2017 Caribbean Club Championship

2017 Caribbean Club Championship

2017 CFU Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates	22 February – 21 May 2017
Teams	21 (from 12 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Cibao (1st title)
Runners-up	San Juan Jabloteh
Third place	Portmore United
Fourth place	Central
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	164 (4.32 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Babalito Tevaughn Harriette (7 goals each)
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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.

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

Hoppers

Grenades

Scholars International

Elite

Barcelona Atlético

Cibao

USR

Moulien

Racing FC

Don Bosco

Montego Bay United

Portmore United

Police FC

System 3

Bequia United

Flames United

Inter Moengotapoe

Transvaal

Central

San Juan Jabloteh

Puerto Rico FC

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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

• Anguilla
• Aruba
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Bonaire
• British Virgin Islands
• Cuba
• Curaçao
• Dominica
• French Guiana
• Grenada
• Guyana
• Martinique
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint-Martin
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• U.S. Virgin Islands

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 A	22–26 February 2017
	Groups B & C	1–5 March 2017
	Groups D	14–18 March 2017
	Groups E	8–12 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) Hosts

22 February 2017 (2017-02-22)

17:00

Racing des Gonaïves	2–2	Inter Moengotapoe
Dorisca 17', 81'	Report	K. Kwasie 9' N. Kwasie 68'

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's

22 February 2017 (2017-02-22)

19:30

Hoppers	2–1	Bequia United
Thomas 16' Bess 70' (o.g.)	Report	Ollivierre 28'

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's

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24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)

17:00

Bequia United	0–4	Racing des Gonaïves
	Report	Laurent 9' Charles 16' Dorisca 25' Jean 41' (pen.)

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)

19:30

Hoppers	0–2	Inter Moengotapoe
	Report	Rijssel 47' Fer 82'

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's

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26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)

17:00

Inter Moengotapoe	4–1	Bequia United
Rijssel 22' Vallei 65' (pen.) K. Kwasie 90', 90+4'	Report	Browne 39' (pen.)

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)

19:30

Hoppers	0–2	Racing des Gonaïves
	Report	Charles 38' Daniel 43'

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's

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) Hosts

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)

17:00

Police	0–16	Cibao
	Report	Babalito 2', 12', 15', 48' Jáquez 4', 25' Peralta 34', 41', 42', 51' Hérold Jr. 45', 90+3' Soko 68', 83' Rodríguez 75' Acevedo 82'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)

19:00

Don Bosco	1–1	USR
G. Joseph 38'	Report	Désert 12'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

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3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)

17:00

Cibao	1–0	USR
Peralta 78'	Report

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)

19:00

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

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

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5 March 2017 (2017-03-05)

17:00

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

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

5 March 2017 (2017-03-05)

19:00

Don Bosco	1–1	Cibao
Georges 23'	Report	Babalito 29'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

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) Hosts

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)

17:30

Barcelona Atlético	4–0	Elite
Castillo 53' Meza 54', 71' Guerra 73'	Report

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)

20:00

Montego Bay United	2–3	Grenades
Weatherly 82' Gordon 90+4'	Report	Harriette 13', 31' McBurnette 67'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

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3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)

17:30

Grenades	2–2	Barcelona Atlético
Henry 36' (pen.) Harriette 59'	Report	Guerra 32', 42'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)

20:00

Montego Bay United	5–0	Elite
Williams 14' Rodney 60' Gordon 74', 77' Weatherly 90+3'	Report

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

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5 March 2017 (2017-03-05)

17:30

Elite	0–2	Grenades
	Report	Harriette 56', 67'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

5 March 2017 (2017-03-05)

20:00

Montego Bay United	2–2	Barcelona Atlético
Gordon 81' (pen.) Williams 85'	Report	Meza 32' Díaz 61'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

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) Hosts

14 March 2017 (2017-03-14)

17:30

Scholars International	0–2	Portmore United
	Report	Morris 8' Lynch 21'

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Referee: Charvis Delsol (Dominica)

