2016–17 TT Pro League

TT Pro League
Season	2016–17
Champions	Central FC; 3rd Pro League title; 3rd T&T title
CFU Club Championship	Central FC; W Connection
Matches played	90
Goals scored	314 (3.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Akeem Roach 12 goals
Biggest home win	W Connection 7-0 Point Fortin Civic; (25 October 2016)
Biggest away win	St. Ann's Rangers 0–6 Central; (28 January 2017); Point Fortin Civic 0–6 Defence Force; (4 February 2017)
Highest scoring	Defence Force 7-2 Point Fortin Civic; (6 December 2016)
	← 2015–16 2017 →

The 2016–17 TT Pro League season (known as the Digicel Pro League for sponsorship reasons) is the eighteenth season of the TT Pro League, the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. A total of ten teams are contesting the league, with Central FC the defending champions from the 2015–16 season.^[1] The league started on 29 September 2016 and ended on the 5 February 2017 with the crowning of the champion. On 5 February 2017, Central FC made history as they won their 3rd consecutive Pro League title, the only team to make such a feat.

Changes from the 2015–16 season

North East Stars merged with Ma Pau S.C. to form Ma Pau Stars. Ma Pau S.C. had last appeared in the 2010–11 season.

Teams

Team summaries

Location of the 2016–17 TT Pro League teams

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Captain
Central FC	California	Ato Boldon Stadium	10,000	Dale Saunders	Darren Mitchell
Club Sando	San Fernando	Mahaica Oval Pavilion	2,500	Angus Eve	Teba McKnight
Defence Force	Chaguaramas	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Marvin Gordon	Corey Rivers
Ma Pau Stars	Sangre Grande	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Ross Russell	Carlos Edwards
Morvant Caledonia United	Morvant/Laventille	Larry Gomes Stadium	10,000	Rajesh Latchoo	Stephan David
Point Fortin Civic	Point Fortin	Mahaica Oval Pavilion	2,500	Christopher Furlonge	Kelvin Modeste
Police	Saint James	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Richard Hood	Trent Noel
San Juan Jabloteh	San Juan	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Keith Jeffrey	Damion Williams
St. Ann's Rangers	San Juan	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Anthony Streete	Terrence Lewis
W Connection	Point Lisas	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Stuart Charles-Fevrier	Gerard Williams

Stadiums

Since the teams do not play in their set home stadium, these are the stadiums that were used to host the matches throughout the season.

Place	Stadium	No. of matches hosted
1	Ato Boldon Stadium	33
2	Hasely Crawford Stadium	15
3	Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin	14
4	Larry Gomes Stadium	10
5	Barataria Recreational Ground, Barataria	8
6	Mannie Ramjohn Stadium	4
7	Morvant Recreational Ground, Morvant	2
7	Naparima College Ground	2
9	Brian Lara Recreation Ground, Santa Cruz	1
9	Hasely Crawford Stadium training field	1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central (C, Q)	18	15	2	1	41	14	+27	47	2018 CFU Club Championship First Round
2	W Connection (Q)	18	15	1	2	50	13	+37	46	2018 CFU Club Championship First Round
3	San Juan Jabloteh	18	9	2	7	32	23	+9	29
4	Ma Pau Stars	18	8	4	6	33	29	+4	28
5	Club Sando	18	7	4	7	33	34	−1	25
6	Defence Force	18	7	2	9	30	30	0	23
7	Police	18	5	5	8	36	35	+1	20
8	St. Ann's Rangers	18	4	5	9	23	39	−16	17
9	Morvant Caledonia United	18	2	6	10	19	32	−13	12
10	Point Fortin Civic	18	1	3	14	17	65	−48	6

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: TT Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Positions by round

	Leader
	2018 CFU Club Championship First round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for the tenth round of matches, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
Central FC	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
W Connection	6	8	6	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
San Juan Jabloteh	5	5	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Ma Pau Stars	10	7	3	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Club Sando	7	9	10	8	8	8	6	6	4	5	6	6	8	6	6	5	5	5
Defence Force	9	6	8	9	9	9	7	8	8	6	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	6
Police	1	2	4	6	6	7	9	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7
St. Ann's Rangers	3	4	7	4	4	5	4	5	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8
Morvant Caledonia United	2	3	5	7	7	6	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Point Fortin Civic	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2017. Source: TT Pro League

Results

Matches 1–18

Home \ Away	CEN	CSA	DFO	MPS	MCU	PFC	POL	SJJ	SAR	WCO	DFO	MPS
Central FC		2–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–1		0–2
Club Sando	1–1		3–2	3–5	3–3	3–2	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–3
Defence Force	1–2	2–0			1–1	7–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–4
Ma Pau Stars		2–2	0–1		1–0	3–1	1–5	1–1		0–2	2–0
Morvant Caledonia	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–2		2–2	1–3	2–4	2–0	0–3
Point Fortin Civic	1–4	0–2	0–6^[a]	0–2	1–3		2–2	4–2	0–4	0–4
Police	0–3	2–4	3–1	4–4	1–1	5–0		2–3	1–1	1–3
San Juan Jabloteh	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	5–1	3–1		1–1	0–3
St. Ann's Rangers	0–6	3–3	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–5		0–1		5–3
W Connection	1–2	2–1	2–0	4–2	3–1	7–0	2–2	1–0	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: TT Pro League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The Point Fortin vs Defence Force match was not completed due to technical issues at the venue. The result was taken after 62 mins.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Akeem Roach	Club Sando	12
2	Jamal Charles	W Connection	10
2	Jameel Perry	Police	10
4	Darren Mitchell	Central	9
4	Devorn Jorsling	Defence Force	9
6	Jerrel Britto	Ma Pau Stars	8
6	Jason Scotland	Ma Pau Stars	8
6	Hashim Arcia	Defence Force	8
6	Dimitrie Apai	W Connection	8
10	Jamille Boatswain	Defence Force	7

References

^ "Trinidad and Tobago – List of Champions". Radek Jelínekm, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF. 2009-04-03. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
^ Randy Bando. "2016/17 Pro League Top Scorers". TTProLeague.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

External links

Soca Warriors Online, TT Pro League

[table_note_1_PFC_DFO0.15639916814696-2] The Point Fortin vs Defence Force match was not completed due to technical issues at the venue. The result was taken after 62 mins.

[champions-1] "Trinidad and Tobago – List of Champions". Radek Jelínekm, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF. 2009-04-03. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-07-31.

[2016topscorers-3] Randy Bando. "2016/17 Pro League Top Scorers". TTProLeague.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

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