2015–16 Premier League of Belize

Premier League of Belize
Season 2015–16
Champions Opening:
Police United
Closing:
Belmopan Bandits
Champions League Police United
Matches played 72
Goals scored 211 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer Opening:
Deon McCaulay (10)
Closing:
Devon Makin (6)
Biggest home win Police United 7–0 Wagiya
(8 November 2015)
Biggest away win Wagiya 0–4 Belmopan Bandits
(31 October 2015)
Highest scoring Placencia Assassins 5–2 Wagiya
(3 October 2015)
Belize Defence Force 3–4 Belmopan Bandits
(21 October 2015)
Police United 7–0 Wagiya
(8 November 2015)
Police United 4–3 Placencia Assassins
(14 February 2016)
Longest winning run Belize Defence Force
Belmopan Bandits
Police United (3)
Longest unbeaten run Police United (8)
Longest winless run Wagiya (13)
Longest losing run Wagiya (11)

The 2015–16 Premier League of Belize (also known as The Belikin Cup) is the fifth 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 2015) and the closing (which will be played at the beginning of 2016).

Team Information

Team City Stadium
Belize Defence Force Belize City MCC Grounds
Belmopan Bandits Belmopan FFB Stadium
Placencia Assassins Independence Michael Ashcroft Stadium
Police United San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium
Verdes San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium
Wagiya Independence Michael Ashcroft Stadium

Opening Season

From the 2014–15 Premier League of Belize season, 6 out of the 9 teams continued to play in the opening season of 2015–16. FC Belize, King Energy/Freedom Fighters and San Ignacio United were the absentees.

There would be one league consisting of the 6 teams, who will play each other twice, with the top 4 teams advancing to the end of season playoffs. The opening season commenced on 15 August 2015.[1]

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Belmopan Bandits (Q) 10 6 3 1 22 11 +11 21 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 Police United (Q) 10 5 4 1 18 5 +13 19
3 Placencia Assassins (Q) 10 5 3 2 20 13 +7 18
4 Verdes (Q) 10 2 5 3 13 14 −1 11
5 Belize Defence Force 10 2 2 6 16 21 −5 8
6 Wagiya 10 1 1 8 12 37 −25 4

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

Round 1

[2]

15 August 2015
19:30
Verdes 1 – 1 Placencia Assassins
Yoras Silva  31' Kareem Haylock  76'

15 August 2015
19:30
Wagiya 5 – 1 Belize Defence Force
Jacinto Bermudez  8'
Eugene Martinez  45'
Samir Melendez  61'
Ean Lewis  82'
Kyle Valerio  90+2'		 Vallan Symms  74' (pen.)

Round 2

[3]

22 August 2015
19:30
Belmopan Bandits 2 – 1 Wagiya
Evan Mariano  39'
Marlon Meza  44'		 Eugene Martinez  1'

23 August 2015
15:00
Belize Defence Force 1 – 1 Verdes
Orlando Trapp  82' Deon McCaulay  54'

Round 3

[4]

29 August 2015
19:30
Wagiya 2 – 2 Police United
Eugene Martinez  54'
Erwin Middleton  83'		 Harrison Roches  41', 73'

30 August 2015
15:30
Belize Defence Force 1 – 1 Placencia Assassins
Michael Martinez  29' Alexander Peters  2'

Round 4

[5]

12 September 2015
19:30
Belmopan Bandits 1 – 3 Placencia Assassins
Highking Roberts  58' Alexander Peters  41'
Daiyon Coradon  48'
Lionel Cabral  85'

12 September 2015
19:30
Wagiya 2 – 3 Verdes
Kyle Valerio  14'
Brandon Cacho  46'		 Deon McCaulay  37', 78', 90+'

Round 5

[6]

3 October 2015
19:30
Placencia Assassins 5 – 2 Wagiya
Alexander Peters  19'
Kareem Haylock  35'
Ashley Torres  41'
Dellon Torres  56'
Ashton Torres  71'		 Eugene Martinez  64'
Donnel Arzu  80'

21 October 2015
19:30
Belize Defence Force 3 – 4 Belmopan Bandits
Shane Flores  4', 63'
Paul Nunez  71'		 Elroy Smith  21', 59'
Elroy Kuylen  42'
Highking Roberts  69'

Round 6

[7][8]

24 October 2015
19:30
Belmopan Bandits 2 – 1 Police United
Jeromy James  44', 51' Darren Myers  24'

25 October 2015
15:30
Belize Defence Force 5 – 0 Wagiya
James Flores  7', 45', 75'
Shane Flores  38'
Michael Myvette  60'

18 November 2015
19:30
Placencia Assassins 2 – 0 Verdes
Ernie Whyte  3'
Luis Torres  38'

Round 7

[9]

