2016–17 Premier League of Belize

Premier League of Belize
Season 2016–17
Champions Opening:

Closing:
Matches played 64
Goals scored 255 (3.98 per match)
Top goalscorer Opening:

Closing:
Biggest home win Belmopan Bandits 9-2 Orange Walk
(19 November 2016)
Biggest away win Orange Walk 0–9 Police United
(26 November 2016)
Highest scoring Belmopan Bandits 9-2 Orange Walk
(19 November 2016)
Longest winning run Belmopan Bandits (6)
Longest unbeaten run Belmopan Bandits (15)
Longest winless run Orange Walk (10)
Longest losing run Orange Walk (10)
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The 2016–17 Premier League of Belize is the sixth season of the highest competitive football league in Belize, after it was founded in 2011. There are two seasons which are spread over two years, the opening (which will be played towards the end of 2016) and the closing (which will be played at the beginning of 2017).

Team Information

Team City Stadium
Belize Defence Force Belize City MCC Grounds
Belmopan Bandits Belmopan Isidoro Beaton Stadium
FC Belize Belize City MCC Grounds
Freedom Fighters Punta Gorda Victor Sanchez Union Field
Orange Walk Orange Walk People's Stadium
Placencia Assassins Independence Michael Ashcroft Stadium
Police United San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium
Verdes San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium
Wagiya Dangriga Carl Ramos Stadium

Opening Season

From the 2015–16 Premier League of Belize season, all 6 teams continued to play in the opening season of 2016–17. FC Belize and Freedom Fighters returned to the league, as well as a newly formed team, Orange Walk, making 9 teams in total.

There would be one league consisting of the 9 teams, who will play each other twice, with the top 4 teams advancing to the end of season playoffs. The opening season commenced on 20 August 2016.[1]

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Belmopan Bandits (A) 15 12 3 0 45 11 +34 39 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 Belize Defence Force (A) 15 8 6 1 29 13 +16 30
3 Police United 15 7 4 4 36 19 +17 25
4 FC Belize 15 7 4 4 24 21 +3 25
5 Verdes 15 7 3 5 25 21 +4 24
6 Placencia Assassins 15 6 4 5 29 19 +10 22
7 Wagiya (E) 15 3 2 10 24 37 13 11
8 Freedom Fighters (E) 15 3 2 10 23 38 15 11
9 Orange Walk (E) 16 1 0 15 20 76 56 3

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] BDF BEL FCB FRE ORA PLAPOL VERWAG
Belize Defence Force 11 11 22 31 21 11 30 10
Belmopan Bandits 00 41 92 40 21 20 41
FC Belize 02 03 20 42 12 21 11 42
Freedom Fighters 12 33 52 02 36 02 30
Orange Walk 15 02 34 13 07 09 06 43
Placencia Assassins 03 01 01 30 41 33 11 40
Police United 00 12 10 31 30 11 31
Verdes 21 14 12 31 31 11 21 21
Wagiya 22 04 22 30 62 12 20

Updated to games played on 27 November 2016.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

  Semi-Finals Finals
                         
1  Belmopan Bandits  
4    
     
   
2  Belize Defence Force
3    

Season Statistics

Top Scorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Honduras Jairo Róchez Belmopan Bandits 12
2 Belize Jarret Davis Verdes 10
Belize Jarren Lambey Freedom Fighters
Belize Dellon Torres Placencia Assassins
5 Brazil Aloisio Teixeira Belmopan Bandits 9
6 Belize Ashton Torres Placencia Assassins 8
7 Brazil Joao Silva Orange Walk 7
Belize Carlton Thomas Police United
9 Belize Russel Cassanova FC Belize 6
Belize Vallan Symms Belize Defence Force

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Belize Dellon Torres4 Placencia Assassins Orange Walk 7–0 28 August 2016
Belize Russel Cassanova FC Belize Orange Walk 4–2 28 September 2016
Belize Carlton Thomas Police United Freedom Fighters 6–3 30 October 2016
Honduras Jairo Róchez4 Belmopan Bandits Orange Walk 9–2 19 November 2016

4 Player scored 4 goals

References

  1. "Semipro football is back; PLB Opening Season 2016-2017 under way". Amandala. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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