golden Star 2017–18Tupuji ImereErakor Golden Star 2018–19TafeaGalaxy 2019–20Ifira Black BirdGalaxyKensi Tangis21 goals2020–21GalaxyTafeaKensi Tangis19 goals 2021–22Ifira Black BirdMaurikiKensi Tangis9 goals2022–23Ifira Black BirdGalaxyKensi Tangis22 goals2023–24Ifira Black BirdGalaxyJodie Tasip2024–25GalaxyIfira Black BirdJayson Bule7 goals
Port Vila First Division SeasonWinnerRunner-up
Port Vila Second Division SeasonWinnerRunner-up
Performances ClubWinnersRunners-up
Domestic Cups
Port Vila Independence Cup The Port Vila Independence Cup is held in July. The final match is played on July 30, Vanuatu's independence day
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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
Port Vila FA Cup The Port Vila FA Cup (PVFA 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:
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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 (the other representative is from the VFF National Super League).
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See also VFF National Super League
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