Trinidad and Tobago League Cup

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First Citizens Cup
Founded2000
RegionTrinidad and Tobago
Number of teams10
Current championsCentral
(3rd title)
Most successful club(s)W Connection
(8 titles)
WebsiteFirst Citizens Cup
2017 First Citizens Cup

The Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, or commonly known as the First Citizens Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the

FA Trophy. The current theme is Where Winners Reign, with TT$110,000 to the winner, TT$20,000 to the runners-up, semifinal winners receive TT$7,000, quarterfinal winners receive TT$5,000 and Play-off round winners receive TT$3,000.[2]

W Connection is the most successful club in the league cup having won the competition eight times, including five consecutive cup titles in 2004–08 and are the current holders of the league cup having defeated Defence Force in the 2017 final.[3]

History

The competition began in 2000, under the name of the League Cup, with

Caledonia AIA claimed two consecutive league cup titles in 2011 and 2012.[7][8]

Format

The competition is open to all clubs of the

First Citizens corporate box at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain and is not made until after the scheduled dates for the previous round.[2]
The draw also determines which teams will play at home.

Matches in all rounds are single-legged played for 90 minutes duration, at the end of which if the match is still tied, a

extra time
if the two teams were drawn following regulation.

Sponsorship

The League Cup has been sponsored since 2001. The sponsor has been able to determine the competition's sponsorship name. The list below details who the sponsors have been and what they called the competition:

Period Sponsor Name
2000 No main sponsor League Cup
2001–2013 First Citizens Bank First Citizens Cup

Finals

Results

Key
* Match decided in
extra time
† Match decided by a
penalty shootout
after regulation time
‡ Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue
2000
 San Juan Jabloteh
1–0
 Defence Force Marvin Lee Stadium
2001
 W Connection
1–0
Caledonia AIA
 Manny Ramjohn Stadium
2002
 Defence Force
2–0
 W Connection Hasely Crawford Stadium
2003
 San Juan Jabloteh (2) * 1–1* W Connection Manny Ramjohn Stadium
2004
 W Connection (2) ‡ 2–2‡ Defence Force Manny Ramjohn Stadium
2005
 W Connection (3)
3–1
 San Juan Jabloteh   Manny Ramjohn Stadium
2006
 W Connection (4)
3–1
North East Stars
 Manny Ramjohn Stadium
2007
 W Connection (5)
2–0
Caledonia AIA
 Manny Ramjohn Stadium
2008
 W Connection (6) † 2–2† Joe Public Manny Ramjohn Stadium
2009
 Defence Force (2)
1–0
 Joe Public Marvin Lee Stadium
2010
 Joe Public † 1–1† Defence Force Marvin Lee Stadium
2011
Caledonia AIA
2–1
 T&TEC Hasely Crawford Stadium
2012
Caledonia AIA
(2)
2–1
 Defence Force Hasely Crawford Stadium
2013
Central FC
2–1
 Defence Force Hasely Crawford Stadium
2014
Central FC
(2)
1–0
North East Stars
 Hasely Crawford Stadium
2015
 W. Connection (7)
2–1
Central FC
 Hasely Crawford Stadium
2016
 Defence Force (3)
1–0
Ma Pau Stars
 Hasely Crawford Stadium
2017
 W. Connection (8)
3–1
 Defence Force Ato Boldon Stadium
2018
Central FC
(3) 		‡ 2–2‡ Defence Force Hasely Crawford Stadium

Results by team

Club Wins Last final won Runners-up Last final lost
W. Connection 8 2017 2 2003
Defence Force 3 2016 7 2018
Central FC
 3 2018 1 2015
Caledonia AIA
 2 2012 2 2007
San Juan Jabloteh 2 2003 1 2005
Joe Public 1 2010 2 2009
North East Stars
 0 2 2014
T&TEC 0 1 2011
Ma Pau Stars
 0 1 2016

References

  1. ^ "Trinidad and Tobago - List of Champions". Radek Jelínekm, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF. 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  2. ^ a b "First Citizens Cup new money structure". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  3. ^ "FCB Cup final".
  4. ^ "W Connection completes 'magnificent six' First Citizens Cup title". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  5. ^ "W Connection rules on penalty kicks". T&T Guardian. 2008-10-03. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  6. ^ "Army pip Lions for 2009 First Citizens Cup". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  7. ^ "Caledonia finally lifts the First Citizens Cup". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  8. ^ "Caledonia's First Citizens Cup withdrawal". Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com). 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  9. ^ "Trinidad declares state of emergency in crime hot-spots". BBC News - Latin American and Caribbean. 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2012-05-20.

External links

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