Caribbean Club Championship

The Caribbean Club Championship, also known as the CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup,[1] was an annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). The Caribbean Club Championship served as a qualifying event for the CONCACAF Champions League tournament.

Caribbean Club Championship
Organizing bodyCFU
CONCACAF
Founded1997
Abolished2022
RegionCaribbean
Number of teamsVarious
Last champion(s)Haiti Violette (1st title)
(2022)
Most successful club(s)Trinidad and Tobago W Connection
Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
Jamaica Portmore United
Trinidad and Tobago Central
Jamaica Harbour View
(2 titles each)
WebsiteCFU homepage

In 2023, the tournament was replaced by the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup which follows a similar format. This change was made in conjunction with the expansion of the CONCACAF Champions League starting from the 2024 edition.[2]

Qualification

Thirty-one national associations affiliated with the CFU were invited to participate, with each eligible to send two clubs, usually their league champions and runners-up. However, many member nations did not send a representative team every year. CFU also allowed Antigua Barracuda, Puerto Rico Islanders, and Puerto Rico FC (all now defunct) to compete despite being members of the United States league system. This tournament currently sent three or four teams to CONCACAF competitions: the champions enter the CONCACAF Champions League, the runners-up and third place teams enter the CONCACAF League, and the fourth place team competed in a playoff with the Caribbean Club Shield winner for a spot in the CONCACAF League.

The CFU presented an exact replica of the championship trophy to the winning team for their permanent possession.

Participation of member associations
Country Competitions Years
Haiti Haiti 19 2000–02, 2006–07, 2009–22
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 19 1997–98, 2000–04, 2006–07, 2009–18
Jamaica Jamaica 18 1997–98, 2000, 2002–07, 2013–20, 2022
Suriname Suriname 16 1997, 2000–01, 2003–05, 2007, 2009–12, 2014–17, 2021
Curaçao Curaçao 11 2000–01, 2003, 2005–07, 2009–10, 2012, 2014, 2021
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 10 2000, 2004–07, 2009, 2012–13, 2015, 2017
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 10 2006–07, 2009–14, 2017, 2021
Guyana Guyana 8 1997, 2001, 2009–12, 2014–15
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 7 1997–98, 2014–17, 2021
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 6 2002, 2011–12, 2014, 2016–17
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 6 2016–18, 2020–22
Dominica Dominica 5 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 5 2000–02, 2005, 2011
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 1997–98, 2010, 2017, 2021
Aruba Aruba 4 2005–07, 2009
Bermuda Bermuda 4 2010–12, 2016
Martinique Martinique 4 1997–98, 2002, 2021
United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands 4 2005–07, 2015
Barbados Barbados 3 1997–98, 2000
Montserrat Montserrat 2 2004, 2017
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten 2 2017, 2021
The Bahamas Bahamas 1 2015
Bonaire Bonaire 1 2021
Cuba Cuba 1 2007
French Guiana French Guiana 1 2021
Collectivity of Saint Martin Saint-Martin 1 2004
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 2011

The following associations have never had any team participate in a Club Championship:

