2018 TT Pro League

TT Pro League
Season	2018
Champions	W Connection; 6th Pro League title
2020 Caribbean Club Championship	W Connection; Central
Matches played	90
Goals scored	318 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcus Joseph 18 goals
Biggest home win	Defence Force 10–0 St. Ann's Rangers; 15 August 2018
Biggest away win	North East Stars 0–8 Morvant Caledonia United; 28 September 2018
Highest scoring	Defence Force 10–0 St. Ann's Rangers; 15 August 2018
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The 2018 TT Pro League season is the 20th 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 North East Stars the defending champions from the 2017 season.^[1]

The 2018 football season kicked off with the Charity Shield between defending TT Pro League champions North East Stars and defending Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy champions W Connection.^[2] League play officially started on 10 August 2018,^[3] and ended on the 7 December with the crowning of W Connection by one point over their Couva rivals Central.^[4] It was their first title since the 2013–14 season

Changes from the 2017 season

The following changes were made since the 2017 season:

Player transfers

Managerial changes

Teams

Team summaries

Location of the 2018 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	California	Ato Boldon Stadium	10,000	Stern John	Duane Muckette
Club Sando	San Fernando	Mahaica Oval Pavilion	2,500	Angus Eve	Jayson Joseph
Defence Force	Chaguaramas	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Marvin Gordon	Jerwyn Balthazar
Morvant Caledonia United	Morvant/Laventille	Park Street Recreational Ground	3,000	Jerry Moe	Kareem Joseph
North East Stars	Arima	Arima Velodrome	5,000	Zoran Vraneš	Sean John
Point Fortin Civic	Point Fortin	Mahaica Oval Pavilion	2,500	Reynold Carrington	Hughtun Hector
Police	Saint James	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Richard Hood	Adrian Foncette
San Juan Jabloteh	San Juan	Barataria Oval	1,000	Keith Jeffrey	Elton John
St. Ann's Rangers	St. Ann's	Saint Augustine Secondary Grounds	1,000	Dave Quamina	Chadley David
W Connection	Point Lisas	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Stuart Charles-Fevrier	Gerard Williams

Stadiums Used

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	41
2	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27
3	Larry Gomes Stadium	10
4	Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin	9
5	Mannie Ramjohn Stadium	2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	W Connection (C)	18	10	7	1	43	8	+35	37
2	Central	18	11	3	4	42	25	+17	36
3	Club Sando	18	10	3	5	44	26	+18	33
4	Police	18	10	3	5	37	21	+16	33
5	Defence Force	18	9	3	6	38	21	+17	30
6	Morvant Caledonia United	18	8	6	4	36	22	+14	30
7	San Juan Jabloteh	18	8	3	7	29	24	+5	27
8	Point Fortin Civic	18	3	2	13	20	46	−26	11
9	St. Ann's Rangers	18	3	1	14	13	67	−54	10
10	North East Stars	18	1	3	14	16	58	−42	6

Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2018. Source: TT Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Positions by round

	Leader
	2020 Caribbean 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
Team ╲ Round
W Connection	1	2	1
Defence Force	3	1	2
Club Sando	4	4	3
San Juan Jabloteh	6	5	4
Central	2	3
Point Fortin Civic	5	6
Morvant Caledonia United	7	7
North East Stars	9	8
St. Ann's Rangers	10	10
Police	8	9	10

Updated to match(es) played on 22 August 2018. Source: TT Pro League

Results

Matches 1–18
Home \ Away	CEN	CSA	DFO	MCU	NES	PFC	POL	SJJ	SAR	WCO
Central		2–2	2–1	3–1	6–1	4–0	1–0	0–3	4–2	1–6
Club Sando	1–1		1–0	5–3	5–4	4–1	2–1	3–2	8–0	1–1
Defence Force	0–1	1–0		4–3	1–1	3–1	2–3	3–0	10–0	1–2
Morvant Caledonia United	2–1	3–0	0–0		0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0
North East Stars	0–2	2–6	1–4	0–8		1–3	1–5	0–1	0–1	1–1
Point Fortin Civic	0–3	0–1	1–2	2–2	4–1		1–3	0–2	4–2	1–3
Police	3–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	4–1		1–2	2–2	0–0
San Juan Jabloteh	2–4	1–0	0–2	2–3	1–2	0–0	2–0		5–0	1–1
St. Ann's Rangers	1–7	0–5	1–4	0–3	3–0^[a]	1–0	0–3	0–3^[b]		0–4
W Connection	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	4–0	8–0	4–0	4–1	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2018. Source: TT Pro League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ In the St. Ann's Rangers v North East Stars game, Rangers were awarded a 3–0 default victory.
^ In the St. Ann's Rangers v San Juan Jabloteh game, Jabloteh were awarded a 3–0 default victory.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[5]
1	Marcus Joseph	W Connection	18
2	Tyrone Charles	Club Sando	16
3	Kareem Freitas	Police	15
4	Akim Armstrong	Central	14
5	Sheldon Holder	Morvant Caledonia United	9
6	Shackeil Henry	Club Sando	8
6	Devorn Jorsling	Defence Force	8
6	Jomoul Francois	San Juan Jabloteh	8
9	Duane Muckette	Central	7
9	Jameel Perry	Police	7