2017 Caribbean Club Championship

The 2017 Caribbean Club Championship was the 19th edition of the Caribbean Club Championship (also known as 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), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.

2017 Caribbean Club Championship
2017 CFU Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates22 February – 21 May 2017
Teams21 (from 12 associations)
Final positions
Champions Cibao (1st title)
Runners-up San Juan Jabloteh
Third place Portmore United
Fourth place Central
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored164 (4.32 per match)
Top scorer(s) Babalito
Tevaughn Harriette
(7 goals each)

The top four teams qualified for next season's CONCACAF club competitions, an increase from the previous three following the expansion of the CONCACAF club competition platform.[1] The champions qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League tournament proper, while the second through fourth place teams qualified for the new Champions League qualifying tournament, the CONCACAF League.

Cibao won the tournament by defeating San Juan Jabloteh in the final, becoming the first team from the Dominican Republic to be crowned Caribbean club champions and the first to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League. Runners-up San Juan Jabloteh, together with third place Portmore United and fourth place Central, who were the two-time defending champions, qualified for the first edition of the CONCACAF League.

Teams
Location of teams of the 2017 Caribbean Club Championship
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C;
Yellow: Group D; Purple: Group E; Pink: Bye to final round.

The tournament was open to all league champions and runners-up from each of the 31 CFU member associations, once their competition ended by the end of 2016.

A total of 21 teams from 12 CFU associations entered the competition.[2] This is the first CFU Club Championship to feature a team from Sint Maarten, and the first since 2004 to feature a team from Montserrat.

The defending champions Central received a bye to the final round (to make room in the first round for Puerto Rico FC, who were left out of the original draw), while the other 20 teams entered the first round.[2]

Association Team Qualification method
Antigua and Barbuda Hoppers 2015–16 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division champions
Grenades 2015–16 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division runners-up
Cayman Islands Scholars International 2015–16 Cayman Islands Premier League champions
Elite 2015–16 Cayman Islands Premier League runners-up
Dominican Republic Barcelona Atlético 2016 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol champions
Cibao 2016 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol runners-up
Guadeloupe USR 2015–16 Guadeloupe Division of Honor champions
CS Moulien 2015–16 Guadeloupe Division of Honor runners-up
Haiti Don Bosco 2015 Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture champions[Note HAI]
Racing des Gonaïves 2016 Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture champions
Jamaica Montego Bay United 2015–16 National Premier League champions
Portmore United 2015–16 National Premier League runners-up
Montserrat Police 2016 Montserrat Championship champions
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico FC 2016 Copa Luis Villarejo champions[Note PUR]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines System 3 2016 NLA Premier League champions
Bequia United 2016 NLA Premier League runners-up
Sint Maarten Flames United 2015 Sint Maarten League champions[Note SXM]
Suriname Inter Moengotapoe 2015–16 SVB Hoofdklasse champions
Transvaal 2015–16 SVB Hoofdklasse runners-up
Trinidad and Tobago Central 2015–16 TT Pro League champions
(bye to final round as title holders)
San Juan Jabloteh 2015–16 TT Pro League runners-up
Notes
  1. ^
    Haiti (HAI): FICA, champions of the 2016 Ligue Haïtienne Série de Clôture, did not enter the tournament. So Don Bosco, champions of the 2015 Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture, were selected instead, having participated in the 2016 CFU Club Championship and qualified for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.[3]
  2. ^
    Puerto Rico (PUR): Puerto Rico's first division, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico (LNF), was not played in 2016. A new domestic cup tournament, the Copa Luis Villarejo, was inaugurated and involved teams from the LNF, the second tier Puerto Rico Soccer League (PRSL), as well as Puerto Rico FC of the North American Soccer League (NASL), a second tier league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation. The champions and runners-up of this tournament were to be eligible to enter the CFU Club Championship.[4][5] The champions Puerto Rico FC announced that they would enter the CFU Club Championship, but the runners-up Criollos de Caguas (a top tier club) announced that they would not enter the CFU Club Championship, citing financial difficulties. The Puerto Rican Football Federation stated that only champions Puerto Rico FC would enter, but added that they had requested permission from CONCACAF to allow semi-finalist Metropolitan FA (a second tier club) to replace Criollos de Caguas,[6] but this eventually did not happen. However, in the original draw announced on 16 January 2017, Puerto Rico FC were left out. Puerto Rico FC President Tom Payne tweeted that his team should have been involved in the draw and that a mistake had been made between the Puerto Rican Football Federation, Caribbean Football Union and CONCACAF.[7] They were admitted to the competition on 26 January, taking defending champion Central's place as Group D hosts, while Central were given a bye to the final round.
  3. ^
    Sint Maarten (SXM): No domestic league competition was completed in 2016 in Sint Maarten, so they were represented by Flames United, champions of the 2015 Sint Maarten League.[8]
Associations which did not enter a team

