2012 Premier League of Belize

The 2012 Premier League of Belize is the first season of the highest competitive football league in Belize, after it was founded in 2011. The season commenced on 11 February 2012.

Premier League of Belize
Season2012
Dates11 February 2012 – 12 May 2012
ChampionsPlacencia Assassins
Matches played66
Goals scored191 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerJesse Smith (8)
Biggest home winBelize Defence Force 7-0 World FC
(11 March 2012)
Biggest away winWorld FC 0-5 Belize Defence Force
(14 April 2012)
Highest scoringHankook Verdes 7-1 Paradise/Freedom Fighters
(5 April 2012)
Longest winning runBelize Defence Force & Police United (6)
Longest unbeaten runPolice United (12)
Longest winless runWorld FC (10)
Longest losing runWorld FC (6)

League formation

In October 2011 teams were invited to apply for membership for the new Premier League of Belize.[1] In early January 2012 it was announced that there will be 12 teams competing in the inaugural season. There will be 6 teams from the North Zone and 6 teams from the South Zone.[2] Each team will play teams in their zone twice, with the top 2 teams from each zone advancing to the playoffs.[3]

Teams

North Zone
Team City Stadium
Belize Defence Force San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium
FC Belize Belize City MCC Grounds
Juventus Orange Walk Town People's Stadium
San Felipe Barcelona San Felipe San Felipe Football Field
San Pedro Seadogs San Pedro San Pedro Municipal Stadium & MCC Grounds
World FC San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium

South Zone
Team City Stadium
Belmopan Bandits Belmopan Isidoro Beaton Stadium
Hankook Verdes Benque Viejo del Carmen Marshalleck Stadium
Paradise/Freedom Fighters Punta Gorda Toledo Union Field
Placencia Assassins Placencia Placencia Football Field
Police United Belize City MCC Grounds
San Ignacio United San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium

League table

North Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Belize Defence Force 10 7 2 1 24 5 +19 23 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 FC Belize 10 5 4 1 12 5 +7 19
3 San Pedro Seadogs 10 4 3 3 20 15 +5 15
4 San Felipe Barcelona 10 4 3 3 14 16 −2 15
5 Juventus 10 3 1 6 14 18 −4 10
6 World FC 10 0 1 9 9 34 −25 1
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

South Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Police United 10 9 1 0 23 3 +20 28 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 Placencia Assassins 10 6 2 2 20 8 +12 20
3 San Ignacio United 10 3 4 3 11 12 −1 13
4 Paradise/Freedom Fighters 10 2 3 5 13 20 −7 9
5 Belmopan Bandits 10 1 4 5 6 13 −7 7
6 Hankook Verdes 10 2 0 8 11 28 −17 6
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Round 1

North Zone[4]

Belize Defence Force2 – 2San Pedro Seadogs
Byron Usher  43'
Harrison Tasher  90+2'		 Jesse Smith  10'
Kenny Witzel  23'
San Felipe Barcelona2 – 2Juventus
Oscar Acevedo  75'
Christopher Hendricks  90+2'		 Osmar Duran  40', 85'
FC Belize1 – 0World FC
Jeromy James  24'

South Zone

Police United1 – 0Placencia Assassins
Orlando Jimenez  48'
Hankook Verdes0 – 1Belmopan Bandits
Alden Coleman  39'
San Ignacio United1 – 0Paradise/Freedom Fighters
Amin August Jr.  32'

Round 2

North Zone[5]

Belize Defence Force2 – 0Juventus
Marlon Meza  85'
Richard Jimenez  87'
San Felipe Barcelona1 – 1FC Belize
Oscar Acevedo  62' Jeromy James  66'
San Pedro Seadogs4 – 2World FC
Kenny Witzel  49' (pen), 57'
Francisco Mejia  73'
Jesse Smith  90+2'		 Onri Meza  71'
Carlos Vasquez  85'

South Zone

Paradise/Freedom Fighters0 – 2Police United
Lennox Castillo  28'
Orlando Jimenez  73'
Placencia Assassins4 – 0Hankook Verdes
Zerrick Torres  7'
Ernie Whyte  18'
Luis Torres  70', 90'
San Ignacio United1 – 1Belmopan Bandits
Seannon Defour  63' Woodrow West  57' (pen)

Round 3

North Zone[6]