31 October 2015
19:30
Police United 4 – 1 Placencia Assassins
Byron Chavez  15'
Trevor Lennan  24'
Darren Myers  29'
Carlton Thomas  42'		 Luis Torres  1'

31 October 2015
19:30
Wagiya 0 – 4 Belmopan Bandits
Elroy Smith  61'
Jeromy James  74'
Randy Padilla  77'
Khalil Velasquez  86'

1 November 2015
16:00
Verdes 1 – 2 Belize Defence Force
Gilroy Thurton  51' James Flores  32'
Paul Nunez  62'

Round 8

[10][11]

7 November 2015
19:30
Placencia Assassins 3 – 2 Belize Defence Force
Luis Torres  18', 47'
Ashley Torres  31'		 James Flores  6'
Jesus Urbina  75' (o.g.)

8 November 2015
16:00
Police United 7 – 0 Wagiya
Byron Chavez  14'
Darren Myers  19'
Harrison Roches  23', 78' (pen.)
Devon Makin  57'
Norman Nunez  82', 89'

25 November 2015
19:30
Belmopan Bandits 1 – 1 Verdes
Jeromy James  25' Deon McCaulay  66'

Round 9

[8][11]

21 November 2015
19:30
Placencia Assassins 1 – 1 Belmopan Bandits
Alexander Peters  x1' Elroy Kuylen  x1'

22 November 2015
16:00
Verdes 5 – 0 Wagiya
Deon McCaulay  x3'
Marlon Molina  x1'
Gilroy Thurton  x1'

Round 10

[12]

28 November 2015
19:30
Belmopan Bandits 4 – 1 Belize Defence Force
Elroy Smith  31', 47'
Evan Mariano  59'
Jeromy James  66'		 Paul Nunez  5'

28 November 2015
19:30
Wagiya 0 – 3 Placencia Assassins
Alexander Peters  56', 76'
Ernie Whyte  85'

28 November 2015
16:00
Police United 1 – 1 Verdes
Harrison Roches  62' Deon McCaulay  88'

Playoffs

  Semi-Finals Finals
                         
1  Belmopan Bandits 0 1 1  
4  Verdes 2 1 3  
    4  Verdes 0 0 0
  2  Police United 1 0 1
2  Police United 1 2 3
3  Placencia Assassins 2 0 2  

Semi-Finals

Game One[13]

5 December 2015
19:30
Placencia Assassins 2 – 1 Police United
Alexander Peters  11'
Luis Torres  39'		 Harrison Roches  83'

6 December 2015
16:30
Verdes 2 – 0 Belmopan Bandits
Jarret Davis  25', 27'

Game Two[14]

12 December 2015
19:30
Belmopan Bandits 1 – 1 Verdes
Randy Padilla  30' Deon McCaulay  73'

Verdes won 3–1 on aggregate

13 December 2015
15:30
Police United 2 – 0 Placencia Assassins
Orlando Jimenez  77', 90'

Police United won 3–2 on aggregate

Finals

Game One[15]

20 December 2015
16:00
Verdes 0 – 1 Police United
Orlando Jimenez  50'
Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
Referee: Irfan Basdemir

Game Two[16]

27 December 2015
16:00
Police United 0 – 0 Verdes
FFB Stadium, Belmopan
Referee: Christopher Reid

Police United won 1–0 on aggregate

2015 Opening Season Champions

Police United
2nd Title

Season Statistics

Top Scorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals*
1 Belize Deon McCaulay Verdes 10
2 Belize Alexander Peters Placencia Assassins 7
Belize Harrison Roches Police United
4 Belize James Flores Belize Defence Force 5
Belize Jeromy James Belmopan Bandits
Belize Elroy Smith Belmopan Bandits
Belize Luis Torres Placencia Assassins
8 Belize Eugene Martinez Wagiya 4
9 Belize Shane Flores Belize Defence Force 3
Belize Orlando Jimenez Police United
Belize Devon Makin Police United
Belize Darren Myers Police United
Belize Paul Nunez Belize Defence Force

* Includes playoff goals.

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Belize Deon McCaulay Verdes Wagiya 3–2 12 September 2015
Belize James Flores Belize Defence Force Wagiya 5–0 25 October 2015
Belize Deon McCaulay Verdes Wagiya 5–0 15 November 2015

Awards

In the post-game ceremonies of the final game of the season, the individual awards were announced.[16]

Award Recipient Team
Golden Boot Belize Deon McCaulay Verdes
MVP (Regular Season) Belize Luis Torres Placencia Assassins
MVP (Playoff) Belize Trevor Lennan Police United
Best Young Player Belize Darren Myers Police United
Best Midfielder Belize Denmark Casey Jr. Belmopan Bandits
Best Defender Belize Dalton Eiley Placencia Assassins
Golden Glove Belize Jaime Brooks Police United
Best Coach Belize Hilberto Muschamp Police United

Closing Season

All 6 teams that participated in the opening season will participate in the closing season.

