2015–16 TT Pro League

TT Pro League

Season	2015-16
Champions	Central FC 2nd Pro League title 2nd T&T title
CFU Club Championship	Central FC San Juan Jabloteh
Matches played	135
Goals scored	444 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Makesi Lewis (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Defence Force 8-0 Caledonia (9 January 2016)
Biggest away win	North East Stars 0-7 W Connection (31 January 2016)
Highest scoring	North East Stars 4-4 Police (20 October 2015) Defence Force 8-0 Caledonia (9 January 2016) Club Sando 3-5 Police (19 April 2016)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 TT Pro League season (known as the Digicel Pro League for sponsorship reasons) is the seventeenth season of the TT Pro League, the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. A total of ten teams are contesting the league, with Central FC the defending champions from the 2014–15 season.^[1] The season began on 25 September 2015 and concluded on 21 May 2016 with the crowning of Central FC as the league champion.

The first goal of the season was scored by North East Stars' Alonzo Adlam against new team Club Sando in the seventeenth minute of the first round of matches on 25 September 2015.^[2] The first hat-trick of the season was recorded on 12 December 2015 by Jomal Williams of W Connection against St. Ann's Rangers in a 5–0 shutout at Ato Boldon Stadium.^[3]

Changes from the 2014–15 season

The following changes were made since the 2014–15 season:

• Dexter Skeene, Pro League CEO, announced that the prise structure would be TT$1 million awarded to the Pro League champions and TT$150,000 to the league runners-up.
  • The winning club of each of the three rounds in the league will also receive TT$50,000.
  • In each of the three rounds, the top player will also receive TT$10,000.
  • The three rounds will be renamed in honour of former Pro League players that tragically lost their lives in the previous three years – Round 1: Raul Fletcher (Police); Round 2: Akeem Adams (Central FC); and Round 3: Kevon Carter (Defence Force).
• There were a number of changes to the clubs competing in the 2014–15 season.
  • Caledonia AIA changed the name of the club to Morvant Caledonia United.
  • An application from Club Sando for Pro League membership was accepted to add the tenth club to the league.

Player transfers

Managerial changes

Teams

Team summaries

Caledonia

Central FC

Defence

Ma Pau

NE Stars

Point Fortin

Police

Jabloteh

Rangers

W Connection

Club Sando

Location of the 2015–16 TT Pro League teams

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

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Captain
Central FC	California	Ato Boldon Stadium	10,000	Vraneš, ZoranZoran Vraneš	Oliver, MarvinMarvin Oliver
Club Sando	San Fernando	Mahaica Oval Pavilion	2,500	Streete, AnthonyAnthony Streete	McKnight, TebaTeba McKnight
Defence Force	Chaguaramas	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Russell, RossRoss Russell	Rivers, CoreyCorey Rivers
Morvant Caledonia United	Morvant/Laventille	Larry Gomes Stadium	10,000	Shabazz, JamaalJamaal Shabazz	David, StephanStephan David
North East Stars	Sangre Grande	Sangre Grande Regional Complex	7,100	Eve, AngusAngus Eve	John, CleonCleon John
Point Fortin Civic	Point Fortin	Mahaica Oval Pavilion	2,500	Carrington, ReynoldReynold Carrington	Modeste, KelvinKelvin Modeste
Police	Saint James	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Hood, RichardRichard Hood	Noel, TrentTrent Noel
San Juan Jabloteh	San Juan	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Jeffrey, KeithKeith Jeffrey	Williams, DamionDamion Williams
St. Ann's Rangers	San Juan	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000	Spence, JasonJason Spence	Lewis, TerrenceTerrence Lewis
W Connection	Point Lisas	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000	Charles-Fevrier, StuartStuart Charles-Fevrier	Williams, GerardGerard Williams

Stadiums Used

Place	Stadium	Times used
1	Ato Boldon Stadium	52
2	Hasely Crawford Stadium	28
3	Larry Gomes Stadium	26
4	Mahaica Oval	14
5	Mannie Ramjohn Stadium	7
6	Marvin Lee Stadium	4
7	Barataria Recreational Ground	3
8	Guayaguayare Recreational Ground	1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Central (C) (Q)	27	18	4	5	68	20	+48	58	2017 CFU Club Championship First Round
2	San Juan Jabloteh (Q)	27	17	3	7	51	36	+15	54
3	Defence Force	27	14	7	6	54	23	+31	49
4	W Connection	27	14	7	6	54	25	+29	49
5	North East Stars	27	13	5	9	42	49	−7	44
6	Police	27	12	4	11	57	56	+1	40
7	Club Sando	27	9	3	15	36	57	−21	30
8	Point Fortin Civic	27	6	4	17	28	56	−28	22
9	Morvant Caledonia United	27	6	4	17	28	57	−29	22
10	St. Ann's Rangers	27	3	5	19	26	65	−39	14

Updated to games played on 22 May 2016.
Source: TT Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for the tenth round of matches, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

	Leader
	2017 CFU Club Championship First round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Central FC	1	1	1	3	2	2	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
San Juan Jabloteh	3	4	7	7	5	4	2	5	4	4	6	6	6	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2
Defence Force	4	6	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	3	3
W Connection	7	8	6	6	4	3	6	4	6	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	4
North East Stars	2	2	2	1	3	5	3	6	5	5	3	5	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Police	5	5	3	4	6	6	4	2	2	3	5	4	5	5	6	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Club Sando	9	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Point Fortin Civic	10	3	5	8	9	7	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8
Morvant Caledonia United	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9
St. Ann's Rangers	6	7	8	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Last updated: 12 May 2016
Source: TT Pro League

Results

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away^[1] CEN CSA DFO MCU NES PFC POL SJJ SAR WCO Central FC 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 7–0 3–0 5–0 3–1 1–1 Club Sando 0–1 1–4 3–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–6 1–0 1–0 Defence Force 0–0 1–1 8–0 6–1 5–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 Morvant Caledonia 0–4 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 North East Stars 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 4–4 1–3 0–0 0–7 Point Fortin Civic 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 Police 3–4 5–0 1–0 5–0 0–2 3–2 3–3 2–1 2–4 San Juan Jabloteh 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 2–0 1–2 St. Ann's Rangers 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–6 2–3 1–2 W Connection 1–1 0–2 0–2 4–2 3–0 7–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 Updated to games played on 2 March 2016. Source: TT Pro League 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–27 Home \ Away^[1] CEN CSA DFO MCU NES PFC POL SJJ SAR WCO Central FC 4–1 1–0 4–0 7–0 Club Sando 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–5 1–4 2–5 Defence Force 1–1 0–1 3–2 4–0 Morvant Caledonia 0–3 1–3 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–2 North East Stars 3–0 5–2 Point Fortin Civic 1–3 1–2 0–3 5–0 Police 1–0 2–3 San Juan Jabloteh 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 St. Ann's Rangers 2–3 3–4 2–4 0–1 W Connection 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 Updated to games played on 22 May 2016. Source: TT Pro League 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Alonzo Adlam for North East Stars against Club Sando (26 September 2015)^[2]
• First own goal of the season: Kevon Villaroel (Central FC) for North East Stars (16 December 2015)^[4]
• First penalty kick of the season: Willis Plaza (scored) for Central FC against Defence Force (20 October 2015)
• First hat-trick of the season: Jomal Williams (W Connection) against St. Ann's Rangers, 2', 19', 48' (12 December 2015)^[3]
• Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4
  • Jerwyn Balthazar (Defence Force) against St. Ann's Rangers, 4', 26', 45', 64' (15 January 2016)^[5]
• Widest winning margin: 8 goals
  • Defence Force 8–0 Morvant Caledonia United (9 January 2016)^[6]
• Most goals in a match: 8 goals
  • North East Stars 4–4 Police (20 October 2015)
  • Defence Force 8–0 Morvant Caledonia United (9 January 2016)^[6]
• Most goals in a one half: 6 goals
  • Defence Force v Morvant Caledonia United (9 January 2016) 6–0 at half-time, 8–0 final.^[6]
• Most goals in one half by a single team: 6 goals
  • Defence Force v Morvant Caledonia United (9 January 2016) 6–0 at half-time, 8–0 final.^[6]

