Montego Bay United Football Club is a Jamaican

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club based in

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History

Founded as ''Beacon'' in 1972, the club were renamed ''Seba United'' after a few years and won the

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in 1987 and 1997; the most famous of these triumphs was the 1996–97 season when they were docked twenty points but still found a way to the lift the title. The club used to play their home games at Jarrett Park, which can hold a capacity of up to 4,000, and is located in

. Seba were relegated from the

after the 2007–08 season for the first time in their storied history and played in the

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, before returning to Jamaica's top level for the 2011–12 season after winning the promotion play-offs. Successful Peruvian coach Danilo Barriga however left the club just a few weeks before the end of the season. In July 2011, the franchise was acquired by

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and renamed and rebranded as Montego Bay United F.C, despite earlier claims by former chairman Bruce Gaynor it would not ever happen. They used to play their home games at

Montego Bay Sports Complex Montego Bay Sports Complex (sometimes referred to as Catherine Hall Sports Complex) is a multi-purpose sports stadium in the Catherine Hall area of the city of Montego Bay, Jamaica. It is also the home field for Montego Bay United F.C., Montego ...

. In 2013 they moved to the WespoW Park stadium in the Tucker area of

. They were premier league champions, having won the 2015–16 season. In July 2016, the club assigned Serbian coach

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as their new manager. In August 2019, Somali coach Mohamed Yusuf was appointed as the manager. In January 2022,

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became the manager.

Current squad

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Other players under contract

Achievements

Domestic

**Champions (4): 1986–87, 1996–97, 2013–14, 2015–16 **Runners-up (5): 1984–85, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2014–15 *

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**Champions (1): 1992 *

**Champions (1): 2011

Continental

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**Runners-up (1):

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**Third place (1):

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References

External links

Team profile
at GolocalJamaica (archived)
Official website
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