Table: 1.Kulture Yabra 22 15 4 3 55-19 49 [Belize City] 2.Sagitún 22 12 6 3 41-11 45 [Independence] 3.Belmopan Bandits 22 12 8 2 38-12 44 [aka Builders Hardware] 4.Juventus Esso 22 12 6 4 37-18 42 [Orange Walk] 5.Real Verdes 22 11 5 6 50-28 38 [Cayo] [aka Leslie's Verdes] 6.Metro Stars 22 9 6 7 33-34 33 [Belize City] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Lazio Jumex 22 8 6 8 36-33 30 [Guinea Grass] 8.Griga Tropical 22 7 4 11 24-28 25 [Dangriga] 9.Acros Bombers 22 5 9 8 21-27 24 [Belize City] 10.Ambergris Turquoise 22 5 3 14 22-40 18 [San Pedro Ambergris Caye] 11.Juventud Benqueña 22 2 3 17 27-70 9 [Benque Viejo del Carmen] 12.San Pedro Dolphins 22 1 4 17 13-77 7 Round 1 [Sep 24] Juventud 4-1 Metro Stars Sagitun 0-0 Belmopan Bandits Yabra 3-1 Ambergris Turquoise Juventus 2-2 Acros San Pedro Dolphins 1-1 Real Verdes Griga Tropical 1-0 Lazio Jumex The season was delayed for 6 weeks due to stadium damage from Hurricane Keith. San Pedro Dolphins withdrew for the season but later returned - apparently as Yabra Dolphins. Ambergris Turquoise will finish the season, but will play home matches in Belize City. Round 2 [Nov 11,12] Metro Stars 2-1 Dolphins Bandits 3-0 Griga Tropical Real Verdes 2-1 Yabra Kulture [award of 0-3 revoked] Lazio 4-2 Juventud Turquoise 0-2 Juventus Acros 0-2 Sagitún Round 3 [Nov 19] [home/away unclear] Metro Stars 1-6 Real Verdes [award of 3-0 revoked] Sagitún 2-1 Turquoise Dolphins 2-2 Lazio Juventud awd Bandits [awarded 0-3, originally 1-0] Acros 0-0 Griga Tropical Juventus 1-1 Yabra Round 4 [Nov 26] Bandits 4-1 Dolphins Real Verdes 2-2 Juventus [award of 0-3 revoked] Turquoise 2-1 Griga Tropical Lazio 3-1 Metro Stars Yabra 2-0 Sagitún Acros 2-1 Juventud Round 5 Metro Stars 3-2 Bandits Lazio 2-1 Real Verdes Griga Tropical 0-2 Yabra Turquoise 2-1 Juventud Dolphins 2-1 Acros Juventus 1-0 Sagitún Round 6 Yabra 7-2 Juventud Bandits 2-0 Lazio Acros 4-1 Metro Stars Real Verdes 0-1 Sagitún Juventus 1-0 Griga Tropical Turquoise 1-1 Dolphins Round 7 [Dec 23,24] Yabra 7-1 Dolphins Griga Tropical 0-1 Sagitún Juventud 0-4 Juventus Lazio 0-0 Acros Metro Stars 2-0 Turquoise Bandits 1-0 Real Verdes Round 8 [Dec 30,31] Metro Stars 0-3 Yabra Sagitún 4-0 Juventud Real Verdes 2-1 Griga Tropical Juventus 2-0 Dolphins Turquoise 1-2 Lazio Acros 0-1 Bandits Round 9 [home/away unclear] Yabra 2-0 Lazio Juventus 1-0 Metro Stars Sagitún 2-0 Dolphins Bandits 3-1 Turquoise Griga Tropical 5-2 Juventud Acros 2-2 Real Verdes Round 10 Yabra 1-2 Bandits Real Verdes 2-1 Juventud Juventus 3-1 Lazio Turquoise 1-1 Acros Griga Trop. 2-0 Dolphins Sagitun 2-0 Metro Stars Round 11 [Jan 20] Bandits 1-1 Juventus Turquoise 1-4 Real Verdes [also reported 