2012–13 TT Pro League

TT Pro League
Season 2012–13
Champions Defence Force
3rd Pro League title
22nd T&T title
CFU Club Championship Defence Force
Caledonia AIA
Matches played 84
Goals scored 273 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer Devorn Jorsling (21 goals)
Biggest home win Defence Force 8–0 Rangers (4 January 2013)
Biggest away win T&TEC 0–7 W Connection (10 November 2012)
Highest scoring Defence Force 8–0 Rangers (4 January 2013)

The 2012–13 TT Pro League season (known as the Digicel Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth season of the TT Pro League, the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. A total of eight teams contested the league, with W Connection the defending champions.[1] The season began on 14 September 2012 and ended on 10 May 2013 with the crowning of Defence Force as the league champion.

Speaking on the number of clubs in the Pro League prior to the start of the season, CEO Dexter Skeene stated in an interview that he feels the country's best footballing interests are served by an eight-team league.[2] On 30 June 2012, San Juan Jabloteh announced that due to financial constraints the club suspended their football operations. As a result, the four-time Pro League champion, San Juan Kings, did not participate for the first time in the league's history.[3] In response, a new club established by Brent Sancho to represent the Central region of the country, Central FC, was formed and officially applied for Pro League membership on 25 July 2012.[4] The club is officially based in California and plays its home games in Ato Boldon Stadium. Central was admitted into the league on 6 September 2012 and became the 21st team to compete in the Pro League.[5]

The first goal of the season was scored by two-time Golden Boot winner Devorn Jorsling of Defence Force against St. Ann's Rangers in the thirty-second minute of the first game on 14 September 2012.[6] Bevon Bass of T&TEC scored the first hat-trick of the season as the Electricity Boys defeated St. Ann's Rangers 3–2 on 20 October 2012.[7] Jorsling went on to claim an unprecedented third Golden Boot award after leading the league with 21 goals scored for Defence Force.

On 6 May 2013, Defence Force secured the TT Pro League championship following a Caledonia AIA 2–1 loss to Central FC in Couva. The league title was the Teteron Boys' second in three seasons and marked their third Pro League title overall.[8] Consequently, Defence Force and Caledonia AIA, having finished as runners-up, earned places within the 2014 CFU Club Championship.[9] Following the season, T&TEC withdrew from the league citing financial struggles to field a professional football club.[10] The Electricity Boys became the seventh team to leave the league in the previous four years.

Changes from the 2011–12 season

The following changes were made since the 2011–12 season:

Teams

Team summaries

Location of the 2012–13 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
Caledonia AIA Morvant/Laventille Larry Gomes Stadium 10,000 Trinidad and Tobago Moe, JerryJerry Moe Trinidad and Tobago David, StephanStephan David
Central FC California Ato Boldon Stadium 10,000 England Fenwick, TerryTerry Fenwick Trinidad and Tobago Phillip, MarvinMarvin Phillip
Defence Force Chaguaramas Hasely Crawford Stadium 27,000 Trinidad and Tobago Russell, RossRoss Russell Trinidad and Tobago Rivers, CoreyCorey Rivers
North East Stars Sangre Grande Sangre Grande Ground 7,000 Trinidad and Tobago Eve, AngusAngus Eve Trinidad and Tobago John, CleonCleon John
Police Saint James Hasely Crawford Stadium 27,000 Trinidad and Tobago Hood, RichardRichard Hood Trinidad and Tobago Ryan, ToddTodd Ryan
St. Ann's Rangers San Juan Hasely Crawford Stadium 27,000 Trinidad and Tobago Pacheco, DeanDean Pacheco Trinidad and Tobago Modeste, DevonDevon Modeste
T&TEC San Fernando Manny Ramjohn Stadium 10,000 Trinidad and Tobago Cyrus, DexterDexter Cyrus Trinidad and Tobago Teesdale, SylvesterSylvester Teesdale
W Connection Point Lisas Manny Ramjohn Stadium 10,000 Saint Lucia Charles-Fevrier, StuartStuart Charles-Fevrier Saint Lucia Joseph, ElijahElijah Joseph