World FC0 – 3Juventus
Osmar Duran  23', 50', 58'
San Felipe Barcelona1 – 0Belize Defence Force
Gabriel Perez  50'
FC Belize0 – 0San Pedro Seadogs

South Zone

Belmopan Bandits0 – 1Police United
Devon Makin  79'
Hankook Verdes1 – 2San Ignacio United
Julian Maldonado  90+4' Victor Morales  6', 76'
Placencia Assassins5 – 1Paradise/Freedom Fighters
Elias Donaire  13'
Ashley Torres  20'
Dennis Serano  34'
Zerrick Torres  47'
Rollin Burgess  82'		 Wilmer Garcia  90+4'

Round 4

North Zone[7]

World FC3 – 3San Felipe Barcelona
Belhem Guzman  15'
Joel Guzman  23'
Joshua Richards  80'		 Deris Benavides  39', 45+' (pen)
Eliazar Itza  49'
FC Belize1 – 1Belize Defence Force
David Ramos  19' Erwin Flores  79'
Juventus4 – 0San Pedro Seadogs
Freddy Tun  57'
Andrew Allen  72'
Orvin Wade  86'
Oliver Hendricks  88'

South Zone

Belmopan Bandits0 – 0Placencia Assassins
Police United0 – 0San Ignacio United
Paradise/Freedom Fighters6 – 0Hankook Verdes
Alexander Peters  34', 39', 41', 55'
Elio Ramirez  23', 54'

Round 5

North Zone[8]

San Felipe Barcelona2 – 1San Pedro Seadogs
Harvey Cruz  71'
Oscar Acevedo  84'		 Jesse Smith  21'
Belize Defence Force7 – 0World FC
Paul Nunez  13'
Denmark Casey Jr.  42'
David Trapp  48', 82'
Daniel Jimenez  55', 89'
Harrison Tasher  59'
FC Belize2 – 0Juventus
Jeromy James  27'
Dalton Cayetano  73'

South Zone

Hankook Verdes0 – 3Police United
Orlando Jimenez  42'
Devon Makin  56'
Evan Mariano  68'
San Ignacio United1 – 2Placencia Assassins
Felix Miranda  9' Ashley Torres  69', 79' (pen)
Paradise/Freedom Fighters1 – 1Belmopan Bandits
Lisbey Castillo  15' Jacinto Bermudez  37'

Round 6

North Zone[9]

World FC0 – 2FC Belize
Jeromy James  57'
David Ramos  80'
San Pedro Seadogs0 – 3Belize Defence Force
Richard Jimenez  43'
Harrison Tasher  64', 77'
Juventus0 – 1San Felipe Barcelona
Eliazar Itza  5' (pen)

South Zone

Hankook Verdes2 – 1Belmopan Bandits
Julian Maldonado  80'
Jamie Lozano  82'		 Floyd Jones  20'
Paradise/Freedom Fighters1 – 1San Ignacio United
Ralph Flores  9' Ismael Thompson  22'
Placencia Assassins1 – 2Police United
Ashley Torres  37' Lennox Castillo  42'
Evan Mariano  51'

Round 7

North Zone[10]

World FC2 – 3San Pedro Seadogs
Carlos Vasquez  35'
Richard Carrillo  68'		 Kent Gabourel  39'
Francisco Mejia  45+', 70'
FC Belize1 – 0San Felipe Barcelona
Jermmy Bermudez  90+'
Juventus0 – 1Belize Defence Force
Richard Jimenez  65'

South Zone

Belmopan Bandits1 – 1San Ignacio United
Jacinto Bermudez  40' Amin August Jr.  41' (pen)
Hankook Verdes0 – 2Placencia Assassins
Gary Young  50'
Rollin Burgess  57'
Police United2 – 1Paradise/Freedom Fighters
Evan Mariano  45', 62' Delroy Flores  30'

Round 8

North Zone[11]

Belize Defence Force2 – 1San Felipe Barcelona
David Trapp  48' (pen)
Erwin Flores  90'		 Jaziz Wicab  4'
San Pedro Seadogs0 – 0FC Belize
Juventus3 – 0World FC
Freddy Tun  57'
Ernell Pott  83'
Dean Flowers  86'

South Zone

Police United3 – 0Belmopan Bandits
Lennox Castillo  6'
Trevor Lennan  53', 89'
Paradise/Freedom Fighters1 – 1Placencia Assassins
Tarrel Flores  78' Rollin Burgess  10'
San Ignacio United2 – 1Hankook Verdes
Victor Morales  39'
Ismael Thompson  59'		 Miguel Aguilar  77'

