2018–19 Aruban Division di Honor

The 2018–19 Aruban Division di Honor is the 58th season of the Aruban Division di Honor, the top division football competition in Aruba. The season began on 19 October 2018.^[1]

Aruban Division di Honor

Season	2018–19
Champions	RCA
Relegated	River Plate
Caribbean Club Shield	RCA Nacional
Matches	45
Goals	159 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronald Gómez (9)
Biggest home win	RCA 6–1 Caiquetio (30 November 2018)
Biggest away win	La Fama 0–5 Dakota (1 December 2018)
Highest scoring	8 goals: Bubali 3–5 Nacional (15 December 2018)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

RCA won the league championship, beating Nacional in the final. It was RCA's 17th Aruban domestic league championship, and their first since 2016.^[2]

Changes from 2017–18

Juventud TL were relegated to the Division Uno, while Brazil Juniors were promoted from the Division Uno.

Teams

RCA
Dakota
Nacional
River Plate

Britannia

Bubali

Caiquetio

Estrella

La Fama

Juventud TL

Locations of the 2017–18 Division di Honor teams

There were 10 clubs that competed during the season.

Team	Home city	Home ground
Brazil Juniors	Brasil	Brazil Juniors Stadium
Britannia	Piedra Plat	Compleho Deportivo Franklyn Bareño
Bubali	Noord	Bubali Stadium
Caiquetio	Paradera	Caiquetio Stadium
Dakota	Oranjestad	Trinidad Stadium
Estrella	Santa Cruz	Trinidad Stadium
La Fama	Savaneta	La Fama Stadium
Nacional	Palm Beach/Noord	Nacional Stadium
RCA	Oranjestad	Trinidad Stadium
River Plate	Oranjestad	Trinidad Stadium

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dakota (A)	18	14	1	3	51	16	+35	43	Advance to Caya 4
2	Nacional (A)	18	13	1	4	40	24	+16	40
3	RCA (C)	18	12	2	4	44	19	+25	38
4	Estrella (A)	18	8	6	4	34	30	+4	30
5	Britannia	18	8	1	9	41	37	+4	25
6	Bubali	18	8	1	9	39	37	+2	25
7	Brazil Juniors	18	5	2	11	24	33	−9	17
8	La Fama (O)	18	4	4	10	19	39	−20	16	Relegation playoffs
9	Caiquetio (O)	18	3	5	10	21	49	−28	14
10	River Plate (R)	18	1	5	12	23	52	−29	8	Relegated to Division Uno

Source: Soccerway
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Caya 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	RCA (C)	6	4	1	1	14	6	+8	13	Advance to Championship final
2	Nacional (A)	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
3	Dakota	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
4	Estrella	6	0	0	6	3	18	−15	0

Source: Soccerway
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions

Championship final

First leg

12 June 2019

20:30 EST

RCA	1–3	Nacional

Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad

Second leg

15 June 2019

20:30 EST

Nacional	0–1	RCA

Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad

Third leg

19 June 2019

20:30 EST

RCA	1–0	Nacional
Gómez 63'	Report

Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ricangel de Leca

RCA won championship qualified for Caribbean Club Shield.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ronald Gómez	RCA	8
2	Ciaran Arends	La Fama	7
	Devis Oliveros	Nacional	7
	Daniel Linscheer	Britannia	7
5	Maurice Escalona	Bubali	6
	Albert Francis	Dakota	6
	Jefferson Lopez	Caiquetio	6
8	Owen van der Wijne	Brazil Juniors	5
	Luis Estrada	Britannia	5
	Javier Jiménez	Nacional	5

Source.^[3]