San Juan Jabloteh Football Club is a football club located in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago that plays in the country's TT Pro League. The team plays its home games in Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo, Trinidad.
Full name | San Juan Jabloteh Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | San Juan Kings | ||
Founded | 1974 | ||
Ground | Hasely Crawford Stadium Mucurapo, Trinidad and Tobago | ||
Capacity | 23,000 | ||
Chairman | Jerry Hospedales | ||
Manager | Keith Jeffrey | ||
League | TT Pro League | ||
2023 | TT Pro League, 8th | ||
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History
editThe 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 Trinidad and Tobago Football Association, 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 CL Financial 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 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 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."[1]
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.[2]
Managers
editTerry Fenwick (2001–2003)
Steve Rutter (2004)
Terry Kinerr (2005–2011)
Honours
editDomestic
- FA Trophy: 2
- 1998, 2005
- 2000, 2003
- Runner-up (1): 2005
- 2003, 2005, 2006
- Runner-up (1): 2001, 2004
International
Year-by-year
editSeason | League Season | FA Trophy | First Citizens Cup |
Digicel Pro Bowl |
TOYOTA Classic |
Lucozade Sport Goal Shield |
CFU Club Championship |
CONCACAF Champions League | |
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League Result | Big Six | ||||||||
1997 | 4th | Started in 2004 | Unknown | Started in 2000 | Started in 2001 | Started in 2005 | Started in 2009 | did not qualify | |
1998 | 4th | Champions | Quarter-Finals | did not qualify | |||||
1999 | 4th | Unknown | Not Held | did not qualify | |||||
2000 | 3rd | Semi-Finals | Champions | did not qualify | |||||
2001 | 5th | Quarter-Finals | did not qualify | Final | did not qualify | Not Held | |||
2002 | Champions | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Quarter-Finals | did not qualify | ||||
2003–04 | Champions | Round of 16 | Champions | Champions | Champions | did not qualify | |||
2004 | 3rd | Winners | Abandoned | Quarter-Finals | Final | Semi-Finals | Quarter-Finals | ||
2005 | 2nd | 6th | Champions | Final | Champions | Semi-Finals | did not qualify | ||
2006 | 3rd | Winners | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Champions | Quarter-Finals | Final | did not qualify | |
2007 | Champions | 4th | Semi-Finals | Third Place | Quarter-Finals | Final | Fourth Place | did not qualify | |
2008 | Champions | Winners | Quarter-Finals | Fourth Place | Quarter-Finals | Champions | Not Held | did not qualify | |
2009 | 2nd | 2nd | Round of 16 | Semi-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Final | Semi-Finals | Third Place | did not qualify |
2010 | In progress | Ended in 2009 | Third Place | Group Stage | |||||
2011 | Preliminary |
International competition
edit- Quarter-Finals v.
Aiglon du Lamentin – 0:2
- Quarter-Finals v.
- Semi-Finals v.
Arnett Gardens – 3:1, 1:3 (San Juan Jabloteh advances 6:2 on aggregate)
- Final v.
W Connection – 2:1, 2:1 (San Juan Jabloteh wins 4:2 on penalties)
- Semi-Finals v.
- Quarter-Finals v.
Chicago Fire – 5:2, 0:4 (Chicago Fire advances 6:5 on aggregate)
- Quarter-Finals v.
- First Round v.
Walking Boyz Company – 3:1, 0:0 (San Juan Jabloteh advances 3:1 on aggregate)
- Semi-Finals v.
Tivoli Gardens – 1:1, 0:1 (Tivoli Gardens F.C. advances 2:1 on aggregate)
- First Round v.
- Group Stage v.
SAP – 4:0
- Group Stage v.
SV Britannia – 8:0
- Group Stage v.
New Vibes – 5:0
- Semi-Finals v.
Baltimore – 2:0
- Final v.
W Connection – 0:1
- Group Stage v.
- Group Stage v.
CSD Barber – 5:0
- Group Stage v.
SV Deportivo Nacional – 5:1
- Quarter-Finals v.
Baltimore – 1:0
- Semi-Finals v.
Harbour View – 0:0 (Harbour View advances 10:9 on penalties)
- 3rd Place v.
Puerto Rico Islanders – 0:1, 0:0 (Puerto Rico Islanders wins 1:0 on aggregate)
- Group Stage v.
- Second Round v.
Inter Moengotapoe – 2:1, 3:1 (San Juan Jabloteh advances 5:2 on aggregate)
- Semi-Finals v.
W Connection – 1:2
- 3rd Place v.
Tempête – 2:1
- Second Round v.
- Preliminary Round v.
San Francisco F.C. – 0:2, 3:0 (San Juan Jabloteh advances 3:2 on aggregate)
- Group Stage v.
Deportivo Toluca – 0:1, 0:3
- Group Stage v.
D.C. United – 0:1, 1:5
- Group Stage v.
Marathón – 1:3, 2:4
- Preliminary Round v.
- 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.
Puerto Rico Islanders – 0:1
- Second Round v.
- Preliminary Round v.
Santos – 0:1, 0:5 (Santos advances 6:0 on aggregate)
- Preliminary Round v.
References
edit- ^ "Club Overview". Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ Pouchet, Mark (7 July 2012). "Jabloteh boss: An extremely sad situation". Trinidad Express. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.