2009 CFU Club Championship

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.

CFU Club Championship 2009
Caribbean Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTrinidad and Tobago
CityMacoya
Dates18 March – 17 May
Teams12 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsTrinidad and Tobago W Connection (2nd title)
Runners-upPuerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
Third placeTrinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh
Fourth placeHaiti Tempête
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored72 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)Dominican Republic Jonathan Faña Frias (6 goals)
2007
2010

Qualified clubs

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The following clubs are all entered into the competition.[1][2]

Nation National association Representative(s)
  Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Football Association Hoppers
  Aruba Arubaanse Voetbal Bond Britannia
RCA
  Dominica Dominica Football Association Bath Estate
  Guyana Guyana Football Federation Alpha United
  Haiti Fédération Haïtienne de Football Cavaly
Tempête
  Jamaica Jamaica Football Federation Portmore United
  Netherlands Antilles Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie Barber
  Puerto Rico Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol Puerto Rico Islanders
Sevilla Puerto Rico
  Suriname Surinaamse Voetbal Bond Inter Moengotapoe
  Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation San Juan Jabloteh
W Connection
Notes

Competition format

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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

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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

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Bath Estate  0 – 5  W Connection
Hector   8',   30',   61'
Frias   51'
Smith   90'

Barber  1 – 3  Inter Moengotapoe
Cassiani   34' Amoeferie   37'
Vlijter   57',   75'

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'

Cavaly  5 – 0 Britannia
Alliance   18'
Amy   28'   45'
Milien   71'   79'

Second leg

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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 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

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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W Connection  3 – 1  Cavaly
Viveros   3'
Toussaint   49'
Hector   55'
Millien   90+3'

Hoppers  0 – 4  Tempête
Herold   28'
Thompson   35'
Eliphene   43'   71'

Second leg

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Inter Moengotapoe  1 – 3  San Juan Jabloteh
Bron   3' Glen   13'
Jamerson   47'
Primus   66'

San Juan Jabloteh won 5–2 on aggregate.


W Connection won 4–1 on aggregate.


Tempête  4 – 0  Hoppers
Fils   26'   31'   56'
Thompson   72'

Tempête won 8–0 on aggregate.

Final round

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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

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San Juan Jabloteh  1 – 2  W Connection
John   65' Frias   35'
Hector   37'

Third place

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Tempête  1 – 2  San Juan Jabloteh
Murray   55' (o.g.) Glen   33'
E. John   44'

Final

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W Connection  2 – 1  Puerto Rico Islanders
Frias   7'   21' Nuñez   36'


CFU Club Championship
2009 Winners
 
W Connection
Third Title

Goalscorers

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Goals Player Team
6   Jonathan Faña Frias   W Connection
5   Hughton Hector   W Connection
4   Andre Toussaint   W Connection
3   Matthew Bartholomew   W Connection
  Belfort Fils   Tempête
  Kelly Frederick   Hoppers
  Alex Milien   Cavaly
2   André Amy   Cavaly
  Éliphène Cadet   Tempête
  Cyrano Glen   San Juan Jabloteh
  Elton John   San Juan Jabloteh
  Kerron Smith   W Connection
  Amius Thompson   Tempête
  Christian Viveros   W Connection
  Ives Vlijter   Inter Moengotapoe
1 27 players
Own goals 2 players

Notes

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  1. ^ 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

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ a b c d e "Two teams withdraw from Caribbean club cup, draw format restructured", CONCACAF, 2009-01-14, retrieved 2009-01-15
  4. ^ a b CFU adjusts schedule for first round of Caribbean Club Champions Cup, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-03-11, retrieved 2009-03-12
  5. ^ "Regional Club championship kicks off today". Antigua Sun. Port of Spain, Trinidad: Sun Printing & Publishing Ltd. CMC. 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
  6. ^ "Guyanese to officiate in CFU championship today in T&T". Stabroek News. Georgetown, Guyana. 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  7. ^ "Inter Moengo Tapoe naar volgende ronde CFU Clubchampionships". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). Paramaribo. 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  8. ^ 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]
  9. ^ 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.
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