Schedule

The original groups and schedule were announced by CFU and CONCACAF on 16 January 2017,[9][10][11] with the revised groups and schedule after the admission of Puerto Rico FC announced on 26 January 2017.[2]

Round Dates
First round Group A22–26 February 2017
Groups B & C1–5 March 2017
Groups D14–18 March 2017
Groups E8–12 March 2017
Final round 14–21 May 2017

First round

In the first round, the 20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams. Each group was played on a round-robin basis, hosted by one of the teams at a centralized venue. The winners of each group advanced to the final round to join the defending champions Central.[2]

Group A

Host venue: Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (all times UTC−4)[12]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Racing des Gonaïves 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Final round
2 Inter Moengotapoe 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7
3 Hoppers (H) 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4 Bequia United 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Racing des Gonaïves 2–2 Inter Moengotapoe
  • Dorisca  17', 81'
 Report
Hoppers 2–1 Bequia United
 Report
  • Ollivierre  28'
Bequia United 0–4 Racing des Gonaïves
Report
  • Laurent  9'
  • Charles  16'
  • Dorisca  25'
  • Jean  41' (pen.)
Hoppers 0–2 Inter Moengotapoe
Report
Inter Moengotapoe 4–1 Bequia United
  • Rijssel  22'
  • Vallei  65' (pen.)
  • K. Kwasie  90', 90+4'
 Report
  • Browne  39' (pen.)
Hoppers 0–2 Racing des Gonaïves
Report
  • Charles  38'
  • Daniel  43'

Group B

Host venue: Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (all times UTC−5)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cibao 3 2 1 0 18 1 +17 7 Final round
2 Don Bosco (H) 3 1 2 0 13 2 +11 5
3 USR 3 1 1 1 11 2 +9 4
4 Police 3 0 0 3 0 37 −37 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Police 0–16 Cibao
Report
Don Bosco 1–1 USR
  • G. Joseph  38'
 Report
  • Désert  12'
Cibao 1–0 USR
 Report
Don Bosco 11–0 Police
  • Estama  1'
  • Vernet  6'
  • Georges  13', 26', 33', 45', 62'
  • G. Joseph  39'
  • St-Hubert  41'
  • M. Joseph  55', 75'
 Report
USR 10–0 Police
  • Nestor  10', 14'
  • Huggins  22' (o.g.)
  • Santos  25' (pen.)
  • Nascimiento  26'
  • Mathaisan  39', 59', 81'
  • Dan  56'
  • Gotin  88' (pen.)
 Report
Don Bosco 1–1 Cibao
  • Georges  23'
 Report
  • Babalito  29'

Group C

Host venue: Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica (all times UTC−5)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Grenades 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Final round
2 Barcelona Atlético 3 1 2 0 8 4 +4 5
3 Montego Bay United (H) 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
4 Elite 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Barcelona Atlético 4–0 Elite
  • Castillo  53'
  • Meza  54', 71'
  • Guerra  73'
 Report
Montego Bay United 2–3 Grenades
  • Weatherly  82'
  • Gordon  90+4'
 Report
Grenades 2–2 Barcelona Atlético
 Report
  • Guerra  32', 42'
Montego Bay United 5–0 Elite
 Report
Elite 0–2 Grenades
Report
Montego Bay United 2–2 Barcelona Atlético
 Report

Group D

Host venue: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón, Puerto Rico (all times UTC−4)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portmore United 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Final round
2 Puerto Rico FC (H) 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6
3 Transvaal 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4 Scholars International 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Scholars International 0–2 Portmore United
Report
Referee: Charvis Delsol (Dominica)
Puerto Rico FC 1–0 Transvaal
 Report
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
Transvaal 4–0 Scholars International
  • Akoela  28'
  • Ferreira  48'
  • Juliaans  88'
  • Boldewijn  90+1'
 Report
Referee: Jacques Robert Arthur (Haiti)
Puerto Rico FC 0–1 Portmore United
Report
Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
Portmore United 6–1 Transvaal
 Report
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
Puerto Rico FC 4–0 Scholars International
 Report
Referee: Jacques Robert Arthur (Haiti)

