Английская Википедия:Dominican Football Federation

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The Dominican Football Federation (Шаблон:Lang-es) is the governing body of football in the Dominican Republic.

Liga Dominicana de Futbol

The Liga Dominicana de Fútbol is the top division for association football in the Dominican Republic, it was created on September 16, 2014. The league begun in March 2015. The Dominican Football Federation announced the creation of the Dominican Football League (LDF), in a ceremony held at the Ambassador Hotel Santo Domingo. The ceremony was attended by President of CONCACAF Jeffrey Webb , President of the Dominican Olympic Committee Luisín Mejia, the vice-minister of sports Marcos Diaz among others. Ten teams participate in this league.

Football in the Dominican Republic

Football is the fourth most popular sport in the Dominican Republic, as baseball, basketball and volleyball are more popular.Шаблон:Citation needed In recent years football has gained in popularity, particularly among young people. In 2001 the national association celebrated its first significant success, with the U-23 team winning the Copa de Las Antillas. The Dominican Republic has not yet qualified for FIFA World Cup 2026.

The first Goal Project

FIFA vice-president Jack Warner opened the Dominican Republic FAs new centre for football development on 2 July 2003. The building can be found just outside the city of San Cristobal. The first phase, involving building offices for the national association and classrooms for the people attending the courses of the various training programmes, will be financed by the Goal Programme, with extra funds coming from the FIFA Financial Assistance Programme. In the second phase, due to be completed by the end of 2003, various technical facilities, such as playing pitches and accommodation for players and coaches, will be constructed. The government has also donated Шаблон:Convert of land as part of this project.

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Шаблон:Flagicon Rubén García	President
Шаблон:Flagicon Natanael Franco	Vice President
Шаблон:Flagicon Arturo Heinsen	General Secretary
Шаблон:Flagicon Janet Rivera	Treasurer
Шаблон:Flagicon Isidro Alejo Nuñez	Coach Education & Technical Development
Шаблон:Flagicon Yelena Hazim Figuereo	Head of Development & Compliance
n/a	Team Coach (Men's)
Шаблон:Flagicon Diego Gutierrez	Team Coach (Women's)
Шаблон:Flagicon Angel Sanchez	Media/Communications Manager
Шаблон:Flagicon Carlos Boccicardi	Futsal Coordinator
Шаблон:Flagicon Irazema Aguilera	Referee Coordinator

Financing of Goal project

Project Centre for football development in San Cristobal

project approved 4 March 2002

Status Opened on 2 July 2003

Total cost USD 430,922

Goal USD 400,000

FAP USD 30,922

Second Goal project

The San Cristobal centre for football development inaugurated in July 2003 will be raised by one storey to accommodate bedrooms and medical rooms. A separate building nearby contains dressing rooms and toilets for everyone using the different pitches that also belong to the training centre. This extension is the culmination of the original plan for a fully equipped and functioning technical centre, funded by Goal and partly by the associations own resources.

Financing of Goal project

Project Extension of project 1 to the training centre

Project approved on 15 March 2006

Status Implementation

Total cost USD 535,221 Financed by

Goal USD 400,000

FAP USD 135,221

Other FIFA development activities

Until 1990 2 courses

1992, 1999 Futuro courses

1990 Olympic Solidarity course

External links

• Official website
• Dominican Republic at the FIFA website
• Dominican Republic at CONCACAF site