W. Connection Football Club is a professional football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the TT Pro League. The club plays its home games at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. The club's offices are based at the Point Lisas Industrial Estate.
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| Full name | W Connection Football Club[1] | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Savonetta Boys | ||
| Founded | 1999 | ||
| Ground | Manny Ramjohn Stadium Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Capacity | 10,000[2] | ||
| Owner | Luca Stewart-Rusin | ||
| Manager | Stuart Charles-Fevrier | ||
| League | TT Pro League | ||
| 2019-20 | TT Pro League, 4th | ||
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History edit
The team was founded as W Connection Sports Club in 1986, as a "fete match" team, by brothers David John Williams and Patrick John Williams in San Fernando. Upon the creation of the TT Pro League, W Connection FC was officially founded in 1999, and promptly joined the nascent league.[3] In 1999, their first season, the club finished third in the league, while winning the FA Trophy. Even though the club had a successful first season, the team would see even better times the next two campaigns, by winning the league in consecutive seasons.
The Savonetta Boys have also had success in domestic cups. W Connection have won the First Citizens Cup six years in the cup's nine-year existence. On September 26, 2008, in an exciting final of the cup, against Joe Public, W Connection used penalty kicks to claim the victory 6–5, after the match ended level 2–2, to claim their fifth consecutive title.
Club honours edit
League honours edit
Cups and trophies edit
- FA Trophy
- First Citizens Cup
- Winners (6): 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Runners-up (2): 2002, 2003
- Digicel Charity Shield
- Winners (3): 2012, 2013, 2014
- TOYOTA Classic: 2
- Winners (3): 2005, 2011, 2013
- Digicel Pro Bowl
- Winners (6): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2014
- Runners-up (3): 2005, 2006, 2011
- Lucozade Sport Goal Shield
- Winners (2): 2009, 2013
- Runners-up (1): 2014
International honours edit
Record edit
Year-by-year edit
| Season | League Season | FA Trophy | First Citizens Cup |
Digicel Pro Bowl |
TOYOTA Classic |
Lucozade Sport Goal Shield |
CFU Club Championship |
CONCACAF Champions League | |
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| League Result | Big Six | ||||||||
| 1999 | 3rd | Started in 2004 | Champions | Started in 2000 | Started in 2001 | Started in 2005 | Started in 2009 | Not Held | did not qualify |
| 2000 | Champions | Champions | Semi-finals | Final† | did not qualify | ||||
| 2001 | Champions | Round of 32 | Champions | Champions | Final‡ | Not Held | |||
| 2002 | 2nd | Champions | Final | Champions | Champions* | First round | |||
| 2003–04 | 2nd | Final | Final | Unknown | Final | First round | |||
| 2004 | 2nd | 2nd | Abandoned | Champions | Champions | did not qualify | |||
| 2005 | Champions | 3rd | Quarter-finals | Champions | Final | Champions | did not qualify | ||
| 2006 | 2nd | 2nd | Quarter-finals | Champions | Final | Quarter-finals | Champions | did not qualify | |
| 2007 | 4th | Winners | Quarter-finals | Champions | Champions | Quarter-finals | did not qualify | Quarter-finals | |
| 2008 | 2nd | 2nd | Final | Champions | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Not Held | did not qualify | |
| 2009 | 4th | 3rd | Final | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Champions | Champions | did not qualify |
| 2010–11 | 4th | Discontinued | 1st round | Semi-finals | Not Held | Group stage | Not held | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2011–12 | 1st | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Champions | Final | did not qualify | ||
| 2012–13 | 3rd | First round | Semi-finals | Champions | Semi-finals | Champions | 2nd** | Group stage | |
| 2013–14 | Champions | Champions | Semi-finals | Champions | Champions | Final | Did not qualify | Group stage | |
†W Connection finished second in the Championship Group of the CFU Club Championship 2000.
‡Defence Force, winner of Group B, are considered the winner of the CFU Club Championship 2001 based on tie-breakers over W Connection.
*W Connection, winner of Group B, are considered the winner of the CFU Club Championship 2002 based on tie-breakers over Arnett Gardens.
**W Connection, winner of Group A, are considered runners-up as they finished with fewer points than Valencia FC.
International competition edit
- Group stage v.
Tivoli Gardens – 1:1 - Group stage v.
Café Sisserou Strikers – 11:0 - Group stage v.
Empire – 3:3 - Championship Group v. Harbour View – 3:1
- Championship Group v.
Carioca – 1:1 - Championship Group v.
Joe Public – 0:1
- Group stage v.
- First Round v.
Conquerors – 2:1, 8:0 (W Connection advances 10:1 on aggregate) - Group stage v.
Jong Colombia – 3:1 - Group stage v. RCH – 4:0
- First Round v.
- First Round v.
Kansas City Wizards – 0:1, 0:2 (Kansas City Wizards advances 3:0 on aggregate)
- First Round v.
- Group stage v. Harbour View – 2:1
- Group stage v.
US Robert – 2:0
- Group stage v.
- First Round v.
Toluca – 3:3, 2:3 (Toluca advances 6:5 on aggregate)
- First Round v.
- First Round v.
FCS Nacional – 3:0, 0:2 (W Connection advances 3:2 on aggregate) - Semi-finals v. Portmore United – 0:0, 1:0 (W Connection advances 1:0 on aggregate)
- Final v. San Juan Jabloteh – 1:2, 1:2 (San Juan Jabloteh wins 4:2 on penalties)
- First Round v.
- Group stage v. Hoppers – 5:0
- Group stage v.
Puerto Rico Islanders – 1:0 - Semi-finals v. Harbour View – 3:2
- Final v. San Juan Jabloteh – 1:0
- Group stage v.
- Quarter-finals v. Guadalajara – 2:1, 0:3 (CD Guadalajara advances 4:2 on aggregate)
- Quarter-finals v.
- First Round v. Bath Estate – 5:0, 12:1 (W Connection advances 17:1 on aggregate)
- Second Round v. Cavaly – 3:1, 1:0 (W Connection advances 4:1 on aggregate)
- Semi-finals v. San Juan Jabloteh – 2:1
- Final v. Puerto Rico Islanders – 2:1
- First Round v.
- Preliminary Round v. New York Red Bulls – 2:2, 2:1 (W Connection advances 4:3 on aggregate)
- Group stage v.
Comunicaciones – 1:2, 3:0 - Group stage v. UNAM – 2:2, 1:2
- Group stage v.
Real España – 0:1, 3:2
- Preliminary Round v.
- Group stage v. Xelajú – 2:2, 2:3
- Group stage v. Guadalajara – 0:4, 1:1
- Group stage v.
- Group stage v.
Árabe Unido – 1:3, 0:2 - Group stage v. Houston Dynamo – 0:0, 0:2
- Group stage v.
- Group stage v. Santos Laguna – 0:4, 0:1
- Group stage v.
Saprissa – 0:4, 2:1
- Group stage v.
- TBD
Current squad edit
Squad for the 2019-20 TT Pro League
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff edit
Technical staff edit
- Technical Director/Head Coach:
- Assistant Coach:
- Assistant Coach:
- Goalkeeper Coach:
- Trevor Nottingham
Management edit
- President/Chief Executive Officer:
- Renee John-Williams
- Chairman of the Board:
- David Martin
Youth edit
The youth teams of the club are member of the OASIS Youth League.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Club Info – W Connection". ttproleague.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Mannie Ramjohn Stadium – StadiumDB.com". stadiumdb.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Our History". W Connection Official Website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Youth.TT Pro League.com". ttproleague.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2018.