Flames United SC
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| image = Flames_United_SC_logo.png
| fullname = Flames United Sports Club{{cite web|title=Official Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/Flames-United-Sports-Club-545152762189422/timeline|publisher=Flames United SC|access-date=18 January 2016}}
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| ground = Raoul Illidge Sports Complex
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
| capacity = 3,000
| league = Sint Marteen Premier League
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Flames United SC is a Sint Maarten professional football club that currently plays in the Sint Maarten Premier League.{{cite web|title=St. Maarten draws US Virgin Islands, Grenada in first round Caribbean Cup|url=https://www.thedailyherald.sx/sports/local-sports/54822-st-maarten-draws-us-virgin-islands-grenada-in-first-round-caribbean-cup|publisher=The Daily Herald|access-date=18 January 2016|archive-date=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207224333/https://www.thedailyherald.sx/sports/local-sports/54822-st-maarten-draws-us-virgin-islands-grenada-in-first-round-caribbean-cup|url-status=dead}} The club's home ground is the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex in Philipsburg, the country's capital. The club also fields a futsal team.{{cite web|title=Risc Takers win top Group B|url=http://www.thedailyherald.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59010:risc-takers-win-top-group-b&catid=10:local-sports&Itemid=21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428145206/http://www.thedailyherald.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59010:risc-takers-win-top-group-b&catid=10:local-sports&Itemid=21|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 28, 2016|publisher=The Daily Herald|access-date=18 January 2016}}
History
Flames United Sports Club was founded in January 2010. The team won its first league championship in 2015.{{cite web|title=Soccer Association National Team|url=http://www.thedailyherald.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55055:soccer-association-national-team&catid=10:local-sports&Itemid=21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206094629/http://www.thedailyherald.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55055:soccer-association-national-team&catid=10:local-sports&Itemid=21|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 6, 2016|publisher=The Daily Herald|access-date=18 January 2016}} The club also finished the Excellence Division, a competition between the top teams from the islands of Sint Maarten, Saint Martin and St. Barths, as champions in 2013{{cite web|last1=Schöggl|first1=Hans|title=French Antilles 2012/13|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/frant2013.html|access-date=18 January 2016}} and runners-up in 2012.{{cite web|last1=Schöggl|first1=Hans|title=French Antilles 2011/12|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/frant2012.html|access-date=18 January 2016}}
In January 2016 it was announced that the Flames United squad would play as the Sint Maarten national football team during 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification after winning the league championship for the recently concluded season. However, shortly thereafter it was reported that the previous report was inaccurate and that Flames United would actually be competing in CFU Club Championship for the first time.{{cite web|title=SMSA represented at the CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup Draw in Antigua|url=http://www.soualiganewsday.com/local/soualiga-newsday-latest-news/item/6455-smsa-represented-at-the-cfu-men%E2%80%99s-caribbean-cup-draw-in-antigua.html|publisher=soualiganewsday.com|access-date=4 March 2016}}
The club participated in the 2017 CFU Club Championship. They were drawn into Group E with all matches being played at Victoria Park in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.{{cite web|title=Montego Bay United to host Group C of Caribbean Club Championships|url=http://www.loopjamaica.com/content/montego-bay-united-host-group-c-caribbean-club-championships|publisher=Loop Jamaica|access-date=16 January 2017}} They were eliminated from contention following two defeats in which they conceded nine goals per match. Yonel Martin and Rosshawn Haird scored the club's first-ever goals in the competition in the team's 2–9 defeat to System 3 FC of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.{{cite web|title=Caribbean Club Championship: Group E Recap (Day 2)|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/caribbean-club-championship-group-e-recap-day-2|publisher=CONCACAF|access-date=13 March 2017}}
Achievements
- SMSA Senior League champions (2): 2014–15, 2020–21{{cite web |last1=Stokkermans |first1=Karel |title=Sint Maarten 2020/21 |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/stmaarten2021.html |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- Excellence Division champions (1): 2013{{cite web|last1=Schöggl|first1=Hans|title=Division Excellence (Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten)|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/martinusdexc.html|access-date=18 January 2016}}
- Excellence Division runners-Up (1): 2012
CFU Club Championship
Results list Flames United SC's goal tally first.
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! Competition ! Round ! Date ! Club ! Score |
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3 | 2017 CFU Club Championship
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3 | Group stage | 8 March 2017 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|TRI}} San Juan Jabloteh | {{center|0–9}} |
| 10 March 2017
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|SVG}} System 3 | {{center|2–9}} |
| 12 March 2017
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|Guadeloupe|local}} CS Moulien | {{center|0–8}} |
| rowspan=3| 2021 Caribbean Club Championship
|rowspan=3| Group Stage |15 May 2021 | style="text-align:left;" | {{fbaicon|Dominican Republic}} O&M FC |{{center|1–11}} |
| 17 May 2021
| style="text-align:left;" | {{fbaicon|Suriname}} Inter Moengotapoe |{{center|0–12}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/Flames-United-Sports-Club-545152762189422/timeline Official Facebook]
- [https://www.instagram.com/flamesusc2010 Official Instagram]
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