2023 TT Premier Football League

The 2023 TT Premier Football League was the 22nd season of the TT Premier Football League, the top tier of football in Trinidad and Tobago,^[2] and the first season under its current branding. It was the first year that top flight football was played in Trinidad and Tobago since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The season began on 10 March and concluded on 24 June 2023.

TT Premier Football League

Season	2023
Dates	10 March – 24 June 2023[1]
Champions	Defence Force 5th Pro League title 24th Trinbagonian title
Caribbean Cup	Defence Force Port of Spain
Caribbean Shield	Sando
Matches played	132
Goals scored	430 (3.26 per match)
Total attendance	15,000
Average attendance	114
← 2019–20 2023–24 →

Defending champions, Defence Force, successfully defended their title, winning their fifth Premier League title, and their 23rd overall Trindadian top-flight title. Defence Force and league runners-up, Port of Spain, earned group stage berths into the 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup, for an opportunity to play in the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Background

Main article: 2019–20 TT Pro League

The last season the TT Premier Football League played was in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2019–20 season began on 13 December 2019 and was scheduled to end on 10 April 2020. However, the season prematurely ended on 20 March 2020 due to the pandemic. Defence Force F.C. were crowned champions virtue of being top of the league by the time of cancellation.^[3]

Teams

Caledonia

Central

Defence

AC

Point Fortin

Police

Jabloteh

Rangers

W Connection

Sando

Cunupia

Location of the 2023 TT Premier League teams

The same 11 teams that played in 2020 returned for the 2023 season with the inclusion of Prison Service F.C, who were the champions of the second division in 2019.^[4]

Team summaries

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 Football Club	Couva (California)	Ato Boldon Stadium	10,000	Stern John	Che Benny
Club Sando Football Club	San Fernando	Mahaica Oval Pavilion	2,500	Angus Eve	Jayson Joseph
Cunupia Football Club	Cunupia	Larry Gomes Stadium	10,000	Michael De Four	Kevon Woodley
Defence Force Football Club	Chaguaramas	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Marvin Gordon	Jerwyn Balthazar
La Horquetta Rangers Football Club	Arima (La Horquetta)	La Horquetta Recreational Grounds	1,000	Dave Quamina	Chadley David
Morvant Caledonia United	Morvant/Laventille	Morvant Recreational Ground	3,000	Jerry Moe	Kareem Joseph
Point Fortin Civic Football Club	Point Fortin	Mahaica Oval Pavilion	2,500	Reynold Carrington	Hughtun Hector
Police Football Club	Port of Spain (Saint James)	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Richard Hood	Adrian Foncette
Athletic Club Port of Spain	Port of Spain	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Zoran Vraneš	Sean John
Prison Service Football Club	Arouca	Youth Training Centre	1,000
San Juan Jabloteh Football Club	San Juan	Ato Boldon Recreational Park	1,000	Keith Jeffrey	Elton John
W Connection Football Club	Couva (Point Lisas)	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Stuart Charles-Fevrier	Gerard Williams

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Defence Force (C)	22	18	2	2	53	16	+37	56	Qualified for 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup
2	Port of Spain	22	18	1	3	63	18	+45	55
3	Sando	22	15	3	4	43	22	+21	48	Qualified for 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield
4	La Horquetta Rangers	22	14	1	7	62	31	+31	43
5	Police	22	12	3	7	43	32	+11	39
6	Central	22	11	1	10	38	41	−3	34
7	Point Fortin Civic	22	7	4	11	21	27	−6	25
8	San Juan Jabloteh	22	6	4	12	35	46	−11	22
9	W Connection	22	6	4	12	19	36	−17	22
10	Morvant Caledonia United	22	5	2	15	24	50	−26	17
11	Prison Service	22	3	3	16	16	61	−45	12
12	Cunupia	22	2	2	18	13	50	−37	8

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions