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2011 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup

2011 First Citizens Cup
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Teams 6
Defending champions Joe Public
Champions Caledonia AIA
Runners-up T&TEC
Matches played 9
Goals scored 32 (3.56 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Jerrel Britto
Jamal Gay
Hughton Hector
Willis Plaza
(3 goals)

The 2011 First Citizens Cup was the twelfth season of the First Citizens Cup, which is the league cup competition for Trinidad and Tobago teams competing in the TT Pro League. Continuing from previous seasons, the slogan for the year's league cup was No Room for Losers and was sponsored by First Citizens Bank for the eleventh consecutive year. To keep with the tag-line, the year's edition only rewarded prizes to the cup winners and runner-up. Joe Public, as the defending cup holders, did not enter the competition after the club withdrew from the Pro League citing financial difficulties. The Eastern Lions defeated Defence Force in the 2010 final.

With both Defence Force's and Police's players summoned by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for service during a limited state of emergency, due to increased crime in portions of the country, only six Pro League clubs entered the competition.

With the number of participating clubs in the TT Pro League decreasing from ten to six over the 2010 edition of the First Citizens Cup, the format of the cup was changed from a knockout tournament to a competition with two phases. The quarterfinal round was converted into a single round-robin group phase with the top two teams in each three-team group advancing to the semifinals. The second phase, including the semifinals and final, of the league cup remained a single-elimination knockout tournament with each group winner facing the other group's runner-up. The draw for the group stage took place on 14 September 2011 at the First Citizens corporate box in Queen's Park Oval.


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