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[7]
1	Makesi Lewis	Police	21
2	Jason Marcano	Central FC	17
3	Marcus Joseph	Central FC	15
4	Devon Modeste	Club Sando	14
5	Nathan Lewis	San Juan Jabloteh	13
6	Jerwyn Balthazar	Defence Force	12
	Kareem Freitas	Police	12
8	Jamal Gay	San Juan Jabloteh	11
	Jomal Williams	W Connection	11
10	Kerry Baptiste	North East Stars	10

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref(s)
Williams, JomalJomal Williams	W Connection*	St. Ann's Rangers	5–0	12 December 2015	[3]
Gay, JamalJamal Gay	San Juan Jabloteh	Club Sando*	0–6	15 December 2015	[8]
Lewis, MakesiMakesi Lewis	Police	St. Ann's Rangers*	1–6	16 December 2015	[4]
Jorsling, DevornDevorn Jorsling	Defence Force*	North East Stars	6–1	19 December 2015	[9]
Balthazar, JerwynJerwyn Balthazar	Defence Force*	Morvant Caledonia United	8–0	9 January 2016	[6]
Marcano, JasonJason Marcano	Central FC*	Point Fortin Civic	7–0	15 January 2016	[10]
Balthazar, JerwynJerwyn Balthazar^4	Defence Force*	St. Ann's Rangers	4–0	15 January 2016	[5]
Freitas, KareemKareem Freitas	Police*	Morvant Caledonia United	5–0	19 January 2016	[11]
Baptiste, KerryKerry Baptiste	North East Stars*	Police	5–2	6 March 2016	[12]

• * Home team score first in result
• ⁴ Player scored four goals

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Ref(s)
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
October	Ross Russell	Central FC	Sean De Silva	Central FC	[13]
November	Stuart Charles-Fevrier	W Connection	Keron Cummings	North East Stars	[13]
December	Stuart Charles-Fevrier	W Connection	Jomal Williams	W Connection	[13]
January	Dale Saunders	Central FC	Jerwyn Balthazar	Defence Force	[13]
February	Dale Saunders	Central FC	Marcus Joseph	Central FC	[14]
March	Stuart Charles-Fevrier	W Connection	Kerry Baptiste	North East Stars	[15]
April			Makesi Lewis	Police	[15]
May			Anthony Wolfe	North East Stars	[15]

References

1. "Trinidad and Tobago - List of Champions". Radek Jelínekm, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF. 2009-04-03. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
2. Lasana Liburd (27 September 2015). "De Silva delight for Central; Sharks cruise past Point Fortin". Wired868.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
3. Lasana Liburd (12 December 2015). "Jomal nets hattrick as Connection clobber Rangers; Civic stops Sando". Wired868.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
4. Lasana Liburd (17 December 2015). "Central sack Russell; Sancho fires coach after North East Stars loss". Wired868.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
5. Sean Taylor (16 January 2016). "Balthazar's 'beaver' sees off Rangers*". Trinidad Express. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
6. Lasana Liburd (9 January 2016). "Defence Force humiliate M'vt/Caledonia 8-0, worst P/League loss in eight years". Wired868.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
7. Randy Bando. "2015/16 Pro League Top Scorers". TTProLeague.com.
8. Lasana Liburd (16 December 2015). "Defence Force stun Connection; Gay hattrick as Jabloteh rout Sando". Wired868.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
9. Roneil Walcott (20 December 2015). "Army steal Stars' Christmas joy; jump two points clear of Pro League pack". Wired868.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
10. Roneil Walcott (16 January 2016). "Marcano shines in Central's demolition of Civic; "Ratty" Stars pip Sando". Wired868.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
11. Roneil Walcott (20 January 2016). "Army maintain three point lead with win over Jabloteh; Police flog Caledonia". Wired868.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
12. Randy Bando (7 March 2016). "Kerry Baptiste nets three as N/E Stars whip Police". TTProLeague.com. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
13. Randy Bando (22 February 2016). "Wendy's honours Pro League top performers". TTProLeague.com. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
14. Randy Bando (23 March 2016). "Charles-Fevrier, Saunders cop consecutive The Fan Club Coach of the Month awards". TTProLeague.com. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
15. Randy Bando (12 June 2016). "Top scorer Makesi Lewis among star-studded Wendy's Player of the Month awardees". TTProLeague.com. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

External links

• Official Website
• Soca Warriors Online, TT Pro League