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Bears F.C.
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Full nameInsurance Management Bears Football Club
Nickname(s)Bears
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996) [1]
GroundThomas Robinson Stadium
Nassau, Bahamas
Capacity15,250
OwnerScotiabank
PresidentDion Godet[2]
ManagerJames Thompson
LeagueBFA Senior League
2013/141st[3]

Bears Football Club[4] (Bears FC) is a football club based in Nassau, Bahamas. Bears FC plays in BFA Senior League in Bahamas.

History

In 1996 Anton Sealey upon being elected president of The Bahamas Football Association (BFA) on taking office set as his administrations priorities:


In pursuance of priority two, with a grant from the company with whom he worked, Insurance Management Bahamas Ltd.,[5] he began teaching soccer at Queen's College on Saturdays to a group of young players predominantly attending Queen's College. The sessions which began with twelve youngsters grew steadily each week. At the same time Fred Lunn and his brother Lionel, together with current BFA general secretary Lionel Haven and BFA Vice-President Stanley Darville began a similar program at The College of The Bahamas field in Oakes Field, called Get Kickin' As both schools or camps as they were called expanded outgrowing their resources, Anton and Fred saw the wisdom of combining their resources to more effectively deliver quality instruction to their charges, thus the Insurance Management Youth Football Club was born.

They have won the Bahamas President's Cup in consecutive seasons. They have also won the New Providence Football League five[6] times in a row, and six times in total. They won the Grand Bahama FA Cup a record five consecutive times. The main sponsor and owner of club is Scotiabank.

Jersey

Its jersey features a red shirt with red sleeves and red socks.

Players

Current squad

As of 27 September 2014.[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK The Bahamas BAH Ferguson Torin
3 DF The Bahamas BAH Shemord Thompson
5 DF The Bahamas BAH Michael Bethel
6 DF The Bahamas BAH Demetri Darville
7 DF The Bahamas BAH James Robinson
8 DF United States USA Roger Lee
9 FW The Bahamas BAH Jean Nesley
10 FW The Bahamas BAH David Robinson
11 MF Jamaica JAM Ricardo Campbell
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF The Bahamas BAH Dale Parsons
15 DF The Bahamas BAH Chris Caisey
20 GK The Bahamas BAH Shari Clarke
22 MF Slovenia SVN Danilo Saveljič
23 MF The Bahamas BAH Justin Williams
24 MF The Bahamas BAH Rensy Baten
25 FW The Bahamas BAH Jason Doyle
27 MF Belize BLZ Andrew Pipe
33 FW The Bahamas BAH Marc Harris

Achievements

2002/03, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2013
  • Bahamas FA Cup: 6
2002/03, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2010, 2011
2009/10, 2010/11
2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2007, 2008
2002/03, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2008/09, 2011/12
  • Bahamas Charity Shield: 2
2010, 2011

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Bears FC Leadership". Bears FC. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. ^ Bahamas Senior League 2013/14
  4. ^ Bears FC
  5. ^ Insurance Management Bahamas
  6. ^ List of Bahamas Champions
  7. ^ "FC Bears - Team Profesional 2014". Retrieved 27 September 2014.


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