1-3] Yabra 3-1 Acros Lazio 1-1 Sagitún Metro Stars 3-1 Griga Tropical Juventud 0-0 Dolphins Round 12 Sagitún 2-2 Lazio Real Verdes 5-1 Turquoise Acros 0-0 Yabra Dolphins 0-2 Juventud Griga Tr. 1-1 Metro Stars Juventus 0-1 Bandits Round 13 Bandits 1-1 Sagitún Lazio 2-1 Griga Tropical Real Verdes 8-2 Dolphins Acros 1-0 Juventus Metro Stars 4-1 Juventud Turquoise 0-1 Yabra Round 14 Metro Stars 2-1 Dolphins Juventus 3-0 Turquoise Griga Tropical 0-2 Bandits Sagitún 4-1 Acros Yabra 2-0 Real Verdes Juventud 1-3 Lazio Round 15 [Feb 18?] Acros 0-0 Griga Triopical Real Verdes 1-1 Metro Stars Lazio 8-0 Dolphins Turquoise 0-1 Sagitún Bandits 7-0 Juventud Yabra 0-3 Juventus Round 16 [Feb 25] Juventus 1-2 Real Verdes Sagitún 0-1 Yabra Bandits 2-0 Dolphins Lazio 1-1 Metro Stars Juventud 2-2 Acros Griga T. 1-0 Turquoise Round 17 [Mar 4?] Real Verdes 6-1 Lazio Bandits 1-1 Metro Stars Yabra 3-1 Griga Tropical Juventus 0-0 Sagitún Acros 2-0 Dolphins Turquoise 1-0 Juventud Round 18 [Mar 10?] Sagitún 1-0 Real Verdes Juventud 4-4 Yabra Lazio 0-0 Bandits Griga T. 1-1 Juventus Turquoise 5-0 Dolphins Metro Stars 2-0 Acros Round 19 [Mar 17/18?] Acros 1-0 Lazio Sagitún 1-0 Griga Tropical Real Verdes 1-1 Bandits Yabra 7-0 Dolphins Metro Stars 2-0 Turquoise Juventus 3-1 Juventud Round 20 [Mar 24/25?] Lazio 3-0 Turquoise Metro Stars 0-0 Yabra Bandits 0-0 Acros Juventud 0-6 Sagitún Dolphins 1-5 Juventus Griga T. 2-1 Real Verdes Round 21 [Mar 31, Apr 1] Sagitún 9-0 Dolphins Real Verdes 1-0 Acros Yabra 4-1 Lazio Juventud 1-3 Griga Tropical Juventus 0-4 Metro Stars Turquoise 1-1 Bandits Round 22 [Apr 7,8] Bandits 0-1 Yabra Metro Stars 1-1 Sagitún Griga Tropical awd Dolphins [awarded 3-0, Dolphins dns] Acros 1-3 Turquoise Real Verdes 3-2 Juventud Lazio 0-1 Juventus Table: 1.Kulture Yabra 22 15 4 3 55-19 49 [Belize City] 2.Sagitún 22 12 6 3 41-11 45 [Independence] 3.Belmopan Bandits 22 12 8 2 38-12 44 [aka Builders Hardware] 4.Juventus Esso 22 12 6 4 37-18 42 [Orange Walk] 5.Real Verdes 22 11 5 6 50-28 38 [Cayo] [aka Leslie's Verdes] 6.Metro Stars 22 9 6 7 33-34 33 [Belize City] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Lazio Jumex 22 8 6 8 36-33 30 [Guinea Grass] 8.Griga Tropical 22 7 4 11 24-28 25 [Dangriga] 9.Acros Bombers 22 5 9 8 21-27 24 [Belize City] 10.Ambergris Turquoise 22 5 3 14 22-40 18 [San Pedro Ambergris Caye] 11.Juventud Benqueña 22 2 3 17 27-70 9 [Benque Viejo del Carmen] 12.San Pedro Dolphins 22 1 4 17 13-77 7 Top-6 qualified for playoffs NB: Verdes had originally lost the points from their matches in rounds 2 to 4 on the grounds that player Raimundo Flores had a valid contract for Juventus and was therefore ineligible; however, the appeal committee