List of Trinidad and Tobago football champions
The Trinidad and Tobago football champions are the winners of the highest league in Trinidad and Tobago football, which is currently the TT Pro League. Teams in bold are those who won the double of the Pro League championship and FA Trophy, or the continental double of the league championship and CONCACAF Champions League in that season. Teams in italics are those who won the treble of the league championship, FA Trophy, and Champions League.
Defence Force has 22 league championships, which is the record for most titles won. Defence Force dominated the National League and Semi-Professional League during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Maple Club of Port of Spain are currently second; their 13 titles beginning in 1927 and the last in 1969, all from the Port of Spain Football League. Casuals, who have ten, won three of the first six seasons in the Port of Spain Football League.[1] Defence Force remains the only club to win the league championship for seven consecutive seasons from 1972–1978.
There have been 13 teams that have completed the double, which are: Defence Force (5 times), Everton (3), ASL Sports Club (2), Maple Club (2), Trintoc (2), W Connection (2), Casuals, Colts, Joe Public, Paragon, Police, Regiment, and Shamrock. Defence Force remains the only Trinidadian club to have completed the treble in 1985.
Port of Spain Football League (1908–1973)
[edit]| Season | Champions (number of titles) |
Runners-up | Third place | Top goalscorer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player(s) | Goals | ||||
| 1908 | Clydesdale | Casuals | Local Forces | Unknown | |
| 1909 | Casuals | Shamrock | Local Forces |  Mikey Cipriani
|
15
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| 1910 | Shamrock | Casuals | Clydesdale | Unknown | |
| 1911 | Shamrock (2) | Casuals | Local Forces | Unknown | |
| 1912 | Casuals (2) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1913 | Casuals (3) | Clydesdale | Shamrock | Unknown | |
| 1914 | Clydesdale (2) | Shamrock | Casuals | Unknown | |
| 1915 | Clydesdale (3) | Shamrock | Casuals | Unknown | |
| 1916–18 | League suspended due to the First World War | ||||
| 1919 | Queen's Park | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1920 | Royal Sussex | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1921 | Casuals (4) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1922 | Shamrock (3) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1923 | Shamrock (4) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1924 | Shamrock (5) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1925 | Shamrock (6) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1926 | Sporting Club | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1927 | Maple Club | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1928 | Maple Club (2) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1929 | Casuals (5) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1930 | Everton | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1931 | Everton (2) | Maple Club | Shamrock | Unknown | |
| 1932 | Everton (3) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1933 | Queen's Royal College | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1934 | Casuals (6) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1935 | Casuals (7) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1936 | Sporting Club (2) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1937 | Sporting Club (3) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1938 | Casuals (8) | Sporting Club | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1939 | Notre Dame | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1940 | Casuals (9) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1941 | Casuals (10) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1942 | Colts | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1943 | Fleet Air Arm | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1944 | Shamrock (7) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1945 | Colts (2) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1946 | Notre Dame (2) | Sporting Club | Shamrock | Unknown | |
| 1947 | Colts (3) | Malvern United | Notre Dame | Unknown | |
| 1948 | Malvern United | Notre Dame | Sporting Club | Unknown | |
| 1949 | Malvern United (2) | Maple Club | Colts | Unknown | |
| 1950 | Maple Club (3) | Malvern United | Notre Dame | Unknown | |
| 1951 | Maple Club (4) | Notre Dame | Colts | Unknown | |
| 1952 | Maple Club (5) | Malvern United | Colts | Unknown | |
| 1953 | Maple Club (6) | Sporting Club | Malvern United | Unknown | |
| 1954 | Sporting Club (4) | Maple Club | Colts | Unknown | |
| 1955 | Sporting Club (5) | Malvern United | Maple Club | Unknown | |
| 1956 | Notre Dame (3) | Providence | Maple Club | Unknown | |
| 1957 | Colts (4) | Maple Club | Shamrock | Unknown | |
| 1958 | Shamrock (8) | Malvern United | Casuals | Unknown | |
| 1959 | Shamrock (9) | Malvern United | Maple Club | Unknown | |
| 1960 | Maple Club(7) | Malvern United | Sporting Club | Unknown | |
| 1961 | Maple Club (8) | Malvern United | Dynamos | Unknown | |
| 1962 | Maple Club (9) | Shamrock | Malvern United | Unknown | |
| 1963 | Maple Club (10) | Regiment | Colts | Unknown | |
| 1964 | Paragon (1) | Maple Club | Sporting Club | Unknown | |
| 1965 | Regiment (1) | Shamrock | Malvern United | Unknown | |
| 1966 | Regiment (2) | Maple Club | Paragon | Unknown | |
| 1967 | Maple Club (11) | Regiment | Malvern United | Unknown | |
| 1968 | Maple Club (12) | Paragon | Malvern United | Unknown | |
| 1969 | Maple Club (13) | Malvern United | Regiment | Unknown | |
| 1970 | Regiment (3) | Police | Malvern United | Unknown | |
| 1971 | Season not finished | ||||
| 1972 | Defence Force (4) | Malvern United | Paragon | Unknown | |
| 1973 | Defence Force (5) | Maple Club | Police | Unknown | |
National League (1974–1995)
[edit]- NOTE: In seasons 1981, 1982 and 1983, rival leagues were in operation. It was agreed that the top five clubs from each league plus the national under-21 squad would form an 11 team united league for 1984.
