2011–12 Aruban Division di Honor

The 2011–12 Aruban Division di Honor (also known as the 2011–12 Campeonato AVB Aruba Bank for sponsorship purposes) was the 51st season of top flight association football in Aruba. The season began on 28 September 2011. RCA were the defending champions, having won their 12th title last season.

Division di Honor
Season2011–12
Matches played45
Goals scored148 (3.29 per match)
Biggest home winRCA 8–0 Juventud TL
Biggest away winRiver Plate 1–7 La Fama
Highest scoringLa Fama 7–2 Caravel

Teams

Sporting finished in 10th place at the end of the Regular Stage of last season's competition and were relegated to the Aruban Division Uno. Taking their place were the champions of the Division Uno, Dakota.

River Plate and Juventud TL finished in 8th and 9th place respectively after the Regular Stage the previous and had to play against the 2nd and 3rd place teams from the Division Uno, Brazil Juniors and San Luis Deportivo. River Plate and Juventud Tanki Leendert finished in the top two spots at the end of this playoff and retained their places in the competition.

Location of teams in the 2011–12 Division di Honor
Club Home city Home ground
BritanniaPiedra PlatFranklin J. Bareño Stadium
BubaliNoordBubali Sport Club Field
DakotaOranjestadGuillermo P. Trinidad Stadium
NacionalPalm BeachDeportivo Nacional Field
EstrellaSanta CruzEstrella Field
CaravelAngochiCaravel Field
Juventud TLTanki LeendertJuventud Tanki Leendert Field
La FamaSavanetaLa Fama Field
RCASolitoGuillermo P. Trinidad Stadium
River PlateMadikiGuillermo P. Trinidad Stadium

Regular stage

The 10 teams in the competition played against every other team in the league twice in this stage of the competition, once at home and once away, for a total of 18 matches each. The top four teams progressed to the Playoff Stage. The 8th and 9th place teams competed in a Promotion/relegation playoff against the 2nd and 3rd place teams from the Division Uno. The 10th place team was relegated to the Division Uno automatically. This stage of the competition began on 28 September 2011.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 RCA 18 14 2 2 58 13 +45 44 Playoff Stage
2 La Fama 18 12 3 3 57 25 +32 39
3 Britannia 18 11 3 4 53 26 +27 36
4 Estrella 18 9 4 5 39 28 +11 31
5 Bubali 18 8 3 7 33 25 +8 27
6 Nacional 18 7 3 8 22 22 0 24
7 Dakota 18 5 6 7 27 35 −8 21
9 River Plate 18 4 3 11 27 48 −21 15 Relegation playoffs
9 Caravel 18 1 6 11 15 53 −38 9
10 Juventud TL 18 2 1 15 11 67 −56 7 Relegation to 2012–13 Aruban Division Uno
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2012. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away BRI BUB DAK DEP EST ICR JTL LFA RCA RPA
Britannia 1–1 3–1 3–2 3–5 2–1 4–0 1–3 1–2 6–2
Bubali 1–5 0–0 1–2 2–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1
Dakota 0–4 1–1 2–1 3–4 3–0 6–2 0–2 1–0 1–1
Nacional 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–2 2–3
Estrella 1–1 3–2 3–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–3 1–3 0–3
Caravel 1–1 0–8 2–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 0–6 0–4 0–3
Juventud TL 0–5 1–4 1–2 0–3 0–5 1–2 0–4 0–10 2–1
La Fama 3–0 1–2 6–3 1–0 0–1 7–2 5–0 2–4 2–1
RCA 3–2 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 5–1 8–0 4–0 4–2
River Plate 1–7 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–4 1–1 3–1 1–7 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2012. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff stage

The top four teams at the end of the Regular Stage entered this competition. Each team played against the other three twice each, once at home and once away, for a total of six matches each. The top two teams qualified for the Final Stage.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LFA RCA EST BRI
1 La Fama 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 Final Stage 2–1 0–1 2–0
2 RCA 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10 1–1 1–0 2–3
3 Estrella 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 10 1–0 1–3 1–0
4 Britannia 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4 1–3 2–3 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: standings and results
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Final stage
RCA1–1La Fama
La Fama2–4RCA

Promotion/relegation playoff

The 8th and 9th place teams after the Regular Stage entered this competition, along with the 2nd and 3rd place teams from the Division Uno. After six rounds, the top two teams earned a place in the following season's competition.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TBD1 TBD2 TBD3 TBD4
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2012–13 Aruban Division di Honor
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: standings and results
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References
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