The format will be the same as the opening season with one league consisting of the 6 teams, who will play each other twice, with the top 4 teams advancing to the end of season playoffs. The closing season commenced on 23 January 2016.

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Police United (Q) 10 6 3 1 21 15 +6 21 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 Belize Defence Force (Q) 10 6 2 2 16 9 +7 20
3 Belmopan Bandits (Q) 10 5 3 2 14 5 +9 18
4 Placencia Assassins (Q) 10 3 3 4 15 16 −1 12
5 Verdes 10 3 1 6 13 15 −2 10
6 Wagiya 10 1 0 9 4 23 −19 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

Round 1

[17]

23 January 2016
19:30
Belmopan Bandits 1 – 1 Police United
Elroy Smith  28' (pen.) Daniel Jimenez  72'

4 February 2016
19:30
Verdes 3 – 1 Belize Defence Force
Deon McCaulay  10'
Jarret Davis  39'
Vallan Symms  76' (o.g.)		 Vallan Symms  54' (pen.)

4 February 2016
19:30
Wagiya 0 – 3 Placencia Assassins
Luis Torres  43'
Ashton Torres  72'
Ashley Torres  85'

Round 2

[18]

30 January 2016
19:30
Police United 4 – 2 Wagiya
Darren Myers  12'
Daniel Jimenez  58'
Harrison Roches  84'
Devon Makin  86'		 Jacinto Bermudez  7'
Donnel Arzu  15'

10 February 2016
19:30
Placencia Assassins 1 – 1 Verdes
Alexander Peters  x1' Nahjib Guerra  x1'

Round 3

[17]

6 February 2016
19:30
Wagiya 0 – 3 Belmopan Bandits
Jordy Polanco  79'
Elroy Smith  88'
Marlon Meza  90'

7 February 2016
15:30
Belize Defence Force 3 – 1 Placencia Assassins
Harrison Tasher  47', 53'
Leon Cadle  85'		 Dalton Eiley  75' (pen.)

7 February 2016
16:00
Verdes 2 – 3 Police United
Nahjib Guerra  4'
Gilroy Thurton  60'		 Amin August Jr.  29'
Devon Makin  75'
Elio Ramirez  86'

Round 4

[19]

13 February 2016
19:30
Belmopan Bandits 2 – 0 Verdes
Kervin Johnson  8'
Marlon Meza  48'

13 February 2016
19:30
Wagiya 0 – 1 Belize Defence Force
Ricky Ricketts  40'

14 February 2016
16:00
Police United 4 – 3 Placencia Assassins
Kenroy Arthurs  13'
Byron Usher  33'
Devon Makin  40'
Elio Ramirez  83'		 Ashley Torres  41'
Luis Torres  43' (pen.)
Leonard Valdez  59'

Round 5

[20]

21 February 2016
15:30
Belize Defence Force 2 – 2 Police United
Kadeem Martinez  80'
Harrison Tasher  87'		 Devon Makin  36'
Harrison Roches  63'

21 February 2016
16:00
Verdes 0 – 1 Wagiya
Jose Martinez  27'

Round 6

[21]

27 February 2016
19:30
Placencia Assassins 1 – 0 Wagiya
Luis Torres  67'

28 February 2016
16:00
Police United 0 – 2 Belmopan Bandits
Amilton Filho  38'
Marlon Meza  78' (pen.)

3 April 2016
15:30
Belize Defence Force 1 – 0 Verdes
Paul Nunez  82'

Round 7

[22]

6 March 2016
16:00
Verdes 2 – 3 Placencia Assassins
Jarret Davis  28', 66' Luis Torres  69'
Dellon Torres  84', 90+'

31 March 2016
19:30
Wagiya 1 – 2 Police United
Erwin Middleton  68' John King  16'
Devon Makin  58'

Round 8

[23]

12 March 2016
19:30
Belmopan Bandits 3 – 0 Wagiya
Eugene Martinez  34'
Jordy Polanco  61'
Rai West  69'

12 March 2016
19:30
Placencia Assassins 1 – 3 Belize Defence Force
Mario Villanueva  61' Harrison Tasher  32'
Osmar Duran  40'
Paul Nunez  81'

13 March 2016
16:00
Police United 2 – 0 Verdes
Andres Makin Jr.  4'
Carlton Thomas  18'

Round 9

[24]

