2015–16 Premier League of Belize

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Premier League of Belize
Season2015–16
Dates15 August 2015 – 30 April 2016
ChampionsOpening:
Police United
Closing:
Belmopan Bandits
Champions LeaguePolice United
Matches played72
Goals scored211 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorerOpening:
Deon McCaulay (10)
Closing:
Devon Makin (6)
Biggest home winPolice United 7–0 Wagiya
(8 November 2015)
Biggest away winWagiya 0–4 Belmopan Bandits
(31 October 2015)
Highest scoringPlacencia 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 runBelize Defence Force
Belmopan Bandits
Police United (3)
Longest unbeaten runPolice United (8)
Longest winless runWagiya (13)
Longest losing runWagiya (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
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.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Results[]

Round 1[]

[2]

Verdes1 – 1Placencia Assassins
Yoras Silva Goal 31' Kareem Haylock Goal 76'
Wagiya5 – 1Belize Defence Force
Jacinto Bermudez Goal 8'
Eugene Martinez Goal 45'
Samir Melendez Goal 61'
Ean Lewis Goal 82'
Kyle Valerio Goal 90+2'		 Vallan Symms Goal 74' (pen.)
Police United0 – 0Belmopan Bandits

Round 2[]

[3]

Belmopan Bandits2 – 1Wagiya
Evan Mariano Goal 39'
Marlon Meza Goal 44'		 Eugene Martinez Goal 1'
Belize Defence Force1 – 1Verdes
Orlando Trapp Goal 82' Deon McCaulay Goal 54'
Placencia Assassins0 – 1Police United
Devon Makin Goal 15'

Round 3[]

[4]

Wagiya2 – 2Police United
Eugene Martinez Goal 54'
Erwin Middleton Goal 83'		 Harrison Roches Goal 41', 73'
Belize Defence Force1 – 1Placencia Assassins
Michael Martinez Goal 29' Alexander Peters Goal 2'
Verdes0 – 3
(awarded)		Belmopan Bandits

Round 4[]

[5]

Belmopan Bandits1 – 3Placencia Assassins
Highking Roberts Goal 58' Alexander Peters Goal 41'
Daiyon Coradon Goal 48'
Lionel Cabral Goal 85'
Wagiya2 – 3Verdes
Kyle Valerio Goal 14'
Brandon Cacho Goal 46'		 Deon McCaulay Goal 37', 78', 90+'
Police United1 – 0Belize Defence Force
Devon Makin Goal 72'

Round 5[]

[6]

Placencia Assassins5 – 2Wagiya
Alexander Peters Goal 19'
Kareem Haylock Goal 35'
Ashley Torres Goal 41'
Dellon Torres Goal 56'
Ashton Torres Goal 71'		 Eugene Martinez Goal 64'
Donnel Arzu Goal 80'
Verdes0 – 0Police United
Belize Defence Force3 – 4Belmopan Bandits
Shane Flores Goal 4', 63'
Paul Nunez Goal 71'		 Elroy Smith Goal 21', 59'
Elroy Kuylen Goal 42'
Highking Roberts Goal 69'

Round 6[]

[7][8]

Belmopan Bandits2 – 1Police United
Jeromy James Goal 44', 51' Darren Myers Goal 24'
Belize Defence Force5 – 0Wagiya
James Flores Goal 7', 45', 75'
Shane Flores Goal 38'
Michael Myvette Goal 60'
Placencia Assassins2 – 0Verdes
Ernie Whyte Goal 3'
Luis Torres Goal 38'

Round 7[]

[9]

Police United4 – 1Placencia Assassins
Byron Chavez Goal 15'
Trevor Lennan Goal 24'
Darren Myers Goal 29'
Carlton Thomas Goal 42'		 Luis Torres Goal 1'
Wagiya0 – 4Belmopan Bandits
Elroy Smith Goal 61'
Jeromy James Goal 74'
Randy Padilla Goal 77'
Khalil Velasquez Goal 86'
Verdes1 – 2Belize Defence Force
Gilroy Thurton Goal 51' James Flores Goal 32'
Paul Nunez Goal 62'

Round 8[]

[10][11]

Placencia Assassins3 – 2Belize Defence Force
Luis Torres Goal 18', 47'
Ashley Torres Goal 31'		 James Flores Goal 6'
Jesus Urbina Goal 75' (o.g.)
Police United7 – 0Wagiya
Byron Chavez Goal 14'
Darren Myers Goal 19'
Harrison Roches Goal 23', 78' (pen.)
Devon Makin Goal 57'
Norman Nunez Goal 82', 89'
Belmopan Bandits1 – 1Verdes
Jeromy James Goal 25' Deon McCaulay Goal 66'

