2010 CFU Club Championship explained

Dates:16 March – 8 May
Num Teams:18
Associations:10
Champion Other: Puerto Rico Islanders
Count:1
Second Other: Joe Public
Third Other: San Juan Jabloteh
Fourth Other: Bayamón FC
Matches:33
Goals:123
Attendance:34350
Top Scorer: Kerry Baptiste (9 goals)
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2011

The 2010 CFU Club Championship was the 12th 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 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.

Qualified clubs

The following clubs were all entered into the competition.[1]

width=225Associationwidth=210Team
Devonshire Cougars
Elite
Bath Estate
Defence Force
Alpha United
Racing Gonaïves
Tempête
Barber
Hubentut Fortuna
Puerto Rico Islanders
Bayamón FC
River Plate
Avenues United
Systems 3
Leo Victor
WBC
Joe Public
San Juan Jabloteh
Notes

Competition format

The competition was initially announced by the CFU to be structures similarly to the previous year, during which several team played two-legged playoffs and other seed teams received byes in the later knockout rounds.[1] However, the format was changed at the 2010 CFU Congress, where it was decided that three rounds of group stages would be used.[2] Also, Haiti, who had not initially entered any clubs into the tournament, added Racing Gonaïves and Tempête. Elite SC from Cayman Islands were also later added.[3] However, Elite SC and Bath Estate later withdrew from the tournament, and Guyana Defence Force were moved to Group D due to travel and immigration difficulties.[4] [5] Those changes reduced Group B to two teams, both of which qualify to the second round.[4]

First round

The top two teams from each group as well as the highest ranked third place team advance to the second round.

Group A

All matches hosted in Netherlands Antilles.

Team
River Plate3300122+109
Racing des Gonaïves311134-14
Barber310236-33
Hubentut Fortuna301239-61

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Group B

All matches hosted in Puerto Rico. Officially, Bayamón FC played as visitor in the first leg.

Team
Bayamón FC211062+44
Systems 3201126-41

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Group C

All matches hosted in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Team
Joe Public3300185+139
Avenues United311159-44
Leo Victor31029903
Devonshire Cougars3012615-91

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Group D

All matches hosted in Guyana.

Team
Alpha United211042+24
WBC211032+14
Defence Force200225-30

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Second round

In the second round, only the group winners advance to the final round.

After the completion of the first round, the following changes to the second round have been made:

Group E

All matches hosted in Puerto Rico.

Team
Puerto Rico Islanders220050+56
Racing des Gonaïves200205-50

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Group F

All matches hosted in Puerto Rico.

Team
Bayamón FC220082+66
Avenues United200228-60

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Group G

All matches hosted in Trinidad & Tobago.

Team
San Juan Jabloteh220030+36
River Plate201112-11
Alpha United201113-21

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Group H

All matches hosted in Trinidad & Tobago.

Team
Joe Public220081+76
WBC210125-33
Systems 3200215-40

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Final round

The top three finishers qualify for the preliminary round of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.[10]

All matches hosted in Trinidad & Tobago.[11]

Team
321051+47
Joe Public311134-14
San Juan Jabloteh310243+13
Bayamón FC310248-43

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Top goalscorers

Updated for all matches.[12]

Rank Player Club Goals
1align=left Kerry Baptistealign=left Joe Public9
2align=left Jason Marcanoalign=left San Juan Jabloteh5
align=left Kendall Wastonalign=left Bayamón FC5
4align=left Josh Hansenalign=left Puerto Rico Islanders4
align=left Marcus Josephalign=left Joe Public4
align=left Stefano Rijsselalign=left Leo Victor4
align=left Juan Saraalign=left River Plate4
align=left Conrad Smithalign=left Joe Public4

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club Championship . . February 11, 2010 . 3 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100222065844/http://caribbeanfootballunion.org/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=380&Itemid=1 . 22 February 2010 . live .
  2. Web site: CFU Club Champions Cup to open March 16 . concacaf.com . CONCACAF . March 2, 2010 . 24 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100307225304/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~1964508%2C00.html . 7 March 2010 . dead .
  3. Web site: Elite FC added to CFU Club Champions Cup . concacaf.com . CONCACAF . March 15, 2010 . 16 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100316233230/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~1995234%2C00.html . 16 March 2010 . dead .
  4. Web site: Elite SC withdraws from CFU club championship . concacaf.com . CONCACAF . March 23, 2010 . 23 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100328121743/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2003308%2C00.html . 2010-03-28 . dead .
  5. Web site: Bath Estate withdraws from CFU club championship . concacaf.com . CONCACAF . March 25, 2010 . 26 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100507023200/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2005773%2C00.html . 2010-05-07 . dead .
  6. Web site: CFU club second-round schedule altered . concacaf.com . CONCACAF . April 5, 2010 . 6 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100412164456/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2012630%2C00.html . 12 April 2010 . dead .
  7. Web site: CFU club championship matches postponed . concacaf.com . CONCACAF . April 13, 2010 . 14 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610222631/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2023601,00.html . 10 June 2011 . dead .
  8. Web site: CFU club tourney schedule change announced . concacaf.com . CONCACAF . April 14, 2010 . 15 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100415222316/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2024798%2C00.html . 15 April 2010 . dead .
  9. Web site: Tempete FC and Leo Victor pull out of CFU Club Champions Cup . concacaf.com . CONCACAF . April 15, 2010 . 16 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100421023536/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2025877%2C00.html . 21 April 2010 . dead .
  10. Web site: Puerto Rico earns third straight CCL berth . concacaf.com . CONCACAF . May 9, 2010 . 9 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100513052918/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2047245,00.html . 13 May 2010 . dead .
  11. Web site: Caribbean clubs final round set for Trinidad . concacaf.com . CONCACAF . April 20, 2010 . 21 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100429003649/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2030334%2C00.html . 29 April 2010 . dead .
  12. Web site: CFU Club Championship 2010: Statistics . concacaf.globalsportsmedia.com . CONCACAF . July 15, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325101543/http://concacaf.globalsportsmedia.com/page.php?sport=soccer&language_id=us&page=tournament&view=statistics&season_id=4941 . March 25, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .