Cayman Islands Football Association
The Cayman Islands Football Association ( CIFA ), the Football Association of the Cayman Islands. It was founded in 1966 and entered the 1992 CONCACAF and in the same year of FIFA.
History
In 1996, the Cayman Islands Football Association was founded to manage the resulting league on the islands. As the interest in football grew, was approved by the CIFA recognized that more football pitches were needed. 1982, originally built by Mike Simmons Annex stage was further improved. On 6 March 1994, the Ed Bush Stadium was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in West Bay and then the Lord national managed in a memorable match to qualify for the final round of the Caribbean Football Cup 1994 in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica after 3-2 had defeated. Encouraged by this success, the Government of the Cayman Islands agreed to build another football stadium.
In 1995, the C.I.F.A. entered together to decide on the further development of the national sports complex, which was now a sports center with swimming lanes and football field and was named Truman Bodden Sports Complex. From 19 to 30 July of the same year, the final round of the Caribbean Football Championship 1995 took place in the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, which at the same time represented the first alignment of a major tournament in the Cayman Islands. After two wins and one defeat in the first round of the national team managed to move into the semi-finals, in which one but with 2:9 lost to eventual champions Trinidad and Tobago and also in the match for third place you pulled the short straw with 0:3 against Cuba. Nonetheless, it was the best performance of the national team at a World Cup Caribbean. However, also visited the football greats such as the former FIFA President Joao Havelange and Pele the Cayman Islands. During his visit, Pelé opened up the Donovan Rankine Stadium in East End, which was also built in 1995. The Northside Stadium was renovated between 1998 and 1999 and re-opened and the Haig Bodden Stadium in Bodden Town was completed shortly thereafter.
After the destruction caused by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, which made almost all stages of the islands unusable, the Government of the Cayman Islands decided to adopt a program for the reconstruction of those buildings and provided a total of $ 28 million available. By funding all five stages on Grand Cayman and the Cayman Brac stage could be rebuilt and met the highest international standards. Both the Annex stage, which TEMcField Sports Centre is now called, and the Ed Bush Stadium in West Bay are two-star stadiums today. The Truman Bodden Sports Complex was renovated and is now with 3,000 seats, the National Stadium of the Cayman Islands.
The Cayman Islands Football Association today announced the supervision of 16 leagues and cup competitions, for all teams between the U -13 youths and adult teams. In addition to the competitions, the C.I.F.A. the oversight of training courses for new coaches and referees, but also organizes training camps and programs in which young, talented players should be encouraged. Because of a wide regional and international network exchange programs could with clubs in Europe and South America to be established, in which young players are offered the opportunity to train at a high level.
The C.I.F.A. 2009 could realize two great successes. On the one hand it was possible the female U -17 national team, the first national team to qualify for the CONCACAF Championship. However, it was eliminated with just one win in the first round. On the other hand, the association moved to in the Cayman Centre for Excellence, where the training and management should be further improved.