Renegades Football Club (formerly known as Lyford Cay Football Club) is a
Bahamian football club based in
Lyford Cay
Lyford Cay is a private gated community located on the western tip of New Providence island in The Bahamas. The former cay that lent its name to the community is named after Captain William Lyford Jr., a mariner of note in Colonial and Revoluti ...
while playing its home game in the capital
Nassau
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Places Bahamas
*Nassau, Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence
Canada
*Nassau District, renamed Home District, regional division in Upper Canada from 1788 to 1792
*Nassau Street (Winnipeg), ...
. The team plays in the
BFA Senior League
The BFA Senior League is the highest championship of football in Bahamas. Before 2008 it was played between the winners of the New Providence Football League, the Grand Bahama Football League. In 2008 the two leagues from two islands merged into ...
. The team is also known by its nickname of the Ospreys (the Dragons until 2015), to distinguish it from a second Lyford Cay FC that has simultaneously played in the BFA Senior League (as recently as 2013–14) nicknamed the "
Warriors
A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracies, class, or caste.
History
Warriors seem to have be ...
". The Warriors serve as the reserve team for the Ospreys.
The club was founded in 1989 and has grown significantly over the past twenty-five years moving from a school-based football program to an established football club and registered member of the
Bahamas Football Association
The Bahamas Football Association (BFA), is the official governing body of the sport of Association football in The Bahamas. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Nassau, the federation is a full member of FIFA since 1968 and governs Bahamian footb ...
(BFA).
Lyford Cay FC won its first National Championship in 2013–14. Building on this title, the team became the first Bahamian team to compete in the
CFU Club Championship in
2015.
In September 2017 Lyford Cay FC changed it name with the permission of the
Bahamas Football Association
The Bahamas Football Association (BFA), is the official governing body of the sport of Association football in The Bahamas. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Nassau, the federation is a full member of FIFA since 1968 and governs Bahamian footb ...
to Renegades FC
Achievements
*
BFA Senior League
The BFA Senior League is the highest championship of football in Bahamas. Before 2008 it was played between the winners of the New Providence Football League, the Grand Bahama Football League. In 2008 the two leagues from two islands merged into ...
:
::Champion (1): 2014
::Runner-up (3): 2010, 2011, 2013
*Bahamas FA Cup:
::Runner-up (1): 2010
Performance in International Competitions
*
2015 CFU Club Championship
The 2015 CFU Club Championship was the 17th edition of 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 Uni ...
''Played in
Haiti''
::First Round v.
Don Bosco
John Melchior Bosco ( it, Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; pms, Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, writer and saint of the 19th century.
While working ...
0–10
::First Round v.
Helenites 1–0
::First Round v.
USR Sainte-Rose 2–2
Colors and Badges
Notes
Football clubs in the Bahamas
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