Division di Honor NB: apparently known as Division di Honor Setar NV 2003 due to sponsoring First Stage Final Table: 1.SV Britannia 18 15 1 2 64-27 46 [Piedra Plat, Paradera] 2.SV Deportivo Nacional 18 11 2 5 35-17 35 [Palm Beach, Noord] 3.SV Independiente Caravel 18 10 5 3 36-23 35 [Angochi, Santa Cruz] 4.SV Estrella 18 10 3 5 36-20 33 [Papilon, Santa Cruz] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.SV Racing Club Aruba 18 9 5 4 49-29 32 [Solito, Oranjestad] 6.SV Dakota 18 6 6 6 28-28 24 [Dakota, Oranjestad] 7.SV La Fama 18 5 3 10 21-33 18 [Savaneta, Savaneta] 8.SV Juventud Tanki Leendert 18 3 5 10 24-42 14 [Tanki Leendert, Noord] 9.SV Sportboys 18 2 6 10 19-57 12 [Angochi, Santa Cruz] ------------------------------------------------------ 10.SV Riverplate 18 0 2 16 21-57 2 [Madiki, Oranjestad] NB: top-4 qualify for playoff; home town (barrio) and district between square brackets Round 1 20-06-03 RCA 2-0 La Fama 23-06-03 Estrella 3-2 Riverplate 21-06-03 Nacional 1-2 J.T.L. 22-06-03 Dakota 3-1 Sportboys 22-06-03 Britannia 2-3 Caravel Round 2 27-06-03 Britannia 6-1 Sportboys 28-06-03 Dakota 0-1 Caravel 28-06-03 Estrella 1-0 La Fama 29-06-03 Nacional 6-1 Riverplate 29-06-03 RCA 3-2 J.T.L. Round 3 04-07-03 RCA 2-3 Caravel 06-07-03 Estrella 2-0 Dakota 06-07-03 Riverplate 0-6 Britannia 07-07-03 Nacional 3-1 La Fama 09-07-03 JTL 0-0 Sportboys Round 4 11-07-06 Britannia 2-1 Nacional 12-07-06 La Fama 1-4 J.T.L. 12-07-03 Dakota 0-0 Riverplate 13-07-03 Estrella 2-1 Caravel 13-07-03 RCA 10-1 Sportboys Round 5 18-07-03 La Fama 1-1 Dakota 19-07-03 Estrella 2-2 Sportboys 19-07-03 RCA 1-1 Britannia 20-07-03 Caravel 0-0 Nacional 20-07-03 Riverplate 2-3 JTL Round 6 08-08-03 Estrella 0-0 J.T.L. 09-08-03 RCA 3-2 Riverplate 09-08-03 Nacional 4-0 Sportboys 10-08-03 Britannia 4-2 Dakota 10-08-03 Caravel 3-3 La Fama Round 7 15-08-03 Sportboys 3-1 Riverplate 16-08-03 JTL 2-3 Caravel 16-08-03 RCA 2-2 Dakota 17-08-03 Britannia 2-1 La Fama 17-08-03 Estrella 2-1 Nacional Round 8 22-08-03 Nacional 1-3 RCA 23-08-03 Dakota 3-0 JTL 23-08-03 Caravel 2-0 Riverplate 24-08-03 Sportboys 0-0 La Fama 24-08-03 Estrella 0-2 Britannia Round 9 29-08-03 Estrella 0-1 RCA 30-08-03 Britannia 6-3 JTL 30-08-03 Sportboys 1-6 Caravel 31-08-03 Riverplate 0-1 La Fama 31-08-03 Dakota 0-1 Nacional Round 10 05-09-03 La Fama 2-1 RCA 06-09-03 Riverplate 0-5 Estrella 06-09-03 Juv TL 0-2 Nacional 07-09-03 Sportboys 2-2 Dakota 07-09-03 Caravel 0-2 Britannia Round 11 12-09-03 Sportboys 4-8 Britannia 13-09-03 Caravel 1-2 Dakota 13-09-03 La Fama 1-3 Estrella 14-09-03 Riverplate 1-2 Nacional 14-09-03 Juv TL 1-1 RCA Round 12 19-09-03 Caravel 0-0 RCA 21-09-03 Dakota 2-2 Estrella 21-09-03 Britannia 5-2 Riverplate 22-09-03 La Fama 0-2 Nacional 24-09-03 Sportboys 1-1 Juv TL Round 13 26-09-03 Nacional 1-2 Britannia 27-09-03 Riverplate 0-1 Dakota 28-09-03 Caravel 2-1 Estrella 28-09-03 Sportboys 0-4 RCA 29-09-03 Juv TL 0-1 La Fama Round 14 03-10-03 Dakota 2-0 La Fama 04-10-03 Sportboys 0-3 Estrella 04-10-03 Britannia 2-4 RCA 05-10-03 Nacional 2-2 Caravel 05-10-03 Juv TL 3-3 Riverplate Round 15 13-10-03 Juv TL 0-5 Estrella 14-10-03 Sportboys 0-3 Nacional 21-10-03 Riverplate 4-6 RCA 22-10-03 Dakota 0-3 Britannia 28-10-03 La Fama 0-2 Caravel Round 16 17-10-03 Riverplate 0-1 Sportboys 18-10-03 Caravel 3-2 Juv TL 18-10-03 Dakota 5-5 RCA 19-10-03 La Fama 2-4 Britannia 19-10-03 Nacional 2-1 Estrella Round 17 24-10-03 RCA 0-1 Nacional 25-10-03 Juv TL 1-3 Dakota 25-10-03 Riverplate 1-3 Caravel 26-10-03 La Fama 3-1 Sportboys 