Round 9

North Zone[12]

San Felipe Barcelona3 – 2World FC
Eliazar Itza  3'
Christopher Hendricks  29'
Javier Habet O.G  42'		 Carlos Vasquez  21'
Javier Habet  63'
San Pedro Seadogs6 – 0Juventus
Jesse Smith  2', 12', 31'
Francisco Mejia  16'
Ethnie Figueroa  21'
Kenny Witzel  89'
Belize Defence Force1 – 0FC Belize
Deon McCaulay  49'

South Zone

Hankook Verdes7 – 1Paradise/Freedom Fighters
Julio Ayala  5', 32'
Julian Maldonado  10', 20', 68', 90+3'
Jose Monroy  25'		 Leonard Valdez  54'
Placencia Assassins3 – 1Belmopan Bandits
Luis Torres  57'
Ernie Whyte  63'
Ashley Torres  72'		 Ronaldo Alvarez  88'
San Ignacio United1 – 3Police United
Victor Morales  2' Andres Makin Jr.  45'
Trevor Lennan  63'
Lennox Castillo  72'

Round 10

North Zone[13]

World FC0 – 5Belize Defence Force
Marlon Meza  22', 84'
Richard Jimenez  51'
Harrison Tasher  66'
Michael Martinez  70'
San Pedro Seadogs4 – 0San Felipe Barcelona
Jesse Smith  27', 78'
Francisco Mejia  61'
Ethnie Figueroa  84'
Juventus2 – 4FC Belize
Clifton West  2'
Osmar Duran  65' (pen)		 Jermmy Bermudez  56'
Francisco Briceno  60'
Jeromy James  70'
Carlton Rogers  90+6'

South Zone

Belmopan Bandits0 – 1Paradise/Freedom Fighters
Ralph Flores  34'
Police United6 – 0Hankook Verdes
Oswald Young  7', 45'
Lennox Castillo  10', 57'
Trevor Lennan  42'
Sean Mas  65'
Placencia Assassins2 – 1San Ignacio United
Seannon Defour O.G  48'
Leomar Leslie  68'		 Evral Trapp  90+2'

Playoffs
Semi-Finals Finals
          
N1 Belize Defence Force 0 2 (2) 2
S2 Placencia Assassins 0 2 (4) 2
S2 Placencia Assassins 2 1 3
S1 Police United 1 1 2
S1 Police United 2 1 3
N2 FC Belize 2 0 2

Semi-Finals

Game One[14]

FC Belize2 – 2Police United
Jeromy James  1'
Cristobal Gilharry  60' (pen)		 Bernard Linarez  23'
Ivor Arriola O.G  29'
Placencia Assassins0 – 0Belize Defence Force

Game Two[15]

Belize Defence Force2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Placencia Assassins
Daniel Jimenez  80'
Marlon Meza  111'		 Dellon Torres  14'
Zerrick Torres  97'
Penalties
Marlon Meza
Daniel Jimenez
Harrison Tasher
Khalil Velasquez 		2 – 4 Zerrick Torres
Luis Torres
Rollin Burgess
Ashley Torres
Police United1 – 0FC Belize
Trevor Lennan  37'

Finals

Game One[16]

Placencia Assassins2 – 1Police United
Luis Torres  35'
Ashley Torres  43'		 Evan Mariano  84'

Game Two[17]

Police United1 – 1Placencia Assassins
Evan Mariano  90+2' Elias Donaire  12'
 2012 Champions 
Placencia Assassins
1st title

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Jesse Smith San Pedro Seadogs 8
2 Lennox Castillo Police United 6
Osmar Duran Juventus
Jeromy James FC Belize
Julian Maldonado Hankook Verdes
Evan Mariano Police United
Ashley Torres Placencia Assassins
8 Trevor Lennan Police United 5
Francisco Mejia San Pedro Seadogs
Harrison Tasher Belize Defence Force

(*) Please note playoff goals are included.

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Osmar DuranJuventusWorld FC3–0 (A)25 February 2012
Alexander Peters4Paradise/Freedom FightersHankook Verdes6–0 (H)4 March 2012
Julian Maldonado4Hankook VerdesParadise/Freedom Fighters7–1 (H)5 April 2012
Jesse SmithSan Pedro SeadogsJuventus6–0 (H)8 April 2012
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

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