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| Full name | W Connection Football Club[1] | ||
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| Nickname | Savonetta Boys | ||
| Founded | 1999; 27 years ago (1999) | ||
| Ground | Manny Ramjohn Stadium Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Capacity | 10,000[2] | ||
| Owner | Luca Stewart-Rusin | ||
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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.
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 6β5, after the match ended level 2β2, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Finalβ | did not qualify | ||||
| 2001 | Champions | Round of 32 | Champions | Champions | Finalβ‘ | Not Held | |||
| 2002 | 2nd | Champions | Final | Champions | Champions* | First round | |||
| 2003β04 | 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 |
| 2010β11 | 4th | Discontinued | 1st round | Semi-finals | Not Held | Group stage | Not held | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2011β12 | 1st | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Champions | Final | did not qualify | ||
| 2012β13 | 3rd | First round | Semi-finals | Champions | Semi-finals | Champions | 2nd** | Group stage | |
| 2013β14 | Champions | Champions | Semi-finals | Champions | Champions | Final | Did not qualify | Group stage | |
β W Connection finished second in the Championship Group of the CFU Club Championship 2000.
β‘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. π Jamaica
Tivoli Gardens β 1:1 - Group stage v. π Dominica
CafΓ© Sisserou Strikers β 11:0 - Group stage v. π Antigua and Barbuda
Empire β 3:3 - Championship Group v. π Jamaica
Harbour View β 3:1 - Championship Group v. π Haiti
Carioca β 1:1 - Championship Group v. π Trinidad and Tobago
Joe Public β 0:1
- Group stage v. π Jamaica
- First Round v. π Guyana
Conquerors β 2:1, 8:0 (W Connection advances 10:1 on aggregate) - Group stage v. π Netherlands Antilles
Jong Colombia β 3:1 - Group stage v. π Haiti
RCH β 4:0
- First Round v. π Guyana
- First Round v. π United States
Kansas City Wizards β 0:1, 0:2 (Kansas City Wizards advances 3:0 on aggregate)
- First Round v. π United States
- Group stage v. π Jamaica
Harbour View β 2:1 - Group stage v. π Martinique
US Robert β 2:0
- Group stage v. π Jamaica
- First Round v. π Mexico
Toluca β 3:3, 2:3 (Toluca advances 6:5 on aggregate)
- First Round v. π Mexico
- First Round v. π Suriname
FCS Nacional β 3:0, 0:2 (W Connection advances 3:2 on aggregate) - Semi-finals v. π Jamaica
Portmore United β 0:0, 1:0 (W Connection advances 1:0 on aggregate) - Final v. π Trinidad and Tobago
San Juan Jabloteh β 1:2, 1:2 (San Juan Jabloteh wins 4:2 on penalties)
- First Round v. π Suriname
- Group stage v. π Antigua and Barbuda
Hoppers β 5:0 - Group stage v. π Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Islanders β 1:0 - Semi-finals v. π Jamaica
Harbour View β 3:2 - Final v. π Trinidad and Tobago
San Juan Jabloteh β 1:0
- Group stage v. π Antigua and Barbuda
- Quarter-finals v. π Mexico
Guadalajara β 2:1, 0:3 (CD Guadalajara advances 4:2 on aggregate)
- Quarter-finals v. π Mexico
- First Round v. π Dominica
Bath Estate β 5:0, 12:1 (W Connection advances 17:1 on aggregate) - Second Round v. π Haiti
Cavaly β 3:1, 1:0 (W Connection advances 4:1 on aggregate) - Semi-finals v. π Trinidad and Tobago
San Juan Jabloteh β 2:1 - Final v. π Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Islanders β 2:1
- First Round v. π Dominica
- Preliminary Round v. π United States
New York Red Bulls β 2:2, 2:1 (W Connection advances 4:3 on aggregate) - Group stage v. π Guatemala
Comunicaciones β 1:2, 3:0 - Group stage v. π Mexico
UNAM β 2:2, 1:2 - Group stage v. π Honduras
Real EspaΓ±a β 0:1, 3:2
- Preliminary Round v. π United States
- Group stage v. π Guatemala
XelajΓΊ β 2:2, 2:3 - Group stage v. π Mexico
Guadalajara β 0:4, 1:1
- Group stage v. π Guatemala
- Group stage v. π Panama
Γrabe Unido β 1:3, 0:2 - Group stage v. π United States
Houston Dynamo β 0:0, 0:2
- Group stage v. π Panama
- Group stage v. π Mexico
Santos Laguna β 0:4, 0:1 - Group stage v. π Costa Rica
Saprissa β 0:4, 2:1
- Group stage v. π Mexico
- TBD
Staff
[edit]Technical staff
[edit]- Technical Director/Head Coach:
- Assistant Coach:
- Assistant Coach:
- Goalkeeper Coach:
- π Trinidad and Tobago
Trevor Nottingham
Management
[edit]- President/Chief Executive Officer:
- π Trinidad and Tobago
Renee John-Williams
- Chairman of the Board:
- π Trinidad and Tobago
David Martin
Youth
[edit]The youth teams of the club are member of the OASIS Youth League.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Club Info β W Connection". ttproleague.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Mannie Ramjohn Stadium β 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.
External links
[edit]- Profile on Soca Warriors Online Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
