Cunupia F.C.

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Cunupia
Full nameCunupia Football Club
Ground Larry Gomes Stadium
Malabar, Trinidad and Tobago
Capacity7,500
League TT Premier Football League
2019-20 TT Pro League, 11th

Cunupia F.C. is a Trinidad and Tobago professional football club, based in Cunupia, that plays in the TT Premier Football League. [1] Once in the second division of Trinidad and Tobago football, they became a top flight team after being accepted to the then 2019-20 TT Pro League season. [2] They finished bottom of the shortened season.

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The club's colours are black and yellow.

History

Cunupia won the 2016 Super League (second division) title, beating University of Trinidad and Tobago to the title on head-to-head. [3]

Cunupia finished fourth in the second division and won the second division knock-out in 2018 and was accepted to the top league in February 2019, although had their bid initially un-accepted in March 2019. [4] [5]

In 2022 the team played in the Ascension League as Trinidad and Tobago did not have a professional league. [6]

The team returned to the top flight for the 2023 season after COVID interrupted the Trinidadian pro league. [7]


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References

  1. ↑ "tt-premier-football-league-officially-launched". 7 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "cunupia-fc-accepted-for-2019-pro-league". 7 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Bailey, Joel (6 December 2016). "Cunupia FC declared Super League Championship winners".
  4. ↑ Bailey, Joel (22 November 2018). "Cunupia ready for Pro League Plunge". Newsday.
  5. ↑ Liburd, Lisana (3 March 2019). "Cunupia set to miss out on revamped Pro League; Fakoory says Youth Pro League stays for 2019".
  6. ↑ Beckles, Jelani (24 April 2022). "Cunupia FC aim to make mark in Ascension Football League". Newsday.
  7. ↑ Beckles, Jelani (23 February 2023). "TT Premier League lookahead: De Four says, expect a fight when you play Cunupia FC". Newsday.
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