W. Connection Football Club is a professional

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club from

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, which currently plays in the

TT Pro League The TT Premier Football League (formerly known as the TT Pro League) is the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division in the Trinidad an ...

. The club plays its home games at the

Manny Ramjohn Stadium The Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, located in Marabella, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, is named for long-distance runner Manny Ramjohn, the first person to win a gold medal for Trinidad and Tobago in a major intern ...

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. The club's offices are based at the Point Lisas Industrial Estate.

History

The team was founded as W Connection Sports Club in 1986, as a "fete match" team, by brothers David John Williams and Patrick John Williams in

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. Upon the creation of the

, W Connection FC was officially founded in 1999, and promptly joined the nascent league. In 1999, their first season, the club finished third in the league, while winning the

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. Even though the club had a successful first season, the team would see even better times the next two campaigns, by winning the league in consecutive seasons. The ''Savonetta Boys'' have also had success in domestic cups. W Connection have won the First Citizens Cup six years in the cup's nine-year existence. On September 26, 2008, in an exciting final of the cup, against Joe Public, W Connection used penalty kicks to claim the victory 6–5, after the match ended level 2–2, to claim their fifth consecutive title.

Club honours

League honours

**Champions (5): 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011–12, 2013–14 **Big Six Winners (1):

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Cups and trophies

**Winners (4): 1999, 2000, 2002, 2013–14 **Runners-up (3): 2003,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

* First Citizens Cup **Winners (6): 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,

**Runners-up (2): 2002, 2003 * Digicel Charity Shield **Winners (3):

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 ...

, 2013, 2014 *

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: 2 **Winners (3): 2005,

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, 2013 * Digicel Pro Bowl **Winners (6): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2014 **Runners-up (3): 2005, 2006,

* Lucozade Sport Goal Shield **Winners (2):

, 2013 **Runners-up (1): 2014

International honours

CFU Club Championship The Caribbean Club Championship, also known as the CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup, was an annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). ...

**Winners (3):

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

, 2006,

**Runners-up (5):

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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 ...

Record

Year-by-year

^†''W Connection finished second in the Championship Group of the CFU Club Championship 2000.''
^‡''Defence Force, winner of Group B, are considered the winner of the CFU Club Championship 2001 based on tie-breakers over W Connection.
*''W Connection, winner of Group B, are considered the winner of the CFU Club Championship 2002 based on tie-breakers over Arnett Gardens.''
**''W Connection, winner of Group A, are considered runners-up as they finished with fewer points than Valencia FC.''

International competition

2000 CFU Club Championship The 2000 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 ...

::Group stage v.

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– 1:1 ::Group stage v.

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– 11:0 ::Group stage v.

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– 3:3 ::Championship Group v. Harbour View – 3:1 ::Championship Group v.

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– 1:1 ::Championship Group v. Joe Public – 0:1 *

2001 CFU Club Championship The 2001 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 2001 edition included group play, because CONCACAF ...

::First Round v. Conquerors – 2:1, 8:0 (W Connection advances 10:1 on aggregate) ::Group stage v.

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– 3:1 ::Group stage v. RCH – 4:0 *

2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup The 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 37th 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 featured a league format wi ...

::First Round v.

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– 0:1, 0:2 (Kansas City Wizards advances 3:0 on aggregate) *

2002 CFU Club Championship The 2002 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. Group winners Arnett Gardens of Jamaica and W Connecti ...

::Group stage v. Harbour View – 2:1 ::Group stage v.

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::First Round v.

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– 3:3, 2:3 (Toluca advances 6:5 on aggregate) *

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::First Round v.

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– 3:0, 0:2 (W Connection advances 3:2 on aggregate) ::Semi-finals v.

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– 0:0, 1:0 (W Connection advances 1:0 on aggregate) ::Final v.

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

2006 CFU Club Championship The 2006 CFU Club Championship is the annual international football club competition held in the Caribbean Football Union/CFU region (Caribbean). The Caribbean Tournament Champion will qualify to the 2007 CONCACAF Champions Cup. The CFU changed ...

::Group stage v. Hoppers – 5:0 ::Group stage v.

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– 1:0 ::Semi-finals v. Harbour View – 3:2 ::Final v.

– 1:0 *

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::Quarter-finals v.

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– 2:1, 0:3 (CD Guadalajara advances 4:2 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 ...

::First Round v. Bath Estate – 5:0, 12:1 (W Connection advances 17:1 on aggregate) ::Second Round v. Cavaly – 3:1, 1:0 (W Connection advances 4:1 on aggregate) ::Semi-finals v.

– 2:1 ::Final v.

– 2:1 *

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::Preliminary Round v.

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– 2:2, 2:1 (W Connection advances 4:3 on aggregate) ::Group stage v.

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– 1:2, 3:0 ::Group stage v.

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– 2:2, 1:2 ::Group stage v.

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– 0:1, 3:2 *

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::Group stage v. Xelajú – 2:2, 2:3 ::Group stage v.

– 0:4, 1:1 *

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::Group stage v. Árabe Unido – 1:3, 0:2 ::Group stage v.

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– 0:0, 0:2 *

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::Group stage v.

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– 0:4, 0:1 ::Group stage v.

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– 0:4, 2:1 *

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Staff

Technical staff

;''Technical Director/Head Coach:'' * Stuart Charles Fevrier ;''Assistant Coach:'' *

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;''Assistant Coach:'' * Eligah Joseph ;''Goalkeeper Coach:'' * Trevor Nottingham

Management

;''President/Chief Executive Officer:'' * Renee John-Williams ;''Chairman of the Board:'' * David Martin

Youth

The youth teams of the club are member of the OASIS Youth League.

References

External links

Profile on Soca Warriors Online
{{CFU Club Championship winners Football clubs in Trinidad and Tobago 1999 establishments in Trinidad and Tobago Association football clubs established in 1999