W. Connection

Full name	W Connection Football Club[1]
Nickname(s)	Savonetta Boys
Founded	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Ground	Manny Ramjohn Stadium Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago
Capacity	10,000[2]
Owner	Luca Stewart-Rusin
Manager	Stuart Charles-Fevrier
League	TT Pro League
2019-20	TT Pro League, 4th
Home colours Away colours

W. Connection Football Club is a professional football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the TT Pro League. The club plays its home games at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. The club's offices are based at the Point Lisas Industrial Estate.

History

The team was founded as W Connection Sports Club in 1986, as a "fete match" team, by brothers David John Williams and Patrick John Williams in San Fernando. Upon the creation of the TT Pro League, W Connection FC was officially founded in 1999, and promptly joined the nascent league.^[3] In 1999, their first season, the club finished third in the league, while winning the FA Trophy. Even though the club had a successful first season, the team would see even better times the next two campaigns, by winning the league in consecutive seasons.

The Savonetta Boys have also had success in domestic cups. W Connection have won the First Citizens Cup six years in the cup's nine-year existence. On September 26, 2008, in an exciting final of the cup, against Joe Public, W Connection used penalty kicks to claim the victory 6–5, after the match ended level 2–2, to claim their fifth consecutive title.

Club honours

League honours

• TT Pro League
  • Champions (5): 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011–12, 2013–14
  • Big Six Winners (1): 2007

Cups and trophies

• FA Trophy
  • Winners (4): 1999, 2000, 2002, 2013–14
  • Runners-up (3): 2003, 2008, 2009
• First Citizens Cup
  • Winners (6): 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Runners-up (2): 2002, 2003
• Digicel Charity Shield
  • Winners (3): 2012, 2013, 2014
• TOYOTA Classic: 2
  • Winners (3): 2005, 2011, 2013
• Digicel Pro Bowl
  • Winners (6): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2014
  • Runners-up (3): 2005, 2006, 2011
• Lucozade Sport Goal Shield
  • Winners (2): 2009, 2013
  • Runners-up (1): 2014

International honours

• CFU Club Championship
  • Winners (3): 2002, 2006, 2009
  • Runners-up (5): 2000, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2015

Record

Year-by-year

^†W Connection finished second in the Championship Group of the CFU Club Championship 2000.
^‡Defence Force, winner of Group B, are considered the winner of the CFU Club Championship 2001 based on tie-breakers over W Connection.
*W Connection, winner of Group B, are considered the winner of the CFU Club Championship 2002 based on tie-breakers over Arnett Gardens.
**W Connection, winner of Group A, are considered runners-up as they finished with fewer points than Valencia FC.

International competition

• 2000 CFU Club Championship

Group stage v. Tivoli Gardens – 1:1

Group stage v. Café Sisserou Strikers – 11:0

Group stage v. Empire – 3:3

Championship Group v. Harbour View – 3:1

Championship Group v. Carioca – 1:1

Championship Group v. Joe Public – 0:1

• 2001 CFU Club Championship

First Round v. Conquerors – 2:1, 8:0 (W Connection advances 10:1 on aggregate)

Group stage v. Jong Colombia – 3:1

Group stage v. RCH – 4:0

• 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

First Round v. Kansas City Wizards – 0:1, 0:2 (Kansas City Wizards advances 3:0 on aggregate)

• 2002 CFU Club Championship

Group stage v. Harbour View – 2:1

Group stage v. US Robert – 2:0

• 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

First Round v. Toluca – 3:3, 2:3 (Toluca advances 6:5 on aggregate)

• 2003 CFU Club Championship

First Round v. FCS Nacional – 3:0, 0:2 (W Connection advances 3:2 on aggregate)

Semi-finals v. Portmore United – 0:0, 1:0 (W Connection advances 1:0 on aggregate)

Final v. San Juan Jabloteh – 1:2, 1:2 (San Juan Jabloteh wins 4:2 on penalties)

• 2006 CFU Club Championship

Group stage v. Hoppers – 5:0

Group stage v. Puerto Rico Islanders – 1:0

Semi-finals v. Harbour View – 3:2

Final v. San Juan Jabloteh – 1:0

• 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Quarter-finals v. Guadalajara – 2:1, 0:3 (CD Guadalajara advances 4:2 on aggregate)

• 2009 CFU Club Championship

First Round v. Bath Estate – 5:0, 12:1 (W Connection advances 17:1 on aggregate)

Second Round v. Cavaly – 3:1, 1:0 (W Connection advances 4:1 on aggregate)

Semi-finals v. San Juan Jabloteh – 2:1

Final v. Puerto Rico Islanders – 2:1

• 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League

Preliminary Round v. New York Red Bulls – 2:2, 2:1 (W Connection advances 4:3 on aggregate)

Group stage v. Comunicaciones – 1:2, 3:0

Group stage v. UNAM – 2:2, 1:2

Group stage v. Real España – 0:1, 3:2

• 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage v. Xelajú – 2:2, 2:3

Group stage v. Guadalajara – 0:4, 1:1

• 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage v. Árabe Unido – 1:3, 0:2

Group stage v. Houston Dynamo – 0:0, 0:2

• 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage v. Santos Laguna – 0:4, 0:1

Group stage v. Saprissa – 0:4, 2:1

• 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League

TBD

Current squad

Squad for the 2019-20 TT Pro League

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GRN Jason Belfon — GK  TRI Denzil Smith — DF  TRI Ronald Charles (footballer) — DF  LCA Kurt Frederick — DF  TRI Isaiah Garcia — DF  TRI Rhondel Gibson — DF  LCA Alvinus Myers — MF  TRI Nathaniel James — MF  TRI Quinn Rodney

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  TRI Molik Khan — MF  DMA Briel Thomas — MF  TRI Aaron Rodney — MF  TRI Isaiah Hudson — MF  TRI Adan Noel — FW  SUR Dimitrie Apai — FW  IRN Sattar Amjad — FW  TRI Jevaughn Humphrey — FW  TRI Neil Benjamin

Staff

Technical staff

Technical Director/Head Coach:

• Stuart Charles Fevrier

Assistant Coach:

• Earl Jean

Assistant Coach:

• Eligah Joseph

Goalkeeper Coach:

• Trevor Nottingham

Management

President/Chief Executive Officer:

• Renee John-Williams

Chairman of the Board:

• David Martin

Youth

The youth teams of the club are member of the OASIS Youth League.^[4]