2015–16 TT Pro League

The 2015–16 TT Pro League season (known as the Digicel Pro League for sponsorship reasons) is the seventeenth 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 Central FC the defending champions from the 2014–15 season.^[1] The season began on 25 September 2015 and concluded on 21 May 2016 with the crowning of Central FC as the league champion.

TT Pro League

Season	2015–16
Champions	Central FC 2nd Pro League title 2nd T&T title
CFU Club Championship	Central FC San Juan Jabloteh
Matches played	135
Goals scored	444 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Makesi Lewis (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Defence Force 8-0 Caledonia (9 January 2016)
Biggest away win	North East Stars 0-7 W Connection (31 January 2016)
Highest scoring	North East Stars 4-4 Police (20 October 2015) Defence Force 8-0 Caledonia (9 January 2016) Club Sando 3-5 Police (19 April 2016)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The first goal of the season was scored by North East Stars' Alonzo Adlam against new team Club Sando in the seventeenth minute of the first round of matches on 25 September 2015.^[2] The first hat-trick of the season was recorded on 12 December 2015 by Jomal Williams of W Connection against St. Ann's Rangers in a 5–0 shutout at Ato Boldon Stadium.^[3]

Changes from the 2014–15 season

The following changes were made since the 2014–15 season:

• Dexter Skeene, Pro League CEO, announced that the prize structure would be TT$1 million awarded to the Pro League champions and TT$150,000 to the league runners-up.
  • The winning club of each of the three rounds in the league will also receive TT$50,000.
  • In each of the three rounds, the top player will also receive TT$10,000.
  • The three rounds will be renamed in honour of former Pro League players that tragically lost their lives in the previous three years – Round 1: Raul Fletcher (Police); Round 2: Akeem Adams (Central FC); and Round 3: Kevon Carter (Defence Force).
• There were a number of changes to the clubs competing in the 2014–15 season.
  • Caledonia AIA changed the name of the club to Morvant Caledonia United.
  • An application from Club Sando for Pro League membership was accepted to add the tenth club to the league.

Player transfers

Further information: List of Trinidadian football transfers 2015–16

Managerial changes

Main article: List of TT Pro League managers

Teams

Team summaries

Caledonia

Central FC

Defence

NE Stars

Point Fortin

Police

Jabloteh

Rangers

W Connection

Club Sando

Location of the 2015–16 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 FC	California	Ato Boldon Stadium	10,000	Zoran Vraneš	Marvin Oliver
Club Sando	San Fernando	Mahaica Oval Pavilion	2,500	Anthony Streete	Teba McKnight
Defence Force	Chaguaramas	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Ross Russell	Corey Rivers
Morvant Caledonia United	Morvant/Laventille	Larry Gomes Stadium	10,000	Jamaal Shabazz	Stephan David
North East Stars	Sangre Grande	Sangre Grande Regional Complex	7,100	Angus Eve	Cleon John
Point Fortin Civic	Point Fortin	Mahaica Oval Pavilion	2,500	Reynold Carrington	Kelvin Modeste
Police	Saint James	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Richard Hood	Trent Noel
San Juan Jabloteh	San Juan	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Keith Jeffrey	Damion Williams
St. Ann's Rangers	San Juan	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Jason Spence	Terrence Lewis
W Connection	Point Lisas	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Stuart Charles-Fevrier	Gerard Williams

Stadiums

Place	Stadium	Times used
1	Ato Boldon Stadium	52
2	Hasely Crawford Stadium	28
3	Larry Gomes Stadium	26
4	Mahaica Oval	14
5	Mannie Ramjohn Stadium	7
6	Marvin Lee Stadium	4
7	Barataria Recreational Ground	3
8	Guayaguayare Recreational Ground	1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central (C, Q)	27	18	4	5	68	20	+48	58	2017 CFU Club Championship First Round
2	San Juan Jabloteh (Q)	27	17	3	7	51	36	+15	54
3	Defence Force	27	14	7	6	54	23	+31	49
4	W Connection	27	14	7	6	54	25	+29	49
5	North East Stars	27	13	5	9	42	49	−7	44
6	Police	27	12	4	11	57	56	+1	40
7	Club Sando	27	9	3	15	36	57	−21	30
8	Point Fortin Civic	27	6	4	17	28	56	−28	22
9	Morvant Caledonia United	27	6	4	17	28	57	−29	22
10	St. Ann's Rangers	27	3	5	19	26	65	−39	14

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2016. Source: TT Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Positions by round

	Leader
	2017 CFU 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.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Central FC	1	1	1	3	2	2	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
San Juan Jabloteh	3	4	7	7	5	4	2	5	4	4	6	6	6	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2
Defence Force	4	6	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	3	3
W Connection	7	8	6	6	4	3	6	4	6	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	4
North East Stars	2	2	2	1	3	5	3	6	5	5	3	5	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Police	5	5	3	4	6	6	4	2	2	3	5	4	5	5	6	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Club Sando	9	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Point Fortin Civic	10	3	5	8	9	7	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8
Morvant Caledonia United	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9
St. Ann's Rangers	6	7	8	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2016. Source: TT Pro League

