2010–11 Belize Premier Football League Explained

Competition:Belize Premier Football League
Season:2010–11
Winners:Opening: Belize Defence Force
Closing: N/A
Matches:75
Total Goals:243
League Topscorer:Opening: Christian Okonkwo (11)
Closing: Evan Mariano (7)
Biggest Home Win:Belize Defence Force 7–0 San Pedro Sea Dogs
(14 November 2010)
Biggest Away Win:Belmopan Blaze 1–6 FC Belize
(23 December 2010)
Highest Scoring:Belize Defence Force 7–2 San Felipe Barcelona
(17 April 2011)
Longest Unbeaten:Belize Defence Force (10)
Prevseason:2009–10

The 2010–11 Belize Premier Football League (also known as the 2010–11 Caribbean Motors Cup) is the highest competitive football league in Belize, which was founded in 1991. There were two seasons, the opening (which was played at the end of 2010) and the closing (which was played at the beginning of 2011). In 2011, the Belize Premier Football League withdrew from the Football Federation of Belize and all remaining games were abandoned. Thus no winner was crowned for the closing season.

Opening season

There were significant team changes from the 2009–10 Belize Premier Football League closing season. Georgetown Ibayani, Paradise Freedom Fighters and Shanaiah Corozal left the league and in came Griga United, San Felipe Barcelona and Toledo Ambassadors. BRC Blaze were also renamed Belmopan Blaze.

The opening season started on 5 September 2010 with the regular season concluding on 23 December 2010. The playoffs, which are the teams which finished in the top 6, will then take place after this date.

On 24 November 2010, San Pedro Sea Dogs withdrew from the league.

On 30 December 2010, it was revealed by the league that Hankook Verdes would be replacing Belmopan Blaze in the playoffs, due to problems with the Blaze.

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
Belize Defence ForceSan IgnacioNorman Broaster Stadium2,000
Belmopan BlazeBelmopanIsidoro Beaton Stadium & FFB Field2,500
FC BelizeBelize CityMCC Grounds3,500
Griga UnitedDangrigaCarl Ramos Stadium3,500
Hankook VerdesBenque Viejo del CarmenMarshalleck Stadium2,000
San Felipe BarcelonaOrange Walk TownOrange Walk People's Stadium4,500
San Pedro Sea DogsSan Pedro TownAmbergris Stadium3,500
Toledo AmbassadorsPunta GordaToledo Union Field1,500

Regular stage

League table

Results

All of the results on this page have been confirmed by the Belize Premier League. All kick off times are .

Round 1:[1]

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Round 2:[2]

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Round 3:[3]

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Round 4:[4]

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The Round 4 fixtures were put back a week in the schedule, meaning that they were played on 2/3 October 2010 instead of 25/26 September 2010.

Round 5:[5]

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Round 6:[6]

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Hankook Verdes beat San Pedro Sea Dogs 3–0 by default, therefore no goals were actually scored by players.

Round 7:[7]

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The Round 7 fixtures were put back a week in the schedule, meaning that they were played on 30/31 October 2010 instead of 23/24 October 2010.

Round 8:[8]

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Round 9:[9]

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Round 12:[10]

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Belmopan Blaze were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 13:[11]

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Hankook Verdes were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 14:[12]

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San Felipe Barcelona were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 10:[13]

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Toledo Ambassadors were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 11:[14]

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Griga United were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Playoffs

Results

Quarter-Finals[15]

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Semi-Finals

Game One:[16]

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Game Two:[17]

----(*) Toledo Ambassadors win the series 4 – 1

----(*) Belize Defence Force win the series 8 – 3

Championship-Finals

Game One:[18]

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Game Two:[19]

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Top scorers

RankScorerTeamGoals
1 Christian OkonkwoFC Belize11
2 Daniel JimenezBelize Defence Force10
3 Deris BenavidesSan Felipe Barcelona9
4 Jarrett DavisFC Belize8
5 Ralph FloresToledo Ambassadors7
Richard JimenezBelize Defence Force7
Evan MarianoBelize Defence Force7
8 Leon JonesBelmopan Blaze6
9 Oscar AcebedoSan Felipe Barcelona5

Playoff goals are included.

