CFU Club Championship
Founded | 1997 |
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Region | Caribbean Islands (CFU) |
Number of teams | 13 |
Current champions | Central (2015) |
Most successful club(s) | W Connection (3) |
Website | CFU homepage |
2016 CFU Club Championship |
The CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup[1] 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 (CFU). The CFU Club Champions’ Cup serves as a qualifying event for the CONCACAF Champions League Tournament.
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Qualification
Thirty National Associations affiliated to the CFU are invited to participate with their National League or Cup Champion and Sub Champion, although many member nations do not send a representative team every year. The winner of this competition as well as the first and the second runners-up advance to the CONCACAF Champions League group stage.
The CFU presents an exact replica of the CFU Club Champions Cup trophy to the winning team for their permanent possession.
Since being founded in 1997 all championships have been won by clubs from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Puerto Rico (though, in seasons where no champion was crowned, clubs from other countries have been finalists). CFU previously allowed the Puerto Rican team Puerto Rico Islanders and Antigua Barracuda FC (both now defunct) to compete despite being members of the United States league system.
Participation of Member Associations in CFU Club Champions Cups
Country | Competitions | Years |
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Trinidad and Tobago | 17 | 1997–98, 2000–07, 2009–15 |
Suriname | 13 | 1997, 2000–01, 2003–05, 2007, 2009–12, 2014–15 |
Jamaica | 13 | 1997–98, 2000, 2002–07, 2009, 2013-15 |
Haiti | 12 | 2000–02, 2006–07, 2009–15 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 11 | 2000–01, 2004–07, 2009, 2011–13, 2015 |
Curaçao | 10 | 2000–01, 2003, 2005–07, 2009–10, 2012, 2014 |
Guyana | 9 | 1997, 2001, 2006, 2009–12, 2014–15 |
Dominica | 8 | 2000, 2002–03, 2005, 2007, 2009–11 |
Puerto Rico | 8 | 2006–07, 2009–14 |
Saint Lucia | 5 | 2000–02, 2005, 2011 |
Martinique | 5 | 1997–98, 2000–02 |
Cayman Islands | 5 | 2002, 2010–12, 2014 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 5 | 2001, 2005–07, 2015 |
Aruba | 4 | 2005–07, 2009 |
Barbados | 4 | 1997–98, 2000, 2003 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 2001, 2003, 2007, 2011 |
Guadeloupe | 4 | 1997–98, 2014–15 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1997–98, 2010 |
Bermuda | 3 | 2010–12 |
Cuba | 1 | 2007 |
Saint-Martin | 1 | 2004 |
Montserrat | 1 | 2004 |
Grenada | 1 | 2003 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 2003 |
British Virgin Islands | 1 | 2001 |
Bahamas | 1 | 2015 |
The following associations have never entered any teams to the CFU Club Championship:
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Past winners
Results
By club
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Years Won | Years Runner-up |
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W Connection | 3 | 5 | 2002, 2006, 2009 | 2000, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2015 |
Joe Public | 2 | 2 | 1998, 2000 | 2007, 2010 |
Puerto Rico Islanders | 2 | 1 | 2010, 2011 | 2009 |
Harbour View | 2 | 0 | 2004, 2007 | |
Caledonia AIA | 1 | 1 | 2012 | 1998 |
San Juan Jabloteh | 1 | 1 | 2003 | 2006 |
Central | 1 | 0 | 2015 | |
Portmore United | 1 | 0 | 2005 | |
Defence Force | 1 | 0 | 2001 | |
United Petrotrin | 1 | 0 | 1997 | |
Tempête | 0 | 1 | 2011 | |
Robinhood | 0 | 1 | 2005 | |
Tivoli Gardens | 0 | 1 | 2004 | |
Arnett Gardens | 0 | 1 | 2002 | |
Seba United | 0 | 1 | 1997 |
- When sorted by years won or lost, the table is sorted by the date of each team's first placement
By country
Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Clubs | Runner-up Clubs |
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Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 9 | W Connection (3), Joe Public (2), San Juan Jabloteh (1), United Petrotrin (1), Defence Force (1), Caledonia AIA (1), Central (1) | W Connection (5), Joe Public (2), San Juan Jabloteh (1), Caledonia AIA (1) |
Jamaica | 3 | 3 | Harbour View (2), Portmore United (1) | Arnett Gardens (1), Tivoli Gardens (1), Seba United (1) |
Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 | Puerto Rico Islanders (2) | Puerto Rico Islanders (1) |
Haiti | 0 | 1 | Tempête (1) | |
Suriname | 0 | 1 | Robinhood (1) |
Notes and references
External links
- Caribbean Football Union
- CFU Championship, RSSSF.com