20 March 2016
15:30
Belize Defence Force 3 – 0 Wagiya
Mark Arzu  32'
Ricky Ricketts  38'
Osmar Duran  41'

20 March 2016
16:00
Verdes 2 – 1 Belmopan Bandits
Jamil Cano  62'
Cristobal Gilharry  85'		 Elroy Smith  41'

2 April 2016
19:30
Placencia Assassins 1 – 1 Police United
Lionel Cabral  13' Andres Makin Jr.  3'

Round 10

24 March 2016
19:30
Belmopan Bandits 2 – 1 Placencia Assassins
Kervin Johnson  9'
Randy Padilla  58'		 Ashley Torres  64'

24 March 2016
19:30
Police United 2 – 1 Belize Defence Force
Daniel Jimenez  68'
Jermaine Jones  79'		 Harrison Tasher  28'

24 March 2016
19:30
Wagiya 0 – 3 Verdes
Deon McCaulay  66', 75'
Rodney Pacheco  90+' (pen.)

Playoffs

  Semi-Finals Finals
                         
1  Police United 3 2 5 (7)  
4  Placencia Assassins (p) 2 3 5 (8)  
    4  Placencia Assassins 0 0 0
  3  Belmopan Bandits 0 2 2
2  Belize Defence Force 1 1 2
3  Belmopan Bandits 2 1 3  

Semi-Finals

Game One[25]

9 April 2016
19:30
Belmopan Bandits 2 – 1 Belize Defence Force
Kervin Johnson  17'
Ian Gaynair  22'		 Ricky Ricketts  73'

9 April 2016
19:30
Placencia Assassins 2 – 3 Police United
Ashton Torres  3'
Mario Villanueva  52'		 Devon Makin  5'
Harrison Roches  24'
Amin August Jr.  63'

Game Two[26]

17 April 2016
15:30
Belize Defence Force 1 – 1 Belmopan Bandits
Leon Cadle  78' Elroy Smith  45' (pen.)

Belmopan Bandits won 3–2 on aggregate.

17 April 2016
16:00
Police United 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Placencia Assassins
Harrison Roches  27' (pen.)
Byron Usher  67'		 Dalton Eiley  16' (pen.)
Gilbert Swaso  34'
Ernie Whyte  51'
  Penalties  
Trevor Lennan
Darren Myers
John King
Elio Ramirez
Kenroy Arthurs
Frank Lopez
Andres Makin Jr. 		7 – 8 Ashton Torres
Lionel Cabral
Charles Leslie
Dalton Eiley
Kareem Haylock
Dellon Torres
Ashley Torres
Mario Villanueva

Series tied 5–5 on aggregate. Placencia Assassins won 8–7 on penalties.

Finals

Game One

Game Two[27]

30 April 2016
19:30
Belmopan Bandits 2 – 0 Placencia Assassins
Kervin Johnson  29'
Randy Padilla  83'
Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan
Referee: Irfan Basdemir

Belmopan Bandits won 2–0 on aggregate.

2016 Closing Season Champions


Belmopan Bandits
5th Title

Season Statistics

Top Scorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals*
1 Belize Devon Makin Police United 6
2 Belize Harrison Tasher Belize Defence Force 5
3 Honduras Kervin Johnson Belmopan Bandits 4
Belize Harrison Roches Police United
Belize Elroy Smith Belmopan Bandits
Belize Luis Torres Placencia Assassins
7 Belize Jarret Davis Verdes 3
Belize Osmar Duran Belize Defence Force
Belize Daniel Jimenez Police United
Belize Deon McCaulay Verdes
Belize Marlon Meza Belmopan Bandits
Belize Ricky Ricketts Belize Defence Force
Belize Ashley Torres Placencia Assassins

* Includes playoff goals.

Awards

In the post-game ceremonies of the final game of the season, the individual awards were announced.

Award Recipient Team
Golden Boot (Regular Season) Belize Devon Makin Police United
Belize Harrison Tasher Belize Defence Force
Golden Boot (Overall) Belize Devon Makin Police United
MVP (Regular Season) Belize Dalton Eiley Placencia Assassins
MVP (Playoff) Belize Elroy Smith Belmopan Bandits
Best Young Player Belize Jordy Polanco Belmopan Bandits
Best Midfielder Belize Denmark Casey Jr. Belmopan Bandits
Best Defender Belize Dalton Eiley Placencia Assassins
Golden Glove Belize Shane Orio Belmopan Bandits
Best Manager Belize Alford Grinage Police United
Best Coach Belize Robert Muschamp Placencia Assassins

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  16. 1 2 "Police are champions". Amandala. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  17. 1 2 "PLB update – Week 3 and 2 back matches completed, 1 back match remaining". Amandala. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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