ASL Sports won the league, but refused to enter the play-offs which had been hastily added to the schedule near the end of the regular season. Stripped of their league crown, ASL Sports withdrew from the national league. Four national league clubs (ECM Motown, Tacarigua United, HAS Cocorite United and KFC Memphis) and three other clubs followed suit to form an eight team rival league for the 1985-season.
Semi-Professional League (1996–1998)
[edit]| Season | Champions (number of titles) |
Runners-up | Third place | Top goalscorer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player(s) | Goals | ||||
| 1996 | Defence Force (18) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 1997 | Defence Force (19) | Joe Public | Caledonia AIA | Gary Glasgow (Defence Force)
|
26
|
| 1998 | Joe Public | Caledonia AIA | Queen's Park |  Kendall Velox (Caledonia AIA)
|
19
|
TT Pro League (1999–present)
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Total titles won
[edit]Twenty-four clubs have been crowned champions in the highest division of Trinidad and Tobago football.
Clubs in bold compete in the TTPFL as of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Club | Number of titles | Winning seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
1
|
Defence Force | 24
|
1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2023 |
2
|
Maple Club | 13
|
1927, 1928, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969 |
3
|
Casuals | 10
|
1909, 1912, 1913, 1921, 1929, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1941 |
4
|
Shamrock | 9
|
1910, 1911, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1944, 1958, 1959 |
| 5 | W Connection | 6
|
2000, 2001, 2005, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2018 |
| 6 | Sporting Club | 5
|
1926, 1936, 1937, 1954, 1955 |
| 7 | Colts | 4
|
1942, 1945, 1947, 1957 |
| San Juan Jabloteh | 4
|
2002, 2003–04, 2007, 2008 | |
| 9 | Central FC | 3
|
2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 |
| Clydesdale | 3
|
1908, 1914, 1915 | |
| Everton | 3
|
1930, 1931, 1932 | |
| Joe Public | 3
|
1998, 2006, 2009 | |
| Notre Dame | 3
|
1939, 1946, 1956 | |
| Police | 3
|
1979, 1991, 1994 | |
| Regiment | 3
|
1965, 1966, 1970 | |
| 16 | ASL Sports Club | 2
|
1982, 1983 |
| Malvern United | 2
|
1948, 1949 | |
| AC Port of Spain (North East Stars) | 2
|
2004, 2017 | |
| Trintoc | 2
|
1986, 1988 | |
| 20 | Fleet Air Arm | 1
|
1943 |
| Paragon | 1
|
1964 | |
| Queen's Park | 1
|
1919 | |
| Queen's Royal College | 1
|
1933 | |
| Royal Sussex | 1
|
1920 |
Multiple trophy wins
[edit]See The Double and The Treble
See also
[edit]- Trinidad and Tobago football league system
- Association football in Trinidad and Tobago
- List of TT Pro League seasons
References
[edit]- General
- "History of the TT Pro League". 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- "Trinidad and Tobago Football History". 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- Specific
- ^ "Trinidad and Tobago - List of Champions". Radek Jelínekm, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF. 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
External links
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