CFU Club Shield
| Organising body | CFU CONCACAF (2018–2023) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 |
| Region | Caribbean |
| Number of teams | 20 |
| Qualifier for | CONCACAF Caribbean Cup |
| Current champions |  Arnett Gardens (1st title) |
| Most successful club(s) |  Robinhood (2 titles) |
| Television broadcasters | CFU (YouTube) |
 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
[edit]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.[citation needed]
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
[edit]| Season | Hosts | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 |  Dominican Republic
|
 Club Franciscain
|
2–1 | Inter Moengotapoe
|
 Real Rincon
|
3–1 |  Nacional
|
| 2019 |  Curaçao
|
Robinhood
|
1–0 | Club Franciscain
|
 Weymouth Wales and Jong Holland
| ||
| 2020 | Curaçao
|
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[6] | |||||
| 2021 | Curaçao
|
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[7] | |||||
| 2022 |  Puerto Rico
|
Bayamón FC
|
2–1 (a.e.t.) | Inter Moengotapoe
|
 AS Gosier
|
2–0 | Jong Holland
|
| 2023 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
Robinhood
|
5–1 |  Golden Lion
|
 Club Sando
|
6–1 | Metropolitan
|
| 2024 | Curaçao
|
Arnett Gardens
|
1–0 |  Grenades
|
Atlético Pantoja
|
1–1 (9–8 (p)) |  Dublanc
|
Summary
[edit]Performance by club
[edit]| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalist | Top 4 total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinhood
|
2 (2019, 2023) | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Club Franciscain
|
1 (2018) | 1 (2019) | — | — | — | 2 |
| Bayamón FC
|
1 (2022) | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Arnett Gardens
|
1 (2024) | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Inter Moengotapoe
|
— | 2 (2018, 2022) | — | — | — | 2 |
| Golden Lion
|
— | 1 (2023) | — | — | — | 1 |
| Grenades
|
— | 1 (2024) | — | — | — | 1 |
| Real Rincon
|
— | — | 1 (2018) | — | — | 1 |
| AS Gosier
|
— | — | 1 (2022) | — | — | 1 |
| Club Sando
|
— | — | 1 (2023) | — | — | 1 |
| Atlético Pantoja
|
— | — | 1 (2024) | — | — | 1 |
| Jong Holland
|
— | — | — | 1 (2022) | 1 (2019) | 2 |
| Nacional
|
— | — | — | 1 (2018) | — | 1 |
| Metropolitan
|
— | — | — | 1 (2023) | — | 1 |
| Dublanc
|
— | — | — | 1 (2024) | — | 1 |
| Weymouth Wales
|
— | — | — | — | 1 (2019) | 1 |
Performance by association
[edit]- Legend
|
|
|
| Team | 2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
2022
|
2023
|
2024
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda
|
– | QF | x | – | – | – | 2nd | 2 |
| Aruba
|
4th | GS | x | x | GS | GS | R16 | 5 |
| Barbados
|
GS | SF | x | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Bonaire
|
3rd | GS | x | x | GS | – | R16 | 4 |
 British Virgin Islands
|
– | – | x | – | – | – | – | 0 |
 Cayman Islands
|
GS | GS | x | – | – | GS | R16 | 4 |
 Cuba
|
– | QF | x | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Curaçao
|
GS | SF | x | x | 4th | GS | QF | 5 |
| Dominica
|
– | – | x | x | GS | GS | 4th | 3 |
| Dominican Republic
|
– | – | – | – | – | GS | 3rd | 2 |
 French Guiana
|
– | – | – | x | – | GS | R16 | 2 |
 Grenada
|
GS | – | – | – | – | – | PR | 2 |
| Guadeloupe
|
GS | QF | x | x | 3rd | GS | – | 4 |
 Guyana
|
–– | GS | – | x | – | – | PR | 2 |
 Haiti
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | –– | 0 |
| Jamaica
|
– | – | – | – | – | –– | 1st | 1 |
| Martinique
|
1st | 2nd | x | x | GS | 2nd | – | 4 |
| Puerto Rico
|
– | – | x | x | 1st | 4th | QF | 3 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
GS | QF | – | x | – | GS | QF | 4 |
 Saint Lucia
|
– | GS | x | x | – | GS | R16 | 3 |
 Saint Martin
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | PR | 1 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
GS | – | x | x | – | – | – | 1 |
 Sint Maarten
|
– | – | – | x | GS | GS | PR | 3 |
| Suriname
|
2nd | 1st | x | x | 2nd | 1st | QF | 5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago
|
– | – | – | – | – | 3rd | R16 | 2 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands
|
– | – | – | – | GS | GS | R16 | 3 |
| Total | 12 | 13 | 0 (15) | 0 (14) | 10 | 16 | 20 |
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Dominican Republic Selected to Host Inaugural CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield". mailchi.mp. CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Concacaf transitions Caribbean Club Shield organization and management to Caribbean Football Union". CONCACAF. 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Concacaf announces details for 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions". Concacaf. 21 April 2023. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "CONCACAF Caribbean Cup: A brand new tournament to crown the best club". FIFA. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ Nicholson, Paul (1 May 2024). "Rehabilitated CFU takes over the running of Concacaf's Caribbean Club Shield competition". Inside World Football. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Update on Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield and Flow Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship". CONCACAF. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ "Update on 2021 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions". Concacaf. concacaf.com. 23 April 2021. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Caribbean Football Union
- CFU Championship, RSSSF.com
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