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CFU Club Shield

{{Short description|Caribbean football competition}}

{{Infobox football tournament

| name = CFU Club Shield

| logo =

| organiser = CFU
CONCACAF (2018–2023)

| founded = {{Start date and age|2018}}

| abolished =

| region = Caribbean

| number of teams = 20

| qualifier for = CONCACAF Caribbean Cup

| current champions = {{fbaicon|JAM}} Arnett Gardens (1st title)

| most successful club = {{flagicon|SUR}} Robinhood (2 titles)

| broadcasters = CFU (YouTube)

| current = 2024 CFU Club Shield

| website =

}}

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.{{cite web|title=Dominican Republic Selected to Host Inaugural CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield|url=https://mailchi.mp/9c8b7592667d/dominican-republic-selected-to-host-inaugural-concacaf-caribbean-club-shield|website=mailchi.mp|publisher=CONCACAF|access-date=15 February 2018|archive-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616081645/https://mailchi.mp/9c8b7592667d/dominican-republic-selected-to-host-inaugural-concacaf-caribbean-club-shield|url-status=live}} It is organized by the CFU, with CONCACAF organizing it between 2018 and 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.concacaf.com/en/caribbean-club-shield/news/concacaf-transitions-caribbean-club-shield-organization-and-management-to-caribbean-football-union/|title=Concacaf transitions Caribbean Club Shield organization and management to Caribbean Football Union|date=30 April 2024|publisher=CONCACAF}}

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.{{cite web |title=Concacaf announces details for 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions |url=https://www.concacaf.com/en/caribbean-club-shield/news/concacaf-announces-details-for-2023-concacaf-caribbean-club-competitions/ |website=Concacaf |access-date=22 April 2023 |date=21 April 2023 |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422015403/https://www.concacaf.com/en/caribbean-club-shield/news/concacaf-announces-details-for-2023-concacaf-caribbean-club-competitions/ |url-status=live }}

History

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|date=April 2023}}

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.{{cite web |title=CONCACAF Caribbean Cup: A brand new tournament to crown the best club |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/concacaf-caribbean-cup-a-brand-new-tournament-to-crown-the-best-club |website=FIFA |access-date=30 April 2023 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429155822/https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/concacaf-caribbean-cup-a-brand-new-tournament-to-crown-the-best-club |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite news |last1=Nicholson |first1=Paul |title=Rehabilitated CFU takes over the running of Concacaf’s Caribbean Club Shield competition |url=https://www.insideworldfootball.com/2024/05/01/rehabilitated-cfu-takes-running-concacafs-caribbean-club-shield-competition/ |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=Inside World Football |date=1 May 2024}}

Results

class="wikitable"
Season

! width=200px | Hosts

! width=150px | Winners

! Score

! width=150px | Runners-up

! width=150px | Third place

! Score

! width=150px | Fourth place

align=center | 2018

| align=left | {{DOM}}

| align=center | {{flagicon|MTQ|snake}} Club Franciscain

| align=center | 2–1

| align=center | {{flagicon|SUR}} Inter Moengotapoe

| align=center | {{flagicon|BOE}} Real Rincon

| align=center | 3–1

| align=center | {{flagicon|ARU}} Nacional

align=center | 2019

| align=left | {{CUW}}

| align=center | {{fbaicon|SUR}} Robinhood

| align=center | 1–0

| align=center | {{flagicon|MTQ|snake}} Club Franciscain

| align=center colspan=3 | {{flagicon|BRB}} Weymouth Wales and {{flagicon|CUW}} Jong Holland

align=center | 2020

| align=left | {{CUW}}

| align=center colspan=6 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic{{cite web|url=https://www.concacaf.com/en/article/update-on-concacaf-caribbean-club-shield-and-flow-concacaf-caribbean-club-championship|title=Update on Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield and Flow Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship|publisher=CONCACAF|date=25 August 2020|access-date=26 August 2020|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913022157/https://www.concacaf.com/en/article/update-on-concacaf-caribbean-club-shield-and-flow-concacaf-caribbean-club-championship|url-status=live}}

align=center | 2021

| align=left | {{CUW}}

| align=center colspan=6 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic{{cite news|url=https://www.concacaf.com/news/update-on-2021-concacaf-caribbean-club-competitions/|title=Update on 2021 Concacaf Caribbean Club Competitions|newspaper=Concacaf |publisher=concacaf.com|date=23 April 2021|access-date=23 April 2021|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423154923/https://www.concacaf.com/news/update-on-2021-concacaf-caribbean-club-competitions/|url-status=live}}

align=center | 2022

| align=left | {{PUR}}

| align=center | {{flagicon|PUR}} Bayamón FC

| align=center | 2–1 {{aet}}

| align=center | {{flagicon|SUR}} Inter Moengotapoe

| align=center | {{flagicon|GLP|local}} AS Gosier

| align=center | 2–0

| align=center | {{flagicon|CUW}} Jong Holland

align=center | 2023

| align=left | {{SKN}}

| align=center | {{fbaicon|SUR}} Robinhood

| align=center | 5–1

| align=center | {{fbaicon|MTQ}} Golden Lion

| align=center | {{fbaicon|TRI}} Club Sando

| align=center | 6–1

| align=center | {{fbaicon|PUR}} Metropolitan

align=center | 2024

| align=left | {{CUW}}

| align=center | {{fbaicon|JAM}} Arnett Gardens

| align=center | 1–0

| align=center | {{fbaicon|ATG}} Grenades

| align=center | {{fbaicon|DOM}} Atlético Pantoja

| align=center | 1–1 (9–8 {{pso}})

| align=center | {{fbaicon|DMA}} Dublanc

Summary

=Performance by club=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"

|+

!Team

!Winners

!Runners-up

!Third place

!Fourth place

!Semi-finalist

!Top 4 total

{{fbaicon|SUR}} Robinhood

|style=background:#FFD700|2 (2019, 2023)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|2