Player transfers

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Central FC
Expansion team
 England Graham Rix 13 August 2012[14] Pre-season
Police Trinidad and Tobago Kelvin Jones Sacked 29 August 2012
6th (2011–12)
 Trinidad and Tobago Richard Hood 29 August 2012[15] Pre-season
T&TEC Trinidad and Tobago Dexter Cyrus Sacked 11 September 2012
2nd (2011–12)
 Trinidad and Tobago Jefferson George 11 September 2012[16] Pre-season
T&TEC Trinidad and Tobago Jefferson George Resigned 10 November 2012
8th
 Trinidad and Tobago Dexter Cyrus 22 November 2012[17]
8th
Caledonia AIA Trinidad and Tobago Jamaal Shabazz Signed by Trinidad and Tobago 27 November 2012[18]
1st
 Trinidad and Tobago Jerry Moe 27 November 2012
1st
Central FC England Graham Rix Mutual consent 21 December 2012[19]
6th
 England Terry Fenwick 3 January 2013[20]
6th
St. Ann's Rangers Trinidad and Tobago Dean Pacheco End of contract 30 June 2013
7th
 Trinidad and Tobago Gilbert Bateau 1 July 2013[21] Post-season

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Defence Force (C) 21 14 4 3 52 21 +31 46 2014 CFU Club Championship First round
2 Caledonia AIA 21 13 3 5 53 27 +26 42
3 W Connection 21 11 5 5 45 19 +26 38
4 North East Stars 21 10 8 3 32 17 +15 38
5 Central FC 21 8 6 7 31 32 −1 30
6 Police 21 3 7 11 25 43 −18 16
7 St. Ann's Rangers 21 2 7 12 22 49 −27 13
8 T&TEC 21 2 2 17 13 65 −52 8 Team disbanded after season 1

Updated to games played on 10 May 2013.
Source: TT Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1T&TEC withdrew from the league citing financial struggles to cease its football operations prior to the 2013–14 season.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by 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.

Leader
2014 CFU Club Championship First round
Team disbanded after season
Team ╲ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021
Defence Force 3 3 6 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Caledonia AIA 7 7 5 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
W Connection 5 4 3 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3
North East Stars 1 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4
Central FC 4 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Police 2 5 4 6 7 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
St. Ann's Rangers 6 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
T&TEC 8 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Last updated: 10 May 2013
Source: TT Pro League

Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away[1] CAL CEN DEFNESPOLRANTECWCO
Caledonia AIA 5–2 4–2 1–3 3–1 2–1 6–0 0–0
Central FC 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–3
Defence Force 5–1 3–0 3–3 3–1 8–0 3–2 5–1
North East Stars 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–0
Police 1–5 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–5
St. Ann's Rangers 2–4 1–3 1–2 0–0 3–3 2–3 1–2
T&TEC 0–6 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–7
W Connection 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–1

Updated to games played on 6 March 2013.
Source: TT Pro League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–21

Home \ Away[1] CAL CEN DEFNESPOLRANTECWCO
Caledonia AIA 0–0 3–0 4–1
Central FC 2–1 4–2 5–0 2–2
Defence Force 3–0 0–1 4–0
North East Stars 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–1
Police 0–2 0–2 3–0 0–5
St. Ann's Rangers 1–1 0–3 1–1
T&TEC 0–5 2–0 0–4
W Connection 0–1 4–0 0–1 3–0

Updated to games played on 10 May 2013.
Source: TT Pro League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[27]
1
 Trinidad and Tobago Devorn Jorsling Defence Force
21
2
 Trinidad and Tobago Cornell Glen North East Stars
16
3
 Trinidad and Tobago Kevon Carter Defence Force
10
Trinidad and Tobago Joevin Jones W Connection
10
5
 Trinidad and Tobago Devon Modeste St. Ann's Rangers
9
6
 Antigua and Barbuda Peter Byers Central FC
8
7
 Trinidad and Tobago Josimar Belgrave Defence Force
7
Trinidad and Tobago Keyon Edwards Caledonia AIA
7
Trinidad and Tobago Kareem Joseph Caledonia AIA
7
Trinidad and Tobago Andrei Pacheco W Connection
7
Trinidad and Tobago Shahdon Winchester W Connection
7