Awards

On 10 February 2011, the Belize Premier Football League in partnership with league sponsors Caribbean Motors presented the 2010–11 Opening Season Awards.[20]

AwardRecipientTeam
Most Goals Christian OkonkwoFC Belize
MVP (Regular Season) Deris BenavidesSan Felipe Barcelona
MVP (Playoff) Richard JimenezBelize Defence Force
Best Forward Jarrett DavisFC Belize
Best Midfielder Deris BenavidesSan Felipe Barcelona
Best Defender Vallan SymmsBelize Defence Force
Best Goalkeeper Woodrow WestBelize Defence Force
Rookie Leobardo MendezHankook Verdes
Manager Ian JonesFC Belize
Coach Andres MakinToledo Ambassadors

BPFL Cup

Only four teams from the opening season competed in the BPFL Cup, with the four teams scheduled to play a triple round-robin regular season. The BPFL Cup started on 20 March 2011, with the regular season concluding on 23 April 2011. After Round 7 of the competition it was announced by BPFL Manager Marvin Ottley that the league decided to abort the remaining games of the regular season and go straight to the playoffs.

League table

Results

Round 1:[21]

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Round 2:[22]

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Round 3:[23]

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Round 4:[24]

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Round 5:[25]

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Round 6:[26]

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Round 7:[27]

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Playoffs

Results

Semi-Finals[28]

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Championship-Finals

Game One:

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(*) The Belize Premier Football League withdrew from the Football Federation of Belize and subsequently the league abandoned all remaining games, therefore no winner was crowned.[29]

Top scorers

RankScorerTeamGoals
1 Evan MarianoBelize Defence Force7
2 Julian MaldonadoHankook Verdes5
3 Clifton WestSan Felipe Barcelona4
4 Andrew AllenSan Felipe Barcelona3
Richard JimenezBelize Defence Force3
Marlon MezaHankook Verdes3
Eduardo MoralesSan Felipe Barcelona3
Gilroy ThurtonFC Belize3

Playoff goals are included.

Notes and References

  1. The Guardian Belize: 8 September 2010 10 October 2010.
  2. The Guardian Belize: 16 September 2010 12 October 2010.
  3. Channel 5 Belize: 20 September 2010 15 October 2010.
  4. The Guardian Belize: 7 October 2010 12 October 2010.
  5. Channel 5 Belize: 12 October 2010 15 October 2010.
  6. Channel 5 Belize: 18 October 2010 18 October 2010.
  7. Channel 5 Belize: 1 November 2010 1 November 2010.
  8. Channel 5 Belize: 8 November 2010 8 November 2010.
  9. The Guardian Belize: 17 November 2010 17 November 2010.
  10. The Guardian Belize: 2 December 2010 2 December 2010.
  11. The Guardian Belize: 9 December 2010 10 December 2010.
  12. The Guardian Belize: 16 December 2010 18 December 2010.
  13. Amandala Online: 23 December 2010 27 December 2010.
  14. Amandala Online: 29 December 2010 31 December 2010.
  15. The Guardian Belize: 6 January 2011 7 January 2011.
  16. Amandala Online: 24 January 2011 29 January 2011.
  17. Amandala Online: 1 February 2011 4 February 2011.
  18. Amandala Online: 8 February 2011 9 February 2011.
  19. Amandala Online: 15 February 2011 16 February 2011.
  20. KREM: 10 February 2011 11 February 2011.
  21. Amandala Online: 22 March 2011 22 March 2011.
  22. Amandala Online: 29 March 2011 29 March 2011.
  23. Amandala Online: 1 April 2011 1 April 2011.
  24. Amandala Online: 5 April 2011 5 April 2011.
  25. Amandala Online: 12 April 2011 12 April 2011.
  26. Amandala Online: 20 April 2011 20 April 2011.
  27. Amandala Online: 29 April 2011 30 April 2011.
  28. Amandala Online: 6 May 2011 7 May 2011.
  29. Amandala Online: 13 May 2011 18 May 2011.