ruled that his contract with Juventus was null and void and the BFL had not received protest from the clubs (Juventus and the 3 opponents) involved, as required by the BFL statutes. Juventus appealed against this at the BNFA, but their protest was thrown out as the BNFA did not consider itself as having powers to award or take points from any games. Name changes: Grigamandala (formerly Dangriga Jaguars) changed name to Griga Tropical La Victoria Corozal sold its place to Metro Stars, after a merger with Calcutta United failed Yabra Tropical changed name to Kulture Yabra Juventud Benqueña also known as JuBe-Santa Elena Relegated: Juventud Benqueña and San Pedro Dolphins Promoted: Jacintoville United Championship Playoff Table (as given): 1.Kulture Yabra 10 6/2 0/1 1/0 19- 2 22 [Belize City] 2.Belmopan Bandits 10 6/0 1/0 3/0 16- 8 19 [aka Builders Hardware] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Metro Stars 10 4/2 1/1 2/0 14-10 18 [Belize City] 4.Real Verdes 10 3/0 1/0 4/2 13-24 11 [Cayo] [aka Leslie's Verdes] 5.Sagitún 10 2/1 0/1 4/2 14-18 8 [Independence] 6.Juventus Esso 10 1/0 0/0 8/1 11-25 3 [Orange Walk] Round 1 Real Verdes 0-3 Sagitún Juventus 0-1 Bandits Metro Stars 0-2 Yabra [inferred; originally reported as 2-0] Round 2 [Apr 22] Real Verdes 0-4 Yabra Juventus 0-1 Sagitún [asdet] Metro Stars 1-2 Bandits [1-3?] Round 3 [Apr 28,29] Bandits 3-0 Real Verdes Yabra 1-0 Sagitún [asdet] Juventus 1-3 Metro Stars Round 4 [May 6] Yabra 4-0 Juventus [2-0?] Metro Stars 2-1 Real Verdes [asdet] Sagitún 1-1 Bandits [asdet, 3-5 pen] Round 5 [May 12,13] Bandits 0-1 Yabra Juventus 2-3 Real Verdes Metro Stars 2-1 Sagitún Round 6 [May 18] Bandits 0-1 Metro Stars Sagitún 5-1 Juventus Yabra 2-1 Real Verdes [asdet] Round 7 [Jun 10?] Metro Stars 0-0 Yabra [asdet, 1-0 pen] Juventus 3-1 Bandits Real Verdes 3-1 Sagitún Round 8 [Jun 17] Real Verdes 3-2 Juventus Metro Stars 1-0 Sagitún [asdet] Bandits 1-0 Yabra Round 9 [Jun 24] Yabra 3-0 Juventus Real Verdes 2-2 Metro Stars [asdet, 3-2 pen] Bandits 3-1 Sagitún Round 10 [Jun 30, Jul 1] Bandits 3-0 Real Verdes Metro Stars 3-1 Juventus Yabra 4-0 Sagitún Table (according to results): 1.Kulture Yabra 10 6/2 0/1 1/0 21- 2 22 [Belize City] 2.Belmopan Bandits 10 6/0 1/0 3/0 15- 8 19 [aka Builders Hardware] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Metro Stars 10 4/2 1/1 2/0 15-10 18 [Belize City] 4.Real Verdes 10 3/0 1/0 4/2 13-24 11 [Cayo] [aka Leslie's Verdes] 5.Sagitún 10 2/1 0/1 4/2 13-16 8 [Independence] 6.Juventus Esso 10 1/0 0/0 8/1 10-27 3 [Orange Walk] Table (as given): 1.Kulture Yabra 10 6/2 0/1 1/0 19- 2 22 [Belize City] 2.Belmopan Bandits 10 6/0 1/0 3/0 16- 8 19 [aka Builders