1997 CFU Club Championship

1997 CFU Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates	16 July – 2 August
Teams	8 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
Champions	United Petrotrin (1st title)
Runners-up	Seba United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	41 (3.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Philbert Jones (United Petrotrin); 6 goals
	1998 →

The 1997 Caribbean Football Union Club Championship was an international club football competition held in the Caribbean to determine the region's qualifiers to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

The winners United Petrotrin advanced to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1997.

Teams

1997 CFU Club Championship is located in CFU

Seba United (H)

United Petrotrin (H)

Location of teams of the 1997 CFU Club Championship
(H): Hosts

Association	Team	Qualification method	App. (last)	Previous best (last)
Barbados	Notre Dame	1997 Barbados Premier League champions	1st	Debut
Guadeloupe	L'Etoile	1995–96 Guadeloupe Division of Honour champions	1st	Debut
Guyana	Omai Gold Seekers	1996 GFF National Super League champions	1st	Debut
Jamaica (H)	Seba United	1996–97 Jamaica Premier League champions	1st	Debut
Martinique	Club Franciscain	1996–97 Martinique Championnat National champions	1st	Debut
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Stubborn Youth	Invited	1st	Debut
Suriname	Transvaal	1995–96 SVB Eerste Divisie champions	1st	Debut
Trinidad and Tobago (H)	United Petrotrin	Invited	1st	Debut

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Petrotrin (H)	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	9	Qualifying playoff
2	Notre Dame	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
3	L'Etoile	3	0	2	1	2	8	−6	2
4	Omai Gold Seekers	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Matches

16 July 1997

L'Etoile	0–0	Notre Dame

Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre

16 July 1997

United Petrotrin	2–0	Omai Gold Seekers
Cyrus 8' Jones 89'

Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre

18 July 1997

Notre Dame	2–0	Omai Gold Seekers
Riley 14' Hall 51'

Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre

18 July 1997

United Petrotrin	7–1	L'Etoile
Francis 13' (pen.) Cyrus 14', 60', 66' Jones 75', 77' Prosper 88'		Oliver 29'

Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre

20 July 1997

L'Etoile	1–1	Omai Gold Seekers
Bruno 43'		Babb 59'

Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre

20 July 1997

United Petrotrin	5–0	Notre Dame
Prosper 5' Julien 44' Cyrus 48' Jones 64', 89'

Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seba United (H)	3	3	0	9	1	+8	9	Qualifying playoff
2	Club Franciscain	3	2	1	5	5	0	6
3	Transvaal	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Stubborn Youth	3	0	3	3	9	−6	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Matches

23 July 1997

Transvaal	1–0	Stubborn Youth
Baina

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

23 July 1997

Seba United	2–0 Awarded^[a]	Club Franciscain
Malcolm		Fernelt Louis

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

25 July 1997

Club Franciscain	2–1	Transvaal
Fernelt (pen.) Civault		Tjuaton

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

25 July 1997

Seba United	5–1	Stubborn Youth
P. Wong Malcolm C.Harris (pen.) Whitmore Davis		Chewitt

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

27 July 1997

Club Franciscain	3–2	Stubborn Youth
N/A (o.g.) Fernelt		Gonsalves Charles

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

27 July 1997

Seba United	2–0	Transvaal
McFarlane Davis

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Qualifying playoff

2 August 1997

United Petrotrin	2–1	Seba United
Prosper 44' Jones 90+5'		Hill 56'

Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre

With the win United Petrotrin advanced to the 1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Top scorers

	Player	Club	Goals
1	Philbert Jones	United Petrotrin	6
2	Dexter Cyrus	United Petrotrin	5
3	Jean-Claude Fernelt	Club Franciscain	4
4	Peter Prosper	United Petrotrin	3
4	Stephen Malcolm	Seba United	3
6	Erick Jean Louis	Club Franciscain	2
6	Paul Davis	Seba United	2

Notes

↑ The match had finished 2–3 but was awarded 2–0 to Seba United as Club Franciscain fielded two ineligible players

[Seba-1] The match had finished 2–3 but was awarded 2–0 to Seba United as Club Franciscain fielded two ineligible players

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