Belize 1998/99


Regular Season
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[No zonal qualifications this season.]

Final Table First Half:

 1.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk)                 9  6  3  0 22-10 21  [1]
 2.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál)               9  6  2  1 16- 6 20  [2]
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 3.Sagitún (Independence)                       9  4  4  1 14- 9 16  [3]
 4.Yabra (Belize City)                          9  3  4  2 18-12 13
 5.Acros (Belize City)                          9  3  4  2 12- 7 13
 6.Builders Bandits (Belmopán)                  9  2  4  3 10-13 10
 7.Dangriga Jaguars                             9  3  0  6 11-19  9 
 8.Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen)  9  2  2  5 11-21  8
 9.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen)        9  2  1  6  7-14  7 
10.Southern United (Punta Gorda)                9  2  0  7  8-18  6 

Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk) and La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) qualified
for championship playoff.

[1] Juventus Pepsi is the new name of Juventus Caribbean; there were rumours 
    that Juventus have withdrawn from the league and dissolved the team
    over a rules dispute with the league.  They eventually remained in the
    league but under new ownership and having lost their best players.
[2] San Pedro Dolphins had problems with their home field, so they have
    moved to Corozal and will be known as La Victoria Dolphins.
[3] Midsouth FC is former Corozal FC, loaned out for a year.  After one
    round they were renamed Sagitún.

Round 1 (Sep 6)
Real Verdes      awd Juventud        [awarded to Juventud; originally 3-2 but
Yabra            0-0 Acros            Verdes fielded ineligible player]
Dangriga Jaguars 1-0 Midsouth FC
Southern United  1-0 Belmopan Bandits
Juventus         2-2 La Victoria     [played later]

Round 2 (Sep 13)
Dangriga Jaguars 1-2 Juventus  
La Victoria      awd Acros           [awarded to Acros; originally 2-2 but La
Belmopan Bandits 2-1 Juventud         Victoria fielded too many foreigners]
Sagitun          1-0 Southern United
Yabra            2-1 Real Verdes 

Round 3
Acros            1-2 Sagitun          
Juventus         3-2 Yabra
Juventud         0-1 La Victoria   
Southern United  3-0 Dangriga
Belmopan Bandits 0-0 Real Verdes     [1-1?]

Round 4
Real Verdes      1-0 Acros
Sagitun          1-1 Juventus
Yabra            4-0 Southern United
La Victoria      4-0 Belmopan Bandits
Dangriga         4-1 Juventud

Round 5 (Oct 3)
Juventus         5-1 Real Verdes
Belmopan Bandits 1-1 Sagitun
Southern United  1-2 La Victoria
Acros            4-1 Dangriga Jaguars
Juventud         1-1 Yabra

Round 6 (Oct 11)
Acros            1-1 Juventus
La Victoria      1-0 Yabra
Juventud         4-2 Southern United
Sagitun          1-0 Real Verdes
Belmopan         2-0 Dangriga Jaguars

Round 7 (Oct 18)
Yabra            3-3 Belmopan
Southern United  0-4 Acros
Dangriga         2-1 Real Verdes
Juventus         6-2 Juventud
La Victoria      1-1 Sagitun

Round 8 (Oct 25)
Juventus         1-0 Belmopan
Acros            0-0 Juventud        [awarded to Acros?]
Sagitun          2-2 Yabra
Dangriga         1-2 La Victoria
Real Verdes      2-1 Southern United

Round 9 (Nov 8)
Yabra            4-1 Dangriga
Juventus         1-0 Southern United
Sagitun          5-2 Juventud
La Victoria      3-1 Real Verdes
Belmopan         2-2 Acros

Final Table First Half:

 1.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk)                 9  6  3  0 22-10 21  [1]
 2.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál)               9  6  2  1 16- 6 20  [2]
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 3.Sagitún (Independence)                       9  4  4  1 14- 9 16  [3]
 4.Yabra (Belize City)                          9  3  4  2 18-12 13
 5.Acros (Belize City)                          9  3  4  2 12- 7 13
 6.Builders Bandits (Belmopán)                  9  2  4  3 10-13 10
 7.Dangriga Jaguars                             9  3  0  6 11-19  9 
 8.Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen)  9  2  2  5 11-21  8
 9.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen)        9  2  1  6  7-14  7 
10.Southern United (Punta Gorda)                9  2  0  7  8-18  6 

Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk) and La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) qualified
for championship playoff.


