CFU Club Shield explained

CFU Club Shield
Organiser:CFU
CONCACAF (2018–2023)
Region:Caribbean
Number Of Teams:20
Qualifier For:CONCACAF Caribbean Cup
Current Champions: Arnett Gardens (1st title)
Most Successful Club: Robinhood (2 titles)
Broadcasters:CFU (YouTube)
Current:2024 CFU Club Shield

The CFU Club Shield, also known as the CFU Caribbean Club Shield and formerly as the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, is an annual Caribbean football competition for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). It is a second-tier competition to the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (and formerly the Caribbean Club Championship), introduced in 2018 for clubs which worked towards professional standards.[1] It is organized by the CFU, with CONCACAF organizing it between 2018 and 2023.[2]

Until 2022, the winner of this competition, as long as it fulfilled the licensing criteria, played against the fourth-placed team of the Caribbean Club Championship for a place in the CONCACAF League. Starting with 2023, the winner and runner-up qualify for the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup.[3]

History

On 25 July 2017 in San Francisco, California, the CONCACAF Council approved the implementation of a two-tier competition for affiliated clubs of Caribbean member associations, starting in 2018. The tier-one competition, known as the Caribbean Club Championship, would be contested by the champions and runners-up of the top professional and semi-professional leagues in year one, and open to only fully professional leagues in year two onwards. The tier-two competition, known as the Caribbean Club Shield, would be contested by the champions of the leagues that had no professional teams in year one (2018), opened to semi-professional standards in year two (2019) and planned to be open to fully professional leagues by 2022.

In 2023, both tournaments were restructured and renamed. The winner and runner-up of the second-tier Caribbean Shield now qualify for the first-tier CONCACAF Caribbean Cup to be held later in the same month.[4]

On 30 April 2024, CONCACAF officially gave the responsibility to organize the Caribbean Club Shield to the Caribbean Football Union, and as such the name of the competition was changed to the CFU Club Shield.[5]

Results

Seasonwidth=200px Hostswidth=150px WinnersScorewidth=150px Runners-upwidth=150px Third placeScorewidth=150px Fourth place
align=center 2018align=left align=center Club Franciscainalign=center 2–1align=center Inter Moengotapoealign=center Real Rinconalign=center 3–1align=center Nacional
align=center 2019align=left align=center Robinhoodalign=center 1–0align=center Club Franciscainalign=center colspan=3 Weymouth Wales and Jong Holland
align=center 2020align=left align=center colspan=6 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[6]
align=center 2021align=left align=center colspan=6 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[7]
align=center 2022align=left align=center Bayamón FCalign=center 2–1 align=center Inter Moengotapoealign=center AS Gosieralign=center 2–0align=center Jong Holland
align=center 2023align=left align=center Robinhoodalign=center 5–1align=center Golden Lionalign=center Club Sandoalign=center 6–1align=center Metropolitan
align=center 2024align=left align=center Arnett Gardensalign=center 1–0align=center Grenadesalign=center Atlético Pantojaalign=center 1–1 (9–8)align=center Dublanc

Summary

Performance by club

!Team!Winners!Runners-up!Third place!Fourth place!Semi-finalist!Top 4 total
Robinhoodstyle=background:#FFD7002 (2019, 2023)2
Club Franciscainstyle=background:#FFD7001 (2018)style=background:#C0C0C01 (2019)2
Bayamón FCstyle=background:#FFD7001 (2022)1
Arnett Gardensstyle=background:#FFD7001 (2024)1
Inter Moengotapoestyle=background:#C0C0C02 (2018, 2022)2
Golden Lionstyle=background:#C0C0C01 (2023)1
Grenadesstyle=background:#C0C0C01 (2024)1
Real Rinconstyle=background:#CC99661 (2018)1
AS Gosierstyle=background:#CC99661 (2022)1
Club Sandostyle=background:#CC99661 (2023)1
Atlético Pantojastyle=background:#CC99661 (2024)1
Jong Hollandstyle=background:#9ACDFF1 (2022)style=background:#9ACDFF1 (2019)2
Nacionalstyle=background:#9ACDFF1 (2018)1
Metropolitanstyle=background:#9ACDFF1 (2023)1
Dublancstyle=background:#9ACDFF1 (2024)1
Weymouth Walesstyle=background:#9ACDFF1 (2019)1

Performance by association

Legend
 –  – Did not enter ––  – Withdrew before tournament
Team2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Total
align=left QF x 2nd2
align=left 4th GS x x GS GS R165
align=left GS SF x 2
align=left 3rd GS x x GS R164
align=left x 0
align=left GS GS x GS R164
align=left QF x 1
align=left GS SF x x 4th GS QF5
align=left x x GS GS 4th3
align=left GS 3rd2
align=left x GS R162
align=left GS PR2
align=left GS QF x x 3rd GS 4
align=left –– GS x PR2
align=left ––0
align=left –– 1st1
align=left 1st 2nd x x GS 2nd 4
align=left x x 1st 4th QF3
align=left GS QF x GS QF4
align=left GS x x GS R163
align=left PR1
align=left GS x x 1
align=left x GS GS PR3
align=left 2nd 1st x x 2nd 1st QF5
align=left 3rd R162
align=left GS GS R163
Total 12 13 0 (15) 0 (14) 10 16 20

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dominican Republic Selected to Host Inaugural CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield. mailchi.mp. CONCACAF. 15 February 2018. 16 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190616081645/https://mailchi.mp/9c8b7592667d/dominican-republic-selected-to-host-inaugural-concacaf-caribbean-club-shield. live.
  2. Web site: Concacaf transitions Caribbean Club Shield organization and management to Caribbean Football Union. 30 April 2024. CONCACAF.
  3. Web site: Concacaf announces details for 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions . Concacaf . 22 April 2023 . 21 April 2023 . 22 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230422015403/https://www.concacaf.com/en/caribbean-club-shield/news/concacaf-announces-details-for-2023-concacaf-caribbean-club-competitions/ . live .
  4. Web site: CONCACAF Caribbean Cup: A brand new tournament to crown the best club . FIFA . 30 April 2023 . 29 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230429155822/https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/concacaf-caribbean-cup-a-brand-new-tournament-to-crown-the-best-club . live .
  5. News: Nicholson . Paul . Rehabilitated CFU takes over the running of Concacaf’s Caribbean Club Shield competition . 28 May 2024 . Inside World Football . 1 May 2024.
  6. Web site: Update on Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield and Flow Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship. CONCACAF. 25 August 2020. 26 August 2020. 13 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913022157/https://www.concacaf.com/en/article/update-on-concacaf-caribbean-club-shield-and-flow-concacaf-caribbean-club-championship. live.
  7. News: Update on 2021 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions. Concacaf . concacaf.com. 23 April 2021. 23 April 2021. 23 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423154923/https://www.concacaf.com/news/update-on-2021-concacaf-caribbean-club-competitions/. live.