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Nickname(s)
  
PMU

Chairman
  
Wayne Sinclair

2015–16
  
2nd

Ground Capacity
  
3,000

Coach
  
Lenworth Hyde

League
  
National Premier League


Full name
  
Portmore United Football Club

Grounds
  
Ferdi Neita Sports Complex, Port, Jamaica, Jamaica

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

Contents

The team trains and plays home matches at the Ferdi Neita Sports Complex.

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).

Move to Portmore and rebranded Portmore United

In 2003 the name was changed primarily for financial reasons and the club was moved to Portmore the same year. JFF regulations now stipulates that each club must have stands that can seat at least 1,500 persons and Clarendon did not have one. So to facilitate this requirement, the team moved to St. Catherine and now uses the Ferdi Neita Sports Complex. Both Clarendon and St. Catherine Football association agreed to the sharing of the complex initially. In 2002, the St. Catherine association suggested Hazard change their affiliation and become a St. Catherine team. In St. Catherine however the home crowd has not grown, because the team name was still associated with Clarendon… so to get a parish identity they have changed their name to Portmore United. The club has won four (4) premier league championship since it relocated to the Portmore community.

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The club also has Under 20; Under 17; Under 15 and Under 13 teams. A number of players from these teams have represented the country

In October 2008, Portmore were stunned as technical director Donovan Duckie quit the club because of personal reasons. Duckie had only just succeeded Horace Reid in August 2008 after Portmore won the league title. The team is now being coached by Andre Waugh (technical director) and joint head coaches, Geoffrey Hewitt and Linval Dixon.

National

  • Jamaican National Premier League: 6
  • JFF Champions Cup: 4
  • International

  • CFU Club Championship: 1
  • Current squad

    2015/16 season

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

    Out on loan

    Portmore United F.C. Montego Bay United FC

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

    Former coaches

    Portmore United F.C. Portmore United vs Humble Lion FC 201516 Jamaican Red Stripe

  • 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)

  • Portmore United F.C. Portmore United strikes deal with Vaasan Palloseura Jamaica

    References

    Portmore United F.C. Wikipedia