Table Second Half (w/o goals rd 15):

 1.Sagitún (Independence)                       9  7  1  1 18- 8 22  [3]
 2.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk)                 9  5  3  1 17- 7 18  [1]
 3.Builders Bandits (Belmopán)                  9  5  1  3 15-14 16
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 4.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál)               9  4  2  3 14-10 14  [2]
 5.Dangriga Jaguars                             9  4  2  3 10-20 14  [*12]
 6.Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen)  9  3  4  2 15-13 13
 7.Southern United (Punta Gorda)                9  2  3  4  6-10  9  [*12]
 8.Yabra (Belize City)                          9  2  2  5 11-12  8
 9.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen)        9  0  4  5 10-15  4
10.Acros (Belize City)                          9  0  4  5  5-12  4

[*12] w/o goals in rd 12

Sagitún (Independence) and Builders Bandits (Belmopán) qualified
for playoffs.

Round 10
La Victoria      0-0 Juventus
Yabra            2-0 Acros
Juventud         3-1 Real Verdes     [2-0?]
Belmopan         2-2 Southern United
Sagitun          3-1 Dangriga  

Round 11
Juventus        10-1 Dangriga
Acros            0-2 La Victoria
Juventud         2-1 Belmopan        [1-0?]
Southern U.      0-1 Sagitun
Real Verdes      1-1 Yabra

Round 12
Sagitun          3-1 Acros
Yabra            1-1 Juventus
La Victoria      3-2 Juventud
Real Verdes      2-3 Bandits
Jaguars          bt  Southern United

Round 13 [Dec 6]
Acros            1-1 Real Verdes 
Juventus         1-0 Sagitun 
Bandits          2-1 La Victoria 
Juventud         3-1 Dangriga    
Southern U.      2-1 Yabra

Round 14 [Dec 13]
Yabra            3-1 Juventud
Sagitun          6-2 Belmopan
Juventus         4-2 Real Verdes
La Victoria      5-1 Southern Utd
Acros            1-1 Dangriga

Round 15 
Juventus         bt  Acros        (4-1?)
Yabra            lt  La Victoria  (0-4?)
Southern U.      drw Juventud     (0-0?)
Real Verdes      lt  Sagitun      (1-4?)
Dangriga         bt  Belmopan   

Round 16
Sagitun          1-0 La Victoria
Belmopan         2-1 Yabra
Jaguars          1-1 Real Verdes
Acros            1-1 Southern United
[Jan 6]
Juventud         1-1 Juventus

Round 17
Sagitun          2-1 Yabra
Juventus         0-2 Belmopan  
Jaguars          2-1 La Victoria
Juventud         1-1 Acros
Southern U.      w/o Real Verdes     [Verdes dns due to transport problems]

Round 18 [Jan 10]
Sagitun          2-2 Juventud
Juventus         w/o Southern United [Juventus won by default]  
Real Verdes      2-2 La Victoria
Jaguars          3-1 Yabra
Acros            0-1 Belmopan

[all awarded matches apparently had a 0-0 score for the goal difference]

Table Second Half (w/o goals rd 15):

 1.Sagitún (Independence)                       9  7  1  1 18- 8 22  [3]
 2.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk)                 9  5  3  1 17- 7 18  [1]
 3.Builders Bandits (Belmopán)                  9  5  1  3 15-14 16
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 4.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál)               9  4  2  3 14-10 14  [2]
 5.Dangriga Jaguars                             9  4  2  3 10-20 14  [*12]
 6.Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen)  9  3  4  2 15-13 13
 7.Southern United (Punta Gorda)                9  2  3  4  6-10  9  [*12]
 8.Yabra (Belize City)                          9  2  2  5 11-12  8
 9.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen)        9  0  4  5 10-15  4 
10.Acros (Belize City)                          9  0  4  5  5-12  4

[*12] w/o goals in rd 12

Sagitún (Independence) and Builders Bandits (Belmopán) qualified
for playoffs.

Overall Table (w/o goals rd 15):

 1.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk)                18 11  6  1 39-17 39  [1]
 2.Sagitún (Independence)                      18 11  5  2 32-17 38  [3]
 3.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál)              18 10  4  4 30-16 34  [2]
 4.Builders Bandits (Belmopán)                 18  7  5  6 25-27 26
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Dangriga Jaguars                            18  7  2  9 21-39 23  [*12]
 6.Yabra (Belize City)                         18  5  6  7 29-24 21
 7.Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 18  5  6  7 26-34 21
 8.Acros (Belize City)                         18  3  8  7 17-19 17
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 9.Southern United (Punta Gorda)               18  4  3 11 14-28 15  [*12]
10.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen)       18  2  5 11 17-29 11 

[*12] w/o goals in rd 12

[1] Juventus Pepsi is the new name of Juventus Caribbean; there were rumours 
    that Juventus have withdrawn from the league and dissolved the team
    over a rules dispute with the league.  They eventually remained in the
    league but under new ownership and having lost their best players.
[2] San Pedro Dolphins had problems with their home field, so they have
    moved to Corozal and will be known as La Victoria Dolphins.
[3] Midsouth FC is former Corozal FC, loaned out for a year.  After one
    round they were renamed Sagitún.

Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk), Sagitún (Mango Creek), La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál)
and Builders Bandits (Belmopán) qualified for championship playoff.

Southern United (Punta Gorda) and Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen) to
relegation playoff.

NB: published table:

 1.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk)                18 11  6  1 43-18 39  
 2.Sagitún (Independence)                      18 11  5  2 36-18 38  
 3.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál)              18 10  4  4 33-15 34 
 4.Builders Bandits (Belmopán)                 18  7  5  6 27-31 26
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Dangriga Jaguars                            18  7  2  9 27-29 23
 6.Yabra (Belize City)                         18  5  6  7 29-28 21
 7.Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 18  5  6  7 25-34 21
 8.Acros (Belize City)                         18  3  8  7 19-23 17
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 9.Southern United (Punta Gorda)               18  4  3 11 14-31 15  
10.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen)       18  2  5 11 17-32 11

total GD is +11; there is an obvious mistake in the goals against for Dangriga
but some others must remain as well.


Championship Playoff
====================

[played with extra time after draws; an extra time win yields 2, a
 penalty shoot-out win following an extra time draw 1 point]

Table:

                                                P  W X wDl L X  F  A Pts
 1.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk)                 6  4/0 0/1 0/1 16- 4 12
 2.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál)               6  2/1 1/0 0/2 13- 9  9
 3.Sagitún (Independence)                       6  1/2 0/0 3/0  8-12  7
 4.Builders Bandits (Belmopán)                  6  1/0 0/0 5/0  6-18  3 

[P: played; W: regulation wins; X: extra time wins; wDl: draws won/lost on 
 penalties; L: regulation losses; X: extra time losses]

Round 1 [Jan 17]
Juventus         2-0 Belmopan
Sagitun          2-1 La Victoria         [asdet]

Round 2 [Jan 24]
La Victoria      1-1 Juventus            [asdet, 4-3 pen]
Belmopan         2-3 Sagitun

Round 3 [Jan 31]
Belmopan         1-3 La Victoria
Sagitun          0-1 Juventus

Round 4 [Feb 7]
La Victoria      1-2 Sagitun             [asdet]
Belmopan         0-5 Juventus    

Round 5 [Feb 14]
Juventus         1-2 La Victoria         [asdet]
Belmopan         1-0 Sagitun

Round 6
[Feb 21]
La Victoria      5-2 Belmopan
[Feb 28]
Juventus         6-1 Sagitun

Table:

                                                P  W X wDl L X  F  A Pts
 1.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk)                 6  4/0 0/1 0/1 16- 4 12
 2.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál)               6  2/1 1/0 0/2 13- 9  9
 3.Sagitún (Independence)                       6  1/2 0/0 3/0  8-12  7
 4.Builders Bandits (Belmopán)                  6  1/0 0/0 5/0  6-18  3 

[P: played; W: regulation wins; X: extra time wins; wDl: draws won/lost on 
 penalties; L: regulation losses; X: extra time losses]


Championship Playoff

First Leg [Mar 28, Orange Walk]
Juventus         2-1 La Victoria    
  [Ian Henry, Dean Flowers; Clifford Usher]

Second Leg [Apr 4, Corozál]
La Victoria      1-1 Juventus     

Juventus win 3-2 on aggregate and are champions of Belize 1998/99.


Promotion/Relegation Tournament (for one place in BFL):

Schedule:

Saturday, July 3 CYO: Verdes - Louisiana
Sunday, July 11 SP : San Pedro - Verdes
Sunday, July 18 OW : Louisiana - San Pedro
Sunday, July 25 CYO: Verdes - San Pedro
Sunday, Aug 1 OW : Louisiana - Verdes
Sunday, Aug 8 SP : San Pedro - Louisiana

Southern United, the last place BFL team, reportedly pulled out of the
relegation tournament.

Tournament was cancelled, all three teams will play in the first division 
1999/2000, which will have 12 teams.

Relegated: Southern United.
Promoted: Louisiana Area FC and San Pedro Turquoise.
Move: La Victoria back to San Pedro; Sagitún reclaimed by Corozál.
New franchise: Sagitún.


NB: new season to start Sep 5; Louisiana withdrew due to financial problems;
    Juventus Pepsi changed name (sponsor) to Juventus Esso.


