Athletic Club of Port of Spain (previously known as North East Stars FC) is a

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club based in

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, that plays in the TT Premier Football League. The team plays its home games at the

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History

The team joined the Professional Football League as North East Stars F.C. beginning in the 2002 season, having previously played in Trinidad's ECFU league. The team joined the league with the explicit intention of representing the north-east of Trinidad, previously underrepresented in football circles. The team was terrible in their first season, finishing last in the league with a dismal record of 4 wins, 2 ties, and 22 losses. They improved dramatically in 2003, however, jumping from last to third, as they went 19–7–10. They improved even further in 2004, surprising everyone by winning the league with a dominant 14–5–2 performance. They finished 5th in 2005. The club's Jerren Nixon finished the 2004 season as the league's leading scorer with a staggering 31 goals, 17 in front of second place Randolph Jerome's 14. In 2020, the club moved to Port of Spain and changed its name.

Club honours

League honours

* TT Premier Football League ** Champions (3): 2004, 2017, 2023–24 ** Big Six Winners (1): 2004

Cups and trophies

* FA Trophy ** Winners (1): 2003. ** Runners-up (2): 2006, 2010–11. * First Citizens Cup ** Runners-up (2): 2006,2016/2017

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

. * TOYOTA Classic ** Winners (1):

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 (1):

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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

Team management

*Owner and President: Terrence Elvis *Technical Director:LeRoy Samuels *Manager: Malik Henderson *Head coach: Ronin Bruce *Goal keeper coach: Taylor Turnbull *Assistant coach:Ashok Kumar *Equipment manager: Donald Kenny *Physio therapist/ Trainer: Rashad Farrell

Players

References

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