Montego Bay United Football Club is a Jamaican
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club based in
Montego Bay
Montego Bay () is the capital of the Parishes of Jamaica, parish of Saint James Parish, Jamaica, St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, after Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore ...
.
History
Founded as ''Beacon'' in 1972, the club were renamed ''Seba United'' after a few years and won the
Jamaica Premier League 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
Montego Bay
Montego Bay () is the capital of the Parishes of Jamaica, parish of Saint James Parish, Jamaica, St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, after Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore ...
.
Seba were relegated from the
Jamaica Premier League after the
2007–08 season for the first time in their storied history and played in the
Western Confederation Super League, 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
Orville Powell 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
Montego Bay () is the capital of the Parishes of Jamaica, parish of Saint James Parish, Jamaica, St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, after Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore ...
.
In 2013 they moved to the
WespoW Park stadium in the Tucker area of
Montego Bay
Montego Bay () is the capital of the Parishes of Jamaica, parish of Saint James Parish, Jamaica, St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, after Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore ...
.
They were premier league champions, having won the
2015–16 season.
In July 2016, the club assigned Serbian coach
Slaviša Božičić as their new manager.
In August 2019, Somali coach
Mohamed Yusuf was appointed as the manager.
In January 2022,
Ricky Hill became the manager.
Current squad
[https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/02/25/mt-pleasant-held-1-1-montego-bay-united-jpl/ ]
Other players under contract
Achievements
Domestic
*
Jamaica Premier League
**Champions (4): 1986–87, 1996–97,
2013–14,
2015–16
**Runners-up (5): 1984–85, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1997–98,
2014–15
*
JFF Champions Cup
**Champions (1): 1992
*
Western Confederation Super League
**Champions (1): 2011
Continental
*
Caribbean Club Championship
**Runners-up (1):
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
**Third place (1):
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
References
External links
Team profileat GolocalJamaica (archived)
Official website(archived)
{{Jamaican Soccer
Football clubs in Jamaica
Association football clubs established in 1972
1972 establishments in Jamaica