2012 CFU Club Championship

2012 CFU Club Championship
2012 CFU Club Champions’ Cup
Tournament details
Dates March 25 – June 21, 2012
Teams 15 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions Caledonia AIA (1st title)
Runners-up W Connection
Third place Puerto Rico Islanders
Fourth place Antigua Barracuda
Tournament statistics
Matches played 25
Goals scored 87 (3.48 per match)
Attendance 13,855 (554 per match)
Top scorer(s) Bony Pierre (7 goals)

The 2012 CFU Club Champions’ Cup was the 14th 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 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.

Participating teams

The following teams were entered into the competition. The four professional teams (in bold) were seeded to directly enter the second round. Per CONCACAF regulations, only the professional teams were eligible to play in the CONCACAF Champions League.

Association Team Qualification method
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua Barracuda — (playing in USL Pro)
Bermuda North Village Rams 2010–11 Bermudian Premier Division champion
Cayman Islands Elite 2010–11 Cayman Islands Premier League champion
George Town SC 2011 Cayman Islands FA Cup champion
Curaçao Hubentut Fortuna 2010–11 Curaçao League champion
Barber 2010–11 Curaçao League runner-up
Guyana Alpha United 2010 GFF National Super League champion (no league in 2011)
Milerock 2010 GFF National Super League runner-up (no league in 2011)
Haiti Victory Haiti qualifying tournament 1st place (2010 Série de Clôture champion)
Baltimore Haiti qualifying tournament 2nd place (2011 Série de Ouverture champion)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico IslandersTH — (playing in NASL)
Bayamón FC 2011 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico champion
Suriname Inter Moengotapoe 2010–11 Hoofdklasse champion
Trinidad and Tobago Caledonia AIA 2011–12 TT Pro League qualifying table 1st place
W Connection 2011–12 TT Pro League qualifying table 2nd place
  • th – Title holders

The following associations did not enter a team:

First round

Winner of each group and the best runner-up advanced to the second round.

Group 1

Matches played at the Cayman Islands (host team: Elite).

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
George Town SC 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
Elite 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
North Village Rams 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source:
George Town SC 0 – 0 North Village Rams
Report
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Dwight Royal (Jamaica)
North Village Rams 1 – 2 Elite
Bean 60' Report Carter 13', 66'
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Kevin Thomas (Jamaica)
Elite 1 – 2 George Town SC
Wright 5' Report Malcolm 40'
Cuevas-Ebanks 87'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Dwight Royal (Jamaica)

Group 2

Matches played at Guyana (host team: Alpha United).

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Inter Moengotapoe 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9
Alpha United 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
Hubentut Fortuna 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
Milerock 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source:
Milerock 1 – 2 Hubentut Fortuna
Sears 31' Report Trenidad 69'
Gomes Chacas 79'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rudolph Angela (Aruba)
Alpha United 0 – 1 Inter Moengotapoe
Report Rijssel 23'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)
Inter Moengotapoe 7 – 1 Milerock
Rijssel 8', 87'
Adensiba 28'
Pinas 52'
Jimmy 62' (pen.), 76' (pen.)
Plein 86' 		Report Fordyce 45'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Christophel Stewart (Cayman Islands)
Hubentut Fortuna 1 – 3 Alpha United
Flaneur 59' Report Murray 5'
Abrams 25'
Wilson 84'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Adrian Skeete (Barbados)
Inter Moengotapoe 3 – 2 Hubentut Fortuna
Jimmy 44'
Vlijter 65'
Rijssel 70' 		Report Gomes Chacas 45'
Belliot 60'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)
Alpha United 2 – 0 Milerock
Abrams 7', 80' Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Christophel Stewart (Cayman Islands)

Group 3

Matches played at Haiti.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Victory 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 4
Baltimore 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
Bayamón FC 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0
Source:
Baltimore 2 – 0 Bayamón FC
Titin 7'
Dieujuste 82' 		Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
Bayamón FC 1 – 5 Victory
Rosario 64' Report B. Pierre 22', 57', 73', 82'
Charles 45'
Attendance: 250
Referee: David Rubalcaba (Cuba)
Baltimore 1 – 1 Victory
T. Pierre 86' Report B. Pierre 90+2'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

Best runner-up

To determine the best runner-up, since Groups 1 and 3 have three teams each compared to four for Group 2, the results of the last-place team in Group 2 – Milerock – were voided and the standings recalculated.

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Baltimore 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
2 Alpha United 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
1 Elite 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
Source:

Second round

Winner and runner-up of each group advanced to the final round.

Group 4

Matches played at the Cayman Islands (host team: George Town SC).