Belize 1998/99 Second Level (Division 1)

[amateur level]

Belize District
---------------
Playoff Standings:
1.San Pedro Turquois            6
2.Kremandala Lakers             3
3.Brown's Foundation Bombers    3
4.Independence                  0

Playoffs
San Pedro Turquois      4-1   Kremandala Lakers
Kremandala Lakers       2-2   San Pedro Turquois

San Pedro Turquois champions.

Both San Pedro Turquois and Kremandala Lakers qualified for the championship
of the National Amateur First Division.  

Belmopan District
-----------------
Hummingbird Rattan Weavers champions.

Cayo District
-------------
Unitedville champions.

Corozal District
----------------
Ranchito champions.

Orange Walk District
--------------------
Group I
1.Louisiana Area FC             9
2.Guinea Grass All Stars        4
3.San Antonio Music Center      3
4.Trial Farm FC                 2
5.Avengers FC                   1

Group II
1.Guinea Grass Lasio FC         7
2.Progresso Jaws FC             4
3.San Felipe FC                 3
4.Crystal FC                    3
5.Los Mimos FC                  0

Championship won by Louisiana Area FC.

Stann Creek District
--------------------
Wagiya 2000 champions.

Toledo District
---------------
Estrellas champions.

Championship of the National Amateur First Division
---------------------------------------------------
Qualified: San Pedro Turquois, Kremandala Lakers, Hummingbird Rattan Weavers,
           Unitedville, Ranchito, Louisiana Area FC, Wagiya 2000, Estrellas.

Played in 2 groups of 4; 2 teams promoted to first level.

Round 1 (Mar 21)
Group A
Louisiana Area FC          2-1 Ranchito
San Pedro Turquois         2-2 Unitedville
Group B
Hummingbird Rattan Weavers 2-2 Kremandala Lakers
Estrellas                  4-4 Wagiya 2000

Round 2 [Mar 28]
Group A
Unitedville                1-2 Ranchito           [Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio]
Louisiana Area FC          0-1 San Pedro Turquois [People's Stadium, Orange Walk]
Group B
Kremandala Lakers          3-3 Estrellas          [MCC Grounds, Belize City]
Wagiya 2000                6-2 HR Weavers         [Carl Ramos Stadium, Dangriga]
                       [also reported 6-1]

Round 3
Group A
Louisiana Area FC          4-1 Unitedville
Ranchito                   0-2 San Pedro Turquois 
Group B
Kremandala Lakers          3-1 Wagiya 2000
Estrellas                  1-2 Hummingbird Rattan Weavers 

Round 4
Group A
Unitedville                2-1 San Pedro Turquois [protest San Pedro rejected]
Louisiana Area FC          4-1 Ranchito        
Group B
Wagiya 2000                5-0 Estrellas     
Kremandala Lakers          2-0 Hummingbird Rattan Weavers 

Round 5
Group A
San Pedro Turquois         5-1 Louisiana Area FC
Ranchito                   0-1 Unitedville
Group B
Wagiya 2000                2-1 Hummingbird Rattan Weavers 
Estrellas                  2-2 Kremandala Lakers

Round 6
Group A
San Pedro Turquois         3-1 Ranchito
Unitedville                2-5 Louisiana Area FC
Group B
Wagiya 2000                2-1 Kremandala Lakers
Hummingbird Rattan Weavers awd Estrellas          [awarded 3-0, Estrellas forfeited]

Tables:

Group A
 1.San Pedro Turquois   6  4  1  1 14- 6 13  Qualified
 2.Louisiana Area FC    6  4  0  2 16-11 12  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Unitedville          6  2  1  3  9-14  7
 4.Ranchito             6  1  0  5  5-13  3

Group B
 1.Wagiya 2000          6  4  1  1 20-11 13  Qualified
 2.Kremandala Lakers    6  2  3  1 13-10  9  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.HR Weavers           6  2  1  3 10-13  7
 4.Estrellas            6  0  3  3 10-19  3

Semifinals

First Legs [May 7]
San Pedro Turquois          -  Kremandala Lakers
Wagiya 2000                 -  Louisiana Area FC
  
Second Legs [May 16]
Kremandala Lakers           -  San Pedro Turquois
Louisiana Area FC           -  Wagiya 2000
  

Finals (also for Amateur Championship)

First Leg
San Pedro Turquois         0-1 Louisiana Area FC

Second Leg [Jun 27]
Louisiana Area FC          4-2 San Pedro Turquois  [aet; 1-2 after 90 mins]

Louisiana Area FC amateur champions (as in 1998, then under the name Aquarius]

NB: final was delayed due to a dispute over the promotion/relegation tournament
    involving the finalists and the bottom teams of the semi-professional
    league.


1997/98

1999/2000

list of champions


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Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl and James Goloboy for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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Last updated: 30 Sep 2002

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