Tuvalu A-Division


The Tuvalu A-Division or The National Provident Fund Championship League is the top football division in Tuvalu. The league is organised by the Tuvalu National Football Association. Eight of the nine islands in Tuvalu are represented in the league. Niulakita is the only island that has no football club. Matches are held at the 1,500-capacity Tuvalu Sports Ground in Funafuti, the only football field on the main island.
The league was founded in 2001. There is also the Tuvalu B-Division which is composed of reserve squads from each of the A-Division teams as well as several other teams.
A C-Division has also featured occasionally though have only competed in secondary leagues or knockout competitions such as the NBT cup or MEYS Cup and mostly featured B and C teams of A-Division sides.
The major titles in Tuvalu are the Independence Cup, the NBT Cup, the Christmas Cup, and the football competition at the Tuvalu Games.

Taganoa Cup

Teams in the A-division also compete for the Taganoa Cup. No separate matches are played for this trophy. Instead, teams compete concurrently for the trophy during their league matches. For a team to take ownership of the cup, they must defeat the present holders during a league game. They then become the defending holders until they lose a league match themselves. Whichever team is in possession of the trophy at the end of the season is crowned champions. The first Taganoa Cup competition was held in 2021 and was won by FC Tofaga.

Clubs

As well as having squads in the Tuvalu B-Division, many A-Division teams also have a women's team which play in the A-Division Women's League and other competitions. In 2019, FC Tofaga and Nauti FC entered an 'A1 and 'A2' team into the A-Division league. Nauti did this again in 2020.
ClubIsland
Lakena UnitedNanumea
Manu LaevaNukulaelae
NanumagaNanumanga
NautiFunafuti
TamanukuNukufetau
TofagaVaitupu
NuiNui
NiutaoNiutao

Previous winners

Number of wins

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Goalscorer statistics

Multiple hat-tricks

Note: The source of the following information does not state goalscorers in some seasons. Therefore, this list is almost certainly not exhaustive.
PlayerForAgainstScoreDateRef.
Matakai AlesanaTofagaNui4–14 February 2012
Alopua PetoaTofagaLakena United6–03 March 2012
Alopua PetoaTofagaNiutao7–117 March 2012
TupouManu LaevaNauti A24-120 April 2019
Meauma PetaiaTamanukuNiutao5-320 April 2019
EliataLakena UnitedTofaga A21-1320 April 2019
Alopua PetoaTofagaNui0–249 May 2020
Eric TealofiTofagaNui0–249 May 2020
Sueni FounukuTofagaNui0–249 May 2020
James LepaioTofagaNui0–249 May 2020
Fata FilemoniTofagaNui0–249 May 2020
Katepu IosuaTofagaNui0–249 May 2020
Felo FeotoTamanukuNanumaga2–616 May 2020
Nathan JoshNautiNui FC10–016 May 2020
Hosea SenteNautiNui FC10–016 May 2020
Alopua PetoaTofagaNiutao16-03 April 2021
James LepaioTofagaNiutao16-03 April 2021