Montego Bay United F.C.

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Montego Bay United F.C.
Full nameMontego Bay United Football Club
Nickname(s)Seba
Founded1972 (as Beacon)
Ground Catherine Hall Sports Complex
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Capacity7,000
President Yoni Epstein
ManagerMohamed Yusuf
League Jamaica Premier League
2023–24 Regular season: 7th
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Website https://montegobayunitedfc.com/

Montego Bay United Football Club is a Jamaican football club based in Montego Bay.

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History

Founded as Beacon in 1972, the club were renamed Seba United after a few years and won the Jamaica Premier League in 1987 and 1997; the most famous of these triumphs was the 1996–97 season when they were docked twenty points but still found a way to the lift the title. [1] The club used to play their home games at Jarrett Park, which can hold a capacity of up to 4,000, and is located in Montego Bay.

Seba were relegated from the Jamaica Premier League after the 2007–08 season for the first time in their storied history and played in the Western Confederation Super League, before returning to Jamaica's top level for the 2011–12 season after winning the promotion play-offs. [2] Successful Peruvian coach Danilo Barriga however left the club just a few weeks before the end of the season. [3]

In July 2011, the franchise was acquired by Orville Powell [4] and renamed and rebranded as Montego Bay United F.C, [5] [6] despite earlier claims by former chairman Bruce Gaynor it would not ever happen. [7] They used to play their home games at Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay.

In 2013 they moved to the WespoW Park stadium in the Tucker area of Montego Bay. They were premier league champions, having won the 2015–16 season.

In July 2016, the club assigned Serbian coach Slaviša Božičić as their new manager.

In August 2019, Somali coach Mohamed Yusuf was appointed as the manager.

In January 2022, Ricky Hill became the manager.

Current squad

As of 1 May 2025 [8] [9] [10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Willian
2 DF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Renaldo Wellington
3 DF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Odane Wright
4 DF Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  CGO Vialley Matolola
5 DF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Odane Nish
6 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Lucas Lima
7 MF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Ahmal Nugent-Hudson
8 MF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Rasheed Brown
9 FW Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Johann Weatherly
10 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Jean Rios
11 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Hudson
MF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Peter-Lee Vassell
No.Pos.NationPlayer
13 DF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Deverow Mckenzie
15 MF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Denri Williams
16 MF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Alex Forbes
17 MF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Shaquille West
18 FW Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Brian Brown
19 MF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Shaven Salmon
20 MF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Nevaun Turner
25 DF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Nicholas Lawrence
27 MF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Shavon Mcdonald
28 DF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Renardo Wellington
29 DF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Jevaun Shephard
30 GK Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Davonnie Burton
DF Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  TRI Josiah Trimmingham
DF Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  TRI Darnell Hospedales

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
FW Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Rodave Murray
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  CGO Bryan Mankumbani
MF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Jahmar Stevens
Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Rohan Farquharson
Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Leo Campbell
Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Deonjay Brown

Achievements

Domestic

Continental

References

  1. Jamaica 1996/97 – RSSSF
  2. Highgate, Seba join Premier League – Jamaica Gleaner
  3. Seba should set a solid foundation Archived 2011-09-15 at the Wayback Machine – Jamaica Star
  4. Western trio eye bright 2012 – Jamaica Gleaner
  5. Walker, Howard (17 July 2011). "Out with Seba, in with MoBay Utd". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  6. Reid, Paul (18 August 2011). "Farewell Seba, welcome MBUFC". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  7. Seba forever! Name change aborted – Jamaica Gleaner
  8. "Montego Bay United FC – Jamaica Premier League". 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  9. "Jamaica - Montego Bay United FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  10. "Mt Pleasant held 1-1 by Montego Bay United in JPL - Jamaica Observer". 25 February 2025.