26-10-03 Britannia 3-2 Estrella Round 18 31-10-03 RCA 1-2 Estrella 01-11-03 Juv TL 0-4 Britannia 01-11-03 Caravel 1-1 Sportboys 02-11-03 La Fama 4-2 Riverplate 02-11-03 Nacional 2-0 Dakota Final Table: 1.SV Britannia 18 15 1 2 64-27 46 [Piedra Plat, Paradera] 2.SV Deportivo Nacional 18 11 2 5 35-17 35 [Palm Beach, Noord] 3.SV Independiente Caravel 18 10 5 3 36-23 35 [Angochi, Santa Cruz] 4.SV Estrella 18 10 3 5 36-20 33 [Papilon, Santa Cruz] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.SV Racing Club Aruba 18 9 5 4 49-29 32 [Solito, Oranjestad] 6.SV Dakota 18 6 6 6 28-28 24 [Dakota, Oranjestad] 7.SV La Fama 18 5 3 10 21-33 18 [Savaneta, Savaneta] 8.SV Juventud Tanki Leendert 18 3 5 10 24-42 14 [Tanki Leendert, Noord] 9.SV Sportboys 18 2 6 10 19-57 12 [Angochi, Santa Cruz] ------------------------------------------------------ 10.SV Riverplate 18 0 2 16 21-57 2 [Madiki, Oranjestad] NB: top-4 qualify for playoff; home town (barrio) and district between square brackets Buelta Semifinal Table: 1.SV Deportivo Nacional 6 4 0 2 8- 6 12 [Palm Beach, Noord] 2.SV Estrella 6 3 1 2 8- 5 10 [Papilon, Santa Cruz] SV Britannia 6 3 1 2 11-10 10 [Piedra Plat, Paradera] 4.SV Independiente Caravel 6 1 0 5 7-13 3 [Angochi, Santa Cruz] NB: see below for comments on 2nd place. Round 1 11-11-03 Britannia 1-1 Estrella 12-11-03 Nacional 1-2 Caravel Round 2 15-11-03 Britannia 2-3 Nacional 18-11-03 Caravel awd Estrella [originally 0-0; then awarded 0-2 as Caravel fielded Jonathan Wernet who was suspended due to (among others) a yellow card he supposedly recieved on Oct 25 vs Riverplate; Caravel had notified the FA that this was apparently in error, but only 24 days (rather than the reglementary 4) after the event; on Jan 31, the appeals committee reinstated the original score of 0-0; a later arbitration committee then overruled this decision and made it 0-2 again] Round 3 21-11-03 Britannia 3-2 Caravel 22-11-03 Nacional 0-2 Estrella Round 4 25-11-03 Caravel 0-2 Nacional 26-11-03 Estrella 1-2 Britannia Round 5 29-11-03 Estrella 2-1 Caravel 03-12-03 Nacional 1-0 Britannia Round 6 06-12-03 Caravel 2-3 Britannia 07-12-03 Estrella 0-1 Nacional Table: 1.SV Deportivo Nacional 6 4 0 2 8- 6 12 [Palm Beach, Noord] 2.SV Estrella 6 3 1 2 8- 5 10 [Papilon, Santa Cruz] SV Britannia 6 3 1 2 11-10 10 [Piedra Plat, Paradera] 4.SV Independiente Caravel 6 1 0 5 7-13 3 [Angochi, Santa Cruz] NB: as the top-2 qualify for the championship final, the award of the caravel vs Estrella match had great bearing on the opponents of Nacional. After a prolonged tour involving an appeals committee and an arbitration committee (which rejected Britannia's protest based on the club not being 'betrokkene' ('involved party') but 'belanghebbende' ('interested party') - only a 'betrokkene' (so Caravel, who decided not to pursue the issue having no direct interest) supposedly having the right to protest while 'belanghebbende' is a term not occurring in the AVB regulations), and both clubs threatening to take the matter to court, the AVB decided to organise an additional play-off for the right to face Nacional in the championship final. 'Additional Playoff' First Leg 20-04-04 Estrella 2-0 Britannia Second Leg 22-04-04 Britannia 5-1 Estrella Decider 24-04-04 Estrella 4-3 Britannia Championship Final First Leg 04-05-04 Nacional 1-0 Estrella Second Leg 06-05-04 Estrella 1-2 Nacional Nacional champions 2003 Author: Randolf Laclé (randolac@hotmail.com) Last updated: 18 Jan 2006 (C) Copyright Randolf Laclé and RSSSF 2003/06