W Connection F.C.
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| Full name | W Connection Football Club[1] | ||
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| Nickname | Savonetta Boys | ||
| Founded | 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 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]The following is a list of results for W Connection in international competitions. W Connection's scores are listed first.
Record by opponent
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Antigua Barracuda |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Atlético Pantoja |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
 Árabe Unido |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0.00 |
 Arnett Gardens |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Atlántico |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 |
 Bath Estate |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 100.00 |
 Morvant Caledonia United |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 50.00 |
 Cavaly |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Central |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0.00 |
| Carioca |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Jong Colombia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
 Comunicaciones |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 50.00 |
 Fruta Conquerors |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 50.00 |
 Moulien |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Café Sisserou Strikers |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 100.00 |
| Empire |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Guyana Defence Force |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 100.00 |
 Guadalajara |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 25.00 |
| Harbour View |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 100.00 |
 Honduras Progreso |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Hoppers |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
 Houston Dynamo FC |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
 Inter Moengotapoe |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 100.00 |
| San Juan Jabloteh |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 75.00 |
| Joe Public |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Montego Bay United |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Nacional |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
| New York Red Bulls |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Portmore United |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 50.00 |
 Puerto Rico Islanders |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Pumas UNAM |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 0.00 |
| Racing Haïtien |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Real España |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Real Hope |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Santos Laguna |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0.00 |
| SAP |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 100.00 |
 Saprissa |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 50.00 |
| Sporting Kansas City |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Tivoli Gardens |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Toluca |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 0.00 |
 US Robert |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Victory |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Xelajú |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Total | 77 | 37 | 13 | 27 | 165 | 109 | +56 | 48.05 |
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.
External links
[edit]- Profile on Soca Warriors Online Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
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