2016–17 Premier League of Belize
| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Opening: Closing: |
| Matches played | 64 |
| Goals scored | 255 (3.98 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Opening: Closing: |
| Biggest home win |
Belmopan Bandits 9-2 Orange Walk (19 November 2016) |
| Biggest away win |
Orange Walk 0–9 Police United (26 November 2016) |
| Highest scoring |
Belmopan Bandits 9-2 Orange Walk (19 November 2016) |
| Longest winning run | Belmopan Bandits (6) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Belmopan Bandits (15) |
| Longest winless run | Orange Walk (10) |
| Longest losing run | Orange Walk (10) |
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← 2015–16 2017–18 → | |
The 2016–17 Premier League of Belize is the sixth 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 2016) and the closing (which will be played at the beginning of 2017).
Team Information
Opening Season
From the 2015–16 Premier League of Belize season, all 6 teams continued to play in the opening season of 2016–17. FC Belize and Freedom Fighters returned to the league, as well as a newly formed team, Orange Walk, making 9 teams in total.
There would be one league consisting of the 9 teams, who will play each other twice, with the top 4 teams advancing to the end of season playoffs. The opening season commenced on 20 August 2016.[1]
League Table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belmopan Bandits (A) | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 11 | +34 | 39 | Qualification to the Playoffs |
| 2 | Belize Defence Force (A) | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 30 | |
| 3 | Police United | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 25 | |
| 4 | FC Belize | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 25 | |
| 5 | Verdes | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 24 | |
| 6 | Placencia Assassins | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 22 | |
| 7 | Wagiya (E) | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 11 | |
| 8 | Freedom Fighters (E) | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 11 | |
| 9 | Orange Walk (E) | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 76 | −56 | 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
| Home \ Away[1] | BDF | BEL | FCB | FRE | ORA | PLA | POL | VER | WAG |
| Belize Defence Force | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Belmopan Bandits | 0–0 | 4–1 | 9–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | ||
| FC Belize | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
| Freedom Fighters | 1–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 3–6 | 0–2 | 3–0 | ||
| Orange Walk | 1–5 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 0–7 | 0–9 | 0–6 | 4–3 | |
| Placencia Assassins | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| Police United | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | ||
| Verdes | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Wagiya | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
Updated to games played on 27 November 2016.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Playoffs
| Semi-Finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Belmopan Bandits | |||||||||||
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Belize Defence Force | |||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||
Season Statistics
Top Scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jairo Róchez |
Belmopan Bandits | 12 |
| 2 |  Jarret Davis |
Verdes | 10 |
| Jarren Lambey |
Freedom Fighters | ||
| Dellon Torres |
Placencia Assassins | ||
| 5 |  Aloisio Teixeira |
Belmopan Bandits | 9 |
| 6 | Ashton Torres |
Placencia Assassins | 8 |
| 7 | Joao Silva |
Orange Walk | 7 |
| Carlton Thomas |
Police United | ||
| 9 | Russel Cassanova |
FC Belize | 6 |
| Vallan Symms |
Belize Defence Force |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dellon Torres4 | Placencia Assassins | Orange Walk | 7–0 | 28 August 2016 |
| Russel Cassanova | FC Belize | Orange Walk | 4–2 | 28 September 2016 |
| Carlton Thomas | Police United | Freedom Fighters | 6–3 | 30 October 2016 |
| Jairo Róchez4 | Belmopan Bandits | Orange Walk | 9–2 | 19 November 2016 |
4 Player scored 4 goals
References
- ↑ "Semipro football is back; PLB Opening Season 2016-2017 under way". Amandala. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.