2012 Premier League of Belize

The 2012 Premier League of Belize was 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 were 6 teams from the North Zone and 6 teams from the South Zone.[2] Each team played 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 soccer ball with check mark
Daniel Jimenez soccer ball with red X
Harrison Tasher soccer ball with check mark
Khalil Velasquez soccer ball with red X		 2 – 4 soccer ball with check mark Zerrick Torres
soccer ball with check mark Luis Torres
soccer ball with check mark Rollin Burgess
soccer ball with check mark 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 Belize Jesse Smith San Pedro Seadogs 8
2 Belize Lennox Castillo Police United 6
Belize Osmar Duran Juventus
Belize Jeromy James FC Belize
Belize Julian Maldonado Hankook Verdes
Belize Evan Mariano Police United
Belize Ashley Torres Placencia Assassins
8 Belize Trevor Lennan Police United 5
Honduras Francisco Mejia San Pedro Seadogs
Belize Harrison Tasher Belize Defence Force

(*) Please note playoff goals are included.

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

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