2018 TT Pro League

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TT Pro League
Season2018
Champions W Connection
6th Pro League title
2020 Caribbean Club Championship W Connection
Central
Matches played90
Goals scored318 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer Marcus Joseph 18 goals
Biggest home win Defence Force 10–0 St. Ann's Rangers
15 August 2018
Biggest away win North East Stars 0–8 Morvant Caledonia United
28 September 2018
Highest scoring Defence Force 10–0 St. Ann's Rangers
15 August 2018
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The 2018 TT Pro League season is the 20th season of the TT Pro League, the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. A total of ten teams are contesting the league, with North East Stars the defending champions from the 2017 season. [1]

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The 2018 football season kicked off with the Charity Shield between defending TT Pro League champions North East Stars and defending Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy champions W Connection. [2] League play officially started on 10 August 2018, [3] and ended on the 7 December with the crowning of W Connection by one point over their Couva rivals Central. [4] It was their first title since the 2013–14 season

Changes from the 2017 season

The following changes were made since the 2017 season:

Player transfers

Managerial changes

Teams

Team summaries

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityManagerCaptain
Central California Ato Boldon Stadium 10,000 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Stern John Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Duane Muckette
Club Sando San Fernando Mahaica Oval Pavilion 2,500 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Angus Eve Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Jayson Joseph
Defence Force Chaguaramas Hasely Crawford Stadium 27,000 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Marvin Gordon Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Jerwyn Balthazar
Morvant Caledonia United Morvant/Laventille Park Street Recreational Ground 3,000 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Jerry Moe Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Kareem Joseph
North East Stars Arima Arima Velodrome 5,000 Flag of Serbia.svg Zoran Vraneš Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Sean John
Point Fortin Civic Point Fortin Mahaica Oval Pavilion 2,500 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Reynold Carrington Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Hughtun Hector
Police Saint James Manny Ramjohn Stadium 10,000 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Richard Hood Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Adrian Foncette
San Juan Jabloteh San Juan Barataria Oval1,000 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Keith Jeffrey Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Elton John
St. Ann's Rangers St. Ann's Saint Augustine Secondary Grounds1,000 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Dave Quamina Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Chadley David
W Connection Point Lisas Manny Ramjohn Stadium 10,000 Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Stuart Charles-Fevrier Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Gerard Williams

Stadiums Used

Since the teams do not play in their set home stadium, these are the stadiums that were used to host the matches throughout the season.

PlaceStadiumNo. of matches hosted
1 Ato Boldon Stadium 41
2 Hasely Crawford Stadium 27
3 Larry Gomes Stadium 10
4Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin 9
5 Mannie Ramjohn Stadium 2

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 W Connection (C)181071438+3537
2 Central 1811344225+1736
3 Club Sando 1810354426+1833
4 Police 1810353721+1633
5 Defence Force 189363821+1730
6 Morvant Caledonia United 188643622+1430
7 San Juan Jabloteh 188372924+527
8 Point Fortin Civic 1832132046−2611
9 St. Ann's Rangers 1831141367−5410
10 North East Stars 1813141658−426
Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2018. Source: TT Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Positions by round

Leader
2020 Caribbean Club Championship First round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for the tenth round of matches, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
W Connection 121
Defence Force 312
Club Sando 443
San Juan Jabloteh 654
Central 23
Point Fortin Civic 56
Morvant Caledonia United 77
North East Stars 98
St. Ann's Rangers 1010
Police 8910
Updated to match(es) played on 22 August 2018. Source: TT Pro League

Results

Matches 1–18
Home \ Away CEN CSA DFO MCU NES PFC POL SJJ SAR WCO
Central 2–22–13–16–14–01–00–34–21–6
Club Sando 1–11–05–35–44–12–13–28–01–1
Defence Force 0–11–04–31–13–12–33–010–01–2
Morvant Caledonia United 2–13–00–00–02–11–21–12–00–0
North East Stars 0–22–61–40–81–31–50–10–11–1
Point Fortin Civic 0–30–11–22–24–11–30–24–21–3
Police 3–02–04–01–13–14–11–22–20–0
San Juan Jabloteh 2–41–00–22–31–20–02–05–01–1
St. Ann's Rangers 1–70–51–40–33–0 [lower-alpha 1] 1–00–30–3 [lower-alpha 2] 0–4
W Connection 0–02–00–00–14–08–04–04–13–0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2018. Source: TT Pro League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ↑ In the St. Ann's Rangers v North East Stars game, Rangers were awarded a 3–0 default victory.
  2. ↑ In the St. Ann's Rangers v San Juan Jabloteh game, Jabloteh were awarded a 3–0 default victory.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [5]
1 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Marcus Joseph W Connection 18
2 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Tyrone Charles Club Sando 16
3 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Kareem Freitas Police 15
4 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Akim Armstrong Central 14
5 Flag of Guyana.svg Sheldon Holder Morvant Caledonia United 9
6 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Shackeil Henry Club Sando 8
6 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Devorn Jorsling Defence Force 8
6 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Jomoul Francois San Juan Jabloteh 8
9 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Duane Muckette Central 7
9 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Jameel Perry Police 7

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References

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  2. ↑ "T&T Pro League season starts Friday". CONCACAF.com. 31 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Trinidad and Tobago 2018, RSSSF.com
  4. ↑ "Connection lifts Pro League 2018 crown over Couva rivals Central as Sando and Police crash out of top-two finish on final night".
  5. ↑ "2018 topscorers".
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