2010 CFU Club Championship

The 2010 CFU Club Championship was the 12th 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 Union (CFU). The top three teams in the tournament qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.

2010 CFU Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates16 March – 8 May
Teams18 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsPuerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders (1st title)
Runners-upTrinidad and Tobago Joe Public
Third placeTrinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh
Fourth placePuerto Rico Bayamón FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored123 (3.73 per match)
Attendance34,350 (1,041 per match)
Top scorerTrinidad and Tobago Kerry Baptiste (9 goals)
2009
2011

Qualified clubs

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The following clubs were all entered into the competition.[1]

Association Team
Bermuda BermudaDevonshire Cougars
Cayman Islands Cayman IslandsElite
Dominica DominicaBath Estate
Guyana GuyanaDefence Force
Alpha United
Haiti HaitiRacing Gonaïves
Tempête
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands AntillesBarber
Hubentut Fortuna
Puerto Rico Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Islanders
Bayamón FC
River Plate
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAvenues United
Systems 3
Suriname SurinameLeo Victor
WBC
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and TobagoJoe Public
San Juan Jabloteh
Notes

Competition format

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The competition was initially announced by the CFU to be structures similarly to the previous year, during which several team played two-legged playoffs and other seed teams received byes in the later knockout rounds.[1] However, the format was changed at the 2010 CFU Congress, where it was decided that three rounds of group stages would be used.[4] Also, Haiti, who had not initially entered any clubs into the tournament, added Racing Gonaïves and Tempête. Elite SC from Cayman Islands were also later added.[5] However, Elite SC and Bath Estate later withdrew from the tournament, and Guyana Defence Force were moved to Group D due to travel and immigration difficulties.[2][3] Those changes reduced Group B to two teams, both of which qualify to the second round.[2]

First round

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The top two teams from each group as well as the highest ranked third place team advance to the second round.

Group A

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All matches hosted in Netherlands Antilles.

Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Puerto Rico River Plate 3300122+109
Haiti Racing des Gonaïves 31113414
Netherlands Antilles Barber 31023633
Netherlands Antilles Hubentut Fortuna 30123961
Barber Netherlands Antilles3 1Netherlands Antilles Hubentut Fortuna
E. Cassiani 42', 49'
L. Cassiani 75'
Report Maria 21'


Barber Netherlands Antilles0 4Puerto Rico River Plate
Report Sara 11', 75'
Russo 62'
Ruiz 78'

Group B

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All matches hosted in Puerto Rico. Officially, Bayamón FC played as visitor in the first leg.

Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Puerto Rico Bayamón FC 211062+44
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Systems 3 20112641
Systems 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0 4Puerto Rico Bayamón FC
Report Waston 21'
Nieves 73'
Robertson 79'
Matos 87'

Bayamón FC Puerto Rico2 2Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Systems 3
Borrali 37'
Matos 56'
Report Hazelwood 11'
Oliver 19'

Group C

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All matches hosted in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public 3300185+139
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Avenues United 31115944
Suriname Leo Victor 31029903
Bermuda Devonshire Cougars 301261591
Leo Victor Suriname3 4Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
Rijssel 26'
Van Zoolingen 85'
Emanuelson 90+2'
Report Baptiste 15', 63'
Toussaint 61'
Joseph 79'
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Taylor (Barbados)
Avenues United Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2 2Bermuda Devonshire Cougars
George 66'
Francis 88' (pen.)
Report Zuill 21'
Coddington 41'
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Persaud (Guyana)

Devonshire Cougars Bermuda2 5Suriname Leo Victor
Coddington 55'
Steede 90'
Report Rijssel 29', 45', 79'
Tiendari 43'
Emanuelson 47'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Persaud (Guyana)
Avenues United Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0 6Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public
Report Young 7'
Baptiste 47', 68', 75'
Smith 90', 90+1'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Taylor (Barbados)

Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago8 2Bermuda Devonshire Cougars
Toussaint 11'
Joseph 18'
Baptiste 31'
Noel 44'
Tinto 67', 75'
Smith 83', 85'
Report Tota 46'
Steede 74'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Persaud (Guyana)
Avenues United Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3 1Suriname Leo Victor
Samuel 21'
Snagg 66', 90'
Report Emanuelson 31'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Taylor (Barbados)

Group D

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All matches hosted in Guyana.

Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Guyana Alpha United 211042+24
Suriname WBC 211032+14
Guyana Defence Force 20022530


Second round

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In the second round, only the group winners advance to the final round.

After the completion of the first round, the following changes to the second round have been made:

  • Alpha United traded places with Leo Victor, allowing the matches to be staged as schedule by avoiding travel delays due to U.S. restrictions for the Guyanese club.[6]
  • The matches in Group E and Group F were postponed due to delays by Haitian clubs Tempete FC and Racing Gonaives in obtaining U.S. visas to travel to Puerto Rico.[7]
  • The matches in Group G and Group H were postponed due to stadium availability and were scheduled to begin a day later than previously announced.[8]
  • Leo Victor withdrew from Group E for financial reasons, and Tempête was forced to withdraw from Group F following difficulties in obtaining visas to Puerto Rico.[9] Therefore both Group E and F would be played as two-team groups.

Group E

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All matches hosted in Puerto Rico.

Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders 220050+56
Haiti Racing des Gonaïves 20020550

Group F

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All matches hosted in Puerto Rico.

Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Puerto Rico Bayamón FC 220082+66
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Avenues United 20022860
Avenues United Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2 5Puerto Rico Bayamón FC
Samuel 12', 18' Report Elizondo 30'
Waston 33'
Gustave 51', 55', 65'

Bayamón FC Puerto Rico3 0Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Avenues United
Elizondo 71', 90'
Waston 89'
Report

Group G

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All matches hosted in Trinidad & Tobago.

Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh 220030+36
Puerto Rico River Plate 20111211
Guyana Alpha United 20111321
San Juan Jabloteh Trinidad and Tobago2 0Guyana Alpha United
Marcano 28', 66' Report


Group H

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All matches hosted in Trinidad & Tobago.

Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public 220081+76
Suriname WBC 21012533
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Systems 3 20021540
Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago5 0Suriname WBC
Baptiste 14', 32'
Hoshide 27'
Noel 55'
Toussaint 90'
Report

WBC Suriname2 0Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Systems 3
Afonsoewa 9', 63' Report

Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago3 1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Systems 3
Baptiste 6'
Noel 42'
Joseph 83'
Report George 56'

Final round

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The top three finishers qualify for the preliminary round of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.[10]

All matches hosted in Trinidad & Tobago.[11]

Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders (C) 321051+47
Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public 31113414
Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh 310243+13
Puerto Rico Bayamón FC 31024843

San Juan Jabloteh Trinidad and Tobago4 1Puerto Rico Bayamón FC
Hinkson 25'
Marcano 55', 90'
Awai 90'
Report Waston 57'

Joe Public Trinidad and Tobago1 3Puerto Rico Bayamón FC
Abu Bakr 27' Report Acevedo 10'
Brown 54'
Waston 60'


CFU Club Championship
2010 Winners
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Islanders
First Title

Top goalscorers

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Club Championship". Caribbean Football Union. February 11, 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Elite SC withdraws from CFU club championship". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. March 23, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-28. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Bath Estate withdraws from CFU club championship". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. March 25, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-05-07. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  4. "CFU Club Champions Cup to open March 16". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. March 2, 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
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  9. "Tempete FC and Leo Victor pull out of CFU Club Champions Cup". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. April 15, 2010. Archived from the original on 21 April 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  10. "Puerto Rico earns third straight CCL berth". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. May 9, 2010. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  11. "Caribbean clubs final round set for Trinidad". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. April 20, 2010. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
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