Morvant Caledonia United

{{short description|Trinidadian football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox football club| | clubname = Morvant Caledonia United| | image = Morvant_Caledonia_United_logo.png | fullname = Morvant Caledonia United| | nickname = ''The Stallions'', ''Cale'' | short name = MCU | founded = {{Start date and age|1979}}| | ground = [[Hasely Crawford Stadium]]<br />[[Port of Spain]], Trinidad and Tobago| | capacity = 23,000| | owner = [[Jamaal Shabazz]]| | chrtitle = Managing Director | chairman = Ricarda Nelson | manager = [[Jerry Moe]]| | league = [[TT Pro League]]| | season = [[2024–25 TT Pro League|2024–25]] | position = TT Pro League, 7th | current = }}

'''Morvant Caledonia United''' (formerly known as '''Caledonia AIA''') is a professional [[association football|football]] team in Trinidad and Tobago's top-level [[TT Pro League]]. It is based in [[Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago|Morvant]]; its home stadium is [[Hasely Crawford Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Bailey|first=Joe|title=Caledonia finish second in Pro League|url=http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,134914.html|access-date=7 February 2011|newspaper=Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday|date=30 January 2011}}</ref>

==History== The Caledonia AIA Football Club was founded in May 1979 by a group of schoolboys from the [[Morvant]], [[Laventille]], [[San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago|San Juan]] and [[Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago|Barataria]] environs; one of whom included current owner [[Jamaal Shabazz]]. The Club has a franchise in the [[TT Pro League]] and runs a full professional team; employing 28 players and 7 staff on a full-time basis. Apart from the professional team the Club runs a Youth Academy and Youth teams in Under 14, Under 16 and Under 18 age groups, catering for over just over one hundred children at a recreational level. Caledonia AIA was crowned [[2012 CFU Club Championship|Caribbean Club Champions]] in 2012 and represented the Caribbean in the [[CONCACAF Champions League]].

==Club honours== ===Domestic=== *'''[[Trinidad and Tobago Cup|FA Trophy]]'''<ref name=champions>{{cite news |title = Trinidad and Tobago — List of Champions |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/trinchamp.html |publisher = Radek Jelínekm, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF |date = 3 April 2009 |access-date = 25 June 2011}}</ref> **Winners (3): [[2008 Trinidad and Tobago Cup|2008]], [[2011–12 Trinidad and Tobago Cup|2011–12]], [[2012–13 Trinidad and Tobago Cup|2012–13]] **Runners-up (1): 2007 *'''[[Trinidad and Tobago League Cup|First Citizens Cup]]''' **Winners (2): [[2011 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup|2011]], [[2012 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup|2012]] **Runners-up (2): 2001, 2007 *'''[[Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl|Digicel Pro Bowl]]''' **Winners (1): [[2008 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl|2008]] **Runners-up (2): [[2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl|2009]], [[2012 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl|2012]] *'''[[Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield|Lucozade Sport Goal Shield]]''' **Winners (1): [[2012 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield|2012]]

===Continental=== *'''[[CFU Club Championship]]''' **Winners (1): [[2012 CFU Club Championship|2012]] **Runners-up (1): [[1998 CFU Club Championship|1998]]

==Staff== *'''Technical Director:''' [[Jamaal Shabazz]] *'''Head Coach:''' Jerry Moe *'''Assistant Coach/Youth Academy Director:''' Rajesh Latchoo *'''Assistant Coach:''' Abdallah Phillips *'''Goalkeeper Coach:''' Steve Frederick *'''Physio:''' Jason Pilgrim

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022151937/http://www.caledoniaaia.com/ Official website] (archived 22 October 2012)

[[Category:Football clubs in Trinidad and Tobago]] [[Category:Association football clubs established in 1979]] [[Category:1979 establishments in Trinidad and Tobago]]