Morvant Caledonia United (formerly known as Caledonia AIA) is a professional

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team in

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's top-level

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. It is based in

Morvant Morvant (pronounced, in the local English dialect, "mor-vuh") is a community in Trinidad and Tobago located east of Port of Spain in the region of San Juan-Laventille. Location Morvant is located in the southern foothills of the Northern Range of ...

; its home stadium is

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History

The Caledonia AIA Football Club was founded in May 1979 by a group of schoolboys from the

Laventille Laventille is a suburb of Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago. It is administered by the San Juan–Laventille Regional Corporation. Etymology The name ''Laventille'' hearkens back to colonial times, especially when the French dominated the cu ...

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and Barataria environs; one of whom included current owner Jamaal Shabazz. The Club has a franchise in the

and runs a full professional team; employing 28 players and 7 staff on a full-time basis. Apart from the professional team the Club runs a Youth Academy and Youth teams in Under 14, Under 16 and Under 18 age groups, catering for over just over one hundred children at a recreational level. Caledonia AIA was crowned Caribbean Club Champions in 2012 and represented the Caribbean in the

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Club honours

Domestic

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**Winners (3):

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, 2011–12, 2012–13 **Runners-up (1): 2007 * First Citizens Cup **Winners (2):

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

**Runners-up (2): 2001, 2007 * Digicel Pro Bowl **Winners (1):

**Runners-up (2):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

* Lucozade Sport Goal Shield **Winners (1):

Continental

CFU Club Championship The Caribbean Club Championship, also known as the CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup, was an annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). ...

**Winners (1):

**Runners-up (1):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

Staff

*Technical Director: Jamaal Shabazz *Head Coach: Jerry Moe *Assistant Coach/Youth Academy Director: Rajesh Latchoo *Assistant Coach: Abdallah Phillips *Goalkeeper Coach: Steve Frederick *Physio: Jason Pilgrim

References

External links

Official website
(archived 22 October 2012) {{CFU Club Championship winners Football clubs in Trinidad and Tobago Association football clubs established in 1979 1979 establishments in Trinidad and Tobago