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. Jamaica Tivoli Gardens – 1:1 Group stage v. Dominica Café Sisserou Strikers – 11:0 Group stage v. Antigua and Barbuda Empire – 3:3 Championship Group v. Jamaica Harbour View – 3:1 Championship Group v. Haiti Carioca – 1:1 Championship Group v. Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public – 0:1

2001 CFU Club Championship

First Round v. Guyana Conquerors – 2:1, 8:0 (W Connection advances 10:1 on aggregate) Group stage v. Netherlands Antilles Jong Colombia – 3:1 Group stage v. Haiti RCH – 4:0

2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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

2002 CFU Club Championship

Group stage v. Jamaica Harbour View – 2:1 Group stage v. Martinique US Robert – 2:0

2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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

2003 CFU Club Championship

First Round v. Suriname FCS Nacional – 3:0, 0:2 (W Connection advances 3:2 on aggregate) Semi-finals v. Jamaica Portmore United – 0:0, 1:0 (W Connection advances 1:0 on aggregate) Final v. Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh – 1:2, 1:2 (San Juan Jabloteh wins 4:2 on penalties)

2006 CFU Club Championship

Group stage v. Antigua and Barbuda Hoppers – 5:0 Group stage v. Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders – 1:0 Semi-finals v. Jamaica Harbour View – 3:2 Final v. Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh – 1:0

2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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

2009 CFU Club Championship

First Round v. Dominica Bath Estate – 5:0, 12:1 (W Connection advances 17:1 on aggregate) Second Round v. Haiti Cavaly – 3:1, 1:0 (W Connection advances 4:1 on aggregate) Semi-finals v. Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh – 2:1 Final v. Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders – 2:1

2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League

Preliminary Round v. United States New York Red Bulls – 2:2, 2:1 (W Connection advances 4:3 on aggregate) Group stage v. Guatemala Comunicaciones – 1:2, 3:0 Group stage v. Mexico UNAM – 2:2, 1:2 Group stage v. Honduras Real España – 0:1, 3:2