The 2009 CFU Club Championship was the 11th edition of the CFU Club Championship, the annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). The top three teams in the tournament – W Connection, Puerto Rico Islanders, and San Juan Jabloteh – qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.
| Caribbean Champions Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Trinidad and Tobago |
| City | Macoya |
| Dates | 18 March – 17 May |
| Teams | 12 (from 9 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  W Connection (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Puerto Rico Islanders |
| Third place | San Juan Jabloteh |
| Fourth place |  Tempête |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 72 (3.6 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Jonathan Faña Frias (6 goals) |
Qualified clubs edit
The following clubs are all entered into the competition.[1][2]
- Notes
- † San Juan Jabloteh are seeded and will enter in Round 2.[1][2][3]
- ‡ Puerto Rico Islanders are seeded and will enter in Round 3.[3]
- ₮ Two clubs withdrew from the tournament the day before the draw: Portmore United of
Jamaica and RCA of 
Aruba. - The following CFU member associations did not enter a club into the tournament: Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Competition format edit
There was no tournament in 2008 because, prior to this edition, the CFU Club Championship had been held near the end of the calendar year, but in 2008 it was decided that it would be held near the beginning of the following calendar year in order to have the competition take place closer to the next CONCACAF Champions League, which uses this tournament as the Caribbean zone qualifying tournament. As a result, this, the next tournament, was held in early 2009.
The draw for the first round was held at the CONCACAF office in New York City on January 15.[1][2] The first round matches were originally scheduled to be held over two legs on March 18 and 25. The draw for round two was completed immediately following the first round draw. The second round will also be two-legged and will be held in mid-April. The semi-finals, final and third-place match will be single-elimination matches hosted in Trinidad and Tobago. The semi-finals will be played on May 15, and the final and third-place match will be played two days later at the same venue.
Draw edit
The first round was played among clubs from two pots. Each club was drawn against another club from the opposing pot.[3]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
|---|---|
W Connection Tempête Cavaly Inter Moengotapoe Hoppers
|
 Britannia Sevilla Puerto Rico Barber Alpha United Bath Estate
|
1st round edit
The first round was contested in five two-legged matchups. Team #1 in each matchup hosted the first leg. The schedule for the first round legs was updated on March 11 due to necessary travel accommodations for clubs and local events occurring in Aruba and Haiti that would conflict with the original match schedule.[4]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Estate
|
1 – 17 | W Connection
|
0 – 5 | 1 – 12 |
| Barber
|
2 – 3 | Inter Moengotapoe
|
1 – 3 | 1 – 0 |
| Sevilla Puerto Rico
|
3 – 5 | Hoppers
|
3 – 3 | 0 – 2 |
| Alpha United
|
1 – 3 | Tempête
|
1 – 1 | 0 – 2 |
| Cavaly
|
6 – 0 | Britannia
|
5 – 0 | 1 – 0 |
First leg edit
| Bath Estate | 0 – 5 | W Connection |
|---|---|---|
Hector  8', 30', 61'Frias 51'Smith 90' |
| Alpha United | 1 – 1 | Tempête |
|---|---|---|
| Peters 35' |
McKenzie 71' (o.g.) |
| Sevilla Puerto Rico | 3 – 3 | Hoppers |
|---|---|---|
| Maya 16' (pen.) Figueroa 42'Pérez 69' |
Frederick 56' 74' Dublin 90' |
Second leg edit
| W Connection | 12 – 1 | Bath Estate |
|---|---|---|
| Frias 5' 7' Toussaint 16' 39' 56'Williams 36'Viveros 44'Aras 52'Bartholomew 65' 81' 88'Smith 82' |
Benjamin 26' |
W Connection won 17–1 on aggregate.
Inter Moengotapoe won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Hoppers | 2 – 0 | Sevilla Puerto Rico |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas 15' Frederick 63' |
Hoppers won 5–3 on aggregate.
Cavaly won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Tempête | 2 – 0 | Alpha United |
|---|---|---|
| Cadet 12' Sirin 71' |
Tempête won 3–1 on aggregate.
2nd round edit
San Juan Jabloteh were seeded and received a bye to the 2nd round.[1][2][3] San Juan Jabloteh and W Connection both hosted their first leg matchups on the same day and decided to host their matches as a billed doubleheader at Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella.[8] In Jabloteh's return leg to Suriname they were without head coach Terry Fenwick, who did not travel with the team because he had not been paid by the club since the end of the 2008 TT Pro League season.[9]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan Jabloteh
|
5 – 2 | Inter Moengotapoe
|
2 – 1 | 3 – 1 |
| W Connection
|
4 – 1 | Cavaly
|
3 – 1 | 1 – 0 |
| Hoppers
|
0 – 8 | Tempête
|
0 – 4 | 0 – 4 |
First leg edit
| San Juan Jabloteh | 2 – 1 | Inter Moengotapoe |
|---|---|---|
| Forbes 16' Oliver 86' |
Pinas 72' |
Second leg edit
| Inter Moengotapoe | 1 – 3 | San Juan Jabloteh |
|---|---|---|
| Bron 3' |
Glen 13' Jamerson 47'Primus 66' |
San Juan Jabloteh won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Cavaly | 0 – 1 | W Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Oliveira 30' |
W Connection won 4–1 on aggregate.
Tempête won 8–0 on aggregate.
Final round edit
All of the matches in the final round will be played at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago.[4] The final round matchups are single elimination; the losers will play one another in a third place matchup to determine the third and final CFU entrant into the CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10. The Puerto Rico Islanders were seeded and received a bye directly into the final round.[3]
Semifinal round edit
| Puerto Rico Islanders | 2 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Tempête |
|---|---|---|
| Jagdeosingh 102' Villegas 114' |
| San Juan Jabloteh | 1 – 2 | W Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John 65' |
Frias 35' Hector 37' |
Third place edit
Final edit
| W Connection | 2 – 1 | Puerto Rico Islanders |
|---|---|---|
| Frias 7' 21' |
Nuñez 36' |
| CFU Club Championship 2009 Winners |
|---|
|
| W Connection Third Title |
Goalscorers edit
Notes edit
- ^ a b Inter Moengotapoe could not host any matches at their home stadium in Moengo, Ronnie Brunswijkstadion, due to a ban on hosting any matches imposed by the Surinamese FA after riots occurred during a home league match.
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Caribbean Club Champions Cup draw on January 15th", Caribbean Football Union, 2009-01-09, archived from the original on 2009-01-20, retrieved 2009-01-11
- ^ a b c d "CONCACAF to stage draws for U-17, U-20 championships, Caribbean club cup on Thursday", CONCACAF, 2009-01-09, retrieved 2009-01-12
- ^ a b c d e "Two teams withdraw from Caribbean club cup, draw format restructured", CONCACAF, 2009-01-14, retrieved 2009-01-15
- ^ a b CFU adjusts schedule for first round of Caribbean Club Champions Cup, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-03-11, retrieved 2009-03-12
- ^ "Regional Club championship kicks off today". Antigua Sun. Port of Spain, Trinidad: Sun Printing & Publishing Ltd. CMC. 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ "Guyanese to officiate in CFU championship today in T&T". Stabroek News. Georgetown, Guyana. 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ "Inter Moengo Tapoe naar volgende ronde CFU Clubchampionships". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). Paramaribo. 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ^ a b W Connection to host doubleheader with San Juan Jabloteh for second round of Caribbean club championship, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-04-09, retrieved 2009-04-14[permanent dead link]
- ^ Liburd, Lasana (2009-04-21). "Connection delay Haitian excursion". Trinidad and Tobago Express. Port of Spain. Archived from the original on April 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
External links edit
- Caribbean Football Union homepage
- CFU Club Champions Cup Fixtures at CFU homepage
- CFU Club Champions Cup Results at CFU homepage
- Official CONCACAF Champions League page
- 2010 Champions League Qualifying/Caribbean at official CONCACAF homepage