National football team

The Gambia national football team, nicknamed The Scorpions, is the national team of The Gambia

The Gambia

The Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west....

 and is administered by the Gambia Football Association

Gambia Football Association

The Gambia Football Association is the governing body of football in Gambia. It was founded in 1952, and affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1966. It organizes the national football league and the national team.-External links:* official FA website...

. They have never qualified for the World Cup or the Africa Nations Cup finals.

League system:

GFA League First Division

The GFA League First Division currently has twelve clubs competing in it. The most successful club is Wallidan

Wallidan F.C.

Wallidan Football Club is a Gambian football club based in Banjul. They play in the top division in Gambian football, the Gambian Championnat National D1, and are the most decorated team in the country's football history...

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GFA League Second Division

The GFA League First Division currently has ten clubs competing in it.

3rd Division Triangular Tournament

promotion tournament to second division, top-2 qualify for second division.

National Third Division League

locally known as “Nawettan” (This word is derived from the Wolof tongue, one of several local languages and means seasonal tournament).It is the third highest competition in the country’s national football rankings and is divided into eight mini- leagues of twenty teams each in different zones, of which all league champions from the different Local Governing Bodies (LGB) are contested in the Second Division, qualifiers and only the best three of the eight teams will proceed to battle it out in the Triangular play-offs. The emerging two best of the three teams are finally promoted to the National Second Division League.

Women's football:

National Football League Division One

The National First Division currently has six clubs competing in it.

National Football League Division Two

The National First Division currently has five clubs competing in it.

See also

• Gambian Cup
  Gambian Cup
  The Gambian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Gambian football.-since independence:*1969 : Real de Banjul 2-1 White Phantoms*1970-74 : not known*1975 : Ports Authority *1976 : Wallidan *1977 : not played...
  
  
• GFA League First Division
• List of football clubs in The Gambia