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
Champions W Connection (2nd title)
Runners-up Puerto Rico Islanders
Third place San Juan Jabloteh
Fourth place Tempête
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored72 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jonathan Faña Frias (6 goals)

Qualified clubs

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

NationNational associationRepresentative(s)
Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda Football AssociationHoppers
ArubaArubaanse Voetbal BondBritannia
RCA₮
DominicaDominica Football AssociationBath Estate
GuyanaGuyana Football FederationAlpha United
HaitiFédération Haïtienne de FootballCavaly
Tempête
JamaicaJamaica Football FederationPortmore United₮
Netherlands AntillesNederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal UnieBarber
Puerto RicoFederación Puertorriqueña de FútbolPuerto Rico Islanders‡
Sevilla Puerto Rico
SurinameSurinaamse Voetbal BondInter Moengotapoe
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Football FederationSan Juan Jabloteh†
W Connection
Notes

Competition format

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

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

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
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'
Attendance: 550
Cavaly 5 – 0Britannia
Alliance 18'
Amy 28' 45'
Milien 71' 79'

Second leg
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'
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)[6]

W Connection won 17–1 on aggregate.

Inter Moengotapoe 0 – 1 Barber
Lake 14'

Inter Moengotapoe won 3–2 on aggregate.

Hoppers 2 – 0 Sevilla Puerto Rico
Thomas 15'
Frederick 63'

Hoppers won 5–3 on aggregate.

Britannia 0 – 1 Cavaly
Valdo 45+'
Franklin J. Th. Bareño Stadium, Piedra Plat

Cavaly won 6–0 on aggregate.

Tempête 2 – 0 Alpha United
Cadet 12'
Sirin 71'

Tempête won 3–1 on aggregate.

2nd Round

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
San Juan Jabloteh 2 – 1 Inter Moengotapoe
Forbes 16'
Oliver 86'		 Pinas 72'
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
Inter Moengotapoe 1 – 3 San Juan Jabloteh
Bron 3' Glen 13'
Jamerson 47'
Primus 66'
Attendance: ~3,000

San Juan Jabloteh won 5–2 on aggregate.

Cavaly 0 – 1 W Connection
Oliveira 30'

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

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

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


CFU Club Championship
2009 Winners
W Connection
Third Title

Goalscorers
GoalsPlayerTeam
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
127 players
Own goals2 players

Notes
  1. 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
  1. "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. "CONCACAF to stage draws for U-17, U-20 championships, Caribbean club cup on Thursday", CONCACAF, 2009-01-09, retrieved 2009-01-12
  3. "Two teams withdraw from Caribbean club cup, draw format restructured", CONCACAF, 2009-01-14, retrieved 2009-01-15
  4. 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. 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
  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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