Round 9[]

[8][11]

Placencia Assassins1 – 1Belmopan Bandits
Alexander Peters Goal x1' Elroy Kuylen Goal x1'
Verdes5 – 0Wagiya
Deon McCaulay Goal x3'
Marlon Molina Goal x1'
Gilroy Thurton Goal x1'
Belize Defence Force0 – 1Police United
Harrison Roches Goal 71'

Round 10[]

[12]

Belmopan Bandits4 – 1Belize Defence Force
Elroy Smith Goal 31', 47'
Evan Mariano Goal 59'
Jeromy James Goal 66'		 Paul Nunez Goal 5'
Wagiya0 – 3Placencia Assassins
Alexander Peters Goal 56', 76'
Ernie Whyte Goal 85'
Police United1 – 1Verdes
Harrison Roches Goal 62' Deon McCaulay Goal 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]

Placencia Assassins2 – 1Police United
Alexander Peters Goal 11'
Luis Torres Goal 39'		 Harrison Roches Goal 83'
Verdes2 – 0Belmopan Bandits
Jarret Davis Goal 25', 27'

Game Two[14]

Belmopan Bandits1 – 1Verdes
Randy Padilla Goal 30' Deon McCaulay Goal 73'

Verdes won 3–1 on aggregate

Police United2 – 0Placencia Assassins
Orlando Jimenez Goal 77', 90'

Police United won 3–2 on aggregate

Finals[]

Game One[15]

Verdes0 – 1Police United
Orlando Jimenez Goal 50'
Referee: Irfan Basdemir

Game Two[16]

Police United0 – 0Verdes
Referee: Christopher Reid

Police United won 1–0 on aggregate


 2015–16 Opening Season Champions 
Police United
2nd title

Season Statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank Player 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 (A) 12 September 2015
Belize James Flores Belize Defence Force Wagiya 5–0 (H) 25 October 2015
Belize Deon McCaulay Verdes Wagiya 5–0 (H) 22 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
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.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Results[]

Round 1[]

[17]

Belmopan Bandits1 – 1Police United
Elroy Smith Goal 28' (pen.) Daniel Jimenez Goal 72'
Verdes3 – 1Belize Defence Force
Deon McCaulay Goal 10'
Jarret Davis Goal 39'
Vallan Symms Goal 76' (o.g.)		 Vallan Symms Goal 54' (pen.)
Wagiya0 – 3Placencia Assassins
Luis Torres Goal 43'
Ashton Torres Goal 72'
Ashley Torres Goal 85'

Round 2[]

[18]

Police United4 – 2Wagiya
Darren Myers Goal 12'
Daniel Jimenez Goal 58'
Harrison Roches Goal 84'
Devon Makin Goal 86'		 Jacinto Bermudez Goal 7'
Donnel Arzu Goal 15'
Belize Defence Force0 – 0Belmopan Bandits
Placencia Assassins1 – 1Verdes
Alexander Peters Goal x1' Nahjib Guerra Goal x1'

Round 3[]

[17]

Wagiya0 – 3Belmopan Bandits
Jordy Polanco Goal 79'
Elroy Smith Goal 88'
Marlon Meza Goal 90'
Belize Defence Force3 – 1Placencia Assassins
Harrison Tasher Goal 47', 53'
Leon Cadle Goal 85'		 Dalton Eiley Goal 75' (pen.)
Verdes2 – 3Police United
Nahjib Guerra Goal 4'
Gilroy Thurton Goal 60'		 Amin August Jr. Goal 29'
Devon Makin Goal 75'
Elio Ramirez Goal 86'

Round 4[]

[19]

Belmopan Bandits2 – 0Verdes
Kervin Johnson Goal 8'
Marlon Meza Goal 48'
Wagiya0 – 1Belize Defence Force
Ricky Ricketts Goal 40'
Police United4 – 3Placencia Assassins
Kenroy Arthurs Goal 13'
Byron Usher Goal 33'
Devon Makin Goal 40'
Elio Ramirez Goal 83'		 Ashley Torres Goal 41'
Luis Torres Goal 43' (pen.)
Leonard Valdez Goal 59'

Round 5[]