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref(s)
Trinidad and Tobago Bass, BevonBevon Bass T&TEC* St. Ann's Rangers 3–2 20 October 2012
[7]
Trinidad and Tobago Belgrave, JosimarJosimar Belgrave Defence Force* North East Stars 3–3 20 October 2012
[28]
Trinidad and Tobago Guerra, AtaullahAtaullah Guerra Caledonia AIA T&TEC* 0–6 3 November 2012
[29]
Trinidad and Tobago Edwards, KeyonKeyon Edwards Caledonia AIA Police* 1–5 9 November 2012
[30]
Trinidad and Tobago Carter, KevonKevon Carter Defence Force* St. Ann's Rangers 8–0 4 January 2013
[25]
Trinidad and Tobago Winchester, ShahdonShahdon Winchester W Connection Central FC* 0–3 5 January 2013
[31]
Trinidad and Tobago Glen, CornellCornell Glen North East Stars* T&TEC 3–1 15 February 2013
[32]
Trinidad and Tobago Jones, JoevinJoevin Jones W Connection Police* 2–5 22 February 2013
[33]
Trinidad and Tobago Lee, MarvinMarvin Lee St. Ann's Rangers Police* 3–3 27 February 2013
[34]
Antigua and Barbuda Byers, PeterPeter Byers4 Central FC* T&TEC 5–0 16 March 2013
[24]
Trinidad and Tobago Jorsling, DevornDevorn Jorsling Defence Force* Central FC 3–0 5 April 2013
[35]
Trinidad and Tobago Benjamin, NeilNeil Benjamin W Connection* Defence Force 4–0 6 May 2013
[26]
Trinidad and Tobago Pacheco, AndreiAndrei Pacheco W Connection Police* 0–5 10 May 2013
[36]

Discipline

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref(s)
Player Club Manager Club
September/October Trinidad and Tobago Jerry Moe Caledonia AIA Trinidad and Tobago Devorn Jorsling Defence Force [40]

References

  1. ↑ "Trinidad and Tobago - List of Champions". Radek Jelínekm, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF. 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  2. ↑ "Pro League given grounds for optimism". Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com). 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  3. 1 2 "Financially starved Jabloteh pulls out of League". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2012-07-03. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  4. 1 2 "Sancho launches Central FC". Central FC Media. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  5. 1 2 "Central FC joins Pro League; Jabloteh misses out". Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com). 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  6. 1 2 3 "Sam sizzler fails to thwart Army's "Ro-Jo" combination". Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com). 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  7. 1 2 3 "Bass reconnects T&TEC with hattrick against Rangers". Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com). 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
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  10. ↑ Vinode Mancham (13 May 2012). "T&TEC pulls plug on cricket, football teams". Trinidad Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "Charity Shield to kick off Pro League". T&T Express Staff. 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
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  14. ↑ "Central FC unveils head coach Graham Rix". Central FC Media. 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  15. ↑ "Hood takes over as Police coach". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  16. ↑ "George installed as T&TEC Head Coach". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
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  20. ↑ "Fenwick returns to the top flight, joins Central FC". Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com). 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  21. ↑ "Gilbert Bateau takes over from Pacheco as Rangers Head Coach". Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com). 2013-06-03. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  22. ↑ "Champs Defence Force signs off on Pro League in style". Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com). 2013-05-11. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  23. 1 2 3 "D/Force hammers Connection 5-1". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2012-12-22. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
  24. 1 2 "Central's Byers routs T&TEC; Stars hold Police". Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com). 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  25. 1 2 3 "Leaders Defence Force crush depleted Rangers 8-0". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  26. 1 2 "Benjamin trick ruins Defence Force's Digicel Pro League Championship celebrations". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
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  34. ↑ "Lee tricks Lawmen in goal rush". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
  35. 1 2 "Champs-in-waiting: Ten-man Defence Force stuns Central". Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com). 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
  36. ↑ "Connection holds on for 3rd spot; Stars just behind by lesser goal difference". Lasana Liburd (Wire868.com). 2013-05-11. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
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  40. ↑ "Jorsling, Moe grabs respective Digicel Player, Coach of September/October". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2012-11-19.

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