2007–08 Belize Premier Football League Explained

The 2007–08 season of the Belize Premier Football League, otherwise known as the RFG Insurance Cup, began on September 30, 2007 and concluded in April 2008. FC Belize of Belize City entered as defending champions.

Hankook Verdes won the title and qualified for the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.^[1]

League tables

Semifinal round

Results/fixtures

Week 1

September 30:

• MCC Grounds: FC Belize 1-2 Santel's SC
• Carl Ramos Stadium: Revolutionary Conquerors 1-1 San Pedro Dolphins
• Norman Broaster Stadium: Hankook Verdes United 1-2 Wagiya

October 4:

• Orange Walk People's Stadium: Juventus 0-1 Defence Force (rescheduled from September 30 after call-off due to rain)

Georgetown Ibayani: bye

Week 2

October 6:

• MCC: Defence Force 0-2 FC Belize

October 7:

• Norman Broaster: Santel's 1-2 Juventus
• Ambergris: San Pedro 0-1 Verdes
• Carl Ramos: Wagiya 3-1 Georgetown

Revolutionary Conquerors: bye

Week 3

October 13:

• Georgetown 1-1 San Pedro
• FC Belize 1-1 Wagiya

October 14:

• Verdes 0-0 Defence Force
• Conquerors 1-2 Santel's

Juventus: bye

Week 4

• Defence Force 1-1 Conquerors
• Santels 2-1 Ibayani
• San Pedro 1-1 FC Belize
• Juventus 5-1 Wagiya

Verdes: bye

Week 5

October 27:

• Michael Ashcroft: Ibayani 2-1 Verdes
• People's Stadium: Juventus 0-1 San Pedro

October 28:

• Carl Ramos: Conquerors 4-1 FC Belize
• MCC: Defence Force 1-0 Santels

Wagiya: bye

Week 6

^[2] November 3:

• Michael Ashcroft: Georgetown 0-2 Conquerors

November 4:

• Norman Broaster: Santel's 0-2 Verdes
• Carl Ramos: Wagiya 0-0 Defence Force
• MCC: FC Belize 2-0 Juventus

San Pedro: bye

Week 7

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• Norman Broaster, November 10: Santel's 1-4 Wagiya. Frazier 71'-Tasher 31', 63'; Castillo 65', Archer 89'.
• People's Stadium, November 11: Juventus 2-2 Georgetown. O. Hendricks 31', F. Tun 57'-I. Castillo 51', B. Burgess 89'.
• Carl Ramos, November 11: Conquerors 2-3 Verdes. E. Kuylen 18', K. Haylock 43'-D. Jimenez 3', 24', 75'.
• MCC, November 11: Defence Force 1-1 San Pedro. D. McCaulay 41'-R.G. Hicks 62'.
• FC Belize: bye

Week 8

November 17:

• Michael Ashcroft: Ibayani 0-1 FC Belize

November 18:

• Ambergris Stadium: Dolphins 2-0 Santels'
• Norman Broaster: Verdes 2-1 Juventus
• Carl Ramos: Conquerors 2-2 Wagiya
• Defence Force: bye

Week 9

^[4] November 24:

• Michael Ashcroft: Ibayani 2-3 Defence Force

November 25:

• Ambergris Stadium: Dolphins 0-0 Wagiya
• Carl Ramos: Conquerors 2-3 Juventus
• MCC: FC Belize 2-2 Verdes
• Santel's: bye

Week 10

December 1:

• Norman Broaster: Santel's 5-1 Conquerors

December 2:

• People's Stadium: Juventus 1-0 FC Belize
• Carl Ramos: Wagiya 2-4 Verdes
• MCC: BDF 1-1 Georgetown

Bye: San Pedro Dolphins

Week 11

December 9:

• Ambergris Stadium: San Pedro 4-2 Juventus
• Norman Broaster: Verdes 2-2 Georgetown
• Carl Ramos: Wagiya 0-0 Santel's
• MCC: FC Belize 2-1 Defence Force
• Bye: Revolutionary Conquerors

Week 12

December 15:

• Santel's vs F.C. Belize, Norman Broaster, 7:30 pm
• George Town Ibayani vs Wagiya, Michael Ashcroft, 7:30 pm

December 16:

• San Pedro Dolphins vs Revolutionary Conquerors, Ambergris Stad., 2:30 pm
• Belize Defense Force vs Hankook Verdes, MCC Grounds, 4:00 pm

Resting: Suga Boys JuventusNote: These games were postponed. Updated results will be posted.

Week 13

December 22:

• George Town Ibayani 3-2 Santel's

December 23:

• Suga Boys Juventus 2-5 Wagiya
• Revolutionary Conquerors 2-2 Belize Defence Force
• F.C. Belize 5-1 San Pedro Dolphins

Resting: Hankook Verdes

Week 14

December 30:

• San Pedro Dolphins 1-2 George Town Ibayani
• Hankook Verdes 1-1 Revolutionary Conquerors
• Wagiya 3-2 F.C. Belize
• Belize Defence Force 3-2 Suga Boys Juventus

Resting: Santel's

Week 15

January 5, 2008:

• Santel's vs San Pedro Dolphins, Norman Broaster, 7:30 pm

(RAINED OUT; postponed to Jan. 10, 2008)January 6, 2008:

• Suga Boys Juventus 0-3 Hankook Verdes
• Revolutionary Conquerors 0-2 Wagiya
• F.C. Belize 3-4 George Town Ibayani

Upcoming Fixtures

Week 16

January 12, 2008:

• Santel's vs Hankook Verdes, Norman Broaster, 7:30 pm'THE WESTERN DERBY'
• Georgetown Ibayani vs Suga Boys Juventus, Michael Ashcroft, 7:30 pm

January 13, 2008:

• San Pedro Dolphins vs Belize Defence Force, Ambergris, 2:30 pm
• FC Belize vs. Revolutionary Conquerors, MCC, 4:00 pm

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Daniel Jimenez	Verdes	19
2	Jerome James	FC Belize	11
3	Aaron McLaughlin	Wagiya	8
		Juventus
5	Deon McCaulay	Defence Force	7
6	Bent Burgess	Georgetown	5
	Lennox Mejia	Conquerors
	Anthony Gonzalez	Santel's
	Erwin Flores	Defence Force
	Ricardo Jimenez	Verdes
	Germaine Zuniga	FC Belize
	Harrison Tasher	Wagiya

• 4: David Trapp, Conquerors; Ramon Hicks, San Pedro.
• 10 players have three goals apiece.
• 11 players have two goals apiece.
• 33 players with one goal each.

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Teams

Team Name	Established	Home Stadium
FC Belize (defending champions)	2004	MCC Grounds
Defence Force	2007	MCC Grounds
Georgetown Ibayani	2007	Michael Ashcroft Stadium, Independence, Belize
Hankook Verdes United	1976	Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
Suga Boys Juventus	1978	Orange Walk People's Stadium, Orange Walk
Revolutionary Conquerors	2005	Carl Ramos Stadium, Dangriga
Santel's	2006	Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
San Pedro Dolphins	1997	Ambergris Stadium, San Pedro
Wagiya	2005	Carl Ramos Stadium, Dangriga

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/belize08.html Belize 2007/08
2. http://www.channel5belize.com/archive_detail_story.php?story_id=19572 Channel5Belize.COM
3. http://www.channel5belize.com/archive_detail_story.php?story_id=19617 Channel 5 Sports Monday, November 12.
4. http://www.channel5belize.com/archive_detail_story.php?story_id=19699 Channel5Belize.COM
5. Source: Amandala, January 9, 2007.