[20]

Placencia Assassins0 – 0Belmopan Bandits
Belize Defence Force2 – 2Police United
Kadeem Martinez Goal 80'
Harrison Tasher Goal 87'		 Devon Makin Goal 36'
Harrison Roches Goal 63'
Verdes0 – 1Wagiya
Jose Martinez Goal 27'

Round 6[]

[21]

Placencia Assassins1 – 0Wagiya
Luis Torres Goal 67'
Police United0 – 2Belmopan Bandits
Amilton Filho Goal 38'
Marlon Meza Goal 78' (pen.)
Belize Defence Force1 – 0Verdes
Paul Nunez Goal 82'

Round 7[]

[22]

Belmopan Bandits0 – 1Belize Defence Force
Osmar Duran Goal 16'
Verdes2 – 3Placencia Assassins
Jarret Davis Goal 28', 66' Luis Torres Goal 69'
Dellon Torres Goal 84', 90+'
Wagiya1 – 2Police United
Erwin Middleton Goal 68' John King Goal 16'
Devon Makin Goal 58'

Round 8[]

[23]

Belmopan Bandits3 – 0Wagiya
Eugene Martinez Goal 34'
Jordy Polanco Goal 61'
Rai West Goal 69'
Placencia Assassins1 – 3Belize Defence Force
Mario Villanueva Goal 61' Harrison Tasher Goal 32'
Osmar Duran Goal 40'
Paul Nunez Goal 81'
Police United2 – 0Verdes
Andres Makin Jr. Goal 4'
Carlton Thomas Goal 18'

Round 9[]

[24]

Belize Defence Force3 – 0Wagiya
Mark Arzu Goal 32'
Ricky Ricketts Goal 38'
Osmar Duran Goal 41'
Verdes2 – 1Belmopan Bandits
Jamil Cano Goal 62'
Cristobal Gilharry Goal 85'		 Elroy Smith Goal 41'
Placencia Assassins1 – 1Police United
Lionel Cabral Goal 13' Andres Makin Jr. Goal 3'

Round 10[]

Belmopan Bandits2 – 1Placencia Assassins
Kervin Johnson Goal 9'
Randy Padilla Goal 58'		 Ashley Torres Goal 64'
Police United2 – 1Belize Defence Force
Daniel Jimenez Goal 68'
Jermaine Jones Goal 79'		 Harrison Tasher Goal 28'
Wagiya0 – 3Verdes
Deon McCaulay Goal 66', 75'
Rodney Pacheco Goal 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]

Belmopan Bandits2 – 1Belize Defence Force
Kervin Johnson Goal 17'
Ian Gaynair Goal 22'		 Ricky Ricketts Goal 73'
Placencia Assassins2 – 3Police United
Ashton Torres Goal 3'
Mario Villanueva Goal 52'		 Devon Makin Goal 5'
Harrison Roches Goal 24'
Amin August Jr. Goal 63'

Game Two[26]

Belize Defence Force1 – 1Belmopan Bandits
Leon Cadle Goal 78' Elroy Smith Goal 45' (pen.)

Belmopan Bandits won 3–2 on aggregate.

Police United2 – 3 (a.e.t.)Placencia Assassins
Harrison Roches Goal 27' (pen.)
Byron Usher Goal 67'		 Dalton Eiley Goal 16' (pen.)
Gilbert Swaso Goal 34'
Ernie Whyte Goal 51'
Penalties
Trevor Lennan Penalty scored
Darren Myers Penalty scored
John King Penalty scored
Elio Ramirez Penalty scored
Kenroy Arthurs Penalty scored
Frank Lopez Penalty scored
Andres Makin Jr. Penalty scored		 7 – 8 Penalty scored Ashton Torres
Penalty scored Lionel Cabral
Penalty scored Charles Leslie
Penalty scored Dalton Eiley
Penalty scored Kareem Haylock
Penalty scored Dellon Torres
Penalty scored Ashley Torres
Penalty scored Mario Villanueva

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

Finals[]

Game One

Placencia Assassins0 – 0Belmopan Bandits
Referee: Christopher Reid

Game Two[27]

Belmopan Bandits2 – 0Placencia Assassins
Kervin Johnson Goal 29'
Randy Padilla Goal 83'
Referee: Irfan Basdemir

Belmopan Bandits won 2–0 on aggregate.


 2015–16 Closing Season Champions 
Belmopan Bandits
5th title

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank Player 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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