{{flagicon|MTQ}} Club Franciscain

|style=background:#FFD700|1 (2018)

|style=background:#C0C0C0|1 (2019)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|2

{{flagicon|PUR}} Bayamón FC

|style=background:#FFD700|1 (2022)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|1

{{fbaicon|JAM}} Arnett Gardens

|style=background:#FFD700|1 (2024)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|1

{{flagicon|SUR}} Inter Moengotapoe

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#C0C0C0|2 (2018, 2022)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|2

{{fbaicon|MTQ}} Golden Lion

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#C0C0C0|1 (2023)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|1

{{fbaicon|ATG}} Grenades

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#C0C0C0|1 (2024)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|1

{{flagicon|BOE}} Real Rincon

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#CC9966|1 (2018)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|1

{{flagicon|GLP|local}} AS Gosier

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#CC9966|1 (2022)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|1

{{fbaicon|TRI}} Club Sando

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#CC9966|1 (2023)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|1

{{fbaicon|DOM}} Atlético Pantoja

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#CC9966|1 (2024)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|1

{{flagicon|CUW}} Jong Holland

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#9ACDFF|1 (2022)

|style=background:#9ACDFF|1 (2019)

|2

{{flagicon|ARU}} Nacional

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#9ACDFF|1 (2018)

|{{N/A}}

|1

{{fbaicon|PUR}} Metropolitan

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#9ACDFF|1 (2023)

|{{N/A}}

|1

{{fbaicon|DMA}} Dublanc

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#9ACDFF|1 (2024)

|{{N/A}}

|1

{{flagicon|BRB}} Weymouth Wales

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#9ACDFF|1 (2019)

|1

=Performance by association=

;Legend

{{col-begin}}{{col-3}}

  • {{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
  • {{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
  • {{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} – Third place
  • {{bg|#9acdff|4th}} – Fourth place
  • {{bg|#9acdff|SF}} – Semi-finals

{{col-3}}

  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • R16 – Round of 16
  • PR – Preliminary round
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified

{{col-3}}

  • {{border|width=3px|color=red|   }} — Hosts
  • x – Entered, but tournament not held
  •  –  – Did not enter
  •  ––  – Withdrew before tournament

{{col-end}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
style="width:150px;" | Team

! 2018
{{flagicon|DOM}}

! 2019
{{flagicon|CUW}}

! 2020
{{flagicon|CUW}}

! 2021
{{flagicon|CUW}}

! 2022
{{flagicon|PUR}}

! 2023
{{flagicon|SKN}}

! 2024
{{flagicon|CUW}}

! Total

align=left | {{fba|ATG}}

| –

QFx–––style="background:Silver;"|2nd

!2

align=left | {{fba|ARU}}

| style="background:#9acdff;"|4th

GSxxGSGSR16

!5

align=left | {{fba|BRB}}

| GS

style="background:#9acdff;"|SFx––––

!2

align=left | {{fba|BOE}}

| style="background:#cc9966;"|3rd

GSxxGS–R16

!4

align=left | {{fba|VGB}}

| –

–x––––

!0

align=left | {{fba|CAY}}

| GS

GSx––GSR16

!4

align=left | {{fba|CUB}}

| –

QFx––––

!1

align=left | {{fba|CUW}}

| GS

style="background:#9acdff;border:3px solid red"|SFstyle="border:3px solid red"|xstyle="border:3px solid red"|xstyle="background:#9acdff;"|4thGSstyle="border: 3px solid red"|QF

!5

align=left | {{fba|DMA}}

| –

–xxGSGSstyle="background:#9acdff;"|4th

!3

align=left | {{fba|DOM}}

| style="border: 3px solid red"|–

––––GSstyle="background:#cc9966;"|3rd

!2

align=left | {{fba|GUF}}

| –

––x–GSR16

!2

align=left | {{fba|GRN}}

| GS

–––––PR

!2

align=left | {{fba|GLP}}

| GS

QFxxstyle="background:#cc9966;"|3rdGS–

!4

align=left | {{fba|GUY}}

| ––

GS–x––PR

!2

align=left | {{fba|HAI}}

| –

–––––––

!0

align=left | {{fba|JAM}}

| –

––––––style="background:Gold;"|1st

!1

align=left | {{fba|MTQ}}

| style="background:Gold;"|1st

style="background:Silver;"|2ndxxGSstyle="background:Silver;"|2nd–

!4

align=left | {{fba|PUR}}

| –

–xxstyle="background:Gold;border:3px solid red"|1ststyle="background:#9acdff;"|4thQF

!3

align=left | {{fba|SKN}}

| GS

QF–x–style="border: 3px solid red"|GSQF

!4

align=left | {{fba|LCA}}

| –

GSxx–GSR16

!3

align=left | {{fba|SMN}}

| –

–––––PR

!1

align=left | {{fba|VIN}}

| GS

–xx–––

!1

align=left | {{fba|SMA}}

| –

––xGSGSPR

!3

align=left | {{fba|SUR}}

| style="background:Silver;"|2nd

style="background:Gold;"|1stxxstyle="background:Silver;"|2ndstyle="background:Gold;"|1stQF

!5

align=left | {{fba|TRI}}

| –

––––style="background:#cc9966;"|3rdR16

!2

align=left | {{fba|TCA}}

| –

–––GSGSR16

!3

Total || 12 || 13 || 0 (15) || 0 (14) || 10 || 16 || 20 ||

All-time top scorers

= Top goalscorers =

See also

Notes and references

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.cfufootball.org/ Caribbean Football Union]
  • [https://www.rsssf.org/intclub.html CFU Championship], RSSSF.com

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