345 FC
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| Founded | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Ground | CIS Turf |
| Manager | Peter Reijn |
| League | Cayman Islands Premier League |
| 2023/24 | 2nd |
| Website | 345fc |
345 FC is a football club from the Cayman Islands that currently competes in the Cayman Islands Premier League.
History
[edit]345 FC was founded in 2017 as the local affiliate of Total Soccer. The club operates under the Dutch football philosophy.[1][2][clarification needed]
Youth
[edit]345 FC regularly enters sides into the Gothia Cup, the world's largest youth tournament. In 2023, the club finished in the final thirty-two teams with teams from over one hundred and forty countries participating.[3] That year, the club also participated in the prestigious Rood-Wit International Tournament in the Netherlands. The club finished fifth out of twelve clubs which included youth selections from Ajax, AC Milan, Borussia Dortmund, and Lille.[4] 345 FC entered the tournament again in 2024.[5] In 2025, the club's U10 side toured the United Kingdom and played against some of its top sides. With a win over an academy team from Chelsea, 345 FC earned its first victory over a Class 1 academy team from one of England’s Big Six clubs.[1] In addition to international tournaments, the club competes at all levels of the Cayman's domestic youth league system.[6][7]
The club's has produced both male and female youth players that have gone on to join major clubs abroad, including Lawrence Maharaj who joined the Leicester City Academy in 2025 and Grace Moss who joined the academy of Derby County F.C. Women in 2024. Other youth players have joined Newcastle United, Fleetwood Town, and FC Zlin.[8][9]
Senior
[edit]The club fielded a senior team in the Cayman Islands league system for the first time for the 2022/2023 season. That year, 345 FC won the Cayman Islands First Division and earned promotion to the Cayman Islands Premier League the following season.[10] The club entered the final matchday of its debut season in the top flight sitting at the top of the league table. However, a defeat to Scholars International SC in the match resulted in Scholars International tying the club with thirty points and winning the league on goal differential. That season, 345 FC was the league's highest-scoring team with forty-seven goals in fourteen matches. The league's top two scorers were part of the 345 FC squad with Jonah Ebanks and Matthias Mijnheer tallying eighteen and thirteen goals, respectively.[11]
Domestic history
[edit]- Key
Champion Runners-up 3rd Place
| Season | League | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | P | ||
| 2022/23[10] | II | 1st
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Promoted to Premier League | |||||
| 2023/24[12] | I | 2nd
|
14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 30 | |
| 2024/25 | 2nd
|
20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 43 | ||
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Official Facebook
- Gothia Cup profile
- Global Sports Archive profile
- Soccerway profile
- Total Soccer Caymans website
References
[edit]- ^ a b "345 FC U10s football team earns history win on UK Tour". Cayman Compass. The Cayman Compass. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Catalyst and 345 FC Join Forces to Support Youth Soccer in the Cayman Islands". The Catalyst Group. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ Stampp, Renae (30 July 2023). "345 FC competes in world's largest youth football tournament". Cayman Marl Road. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Total Soccer Cayman 5th at Netherlands' prestigious Rood-Wit International". The Caymanian Times. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ Russell, Seaford, Jr. (23 June 2024). "345 FC shines in tournaments in Netherlands and Miami". Cayman Compass. The Cayman Compass. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Boys U11 playoffs and U15 FA Cup begin". CNS Local Life. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "All to play for in the youth FA Cups". CNS Local Life. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ Powery, Ileann. "Former 345 FC player signs with Premier League academy". The Cayman Compass. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "345 FC's Moss signs with England's Derby County FC". Radio Cayman. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ a b Stokkermans, Karel. "Cayman Islands 2022/23". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ Russell, Seaford, Jr. "Scholars mark historic win with 15th league title". The Cayman Compass. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Stokkermans, Karel. "Cayman Islands 2023/24". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 July 2025.