Thursday, August 13 at the El Rancho hotel in Pétion-ville, in the presence of the large family of national football and the sports press, the Haitian Football Federation (FHF) and the Organizing Commission of the Haitian Professional Football Championship (COCHAFOP) officially launched the 2020-2021 season of the Haitian Professional Football Championship (CHFP) whose opening match is set for Saturday, September 5 and whose format (2 series) and the number of teams (18) n has not changed. At the end of the season, 3 teams will be relegated to D2.

After several stops due to different events (socio-political problems, Covid-19), the major club competition in Haiti, the CHFP, is back throughout the country.

However, to ensure the smooth running of CHFP, the FHF and COCHAFOP have decided to impose strict measures to protect all actors (supporters, players, managers, referees), among others.

Dr Jean Patrick Alfred, who is responsible for health affairs within the FHF Executive Committee, presented the health provisions that the Federation intends to adopt for the competition.

Sanitary measures :

Anyone wishing to attend a meeting must wear a mask while respecting the imposed distance. At the entrance barrier, access will be refused to anyone whose temperature is above 38°C.

Hand washing points must imperatively be available at the entrance to each site.

It is therefore the duty of each Club to inquire about the state of health of its players. Body temperature monitoring of the staff of each team will be required and access to training will be prohibited to anyone with a temperature above normal.

Important dates for the 2020-2021 season :

• September 5, 2020: start of the opening series;

• December 27, 2020: End of the opening series;

• December 9-10, 2020: Dams (outbound);

• December 13, 2020: Dams (return);

• December 16-17, 2020: semi-final (first leg);

• December 20, 2020: semi-final (return);

• December 23, 2020: final (first leg);

• December 27, 2020: final (Return).

The first "derby" of the season will pit the Violette AC against the Cosmopolites de Delmas at the Sylvio Cator stadium for the 4th day on September 25th. As for the most anticipated "derbies", those of Cap-Haitien and St Marc, they will take place respectively on the 7th and 8th day for the first leg.

Program of the first day of the Opening Series :

Saturday September 5, 2020 :

Racing Club Haitien vs Arcahaie FC at the Syvio Cator National Stadium in Port-au-Prince.

Sunday September 6, 2020 :

• Tempête FC vs FICA (at Antoine Levelt Park in St-Marc)

• Cosmopolites vs Don Bosco FC

• AS Mirebalais vs Real Hope

• America FC vs Baltimore SC

• AS Capoise vs Violette AC (at Parc Félix St-Victor in Cap-Haitien)

• Racing FC vs Triomphe AC

• USR (Union Sportive Rivartibonitienne) vs Juventus FC

HL/ BF/ HaitiLibre