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| Full name | Portmore United Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | PMU | ||
| Founded | 1985(as Hazard United) 2003(as Portmore United F.C.) | ||
| Ground | Ferdi Neita Sports Complex Portmore, Jamaica | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 | ||
| Chairman | Garwin Tulloch | ||
| Manager | Shane Nelson | ||
| Coach | Rodolph Austin | ||
| League | Jamaica Premier League | ||
| 2023–24 | Regular season: 4th Playoffs: Quarterfinals | ||
Portmore United Football Club is aJamaican professionalfootball team in the top flightJamaica Premier League. With 7Jamaica Premier League titles, 5domestic cups and 2Caribbean Club Championships, Portmore United is the most decorated club inJamaican Football.
The team plays its home matches at theFerdie Nieta Park.
The club was formed asHazard United and has been around for more than 20 years. They started out in theClarendon League in Division 2, then played two years in Division 1 when they qualified forCraven A Premier League. They have been inJamaica National Premier League ever since. Hazard United were based inMay Pen and won two league titles (1993 and 2003).[1]
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, whichClarendon did not have. In order to honor this requirement, the team subsequently moved toSt. Catherine and began to use theFerdi 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 anaemic 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 Jamaica 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 Philip Williams, Rodolph Austin and Kevin Deerr.
Portmore United defeatedCavalier 2-0 in the inaugural 2023Lynk Cup all-island knockout final to claim the first ever Lynk Cup trophy.[4] Adding to the team existing 4JFF Champions Cup titles, Portmore United now has a record setting 5 all-island knockout titles.
Portmore Derby
A local derby has developed between Portmore United andDunbeholden since the latter’s promotion to the premier league in the2018-19 season. Both clubs are closely located in the city ofPortmore, the matchup is coined thePortmore Derby.[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Jason MorrisonAlvas PowellOmar DaleyClaude DavisRodolph AustinJermie LynchDuwayne KerrRicardo CousinsLamar WalkerAndre LewisChavany WillisShakeone SatchwellCory BurkeMaalique FosterJavon EastRicardo MorrisTremaine StewartEwan GrandisonShavar ThomasLinval DixonPaul YoungRafe WolfeWolry WolfeDemar StewartRoen NelsonDamian WilliamsEric VernanVenton EvansTevin ShawMichael BinnsLeebert HallimanHorace ReidBradley StewartLenworth HydeDonovan DuckieNeville BellCalvin LewisAndre WaughPaul Young (2005–07)Linval Dixon (2007–09), (2010)Shavar Thomas (2017–19)Ricardo Gardner (2019–21)Lenworth Hyde (2021–22) Philip Williams (2022–present)Caribbean football club champions | |||||||||||
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