The 2015 CFU Club Championship was the 17th edition of CFU Club Championship, the annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). The top three teams in the tournament qualified for the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.
Central won the tournament by defeating fellow Trinidadian side W Connection in the final. Both teams qualified for the Champions League, along with Montego Bay United of Jamaica, who defeated Haitian side Don Bosco in the third place game.
The first round was held in April 2015 at sites in Haiti, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. The final round was played in May 2015 in Trinidad and Tobago.
Teams
The tournament was open to all league champions and runners-up from each of the 31 CFU member associations (or cup winners if the league was not played), once their competition ended on or before the end of 2014.
A total of 15 teams from 9 CFU associations entered the competition, as they met the registration and fee payment deadline of January 7, 2015. This is the first CFU Club Championship to feature a team from the Bahamas, with Lyford Cay Dragons as their entrant.
There are no defending champions as no final was played in 2014.
AssociationTeamQualification method Antigua and BarbudaSAP2013–14 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division champions BahamasLyford Cay Dragons2013–14 BFA Senior League champions GuadeloupeMoulien2013–14 Guadeloupe Division d'Honneur championsUSR2013–14 Guadeloupe Division d'Honneur runners-up GuyanaAlpha United2013–14 GFF National Super League championsGuyana Defence Force2013–14 GFF National Super League runners-up HaitiAmérica des Cayes2014 Ligue Haïtienne Tournoi d'Ouverture championsDon Bosco2014 Ligue Haïtienne Tournoi de Clôture champions JamaicaMontego Bay United2013–14 National Premier League championsWaterhouse2013–14 National Premier League runners-up SurinameInter Moengotapoe2013–14 SVB Hoofdklasse championsExcelsior2013–14 SVB Hoofdklasse runners-up Trinidad and TobagoW Connection2013–14 TT Pro League championsCentral2013–14 TT Pro League runners-up U.S. Virgin IslandsHelenites2013–14 U.S. Virgin Islands Championship champions
+Associations which did not enter a team Anguilla Aruba Barbados Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana Grenada Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands
Schedule RoundDatesFirst round15–19 April 2015Final round22–24 May 2015
First round In the first round, the 15 teams were divided into three groups of four and one group of three, with each group containing at least two league champions. Each group was played on a round-robin basis, hosted by one of the teams at a centralized venue. The winners of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Group 1 Hosted by Alpha United in Providence, Guyana (all times UTC−4).
Group 2 Hosted by W Connection in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago (all times UTC−4).
Notes
Group 3 Hosted by América des Cayes in Les Cayes, Haiti (all times UTC−4).
Group 4 Hosted by Don Bosco in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (all times UTC−4).
Final round In the final round, the four teams played matches on a knock-out basis, hosted by one of the teams at a centralized venue. The semi-final winners played in the final while the losers played in the third place match.
Bracket Hosted in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago (all times UTC−4). In the original fixtures published by the CFU, the winners of Groups 1 and 2 were to play in one semi-final, while the winners of Groups 3 and 4 were to play in the other semi-final. The semi-final matchups were changed by the CFU after the completion of the first round.
Semi-finals Winners qualified for the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.
Third place match Winner qualified for the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League.
Final
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Hashim Arcia W Connection72 Benchy Estama Don Bosco63 Monuma Constant Jr. Don Bosco44 Jerrel Britto W Connection3 Wensley Christoph Excelsior3 Delroy Fraser Guyana Defence Force3 Shahdon Winchester W Connection38 Krismiller Bolmin Moulien2 Kerlins Georges Don Bosco2 Kens Germain América des Cayes2 Minnji Gomez Moulien2 Owayne Gordon Montego Bay United2 Ataullah Guerra Central2 Tevaughn Harriette SAP2 Fabian McCarthy Montego Bay United2 Geel Pierre América des Cayes2 Willis Plaza Central2
References
External links CFU Club Championship, CFUfootball.org