W Connection F.C.

W. Connection Football Club is a professional football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the TT Pro League. The club plays its home games at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. The club's offices are based at the Point Lisas Industrial Estate.

History

The team was founded as W Connection Sports Club in 1986, as a "fete match" team, by brothers David John Williams and Patrick John Williams in San Fernando. Upon the creation of the TT Pro League, W Connection FC was officially founded in 1999, and promptly joined the nascent league. In 1999, their first season, the club finished third in the league, while winning the FA Trophy. Even though the club had a successful first season, the team would see even better times the next two campaigns, by winning the league in consecutive seasons.

The Savonetta Boys have also had success in domestic cups. W Connection have won the First Citizens Cup six years in the cup's nine-year existence. On September 26, 2008, in an exciting final of the cup, against Joe Public, W Connection used penalty kicks to claim the victory 6–5, after the match ended level 2–2, to claim their fifth consecutive title.

Club honours

League honours

• TT Pro League
  • Champions (5): 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011–12, 2013–14
  • Big Six Winners (1): 2007

Cups and trophies

• FA Trophy
  • Winners (4): 1999, 2000, 2002, 2013–14
  • Runners-up (3): 2003, 2008, 2009
• First Citizens Cup
  • Winners (6): 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Runners-up (2): 2002, 2003
• Digicel Charity Shield
  • Winners (3): 2012, 2013, 2014
• TOYOTA Classic: 2
  • Winners (3): 2005, 2011, 2013
• Digicel Pro Bowl
  • Winners (6): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2014
  • Runners-up (3): 2005, 2006, 2011
• Lucozade Sport Goal Shield
  • Winners (2): 2009, 2013
  • Runners-up (1): 2014

International honours

• CFU Club Championship
  • Winners (3): 2002, 2006, 2009
  • Runners-up (5): 2000, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2015

Record

Year-by-year

Season	League Season		FA Trophy	First Citizens Cup	Digicel Pro Bowl	TOYOTA Classic	Lucozade Sport Goal Shield	CFU Club Championship	CONCACAF Champions League
	League Result	Big Six
1999	3rd	Started in 2004	Champions	Started in 2000	Started in 2001	Started in 2005	Started in 2009	Not Held	did not qualify
2000	Champions		Champions	Semi-finals				Final†	did not qualify
2001	Champions		Round of 32	Champions	Champions			Final‡	Not Held
2002	2nd		Champions	Final	Champions			Champions*	First round
2003–04	2nd		Final	Final	Unknown			Final	First round
2004	2nd	2nd	Abandoned	Champions	Champions			did not qualify
2005	Champions	3rd	Quarter-finals	Champions	Final	Champions		did not qualify
2006	2nd	2nd	Quarter-finals	Champions	Final	Quarter-finals		Champions	did not qualify
2007	4th	Winners	Quarter-finals	Champions	Champions	Quarter-finals		did not qualify	Quarter-finals
2008	2nd	2nd	Final	Champions	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals		Not Held	did not qualify
2009	4th	3rd	Final	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	Champions	Champions	did not qualify
2010–11	4th	Discontinued	1st round	Semi-finals	Not Held	Group stage	Not held	did not qualify	did not qualify
2011–12	1st		Semi-finals	Semi-finals	Final	Champions		Final	did not qualify
2012–13	3rd		First round	Semi-finals	Champions	Semi-finals	Champions	2nd**	Group stage
2013–14	Champions		Champions	Semi-finals	Champions	Champions	Final	Did not qualify	Group stage

^†W Connection finished second in the Championship Group of the CFU Club Championship 2000.
^‡Defence Force, winner of Group B, are considered the winner of the CFU Club Championship 2001 based on tie-breakers over W Connection.
*W Connection, winner of Group B, are considered the winner of the CFU Club Championship 2002 based on tie-breakers over Arnett Gardens.
**W Connection, winner of Group A, are considered runners-up as they finished with fewer points than Valencia FC.

International competition

• 2000 CFU Club Championship

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Tivoli Gardens – 1:1

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Café Sisserou Strikers – 11:0

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Empire – 3:3

Championship Group v. Template:Flagicon Harbour View – 3:1

Championship Group v. Template:Flagicon Carioca – 1:1

Championship Group v. Template:Flagicon Joe Public – 0:1

• 2001 CFU Club Championship

First Round v. Template:Flagicon Conquerors – 2:1, 8:0 (W Connection advances 10:1 on aggregate)

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Jong Colombia – 3:1

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon RCH – 4:0

• 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

First Round v. Template:Flagicon Kansas City Wizards – 0:1, 0:2 (Kansas City Wizards advances 3:0 on aggregate)

• 2002 CFU Club Championship

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Harbour View – 2:1

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon US Robert – 2:0

• 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

First Round v. Template:Flagicon Toluca – 3:3, 2:3 (Toluca advances 6:5 on aggregate)

• 2003 CFU Club Championship

First Round v. Template:Flagicon FCS Nacional – 3:0, 0:2 (W Connection advances 3:2 on aggregate)

Semi-finals v. Template:Flagicon Portmore United – 0:0, 1:0 (W Connection advances 1:0 on aggregate)

Final v. Template:Flagicon San Juan Jabloteh – 1:2, 1:2 (San Juan Jabloteh wins 4:2 on penalties)

• 2006 CFU Club Championship

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Hoppers – 5:0

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico Islanders – 1:0

Semi-finals v. Template:Flagicon Harbour View – 3:2

Final v. Template:Flagicon San Juan Jabloteh – 1:0

• 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Quarter-finals v. Template:Flagicon Guadalajara – 2:1, 0:3 (CD Guadalajara advances 4:2 on aggregate)

• 2009 CFU Club Championship

First Round v. Template:Flagicon Bath Estate – 5:0, 12:1 (W Connection advances 17:1 on aggregate)

Second Round v. Template:Flagicon Cavaly – 3:1, 1:0 (W Connection advances 4:1 on aggregate)

Semi-finals v. Template:Flagicon San Juan Jabloteh – 2:1

Final v. Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico Islanders – 2:1

• 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League

Preliminary Round v. Template:Flagicon New York Red Bulls – 2:2, 2:1 (W Connection advances 4:3 on aggregate)

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Comunicaciones – 1:2, 3:0

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon UNAM – 2:2, 1:2

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Real España – 0:1, 3:2

• 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Xelajú – 2:2, 2:3

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Guadalajara – 0:4, 1:1

• 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Árabe Unido – 1:3, 0:2

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Houston Dynamo – 0:0, 0:2

• 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Santos Laguna – 0:4, 0:1

Group stage v. Template:Flagicon Saprissa – 0:4, 2:1

• 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League

TBD

Staff

Technical staff

Technical Director/Head Coach:

• Template:Flagicon Stuart Charles Fevrier

Assistant Coach:

• Template:Flagicon Earl Jean

Assistant Coach:

• Template:Flagicon Eligah Joseph

Goalkeeper Coach:

• Template:Flagicon Trevor Nottingham

Management

President/Chief Executive Officer:

• Template:Flagicon Renee John-Williams

Chairman of the Board:

• Template:Flagicon David Martin

Youth

The youth teams of the club are member of the OASIS Youth League.

External links

• Profile on Soca Warriors Online