Flames United SC

Flames United SC
Full nameFlames United Sports Club[1]
FoundedJanuary 2010; 15 years ago (January 2010)[2]
GroundRaoul Illidge Sports Complex
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
Capacity3,000
ChairmanDwayne Wright[3]
ManagerOmar Hunter[4]
LeagueSint Marteen Premier League

Flames United SC is a Sint Maarten professional football club that currently plays in the Sint Maarten Premier League.[5] The club's home ground is the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex in Philipsburg, the country's capital. The club also fields a futsal team.[6][4]

History

Flames United Sports Club was founded in January 2010.[2] The team won its first league championship in 2015.[7] 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[8] and runners-up in 2012.[9]

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.[3][5] 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.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12]

Achievements

CFU Club Championship

Results list Flames United SC's goal tally first.

Competition Round Date Club Score
2017 CFU Club Championship Group stage 8 March 2017 Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh
0–9
10 March 2017 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines System 3
2–9
12 March 2017 Guadeloupe CS Moulien
0–8
2021 Caribbean Club Championship Group Stage 15 May 2021 Dominican Republic O&M FC
1–11
17 May 2021 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe
0–12

References

  1. ^ "Official Facebook". Flames United SC. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b "About". Flames United SC. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "SMSA represented at the CFU Men's Caribbean Cup Draw in Antigua". soualiganewsday.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Flames United to represent at CFU Club championship". The Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "St. Maarten draws US Virgin Islands, Grenada in first round Caribbean Cup". The Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Risc Takers win top Group B". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Soccer Association National Team". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  8. ^ a b Schöggl, Hans. "French Antilles 2012/13". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  9. ^ a b Schöggl, Hans. "French Antilles 2011/12". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  10. ^ "SMSA represented at the CFU Men's Caribbean Cup Draw in Antigua". soualiganewsday.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Montego Bay United to host Group C of Caribbean Club Championships". Loop Jamaica. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Caribbean Club Championship: Group E Recap (Day 2)". CONCACAF. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  13. ^ Stokkermans, Karel. "Sint Maarten 2020/21". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  14. ^ a b Schöggl, Hans. "Division Excellence (Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten)". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 January 2016.