2018 TT Pro League

TT Pro League
Season2018
ChampionsW Connection
6th Pro League title
2020 Caribbean Club ChampionshipW Connection
Central
Matches played90
Goals scored318 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcus Joseph 18 goals
Biggest home winDefence Force 10–0 St. Ann's Rangers
15 August 2018
Biggest away winNorth East Stars 0–8 Morvant Caledonia United
28 September 2018
Highest scoringDefence Force 10–0 St. Ann's Rangers
15 August 2018
← 2017

The 2018 TT Pro League season is the 20th season of the TT Pro League, the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. A total of ten teams are contesting the league, with North East Stars the defending champions from the 2017 season.[1]

The 2018 football season kicked off with the Charity Shield between defending TT Pro League champions North East Stars and defending Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy champions W Connection.[2] League play officially started on 10 August 2018,[3] and ended on the 7 December with the crowning of W Connection by one point over their Couva rivals Central.[4] It was their first title since the 2013–14 season

Changes from the 2017 season

The following changes were made since the 2017 season:

Player transfers

Further information: List of Trinidadian football transfers 2017

Managerial changes

Main article: List of TT Pro League managers

Teams

Team summaries

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Location of the 2018 TT Pro League teams

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Location Stadium Capacity Manager Captain
Central California Ato Boldon Stadium 10,000 Trinidad and Tobago Stern John Trinidad and Tobago Duane Muckette
Club Sando San Fernando Mahaica Oval Pavilion 2,500 Trinidad and Tobago Angus Eve Trinidad and Tobago Jayson Joseph
Defence Force Chaguaramas Hasely Crawford Stadium 27,000 Trinidad and Tobago Marvin Gordon Trinidad and Tobago Jerwyn Balthazar
Morvant Caledonia United Morvant/Laventille Park Street Recreational Ground 3,000 Trinidad and Tobago Jerry Moe Trinidad and Tobago Kareem Joseph
North East Stars Arima Arima Velodrome 5,000 Serbia Zoran Vraneš Trinidad and Tobago Sean John
Point Fortin Civic Point Fortin Mahaica Oval Pavilion 2,500 Trinidad and Tobago Reynold Carrington Trinidad and Tobago Hughtun Hector
Police Saint James Manny Ramjohn Stadium 10,000 Trinidad and Tobago Richard Hood Trinidad and Tobago Adrian Foncette
San Juan Jabloteh San Juan Barataria Oval 1,000 Trinidad and Tobago Keith Jeffrey Trinidad and Tobago Elton John
St. Ann's Rangers St. Ann's Saint Augustine Secondary Grounds 1,000 Trinidad and Tobago Dave Quamina Trinidad and Tobago Chadley David
W Connection Point Lisas Manny Ramjohn Stadium 10,000 Saint Lucia Stuart Charles-Fevrier Saint Kitts and Nevis Gerard Williams

Stadiums Used

Since the teams do not play in their set home stadium, these are the stadiums that were used to host the matches throughout the season.

Place Stadium No. of matches hosted
1 Ato Boldon Stadium 41
2 Hasely Crawford Stadium 27
3 Larry Gomes Stadium 10
4 Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin 9
5 Mannie Ramjohn Stadium 2

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 W Connection (C) 18 10 7 1 43 8 +35 37
2 Central 18 11 3 4 42 25 +17 36
3 Club Sando 18 10 3 5 44 26 +18 33
4 Police 18 10 3 5 37 21 +16 33
5 Defence Force 18 9 3 6 38 21 +17 30
6 Morvant Caledonia United 18 8 6 4 36 22 +14 30
7 San Juan Jabloteh 18 8 3 7 29 24 +5 27
8 Point Fortin Civic 18 3 2 13 20 46 −26 11
9 St. Ann's Rangers 18 3 1 14 13 67 −54 10
10 North East Stars 18 1 3 14 16 58 −42 6
Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2018. Source: TT Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Positions by round

Leader
2020 Caribbean Club Championship First round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for the tenth round of matches, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

Updated to match(es) played on 22 August 2018. Source: TT Pro League

Results

Matches 1–18
Home \ Away CEN CSA DFO MCU NES PFC POL SJJ SAR WCO
Central 2–2 2–1 3–1 6–1 4–0 1–0 0–3 4–2 1–6
Club Sando 1–1 1–0 5–3 5–4 4–1 2–1 3–2 8–0 1–1
Defence Force 0–1 1–0 4–3 1–1 3–1 2–3 3–0 10–0 1–2
Morvant Caledonia United 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–0
North East Stars 0–2 2–6 1–4 0–8 1–3 1–5 0–1 0–1 1–1
Point Fortin Civic 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 4–1 1–3 0–2 4–2 1–3
Police 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–2 2–2 0–0
San Juan Jabloteh 2–4 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–2 0–0 2–0 5–0 1–1
St. Ann's Rangers 1–7 0–5 1–4 0–3 3–0[a] 1–0 0–3 0–3[b] 0–4
W Connection 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 4–0 8–0 4–0 4–1 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2018. Source: TT Pro League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ In the St. Ann's Rangers v North East Stars game, Rangers were awarded a 3–0 default victory.
  2. ^ In the St. Ann's Rangers v San Juan Jabloteh game, Jabloteh were awarded a 3–0 default victory.

Season statistics

Top scorers

See also: Top TT Pro League goal scorers by season
Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Trinidad and Tobago Marcus Joseph W Connection 18
2 Trinidad and Tobago Tyrone Charles Club Sando 16
3 Trinidad and Tobago Kareem Freitas Police 15
4 Trinidad and Tobago Akim Armstrong Central 14
5 Guyana Sheldon Holder Morvant Caledonia United 9
6 Trinidad and Tobago Shackeil Henry Club Sando 8
6 Trinidad and Tobago Devorn Jorsling Defence Force 8
6 Trinidad and Tobago Jomoul Francois San Juan Jabloteh 8
9 Trinidad and Tobago Duane Muckette Central 7
9 Trinidad and Tobago Jameel Perry Police 7

References

  1. ^ "Trinidad and Tobago – List of Champions". Radek Jelínekm, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF. 2009-04-03. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  2. ^ "T&T Pro League season starts Friday". CONCACAF.com. 31 May 2018.
  3. ^ Trinidad and Tobago 2018, RSSSF.com
  4. ^ "Connection lifts Pro League 2018 crown over Couva rivals Central as Sando and Police crash out of top-two finish on final night".
  5. ^ "2018 topscorers".