Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Trinidad and Tobago - TT Pro League 2014

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The TT Pro League (formerly known as the Professional Football League) is the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division in the Trinidad and Tobago football league system. Contested by nine clubs, the league is one of the world's few football leagues that does not operate on an automatic system of promotion and relegation. Seasons run from September to May, with teams playing 24 games each totaling 108 games in the season. Most games are played in the evenings of Fridays (Super Fridays) and Saturdays (Fiesta Saturdays), with a few games played during weekday evenings. Pro League clubs also play in other competitions, such as the FA Trophy, League Cup, TOYOTA Classic, Goal Shield, and Pro Bowl against domestic clubs from other divisions; and against clubs from other countries in the CFU Club Championship and the CONCACAF Champions League. The league is currently sponsored by Digicel and thus officially known as the Digicel Pro League.
The Pro League was founded as part of a need for a professional league to strengthen the country's national team and improve the development of its domestic players.The league is a corporation in which the member clubs act as shareholders and was inaugurated on 5 January 1999 under the name Professional Football League before switching to its current name after three years of existence.
Since 1908, a total of 23 clubs have been crowned champions of the Trinidad and Tobago football system. Of the 21 distinct clubs to have competed in the TT Pro League since its inception, five have won the title: W Connection (5 titles), San Juan Jabloteh (4), Defence Force (3), Joe Public (2), and North East Stars (1).The current champions are W Connection, who won their fifth Pro League title in the 2013–14 season.
The 201415 TT Pro League season will be the sixteenth season of the TT Pro League, the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. A total of nine teams are expected to contest the league, with W Connection the defending champions.The season will begin on 23 September 2014 and will end in May 2015 with the crowning of the league champion



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