The South Starworld Strikers are a professional football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team, which plays in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

's Professional Football League

Professional Football League (Trinidad and Tobago)

The TT Pro League is a league for professional association football clubs in Trinidad and Tobago. At the top of the Trinidad and Tobago football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league currently comprises 8 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation...

. The team currently plays in Ato Boldon

Ato Boldon

Ato Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events...

 Stadium

Ato Boldon Stadium

The Ato Boldon Stadium, located in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago, is named for eight-time Olympic and World Championship medal winner and 1997 200 m World Champion, Ato Boldon. The stadium was constructed for the 2001 U-17 World Cup which was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago. It also hosted games from...

, in Couva

Couva

Couva is a town in west-central Trinidad, south of Chaguanas and north of Claxton Bay and San Fernando. The Greater Couva area includes the Point Lisas Industrial Estate and the Port of Point Lisas. Couva's southern boundary is at the town of California, and to the north Couva stretches to McBean...

, Trinidad

Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...

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History

The team joined the Professional Football League beginning in the 2002 season, having previously played in Trinidad's Southern Football Association. They joined the league with the explicit intention of representing the south of Trinidad, previously underrepresented in football circles.

The club finished its first season with a 4 wins, 10 ties, and 14 losses. They improved significantly in their second season, however, going 17-7-12 and finishing fourth in the league. They maintained a similar standing in 2004, again finishing fourth, this time with a 10-6-5 record. In 2005, they did not compete because of financial difficulties, but they were back again in the 2006 season.

Notable former players

Lyndon Andrews

Lyndon Andrews

Lyndon Andrews is a football midfielder from Trinidad and Tobago, who currently plays for Ma Pau SC.-International career:He earned 45 caps for the national team between 1996 and 2005....

 Shurland David

Shurland David

Shurland David is a retired football defender from Trinidad and Tobago.-International career:He got 44 caps for the national team between 1998 and 2001....

 Dale Saunders

Dale Saunders

Dale Saunders is a footballer from Trinidad and Tobago. He currently plays for Joe Public. He earned 48 caps and scored 4 goals for the national team between 1997 and 2003 ....

 Sherwyn Julien Nicholas Addlery

Nicholas Addlery

Nicholas Addlery is a Jamaican football player who currently plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the North American Soccer League.-Youth and College:...

Current roster