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| Full name | Defence Force Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Teteron Boys | ||
| Founded | 1974 | ||
| Ground | Hasely Crawford Stadium Mucurapo, Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Capacity | 23,000 | ||
| Manager | Marvin Gordon | ||
| League | TT Premier Football League | ||
| 2023 | 1st | ||
Defence Force Football Club is a football club based in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago that currently plays in the country's TT Premier Football League. The team plays its home games in Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo, Trinidad.
Founded in 1974, Defence Force F.C. is the nation's most successful football club, winning 20 national championships. They won 15 titles in twenty-two seasons in the National League from 1974 to 1995, two titles in the Semi-Professional League between 1996 and 1998, and three championships since the Trinidad and Tobago league became professional in 1999 with the Pro League. They are also the only team from Trinidad and Tobago to have ever won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, having won titles in 1978 and 1985. In 1985, Defense Force achieved the treble, winning the National League, FA Trophy, and CONCACAF Champions' Cup. They are one of only three teams in the CONCACAF Federation to have achieved this feat, along with Cruz Azul and Monterrey and the only CONCACAF club outside of Mexico.
Since the club is composed of Trinidad and Tobago's protective forces, they are named Defence Force F.C. Usually included are officers, soldiers, and sailors from the Trinidad and Tobago Army and Coast Guard.
Violette AC – 0:2, 0:0 (Violette AC advances 4:0 on aggregate)
Thomas United – 0:1, 2:3 (Defence Force FC advances 3:3(a) on aggregate)
SV Transvaal – 1:1, 3:1 (Defence Force FC advances 4:2 on aggregate) SV Voorwaarts – 1:2, 2:0 (Defence Force FC wins 4:1 on aggregate) SV Transvaal – 0:1 SV Robinhood – 1:1, 2:5 (SV Robinhood advances 6:3 on aggregate) SV Robinhood – 0:1, 1:2 (SV Robinhood advances 3:1 on aggregate)
JS Capesterre – 1:0, 0:1 (Defence Force FC advances 2:0 on aggregate)
C.D. Olimpia – 2:0, 0:1 (Defence Force FC wins 2:1 on aggregate)
Club Franciscain – 4:2 (Defence Force FC advances 4:2 on aggregate)
Trintoc – 2:1, 1:1 (Defence Force FC advances 3:2 on aggregate)
Club América – 1:1, 0:2 (Club América wins 3:2 on aggregate) Club Franciscain – 2:2, 2:0 (Defence Force FC advances 4:2 on aggregate)
Cardinals – 0:0, 1:0 (Defence Force FC advances 1:0 on aggregate) SV Robinhood – 0:0, 2:0 (Defence Force FC advances 2:0 on aggregate) CD Olimpia – 2:0, 0:2 (CD Olimpia wins 4:0 on aggregate)
CRKSV Jong Colombia – 2:0
FC Pinar del Río – 0:1 SV Juventus – 0:0 Trintoc – 1:0 SV Robinhood – 0:1, 3:1 (Defence Force FC advances 3:2 on aggregate)
Scholars International – 0:6, 1:0 (Defence Force FC advances 7:0 on aggregate) Police – 1:0, 1:3 (Police advances 3:2 on aggregate)
Rovers United – 9:1
Roulado – 5:1 SNL – 3:1 Pachuca – 0:1, 4:0 (Pachuca advances 4:1 on aggregate)
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