CFU Club Championship

Founded1997
RegionCaribbean Islands (CFU)
Number of teams14
Current championsTrinidad and Tobago W Connection (3)
Most successful clubTrinidad and Tobago W Connection (3)
WebsiteCFU homepage
2010 CFU Club Championship

The CFU Club Championship is the annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs from the Caribbean Islands for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union. The competition is open to the leading domestic club teams in the region. The winners of each national league qualify automatically, though many member nations do not send a representative team. The winner and first and second runners-up advance to the CONCACAF Champions League in the preliminary round. Since being founded in 1997, all championships have been won by clubs from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

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Past winners

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upThird Place
1997United Petrotrin Trinidad and Tobago2 – 1Jamaica Seba UnitedN/A
1998Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago1 – 0Trinidad and TobagoCaledonia AIAN/A
2000Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago(1)Trinidad and Tobago W ConnectionN/A
2001Defence Force Trinidad and Tobago(2)Trinidad and Tobago W ConnectionN/A
2002W Connection Trinidad and Tobago(2)Jamaica Arnett GardensN/A
2003San Juan Jabloteh Trinidad and Tobago3 – 3 (4 – 2 PSO)
(2 – 1 / 1 – 2)
Trinidad and Tobago W ConnectionN/A
2004Harbour View Jamaica3 – 2
(1 – 1 / 2 – 1)
Jamaica Tivoli GardensN/A
2005Portmore United Jamaica5 – 2
(2 – 1 / 4 – 0)
Suriname RobinhoodN/A
2006W Connection Trinidad and Tobago1 – 0Trinidad and Tobago San Juan JablotehN/A
2007Harbour View Jamaica2 – 1Trinidad and Tobago Joe PublicPuerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders[1]
2009W Connection Trinidad and Tobago2 – 1Puerto Rico Puerto Rico IslandersTrinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh
1 No final match was held. The championship was decided by a final round.
2 No final match was held. Winner based on tiebreakers: Group Points, GD, GF.

2001–02 group winners

SeasonGroup A winnerGroup B winner
2001Trinidad and Tobago W ConnectionTrinidad and Tobago Defence Force
2002Jamaica Arnett GardensTrinidad and Tobago W Connection

Results

By club

TeamWinnersRunners-UpYears WonYears Runner-Up
Trinidad and Tobago W Connection332002, 2006, 20092000, 2001, 2003
Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public211998, 20002007
Jamaica Harbour View202004, 2007
Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh1120032006
Jamaica Portmore United102005
Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force102001
Trinidad and Tobago United Petrotrin101997
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders012009
Suriname Robinhood012005
Jamaica Tivoli Gardens012004
Jamaica Arnett Gardens012002
Trinidad and Tobago Caledonia AIA011998
Jamaica Seba United011997
  • When sorted by years won or lost, the table is sorted by the date of each teams first placement

By country

NationWinnersRunners UpWinning ClubsRunners-Up
 Trinidad and Tobago86W Connection (3), Joe Public (2), San Juan Jabloteh (1), United Petrotrin (1), Defence Force (1)W Connection (3), Joe Public (1), San Juan Jabloteh (1), Caledonia AIA (1)
 Jamaica33Harbour View (2), Portmore United (1)Arnett Gardens (1), Tivoli Gardens (1), Seba United (1)
 Puerto Rico01Puerto Rico Islanders (1)
 Suriname01Robinhood (1)

Notes and references

  1. ^ When the CONCACAF Champions League replaced the Champions Cup in 2008, the Islanders played a 2 leg series in the 10th and 25th of May against San Juan Jabloteh to determine the 3rd place team in the 2007 CFU Championship and the final spot in the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League. Puerto Rico eventually won 1–0 on agg. to earn the final spot.

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