Associations in italics have had teams participate in the Caribbean Club Shield

Past winners
Season Winners Result Runners-up Third place Result Fourth place
1997 United Petrotrin Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Jamaica Seba United N/A
1998 Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago Caledonia AIA N/A
1999 Not held
2000 Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago [lower-alpha 1] Trinidad and Tobago W Connection Harbour View Jamaica [lower-alpha 1] Haiti Carioca
Qualified teams for CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2001[lower-alpha 2] Defence Force Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago W Connection N/A
2002[lower-alpha 3] W Connection Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica Arnett Gardens N/A
Season Winners Result
(1st / 2nd leg)		 Runners-up Third place Result
(1st / 2nd leg)		 Fourth place
2003 San Juan Jabloteh Trinidad and Tobago 3–3 (4–2 p)
(2–1 / 1–2)		 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection N/A
2004 Harbour View Jamaica 3–2
(1–1 / 2–1) 		Jamaica Tivoli Gardens N/A
2005 Portmore United Jamaica 5–2
(2–1 / 4–0) 		Suriname Robinhood N/A
2006 W Connection Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh N/A
2007 Harbour View Jamaica 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico 1–0
(1–0 / 0–0)[lower-alpha 4]		 Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh
2008 Not held
2009 W Connection Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders San Juan Jabloteh Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Haiti Tempête
2010 Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico [lower-alpha 1] Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public San Juan Jabloteh Trinidad and Tobago [lower-alpha 1] Puerto Rico Bayamón
2011 Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico 3–1 (a.e.t.) Haiti Tempête Alpha United Guyana 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
2012 Caledonia AIA Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico 2–0 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua Barracuda
Qualified teams for CONCACAF Champions League
2013[lower-alpha 5] W Connection Trinidad and Tobago Haiti Valencia Caledonia AIA Trinidad and Tobago
2014[lower-alpha 6] Bayamón Puerto Rico Jamaica Waterhouse Alpha United Guyana
Season Winners Result Runners-up Third place Result Fourth place
2015 Central Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection Montego Bay United Jamaica 1–0 Haiti Don Bosco
2016 Central Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection Don Bosco Haiti 2–0 Jamaica Arnett Gardens
2017 Cibao Dominican Republic 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh Portmore United Jamaica 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		 Trinidad and Tobago Central
2018 Atlético Pantoja Dominican Republic 0–0 (6–5 p) Jamaica Arnett Gardens Portmore United Jamaica 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago Central
2019 Portmore United Jamaica [lower-alpha 1] Jamaica Waterhouse Capoise Haiti [lower-alpha 1] Haiti Real Hope
Qualified teams for CONCACAF Champions League and CONCACAF League
2020[lower-alpha 7] Atlético Pantoja Dominican Republic Jamaica Waterhouse Arcahaie Haiti Dominican Republic Cibao
Season Winners Result Runners-up Losing semi-finalists
2021 Cavaly Haiti 3–0 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe Metropolitan Puerto Rico [lower-alpha 8] Martinique Samaritaine
Season Winners Result Runners-up Third place Result Fourth place
2022 Violette Haiti 0–0
4–3 (p)		 Dominican Republic Cibao FC Atlético Vega Real Dominican Republic 1–1
3–1 (p)		 Jamaica Waterhouse
  1. The championship was decided by a final group round.
  2. No champions were decided. The two group winners qualified for the 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
  3. No champions were decided. The two group winners qualified for the 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
  4. After the CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) replaced the Champions' Cup in 2008, the two losing semi-finalists in the 2007 CFU Clubs Championships (CFU-CC) played a two-legged series on 10 and 25 May 2008 to determine the 2007 CFU-CC tournament's third place team and the final Caribbean spot (CFU#3) for the inaugural 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.
  5. No champions were decided. The two group winners and the play-off winners between the two group runners-up qualified for the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League.
  6. No champions were decided. The final stage was cancelled after one of the participating teams Valencia could not participate, and CONCACAF decided to save expenses for the three group stage winners set to participate in the final stage as they all qualified for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League.
  7. No champions were decided. The final stage was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the results in the group stage were used to determine the teams which qualified for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League (Atlético Pantoja) and the 2020 CONCACAF League (Waterhouse, Arcahaie, Cibao)[3]
  8. No third place match was played.

Results

By club
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 2 5 2006, 2009 2000, 2003, 2012, 2015, 2016
Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public 2 2 1998, 2000 2007, 2010
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders 2 1 2010, 2011 2009
Jamaica Portmore United 2 0 2005, 2019
Trinidad and Tobago Central 2 0 2015, 2016
Jamaica Harbour View 2 0 2004, 2007
Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh 1 2 2003 2006, 2017
Trinidad and Tobago Caledonia AIA 1 1 2012 1998
Dominican Republic Cibao 1 1 2017 2022
Haiti Cavaly 1 0 2021
Haiti Violette 1 0 2022
Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja 1 0 2018
Trinidad and Tobago United Petrotrin 1 0 1997
Suriname Inter Moengotapoe 0 1 2021
Jamaica Waterhouse 0 1 2019
Jamaica Arnett Gardens 0 1 2018
Haiti Tempête 0 1 2011
Suriname Robinhood 0 1 2005
Jamaica Tivoli Gardens 0 1 2004
Jamaica Seba United 0 1 1997
  • When sorted by years won or lost, the table is sorted by the date of each team's first placement

By country
Nation Winners Runners-up Winning clubs Runner-up clubs
 Trinidad and Tobago 9 10 W Connection (2), Central (2), Joe Public (2), San Juan Jabloteh (1), United Petrotrin (1), Caledonia AIA (1) W Connection (5), Joe Public (2), San Juan Jabloteh (2), Caledonia AIA (1)
 Jamaica 4 4 Portmore United (2), Harbour View (2) Arnett Gardens (1), Waterhouse (1), Tivoli Gardens (1), Seba United (1)
 Puerto Rico 2 1 Puerto Rico Islanders (2) Puerto Rico Islanders (1)
 Dominican Republic 2 1 Cibao (1), Atlético Pantoja (1) Cibao (1)
 Haiti 2 1 Cavaly (1), Violette (1) Tempête (1)
 Suriname 0 2 Robinhood (1), Inter Moengotapoe (1)

Caribbean Club Shield
Main article: Caribbean Club Shield

A second-tier competition, called the Caribbean Club Shield, was introduced in 2018 for clubs from non-professional leagues that worked towards professional standards.[4] The winner of this competition, as long as it fulfills the CONCACAF Regional Club Licensing criteria, played against the fourth-placed team of the Caribbean Club Championship for a place in the CONCACAF League.

See also

Notes and references
  1. "CFU Club Champions' Cup 2011 Tournament Regulations" (PDF). 1 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2011.
  2. mlssoccer. "Concacaf announces expanded Champions League starting in 2024 | MLSSoccer.com". MLSsoccer. Archived from the original on November 3, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  3. "Update on Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield and Flow Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship". CONCACAF. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  4. "Dominican Republic Selected to Host Inaugural CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield". mailchi.mp. CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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