Flames United SC is a

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professional

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club that currently plays in the Sint Maarten Premier League. The club's home ground is the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex in Philipsburg, the country's capital. The club also fields a

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team.

History

Flames United Sports Club was founded in January 2010. The team won its first league championship in 2015. The club also finished the Excellence Division, a competition between the top teams from the islands of

, Saint Martin and St. Barths, as champions in 2013 and runners-up in 2012. In January 2016 it was announced that the Flames United squad would play as the

Sint Maarten national football team The Sint Maarten national football team () is the football team of Sint Maarten, the Dutch half of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, and is controlled by the Sint Maarten Football Federation. Sint Maarten is not a member of FIFA, and ther ...

during 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification after winning the league championship for the recently concluded season. However, shortly thereafter it was reported that the previous report was inaccurate and that Flames United would actually be competing in

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for the first time. The club participated in the 2017 CFU Club Championship. They were drawn into Group E with all matches being played at Victoria Park in

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. They were eliminated from contention following two defeats in which they conceded nine goals per match. Yonel Martin and Rosshawn Haird scored the club's first-ever goals in the competition in the team's 2–9 defeat to

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of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Achievements

SMSA Senior League Sint Maarten Premier League is the top association football league in Sint Maarten. Previous winners *1975–76: Politie Sport Vereniging *2001: Sporting Club *2002: Victory Boys *2004: Juventus *2005: C&D Connection *2005–06: C&D Connection *20 ...

champions (2): 2014–15, 2020–21 *Excellence Division champions (1): 2013 *Excellence Division runners-Up (1): 2012

CFU Club Championship

''Results list Flames United SC's goal tally first.''

References

External links

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