W Connection Football Club is a football club from

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, which currently plays in the

TT Pro League The TT Pro League (formerly known as the Professional Football 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 ...

. The club plays its home games at the

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. The club's offices are based at the Point Lisas Industrial Estate in Trinidad and Tobago and sponsors the Wanderers Cricket Club, formerly sponsored by Caroni Limited.

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 San Fernando. 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 FA Trophy. 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

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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): 2007

Cups and trophies

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

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, 2009 *

:: Winners (6): 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,

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

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, 2013, 2014 * TOYOTA Classic: 2 :: Winners (3): 2005, 2011, 2013 *

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:: Winners (6): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2014 :: Runners-up (3): 2005, 2006, 2011 * Lucozade Sport Goal Shield :: Winners (2): 2009, 2013 :: Runners-up (1): 2014

International honours

* CFU Club Championship :: Winners (3): 2002, 2006, 2009 :: Runners-up (5):

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, 2001, 2003,

, 2015

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 ::Group Stage v.

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– 1:1 ::Group Stage v. Café Sisserou Strikers – 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 ::First Round v. Conquerors – 2:1, 8:0 (W Connection advances 10:1 on aggregate) ::Group Stage v. Jong Colombia – 3:1 ::Group Stage v. RCH – 4:0 *

2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup The 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, also known as the 2002 FC 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 Cham ...

::First Round v. Kansas City Wizards – 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 Connectio ...

::Group Stage v. Harbour View – 2:1 ::Group Stage v. US Robert – 2:0 *

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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. Portmore United – 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 ::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. Guadalajara – 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. Real España – 0:1, 3:2 *

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::Group Stage v. Xelajú – 2:2, 2:3 ::Group Stage v. Guadalajara – 0:4, 1:1 *

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::Group Stage v. Árabe Unido – 1:3, 0:2 ::Group Stage v. Houston Dynamo – 0:0, 0:2 *

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::Group Stage v.

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– 0:4, 0:1 ::Group Stage v. Saprissa – 0:4, 2:1 *

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:: TBD

Current squad

Squad for the 2019-20 TT Pro League

Staff

Technical staff

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