14 March 2017 (2017-03-14)

20:00

Puerto Rico FC	1–0	Transvaal
H. Ramos 28' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

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16 March 2017 (2017-03-16)

17:30

Transvaal	4–0	Scholars International
Akoela 28' Ferreira 48' Juliaans 88' Boldewijn 90+1'	Report

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Referee: Jacques Robert Arthur (Haiti)

16 March 2017 (2017-03-16)

20:00

Puerto Rico FC	0–1	Portmore United
	Report	Morris 90+1'

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

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18 March 2017 (2017-03-18)

17:30

Portmore United	6–1	Transvaal
McCalla 20' Doorson 24' (o.g.) Stewart 33' Pryce 52' (pen.) Grandison 56' Foster 81'	Report	Comvalius 66'

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

18 March 2017 (2017-03-18)

20:00

Puerto Rico FC	4–0	Scholars International
M. Ramos 14' Rivera 35' Bement 51' Dias 57'	Report

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

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) Hosts

8 March 2017 (2017-03-08)

17:00

Flames United	0–9	San Juan Jabloteh
	Report	Simpson 11', 51', 58' Lewis 22', 40', 44' Lombardo 57' Charles 72' Gay 82'

Victoria Park, Kingstown

8 March 2017 (2017-03-08)

19:30

System 3	0–4	CS Moulien
	Report	Bolmin 38' Lowman 49' (o.g.) Pascal 65' Bizasène 82'

Victoria Park, Kingstown

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10 March 2017 (2017-03-10)

17:00

San Juan Jabloteh	4–1	CS Moulien
Mills 17' Lombardo 20', 68' Lewis 85'	Report	Gomez 13'

Victoria Park, Kingstown

10 March 2017 (2017-03-10)

19:30

System 3	9–2	Flames United
Solomon 5', 62', 71' Samuel 45', 45+1', 54' Osment 60' Bascombe 87' Edwards 90+3'	Report	Martin 58' Haird 65'

Victoria Park, Kingstown

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12 March 2017 (2017-03-12)

17:00

CS Moulien	8–0	Flames United
Anatol 2' Clavier 8', 18', 37', 90+3' Pascal 45', 52', 88'	Report

Victoria Park, Kingstown

12 March 2017 (2017-03-12)

19:30

System 3	0–1	San Juan Jabloteh
	Report	Charles 65'

Victoria Park, Kingstown

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) Hosts

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14)

20:00

Central	3–1	Grenades
Marcano 37' Edwards 45' Garcia 85'	Report	Harriette 6'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

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16 May 2017 (2017-05-16)

20:00

Cibao	2–2	Grenades
Babalito 54', 56'	Report	Harriette 85' García 86' (o.g.)

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

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18 May 2017 (2017-05-18)

20:00

Central	0–1	Cibao
	Report	Soko 54'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

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) Hosts

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14)

17:30

San Juan Jabloteh	2–0	Racing des Gonaïves
Lewis 50' Mitchelson 74' (o.g.)	Report

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Referee: Ricangel de Leça (Aruba)

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16 May 2017 (2017-05-16)

17:30

Portmore United	1–0	Racing des Gonaïves
Morris 17'	Report

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Referee: Gianni Ascani (Turks and Caicos Islands)

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18 May 2017 (2017-05-18)

17:30

San Juan Jabloteh	2–2	Portmore United
Reid 34' (pen.) Mills 41'	Report	Lynch 85' Grandison 87'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

Third place match

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)

17:00

Central	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Portmore United
Marcano 5' George 90+2'	Report	D. Binns 32' Pryce 77'
Penalties
da Silva Edwards George Bannister	3–5 [17]	M. Binns Grandison D. Binns Lynch Foster

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Referee: Gianni Ascani (Turks and Caicos Islands)

Final

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

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)

20:00

Cibao	1–0	San Juan Jabloteh
Dabas 30'	Report

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

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

• 2017 CONCACAF League
• 2018 CONCACAF Champions League

References

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External links

• CFU Club Championship, CFUfootball.org