Portmore United F.C.

Portmore United Football Club is a Jamaican football team that currently plays in the National Premier League.

Portmore United
Full namePortmore United Football Club
Nickname(s)PMU
GroundPrison Oval
Spanish Town, Jamaica
Capacity2,000
ChairmanWayne Sinclair
CoachRicardo Gardner
LeagueNational Premier League
2018–19Regular season: 1st
Playoffs: Champions

The team trains and plays home matches at the Prison Oval.

History

Hazard United

The club was formed as Hazard United and has been around for more than 20 years. They started out in the Clarendon League in Division 2, then played two years in Division 1 when they qualified for Craven A Premier League. They have been in Premier League ever since. Hazard United were based in May Pen and won two league titles (1993 and 2003).[1]

Move to Portmore and rebranding as Portmore United

Portmore United was founded in the late 20th century in Hazard as Hazard United. In the early 21st century, the club moved to Clarendon and renamed itself to honor its Clarendon home. JFF regulations stipulated that each club have stands with seating capacity of at least 1,500 persons, which Clarendon did not have. In order to honor this requirement, the team subsequently moved to St. Catherine and began to use the Ferdi Neita Sports Complex. Initially, Clarendon and the St. Catherine football club agreed to share the same stadium. However, in 2002, St. Catherine suggested Clarendon change its affiliation to become a St. Catherine team. However, due to an anemic growth rate in support due to a club name which was not locally identifiable, Clarendon instead chose to move to Portmore and rebrand itself as Portmore United. [2] The club has won four (4) Premier League titles since it relocated to the Portmore community.

The club also has teams in youth divisions, including Under 20, Under 17, Under 15, and Under 13. A number of players from these teams have been capped with their respective Jamaican national teams.

In October 2008, Portmore were stunned as technical director Donovan Duckie quit the club for personal reasons. Duckie had only recently succeeded Horace Reid in August 2008 after Portmore won the league title.[3] The team’s current management staff includes Andre Waugh as technical director and joint head coaches Geoffrey Hewitt and Linval Dixon.

Honours

Official trophies (recognized by CONCACAF and FIFA)

National
  • Jamaican National Premier League: 7
1993, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2017–18, 2018–19
2000, 2003, 2005, 2007

International
  • CFU Club Championship: 2
2005, 2019

Current squad

2019/20 season[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  JAM Shaven Paul
2 MF  JAM Jehvonte Hoquee
4 DF  JAM Damano Solomon
5 DF  JAM Ryan Wellington
6 MF  JAM Lamar Walker
7 MF  JAM Seigel Knight
8 MF  JAM Ricardo Morris
9 FW  JAM Chavany Willis
11 MF  JAM Shande James
12 MF  JAM Raffique Bryan
13 GK  JAM Kemar Foster
14 DF  JAM Osani Ricketts
15 MF  JAM Cleon Pryce
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  JAM Roberto Johnson
17 MF  JAM Tevin Shaw
18 DF  JAM Romaine Brackenridge
19 DF  JAM Rosario Harriott
20 FW  JAM Rondee Smith
21 FW  JAM J'havier Lynch
23 DF  JAM Emelio Rousseau
24 MF  JAM Romaine Bowers
25 FW  JAM Shai Smith
26 FW  JAM Revaldo Mitchell
27 MF  JAM Kevon Farquharson
29 MF  JAM Noel Walker
32 GK  JAM Benjamin Williams

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  JAM Sue-Lae McCalla (to Mount Pleasant Football Academy)

Former coaches
  • Leebert Halliman
  • Horace Reid
  • Bradley Stewart
  • Lenworth Hyde sr.
  • Donovan Duckie
  • Neville Bell
  • Calvin Lewis
  • Andre Waugh
  • Paul Young (2005–07)
  • Linval Dixon (2007–09), (2010)
  • Shavar Thomas (2017–19)
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References
  1. Portmore United kick off against newcomers Cosmos Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine – Jamaica Gleaner
  2. Portmore United move ahead Archived 2005-03-18 at the Wayback Machine – Jamaica Gleaner
  3. Duckie walks;Portmore TD quits to be closer to young son in Portland Archived 2008-10-29 at the Wayback Machine – Jamaica Observer
  4. "Jamaica - Portmore United FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
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