Belize 1997/98

Northern League:

1. FC Dolphins (San Pedro)          18  [*]
2. Juventus Caribbean (Orange Walk) 15
3. Acros (Belize City)              10
4. FC Corozal (Corozal)             10
5. FC Yabra (Belize City)            1

[*] FC San Pedro changed name to Dolphins.

The first three play a championship playoff together with the
first three of the Southern League:

Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen)
Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen)
Builders Bandits (Belmopán)


Championship Playoff:

 1. Acros (Belize City)              21+
 2. Juventus Caribbean (Orange Walk) 17 [one match to play]
 3. FC Dolphins (San Pedro)          15

Known results:

[Jan 11]
Acros            1-0   Juventud Benquena
Builders Bandits 0-3   San Pedro Dolphins
Real Verdes      2-1   Juventus
   [Earl Peters 5, Russell Tate 9 - Freddie Tun 68]
[Jan 18]
Acros            3-3   Juventus
  [Joe West 42, Juan Hasso (pen), Roberto Alamilla 90;
   David McCauly 1, Esteban Hall, Muschamp (og)]
[Jan 25]
Juventus         5-0   Builders Bandits
Dolphins         0-0   Acros
[Feb 1]
Acros            2-1   Juventus
  [Juan Hasso 52, Roberto Alamilla; Esteban Hall 29]
[Feb 15]
Acros            3-0   Builders Bandits
   [Mark Leslie 17, Joe West 19, Clifford Usher]
Dolphins         1-1   Juventud Benquena
[dates unknown]
Dolphins         4-0   Builders Bandits
Acros            1-0   Dolphins
Juventud B.      0-3   Dolphins
Builders Bandits 0-3   Dolphins



Championship Decider

Best of three

Match 1 [Mar 1, at MCC Grounds, Belize City]
Acros            0-2   Juventus    
  [Esteban Hall (2); half-time 0-0]

Match 2 [Mar 8, at People's Stadium, Orange Walk]
Juventus         6-1   Acros
  [Marcelino Tun 32, 37, ? (pen), Esteban Hall, Freddie Tun, Dean Flowers;
   Juan Hasso 30pen]

Juventus are champions of Belize 1997/98.


Belize League Cup 1998

First Round (May 17/24)
Juventus     3-1 4-1 Southern United
Dolphins     4-1 3-2 Dangriga Jaguars
Acros        2-2 2-3 Yabra
Real Verdes  4-2 1-2 Sagitun
Belmopan     1-1 0-3 Juventud Benquena

NB: Sagitun is the new name for Corozal FC (named after the company to which
    the club has been leased).

Five winners plus best loser (Sagitun) advance to second round.

Second Round (May 31; Jun 7?)
Juventus     8-0 3-1 Sagitun
Juventud     3-1 0-2 Yabra
Dolphins     1-1 0-3 Real Verdes

Three winners plus best loser (Juventud) to semifinals.

Semifinals
Juventus     4-1 w/o Yabra
Real Verdes  2-2 1-0 Juventud

Final (Jul 5,12) [best of three]
Juventus     2-1 4-1 Real Verdes
Juventus win cup



1996/97

1998/99

list of champions


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