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Puerto Rico Islanders 2 1 1 0 8 0 +8 4
Caledonia AIA 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 4
George Town SC 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0
Source:
  • Baltimore withdrew after the team was denied visas to the Cayman Islands.
Puerto Rico Islanders 0 – 0 Caledonia AIA
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)
Caledonia AIA 5 – 0 George Town SC
Jorsling 47', 70'
Caesar 72', 76'
Smith 80' 		Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Caswell Cambridge (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
George Town SC 0 – 8 Puerto Rico Islanders
Report Ramos 4', 20'
Faña 22', 54', 56'
Elliott 27' (o.g.)
Richardson 44'
Robinson 61' (o.g.)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Wilson da Costa (Bahamas)

Group 5

Matches played at Trinidad and Tobago (host team: W Connection).

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Antigua Barracuda 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
W Connection 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6
Victory 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4
Inter Moengotapoe 3 0 0 3 2 17 −15 0
Source:
W Connection 2 – 0 Victory
Arcia 16', 77' Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)
Antigua Barracuda 3 – 0 Inter Moengotapoe
Thomas 9', 89'
Griffith 43' 		Report
Attendance: 260
Referee: Osiel Nuñez (Puerto Rico)
Victory 0 – 0 Antigua Barracuda
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Javier Jauregui (Curaçao)
Inter Moengotapoe 0 – 6 W Connection
Report Winchester 3', 52'
Arcia 31', 59'
Cupid 42'
R. Britto 64'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Sherwin Johnson (Guyana)
Inter Moengotapoe 2 – 8 Victory
Misiedjan 39', 45' Report Charles 1', 56', 79', 90+2'
Toussaint 3'
B. Pierre 32', 75'
Beaugé 51'
Attendance: 390
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)
W Connection 1 – 2 Antigua Barracuda
Dublin 21' (o.g.) Report Aldred 37'
Byers 42'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Osiel Nuñez (Puerto Rico)

Final round

In the semifinals, the two second-round group winners played against the runners-up from the opposite group. The semifinal winners played in the final while the losers played in the third place match.

Matches played at Trinidad and Tobago.

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
            
 
  
 
 
 Antigua Barracuda 0
 
  
 
 Caledonia AIA 2
 
 Caledonia AIA (p) 1 (4)
 
  
 
 W Connection 1 (3)
 
 PR Islanders 1
 
 
 W Connection 4
 
 Third place
 
 
  
 
 
 Antigua Barracuda 0
 
 
 PR Islanders 2

Semifinals

Antigua Barracuda 0 – 2 Caledonia AIA
Report Abu Bakr 65'
Jorsling 86'
Attendance: 305
Referee: Jermain Elskamp (Suriname)
Puerto Rico Islanders 1 – 4 W Connection
Hansen 76' Report R. Britto 28', 66'
J. Britto 58'
Arcia 90'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Third place match

Antigua Barracuda 0 − 2 Puerto Rico Islanders
Report Hansen 19'
Faña 52' (pen.)
Attendance: 250
Referee: Adrian Skeete (Barbados)

Final

Caledonia AIA 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) W Connection
Abu Bakr 97' Report Leon 103'
Penalties
Moore soccer ball with check mark
Jorsling soccer ball with check mark
Smith soccer ball with check mark
Edwards soccer ball with red X
David soccer ball with check mark 		4 – 3 soccer ball with check mark Leon
soccer ball with red X Cupid
soccer ball with check mark Jones
soccer ball with check mark Arcia
soccer ball with red X Peltier
Attendance: 400
Referee: Antonius Pinas (Suriname)
CFU Club Championship
2012 winners

Caledonia AIA
1st title

Caledonia AIA, W Connection, and Puerto Rico Islanders qualified for the Group Stage of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Bony Pierre Victory 7
2 Hashim Arcia W Connection 5
Ricardo Charles Victory 5
4 Jonathan Faña Puerto Rico Islanders 4
Stefano Rijssel Inter Moengotapoe 4
6 Anthony Abrams Alpha United 3
Rennie Britto W Connection 3
Devorn Jorsling Caledonia AIA 3
Patrick Jimmy Inter Moengotapoe 3
10 Radanfah Abu Bakr Caledonia AIA 2
Trevin Caesar Caledonia AIA 2
Mario Rene Carter Elite 2
Jose Adriano Gomes Chacas Hubentut Fortuna 2
Josh Hansen Puerto Rico Islanders 2
Ricardo Misiedjan Inter Moengotapoe 2
Héctor Ramos Puerto Rico Islanders 2
Tamorley Thomas Antigua Barracuda 2
Shahdon Winchester W Connection 2

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