Competition: | TT Pro League |
Season: | 2007 |
Winners: | San Juan Jabloteh 3rd Pro League title 3rd T&T title |
Continentalcup1: | CFU Club Championship |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | San Juan Jabloteh Joe Public |
Contninntalcup2: | Champions League |
League Topscorer: | Peter Byers (15 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | W Connection 7–0 Police (15 September 2007) |
Biggest Away Win: | Tobago United 1–7 Caledonia AIA (30 October 2007) |
Highest Scoring: | Tobago United 6–2 Police (31 July 2007) Tobago United 1–7 Caledonia AIA (30 October 2007) North East Stars 7–1 Police (13 November 2007) |
Total Goals: | 432 |
Matches: | 150 |
Prevseason: | 2006 |
Nextseason: | 2008 |
The 2007 TT Pro League was the ninth 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 took part in the league, with Joe Public the defending champions.[1] The season began on 14 April and ended on 18 December, with the conclusion of the Lucozade Sport Big Six.
The following changes were made since the 2006 season:
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 | ||
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Caledonia AIA | Morvant/Laventille | align=center | 10,000 | ||||
Defence Force | Chaguaramas | Hasely Crawford Stadium | align=center | 27,000 | |||
Joe Public | Arouca | Marvin Lee Stadium | align=center | 6,000 | |||
North East Stars | Sangre Grande | Sangre Grande Ground | align=center | 7,000 | |||
Police | Saint James | Hasely Crawford Stadium | align=center | 27,000 | |||
San Juan Jabloteh | San Juan | Hasely Crawford Stadium | align=center | 27,000 | |||
Superstar Rangers | San Juan | Hasely Crawford Stadium | align=center | 27,000 | |||
Tobago United | Bacolet | Dwight Yorke Stadium | align=center | 7,500 | |||
United Petrotrin | Pointe-à-Pierre | Palo Seco Velodrome | align=center | 10,000 | |||
W Connection | Point Lisas | Manny Ramjohn Stadium | align=center | 10,000 |
See also: List of TT Pro League managers.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table | |
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Police | Michael Maurice | 14 April 2007 | Pre-season | |||||
Defence Force | Anthony Barrington | Retired | 8 November 2006 | 7th (2006) | Kerry Jamerson | 8 February 2007 | Pre-season | |
North East Stars | Everald Cummings | End of caretaker contract | 29 January 2007[3] | 5th (2006) | James McLean | 11 February 2007 | Pre-season | |
Joe Public | Michael McComie | Resigned | 23 February 2007 | 1st (2006) | Clemente Hernández | 23 February 2007[4] | Pre-season | |
Joe Public | Clemente Hernández | Sacked | 14 July 2007 | 3rd | Michael McComie | 15 July 2007[5] | 3rd |
Round 1 | |||
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Home team | Score | Away team | |
North East Stars | 0–2 | Joe Public | |
W Connection | 2–1 | San Juan Jabloteh | |
Defence Force | 1–0 | Caledonia AIA |
Round 2 | |||
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Home team | Score | Away team | |
W Connection | 1–1 | Defence Force | |
Caledonia AIA | 1–3 | North East Stars | |
San Juan Jabloteh | 0–1 | Joe Public |
Round 3 | |||
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Home team | Score | Away team | |
W Connection | 3–0 | North East Stars | |
San Juan Jabloteh | 0–0 | Defence Force | |
Caledonia AIA | 1–1 | Joe Public |
Round 4 | |||
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Home team | Score | Away team | |
Defence Force | 1–0 | Joe Public | |
W Connection | 3–1 | Caledonia AIA | |
North East Stars | 0–2 | San Juan Jabloteh |
Round 5 | |||
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Home team | Score | Away team | |
Defence Force | 2–2 | North East Stars | |
San Juan Jabloteh | 2–1 | Caledonia AIA | |
Joe Public | 1–1 | W Connection |
See also: List of top TT Pro League goal scorers by season.
See main article: List of TT Pro League hat-tricks.
Player | For ! | Against | Result | Date | Ref(s) | |
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North East Stars | 4–1 | |||||
Superstar Rangers | 5–0 | |||||
Tobago United | 5–1 | |||||
Police | 4–3 | |||||
Police | 5–0 | |||||
Tobago United | 6–2 | |||||
Tobago United | 7–1 |
Round | Player of the Round | Round's Statline | |
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Round One | Marvin Oliver (Caledonia AIA) | 9 GP, 3 G, Caledonia AIA 6-2-1 in Round One | |
Round Two | Anton Pierre (Defence Force) | 9 GP, 4 SHO, Defence Force 7-1-1 in Round Two | |
Keon Daniel (United Petrotrin) | 9 GP, 3 G, United Petrotrin 4-1-4 in Round Three |
The 2007 TT Pro League awards distribution took place on 5 April 2008, prior to the 2008 season's opening match at Hasely Crawford Stadium.[8]
The majority of the individual and team awards were shared by the league champion, San Juan Jabloteh, and the league's top trophy winner, W Connection. Marvin Oliver of Caledonia AIA was named the league's Player of the Year and Best Midfielder for the season. Each being Oliver's first recognition of his career.[9] Peter Byers from Antigua and Barbuda received the Golden Boot and was named the Best Forward for leading the league with 15 goals. Stuart Charles-Fevrier became the first two-time winner of Manager of the Year after leading W Connection to two more cup trophies, a league third-place finish, and the Team of the Year award. Other individual awards were received by Jabloteh's Cleon John and W Connection's Elijah Joseph for Best Goalkeeper and Best Defender, respectively.[10] The remaining team award was also won by the Savonetta Boys for the Most Disciplined Team of the Year. FIFA international referee, Neal Brizan, won the Referee of the Year, whereas Norris Ferguson won the Match Commissioner of the Year.
Award | Winner | |
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Player of the Year | Marvin Oliver (Caledonia AIA) | |
Manager of the Year | Stuart Charles-Fevrier (W Connection) | |
Best Goalkeeper | Cleon John (San Juan Jabloteh) | |
Best Defender | Elijah Joseph (W Connection) | |
Best Midfielder | Marvin Oliver (Caledonia AIA) | |
Best Forward | Peter Byers (San Juan Jabloteh) | |
Golden Boot | Peter Byers (San Juan Jabloteh) | |
Team of the Year | W Connection | |
Most Disciplined Team of the Year | W Connection | |
Referee of the Year | Neal Brizan | |
Assistant Referee of the Year | Joseph Taylor | |
Match Commissioner of the Year | Norris Ferguson |