Group E

Host venue: Victoria Park, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (all times UTC−4)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Juan Jabloteh 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9 Final round
2 CS Moulien 3 2 0 1 13 4 +9 6
3 System 3 (H) 3 1 0 2 9 7 +2 3
4 Flames United 3 0 0 3 2 26 −24 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Flames United 0–9 San Juan Jabloteh
Report
System 3 0–4 CS Moulien
Report
San Juan Jabloteh 4–1 CS Moulien
 Report
  • Gomez  13'
System 3 9–2 Flames United
 Report
  • Martin  58'
  • Haird  65'
CS Moulien 8–0 Flames United
  • Anatol  2'
  • Clavier  8', 18', 37', 90+3'
  • Pascal  45', 52', 88'
 Report
System 3 0–1 San Juan Jabloteh
Report

Final round

In the final round, the six teams (the defending champions Central, which received a bye to the final round, and the five group winners from the first round) were drawn into two groups of three teams (initially the final round was to be played in one group).[13] Each group was played on a round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced to the final, while the runners-up advanced to the third place match.[14][15]

The draw of the final round was held on 29 March 2017. Central, as the hosts of the final round, and San Juan Jabloteh, as the best performing team in the first round, were seeded into Groups A and B respectively.[16]

The champions qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, while the teams finishing second through fourth qualified for the 2017 CONCACAF League.[1]

Host venue: Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (all times UTC−4)

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cibao 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Final
2 Central (H) 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 Third place match and 2017 CONCACAF League
3 Grenades 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Central 3–1 Grenades
 Report
Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)
Cibao 2–2 Grenades
  • Babalito  54', 56'
 Report
Central 0–1 Cibao
Report
  • Soko  54'
Referee: Ricangel de Leça (Aruba)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Juan Jabloteh (H) 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Final
2 Portmore United 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Third place match and 2017 CONCACAF League
3 Racing des Gonaïves 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
San Juan Jabloteh 2–0 Racing des Gonaïves
 Report
Referee: Ricangel de Leça (Aruba)
Portmore United 1–0 Racing des Gonaïves
 Report
Referee: Gianni Ascani (Turks and Caicos Islands)
San Juan Jabloteh 2–2 Portmore United
 Report
Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

Third place match
Central 2–2 (a.e.t.) Portmore United
 Report
  • D. Binns  32'
  • Pryce  77'
Penalties
 3–5[17]
Referee: Gianni Ascani (Turks and Caicos Islands)

Final

Winners qualified for 2018 CONCACAF Champions League. Runners-up qualified for 2017 CONCACAF League.

Cibao 1–0 San Juan Jabloteh
 Report

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Babalito Cibao 7
Tevaughn Harriette Grenades
3 Kerlins Georges Don Bosco 6
4 Nathan Lewis San Juan Jabloteh 5
Domingo Peralta Cibao
6 Larry Clavier CS Moulien 4
Owayne Gordon Montego Bay United
Vladimir Pascal CS Moulien
9 Marckens Dorisca Racing des Gonaïves 3
José Adolfo Guerra Barcelona Atlético
Kareem Kwasie Inter Moengotapoe
Jairo Lombardo San Juan Jabloteh
Marc Mathaisan USR
Jesús Meza Barcelona Atlético
Ricardo Morris Portmore United
Myron Samuel System 3
Keithy Simpson San Juan Jabloteh
Patrick Serge Soko Cibao
Azinho Solomon System 3

See also

References
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  2. "Puerto Rico FC added to Caribbean Club Championship field". CONCACAF.com. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. "Don Bosco reçoit en Haïti, Racing FC se rend à Antiguaet- Barbuda". Le National. 15 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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  6. Edwin R. Jusino (23 December 2016). "En espera de CONCACAF participación segundo equipo de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  7. Tom Payne [@PRFCPres] (15 January 2017). "Re cfu, we r very aware of draw. Working w fpf to figure out this mess. We did what we had to do. Now up 2 fpf, cfu, concacaf to sort & fast" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. "Flames United to represent at CFU Club championship". The Daily Herald. 7 March 2017.
  9. "2017 Caribbean Club Championship schedule and groups". Caribbean Football Union. 16 January 2017.
  10. "2017 Caribbean Club Championship teams, groups & schedule announced". CONCACAF.com. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  11. "Caribbean Club Championship 2017 Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  12. "Caribbean Club Championship kicks off in Antigua and Barbuda". Caribbean Football Union. 23 February 2017.
  13. "The Road to the Champions League Begins on Tuesday: How PRFC will Qualify". PuertoRicoFC.com. 11 March 2017.
  14. "Draw Determines Matchups for the Finals of the Caribbean Club Competition 2017". CONCACAF.com. 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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  16. "Official Draw: Final Stage of the Caribbean Club Championship 2017". CONCACAF.com. 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
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