Results

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away CEN CSA DFO MCU NES PFC POL SJJ SAR WCO Central FC 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 7–0 3–0 5–0 3–1 1–1 Club Sando 0–1 1–4 3–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–6 1–0 1–0 Defence Force 0–0 1–1 8–0 6–1 5–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 Morvant Caledonia 0–4 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 North East Stars 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 4–4 1–3 0–0 0–7 Point Fortin Civic 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 Police 3–4 5–0 1–0 5–0 0–2 3–2 3–3 2–1 2–4 San Juan Jabloteh 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 2–0 1–2 St. Ann's Rangers 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–6 2–3 1–2 W Connection 1–1 0–2 0–2 4–2 3–0 7–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2016. Source: TT Pro League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–27 Home \ Away CEN CSA DFO MCU NES PFC POL SJJ SAR WCO Central FC 4–1 1–0 4–0 7–0 Club Sando 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–5 1–4 2–5 Defence Force 1–1 0–1 3–2 4–0 Morvant Caledonia 0–3 1–3 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–2 North East Stars 3–0 5–2 Point Fortin Civic 1–3 1–2 0–3 5–0 Police 1–0 2–3 San Juan Jabloteh 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 St. Ann's Rangers 2–3 3–4 2–4 0–1 W Connection 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2016. Source: TT Pro League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Alonzo Adlam for North East Stars against Club Sando (26 September 2015)^[2]
• First own goal of the season: Kevon Villaroel (Central FC) for North East Stars (16 December 2015)^[4]
• First penalty kick of the season: Willis Plaza (scored) for Central FC against Defence Force (20 October 2015)
• First hat-trick of the season: Jomal Williams (W Connection) against St. Ann's Rangers, 2', 19', 48' (12 December 2015)^[3]
• Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4
  • Jerwyn Balthazar (Defence Force) against St. Ann's Rangers, 4', 26', 45', 64' (15 January 2016)^[5]
• Widest winning margin: 8 goals
  • Defence Force 8–0 Morvant Caledonia United (9 January 2016)^[6]
• Most goals in a match: 8 goals
  • North East Stars 4–4 Police (20 October 2015)
  • Defence Force 8–0 Morvant Caledonia United (9 January 2016)^[6]
• Most goals in a one half: 6 goals
  • Defence Force v Morvant Caledonia United (9 January 2016) 6–0 at half-time, 8–0 final.^[6]
• Most goals in one half by a single team: 6 goals
  • Defence Force v Morvant Caledonia United (9 January 2016) 6–0 at half-time, 8–0 final.^[6]

Top scorers

See also: Top TT Pro League goal scorers by season

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[7]
1	Makesi Lewis	Police	21
2	Jason Marcano	Central FC	17
3	Marcus Joseph	Central FC	15
4	Devon Modeste	Club Sando	14
5	Nathan Lewis	San Juan Jabloteh	13
6	Jerwyn Balthazar	Defence Force	12
	Kareem Freitas	Police	12
8	Jamal Gay	San Juan Jabloteh	11
	Jomal Williams	W Connection	11
10	Kerry Baptiste	North East Stars	10

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of TT Pro League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref(s)
Jomal Williams	W Connection*	St. Ann's Rangers	5–0	12 December 2015	[3]
Jamal Gay	San Juan Jabloteh	Club Sando*	0–6	15 December 2015	[8]
Makesi Lewis	Police	St. Ann's Rangers*	1–6	16 December 2015	[4]
Devorn Jorsling	Defence Force*	North East Stars	6–1	19 December 2015	[9]
Jerwyn Balthazar	Defence Force*	Morvant Caledonia United	8–0	9 January 2016	[6]
Jason Marcano	Central FC*	Point Fortin Civic	7–0	15 January 2016	[10]
Jerwyn Balthazar4	Defence Force*	St. Ann's Rangers	4–0	15 January 2016	[5]
Kareem Freitas	Police*	Morvant Caledonia United	5–0	19 January 2016	[11]
Kerry Baptiste	North East Stars*	Police	5–2	6 March 2016	[12]

• * Home team score first in result
• ⁴ Player scored four goals

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Ref(s)
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
October	Ross Russell	Central FC	Sean De Silva	Central FC	[13]
November	Stuart Charles-Fevrier	W Connection	Keron Cummings	North East Stars	[13]
December	Stuart Charles-Fevrier	W Connection	Jomal Williams	W Connection	[13]
January	Dale Saunders	Central FC	Jerwyn Balthazar	Defence Force	[13]
February	Dale Saunders	Central FC	Marcus Joseph	Central FC	[14]
March	Stuart Charles-Fevrier	W Connection	Kerry Baptiste	North East Stars	[15]
April			Makesi Lewis	Police	[15]
May			Anthony Wolfe	North East Stars	[15]