2017 TT Pro League

The 2017 TT Pro League season is the nineteenth 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 2016–17 season.^[1] The league will start on 9 June and will end on 28 November with the crowning of the champion. North East Stars were crowned champions on the penultimate match day. It was their first league title since 2004.^[2]

TT Pro League

Season	2017
Champions	North East Stars 2nd Pro League title 2nd T&T title
2019 Caribbean Club Championship	North East Stars W Connection
Matches played	90
Goals scored	263 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Neil Benjamin 12 goals
Biggest home win	Point Fortin Civic 7–0 St. Ann's Rangers (28 November 2017)
Biggest away win	Central 0–6 North East Stars (22 September 2017)
Highest scoring	San Juan Jabloteh 5–4 Point Fortin Civic (25 November 2017) Central 2–7 Police (28 November 2017)
← 2016–17 2018 →

Changes from the 2016–17 season

The following changes were made since the 2016–17 season:

• The Pro League returns to playing from June to December in 2017.
• The following club changes occurred following the 2016–17 season.
  • North East Stars will return to the Pro League after being sponsored by the franchise Ma Pau to form Ma Pau Stars. They will still be sponsored by Ma Pau but would not include the franchise in their name.
  • North East Stars will play at the Arima Velodrome.^[3]

Player transfers

Further information: List of Trinidadian football transfers 2016–17

• Carlos Edwards moved from North East Stars to Central.
• Marcus Joseph moved from Central to W Connection^[4]
  • September
• Densill Theobald moved to North East Stars from Mumbai F.C. in India.^[5]
• Kevon Goddard moved from W Connection to North East Stars.

Managerial changes

Main article: List of TT Pro League managers

• • Preseason
• Reynold Carrington would come in as head coach for Point Fortin Civic.^[6]
• Jamaal Shabazz would replace Rajesh Latchoo at Morvant Caledonia United.^[7]
  • September
• Dale Saunders quits Central F.C. and is replaced by Stern John.^[8]
• Anthony Streete steps down to assistant coach as he is replaced by Adrian Romain at St. Ann's Rangers^[9]

Teams

Team summaries

Caledonia

Central FC

Defence

Stars

Point Fortin

Police

Jabloteh

Rangers

W Connection

Club Sando

Location of the 2017 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	Stern John	Sean de Silva
Club Sando	San Fernando	Mahaica Oval Pavilion	2,500	Angus Eve	Jared London
Defence Force	Chaguaramas	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Marvin Gordon	Corey Rivers
Morvant Caledonia United	Morvant/Laventille	Park Street Recreational Ground	3,000	Jamaal Shabazz	Kareem Joseph
North East Stars	Arima	Arima Velodrome	5,000	Derek King	Elton 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	Adrian Romain	Terrence Lewis
W Connection	Point Lisas	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Stuart Charles-Fevrier	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	30
2	Hasely Crawford Stadium	13
3	Arima Velodrome	10
4	Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin	9
5	Barataria Oval, Barataria	8
6	Saint Augustine Secondary School Ground, Saint Augustine	6
7	Larry Gomes Stadium	5
7	Mannie Ramjohn Stadium	5
9	Hasely Crawford Stadium training field	3
10	Police Barracks Ground, Saint James	1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North East Stars (C)	18	12	4	2	39	15	+24	40
2	W Connection	18	10	3	5	33	19	+14	33
3	Defence Force	18	9	4	5	27	20	+7	31
4	Club Sando	18	8	6	4	28	16	+12	30
5	San Juan Jabloteh	18	8	2	8	27	33	−6	26
6	Morvant Caledonia United	18	6	4	8	19	21	−2	22
7	Point Fortin Civic	18	6	3	9	26	29	−3	21
8	Police	18	5	5	8	29	29	0	20
9	Central	18	4	5	9	23	37	−14	17
10	St. Ann's Rangers	18	2	4	12	12	44	−32	10

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2017. Source: TT Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Positions by round

	Leader
	2018 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
North East Stars	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
W Connection	4	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Defence Force	2	6	6	8	8	8	6	7	7	5	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	3
Club Sando	7	10	8	6	5	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
San Juan Jabloteh	6	5	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	6	7	5	5	5
Morvant Caledonia United	1	4	5	7	6	6	7	8	9	9	7	5	6	7	8	9	6	6
Point Fortin Civic	8	9	10	10	9	10	9	6	8	8	9	10	8	9	9	6	7	7
Police	9	7	7	5	7	7	8	9	6	7	8	8	9	8	5	7	8	8
Central FC	5	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	5	6	8	9	9
St. Ann's Rangers	10	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2017. Source: TT Pro League

Results

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away CEN CSA DFO MCU NES PFC POL SJJ SAR WCO Central 1–1 0–4 3–2 0–6 5–0 2–7 0–0 0–1 1–3 Club Sando 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 4–2 4–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 Defence Force 0–4 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 Morvant Caledonia United 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–3 1–3 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 North East Stars 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–3 6–0 1–0 Point Fortin Civic 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 7–0 1–2 Police 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 San Juan Jabloteh 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 5–4 4–3 2–0 0–3 St. Ann's Rangers 2–2 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–5 W Connection 2–0 3–1 1–4 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2017. Source: TT Pro League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

See also: Top TT Pro League goal scorers by season

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[10]
1	Neil Benjamin	W Connection	12
2	Rundell Winchester	North East Stars	10
3	Sheldon Holder	Morvant Caledonia United	8
3	Marcus Joseph	W Connection	8
5	Reon Moore	Defence Force	6
5	Jared Bennett	Point Fortin Civic	6
5	Sean Bonval	San Juan Jabloteh	6
8	Sean de Silva	Central	5
8	Akim Armstrong	Club Sando	5
8	Keron Cornwall	Club Sando	5