Hardware] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Metro Stars 10 4/2 1/1 2/0 14-10 18 [Belize City] 4.Real Verdes 10 3/0 1/0 4/2 13-24 11 [Cayo] [aka Leslie's Verdes] 5.Sagitún 10 2/1 0/1 4/2 14-18 8 [Independence] 6.Juventus Esso 10 1/0 0/0 8/1 11-25 3 [Orange Walk] Championship Playoff First Leg [Jul 8] Yabra 1-0 Bandits Second Leg [Jul 15] Bandits 0-2 Yabra Kulture Yabra champions 2000/01 On July 29, Juventus Esso were renamed Juventus Stars following a change in their ownership. Second Level 2000/01 Corozal First Division Round 3 [Nov 4,5] Louisville Kardims 2-0 Patchakan WASA 5-1 Paraiso FC Calcutta Bulls 3-0 Paraiso Senior Libertad 2-1 Ranchito FC Round 4 [Nov 12] Caledonia 1-0 WASA Ranchito FC 3-2 Patchakan San Andres 2-1 Ranchito Machines Table 1.WASA 4 9 2.Caledonia 4 8 3.Calcutta Bulls 3 7 4.Ranchito Machines 4 7 5.Patchakan 4 6 6.Paraiso Senior 3 4 7.Libertad 3 4 8.San Andres 4 9.San Joaquin 3 10.Louisville Kardims 3 11.Ranchito FC 2 12.Buena Vista 0 13.Paraiso FC 0 [Dec ?] Louisville Kardims 9-1 Paraiso Senior Libertad 5-0 Paraiso FC Caledonia 4-0 Buena Vista San Joaquín 1-1 Patchakan Current leaders: Louisville Kardims Orange Walk First Division Round 1 [Oct ?] Tigers FC 7-0 Progresso Jaws Round 2 [Nov 5] Chan Pine Ridge FC 2-3 Tigers FC Progresso Jaws 1-1 Music Center Caribbean FC [Nov] San Jose Palmar 5-0 Guinea Grass United Crystal 5-3 San Jose Palmar Table 1.Multi-Service Tigers FC 2 6 2.San Jose Palmar 3 6 3.Chan Pine Ridge FC 2 3 4.Crystal 2 3 5.Music Center Caribbean FC 1 1 6.Progresso Jaws 2 1 7.Guinea Grass United 2 0 [Nov 26] Chan Pine Ridge FC 3-1 Progresso Jaws FC [Dec 3] Tigers FC - Guinea Grass United FC [Dec 10] Crystal FC 2-1 Music Center [Dec 17] Chan Pine Ridge FC - Guinea Grass United FC Current leaders: Crystal FC [Feb 11] Tigers FC 5-0 Progresso Jaws [Feb 18?] Guinea Grass United 2-1 Chan Pine Ridge [Feb 25] Crystal FC 2-0 Progresso Jaws [Mar 4] Guinea Grass U. 1-3 Tigers FC [Mar 18] Guinea Grass United 3-0 Progresso Jaws [Mar 25?] Chan Pine Ridge 4-3 Crystal FC Playoffs [Districts between brackets] Semifinals Benque FC [Cayo] 3-2 1-1 Campari Dangriga [Stann Creek] Jacintoville United [Toledo] 4-1 5-2 Crystal [Orange Walk] Final [Aug 12 and 19] Benque FC 3-3 lt Jacintoville United Jacintoville United champions of 2nd level; according to regulations they should automatically be promoted, but the BFL insisted they play off against Ambergris Turquoise (who finished 3rd from bottom at the top level); Jacintoville refused to play off (best of 3 system) and in the end the BFL admitted them, leaving a 11-team league.
Sources: The Belize Times, The Guardian
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