San Juan Jabloteh Football Club is a

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club located in

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that plays in the country's

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. The team plays its home games in

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in Mucurapo,

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History

The club was founded in 1974, with the stated objective to "uplift the socio-economic and moral condition of the young people of San Juan and its environs." Upon the creation, by the

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, of a Semi-Professional League in 1994, San Juan Jabloteh converted itself from a youth organization into a professional football club. With the backing of

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in 1996, the club significantly expanded its operations. From 1997 to 1999, the team finished fourth in the Semi-Professional League in three consecutive years. Upon the creation of Trinidad and Tobago's first professional league in 1999, San Juan Jabloteh became one of the league's founding members. Since joining, the club has been the league's most successful club, winning the league championship in 2002, 2003–04, 2007 and 2008. San Juan Jabloteh have also represented the league in the

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in 2004. According to the team's website, "Through its name of the Club identified itself with one of the national birds of the country – the Oil or Devil Bird-which lives in the Aripo Caves. Originally, the French settlers called the Bird: Les Diables Oiseaux which were translated by the local settlers into Diablotin and finally Jabloteh." In July 2012, the club chose to withdraw the senior team from the TT Pro League, having already ceased to work on youth football projects and chose to concentrate on their netball team.

Managers

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(2001–2003) *

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(2004) * Terry Kinerr (2005–2011)

Honours

Domestic *

: 4 ::2002, 2003–04,

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: 2 ::1998, 2005 * First Citizens Cup: 2 ::2000, 2003 ::Runner-up (1): 2005 * Digicel Pro Bowl: 3 ::2003, 2005, 2006 ::Runner-up (1): 2001, 2004 *

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::Runner-up (1): 2007,

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International *

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: 1 :Winner (1): ::

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::Runner-up (1):

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

::Third Place (1):

Year-by-year

International competition

1998 CFU Club Championship The 1998 Caribbean Football Union Club Championship was an international club football competition held in the Caribbean to determine the region's qualifiers to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The winners Joe Public F.C. advanced to CONCACAF Champ ...

: ::Quarter-Finals v.

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– 0:2 *

2003 CFU Club Championship The 2003 Caribbean Football Union Club Championship was an international club football competition held in the Caribbean to determine the region's qualifier for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Seven teams from four football associations played in th ...

::Semi-Finals v. Arnett Gardens – 3:1, 1:3 (San Juan Jabloteh advances 6:2 on aggregate) ::Final v.

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– 2:1, 2:1 (San Juan Jabloteh wins 4:2 on penalties) *

2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup The 2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 39th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It was won by Liga Deportiva A ...

::Quarter-Finals v. Chicago Fire – 5:2, 0:4 (Chicago Fire advances 6:5 on aggregate) *

2004 CFU Club Championship The 2004 Caribbean Football Union Club Championship was an international club football competition held in the Caribbean to determine the region's qualifier to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The 2004 edition included eight teams from six football ...

::First Round v. Walking Boyz Company – 3:1, 0:0 (San Juan Jabloteh advances 3:1 on aggregate) ::Semi-Finals v.

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– 1:1, 0:1 (Tivoli Gardens F.C. advances 2:1 on aggregate) *

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::Group Stage v.

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– 4:0 ::Group Stage v.

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– 8:0 ::Group Stage v.

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– 5:0 ::Semi-Finals v.

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– 2:0 ::Final v.

– 0:1 *

2007 CFU Club Championship The 2007 CFU Club Championship was the annual international football club competition held in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) region. Nineteen teams were to compete in the tournament, from November 4 to November 16 in six venues in Trinidad and ...

::Group Stage v. CSD Barber – 5:0 ::Group Stage v.

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– 5:1 ::Quarter-Finals v.

– 1:0 ::Semi-Finals v. Harbour View – 0:0 (Harbour View advances 10:9 on penalties) ::3rd Place v.

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– 0:1, 0:0 (Puerto Rico Islanders wins 1:0 on aggregate) *

2009 CFU Club Championship The 2009 CFU Club Championship was the 11th edition of the CFU Club Championship, the annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football ...

::Second Round v.

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– 2:1, 3:1 (San Juan Jabloteh advances 5:2 on aggregate) ::Semi-Finals v.

– 1:2 ::3rd Place v. Tempête – 2:1 *

2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League The 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League was the second edition of the CONCACAF Champions League.Under its current format, and overall, it was the 45th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing ...

::Preliminary Round v. San Francisco F.C. – 0:2, 3:0 (San Juan Jabloteh advances 3:2 on aggregate) ::Group Stage v.

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– 0:1, 0:3 ::Group Stage v.

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– 0:1, 1:5 ::Group Stage v. Marathón – 1:3, 2:4 *

2010 CFU Club Championship The 2010 CFU Club Championship was the 12th edition of the CFU Club Championship, the annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football ...

::Second Round v. Alpha United – 2:0 ::Second Round v. River Plate – 1:0 ::Final Round v. Joe Public – 0:1 ::Final Round v. Bayamón – 4:1 ::Final Round v.

– 0:1 *

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::Preliminary Round v.

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– 0:1, 0:5 (Santos advances 6:0 on aggregate)

References

External links

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Team profile
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