Cunupia F.C. Explained

Clubname:	Cunupia
Fullname:	Cunupia Football Club
Ground:	Larry Gomes Stadium Malabar, Trinidad and Tobago
Capacity:	7,500
Owntitle:	Owner
League:	TT Premier Football League
Season:	2023
Position:	TT Pro League, 12th

Cunupia F.C. is a Trinidadian professional football club, based in Cunupia, that plays in the TT Premier Football League.^[1] Once in the second division of Trinidad and Tobago football, they became a top flight team after being accepted to the then 2019-20 TT Pro League season.^[2] They finished bottom of the shortened season.

The club's colours are black and yellow.

History

Cunupia won the 2016 Super League (second division) title, beating University of Trinidad and Tobago to the title on head-to-head.^[3]

Cunupia finished fourth in the second division and won the second division knock-out in 2018 and was accepted to the top league in February 2019, although had their bid initially un-accepted in March 2019.^{[4] [5]}

In 2022 the team played in the Ascension League as Trinidad and Tobago did not have a professional league.^[6]

The team returned to the top flight for the 2023 season after COVID interrupted the Trinidadian pro league.^[7]

External links

• Soccerway Profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: tt-premier-football-league-officially-launched. 7 February 2023 .
2. Web site: cunupia-fc-accepted-for-2019-pro-league. 7 February 2019 .
3. Web site: Cunupia FC declared Super League Championship winners. Joel. Bailey. 6 December 2016.
4. Web site: Cunupia ready for Pro League Plunge. Newsday. 22 November 2018. Joel. Bailey.
5. Web site: Cunupia set to miss out on revamped Pro League; Fakoory says Youth Pro League stays for 2019. Lisana. Liburd. 3 March 2019.
6. Web site: Cunupia FC aim to make mark in Ascension Football League. Jelani. Beckles. 24 April 2022. Newsday.
7. Web site: TT Premier League lookahead: De Four says, expect a fight when you play Cunupia FC. Jelani. Beckles. 23 February 2023. Newsday.