2010–11 Belize Premier Football League

Belize Premier Football League
Season 2010-11
Champions Opening: Belize Defence Force
Closing: N/A
Matches played 75
Goals scored 243 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorer 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 run Belize Defence Force (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 are two seasons which are spread over two years, the opening (which will be played at the end of 2010) and the closing (which will be played at the beginning of 2011).

Contents

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

Team City Stadium Capacity
Belize Defence Force San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium
2,000
Belmopan Blaze Belmopan Isidoro Beaton Stadium & FFB Field
2,500
FC Belize Belize City MCC Grounds
3,500
Griga United Dangriga Carl Ramos Stadium
3,500
Hankook Verdes Benque Viejo del Carmen Marshalleck Stadium
2,000
San Felipe Barcelona Orange Walk Town Orange Walk People's Stadium
4,500
San Pedro Sea Dogs San Pedro Town Ambergris Stadium
3,500
Toledo Ambassadors Punta Gorda Toledo Union Field
1,500

League Table

Regular Stage

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Belize Defence Force (C) 14 11 2 1 34 11 +23 35 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 FC Belize 14 9 2 3 35 19 +16 29
3 Toledo Ambassadors 14 7 3 4 21 16 +5 24
4 Griga United 14 6 4 4 15 13 +2 22
5 San Felipe Barcelona 14 6 3 5 19 21 −2 21
6 Belmopan Blaze 14 4 2 8 15 28 −13 14
7 Hankook Verdes 14 3 4 7 10 17 −7 13 Qualification to the Playoffs
8 San Pedro Sea Dogs 14 0 0 14 7 46 −39 0

Updated to games played on 26 December 2010
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

(*) Please note that all of the results on this page have been confirmed by the Belize Premier League. All kick off times are UTC−06:00.

Round 1:[1]

5 September 2010
15:30
Toledo Ambassadors 1 – 1 Hankook Verdes Toledo Union Field, Punta Gorda
A. Makin Jr.  90' Meza  90+1'

5 September 2010
16:00
Griga United 3 – 0 Belmopan Blaze Carl Ramos Stadium, Dangriga
Peters  22'71'
Serano  31'

5 September 2010
16:00
FC Belize 3 – 1 San Pedro Sea Dogs MCC Grounds, Belize City
Andrews  20' (pen.)
McCauley  84'
Davis  88'
Cantun  48'

5 September 2010
16:00
BDF 4 – 2 San Felipe Barcelona Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
D. Jimenez  27'34'81'
Martinez  74'
Benavides  15'45'

Round 2:[2]

11 September 2010
19:30
Belmopan Blaze 1 – 3 Toledo Ambassadors Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan
Jones  54' Torres  10'
Lyons O.G  20'
Garcia  75'

11 September 2010
20:00
Hankook Verdes 2 – 2 FC Belize Marshalleck Stadium, Benque Viejo del Carmen
Meza  28' (pen.)47' Mendez O.G  32'
James  71'

12 September 2010
14:30
San Pedro Sea Dogs 1 – 2 BDF Ambergris Stadium, San Pedro Town
Jones  8' R. Jimenez  40'
O. Jimenez  43'

12 September 2010
16:00
San Felipe Barcelona 1 – 3 Griga United Orange Walk People's Stadium, Orange Walk Town
Benavides  75' (pen.) Castillo  19'
Haylock  24'
Bermudez  78'

Round 3:[3]

19 September 2010
16:00
Toledo Ambassadors 0 – 1 San Felipe Barcelona Toledo Union Field, Punta Gorda
O. Acebedo  84'

19 September 2010
16:00
Griga United 3 – 2 San Pedro Sea Dogs Carl Ramos Stadium, Dangriga
Serano  22'
Tasher  39'63'
Hicks  69' (pen.)77'

20 September 2010
16:00
FC Belize 4 – 2 Belmopan Blaze MCC Grounds, Belize City
Martinez  9'
Davis  24'81'
Okonkwo  78'
Bermudez  48'
Wiltshire  65'

20 September 2010
16:00
BDF 1 – 0 Hankook Verdes Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
Guzman O.G  12'

Round 4:[4]

2 October 2010
19:30
Belmopan Blaze 1 – 1 BDF Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan
Hendericks  88' Casey  56'

3 October 2010
14:30
San Pedro Sea Dogs 0 – 3 Toledo Ambassadors Ambergris Stadium, San Pedro Town
A. Makin Jr.  12'
R. Flores  81'
Linarez  87'

3 October 2010
16:00
San Felipe Barcelona 2 – 1 Hankook Verdes Orange Walk People's Stadium, Orange Walk Town
Benavides  6'
H. Cruz  44'
Monroy  7'

3 October 2010
16:00
FC Belize 1 – 0 Griga United MCC Grounds, Belize City
James  77'

(*) Please note that 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]

9 October 2010
19:30
San Felipe Barcelona 1 – 3 FC Belize Orange Walk People's Stadium, Orange Walk Town
O. Acebedo  86' Davis  42'
Okonkwo  61'90'

9 October 2010
20:00
Hankook Verdes 0 – 0 Griga United Marshalleck Stadium, Benque Viejo del Carmen

10 October 2010
15:00
San Pedro Sea Dogs 0 – 3 Belmopan Blaze Ambergris Stadium, San Pedro Town
Leslie  34'
Bermudez  82'
Jones  89'

10 October 2010
16:00
BDF 4 – 3 Toledo Ambassadors Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
Nunez  47'
Mariano  65'
Flores  87'90+3'
Torres  7'87'
Linarez  44'

Round 6:[6]

16 October 2010
17:00
Hankook Verdes 3 – 0 San Pedro Sea Dogs Marshalleck Stadium, Benque Viejo del Carmen

16 October 2010
19:30
Belmopan Blaze 1 – 1 San Felipe Barcelona Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan
Hendericks  22' E. Cruz  78'

17 October 2010
15:30
Toledo Ambassadors 0 – 0 FC Belize Toledo Union Field, Punta Gorda

17 October 2010
16:00
Griga United 0 – 2 BDF Carl Ramos Stadium, Dangriga
Mariano  7'
R. Jimenez  90+2'

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

Round 7:[7]

30 October 2010
19:30
Belmopan Blaze 2 – 0 Hankook Verdes Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan
Jones  26'32'

31 October 2010
16:00
San Felipe Barcelona 3 – 2 San Pedro Sea Dogs Orange Walk People's Stadium, Orange Walk Town
Rodriguez  2'
Andrade  38'
L. Acebedo  49'
Andrade O.G  18'
Witzil  67'

4 November 2010
19:30
Griga United 2 – 1 Toledo Ambassadors Carl Ramos Stadium, Dangriga
Burgess  33'70' Nunez  61'

31 October 2010
16:00
BDF 2 – 1 FC Belize Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
Trapp  31'
D. Jimenez  90+3'
Okonkwo  80'

(*) Please note that 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]

6 November 2010
20:00
Hankook Verdes 0 – 1 Toledo Ambassadors Marshalleck Stadium, Benque Viejo del Carmen
Bermudez  65'

7 November 2010
15:00
San Pedro Sea Dogs 1 – 4 FC Belize Ambergris Stadium, San Pedro Town
Nunez  63' Andrews  30'
Usher  40'85'
Okonkwo  61'

7 November 2010
16:00
San Felipe Barcelona 2 – 0 Belmopan Blaze Orange Walk People's Stadium, Orange Walk Town
Benavides  16'
H. Cruz  71'

7 November 2010
16:00
BDF 0 – 0 Griga United Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio

Round 9:[9]

13 November 2010
20:00
Griga United 1 – 1 San Felipe Barcelona Carl Ramos Stadium, Dangriga
Peters  3' O. Acebedo  32'

14 November 2010
16:00
Toledo Ambassadors 2 – 0 Belmopan Blaze Toledo Union Field, Punta Gorda
D. Makin  50'
Ramirez  84'

14 November 2010
16:00
FC Belize 2 – 0 Hankook Verdes MCC Grounds, Belize City
Okonkwo  65'
Davis  71'

14 November 2010
16:00
BDF 7 – 0 San Pedro Sea Dogs Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
Nunez  14'59'
Mariano  33'46'
Cho  84'
D. Jimenez  86'
Casey  88'

Round 12:[10]

28 November 2010
15:30
Toledo Ambassadors 0 – 3 BDF Toledo Union Field, Punta Gorda
Lennen  30'
R. Jimenez  68'
O. Jimenez  90'

28 November 2010
16:00
Griga United 1 – 1 Hankook Verdes Carl Ramos Stadium, Dangriga
Castillo  49' Meza  34'

28 November 2010
16:00
FC Belize 3 – 2 San Felipe Barcelona MCC Grounds, Belize City
Okonkwo  19'
A. Jones  38'
Usher  90+1'
Benavides  60'
Rodriguez  62'

(*) Please note that Belmopan Blaze were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 13:[11]

4 December 2010
19:30
San Felipe Barcelona 2 – 1 BDF Orange Walk People's Stadium, Orange Walk Town
Benavides  2'90+1' (pen.) O. Jimenez  84'

5 December 2010
16:00
Belmopan Blaze 0 – 1 Griga United FFB Field, Belmopan
Castillo  80'

5 December 2010
16:00
FC Belize 3 – 4 Toledo Ambassadors MCC Grounds, Belize City
McCauley  7'
Andrews  25' (pen.)
Perez  74'
Ramirez  1'
Garcia  30' (pen.)84' (pen.)
Torres  85'

(*) Please note that Hankook Verdes were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 14:[12]

11 December 2010
20:00
Hankook Verdes 1 – 4 Belmopan Blaze Marshalleck Stadium, Benque Viejo del Carmen
Eiley  83' Jones  34'57' (pen.)
Leslie  70'90+1'

12 December 2010
16:00
Toledo Ambassadors 2 – 0 Griga United Toledo Union Field, Punta Gorda
R. Flores  34'39'

12 December 2010
16:00
FC Belize 1 – 2 BDF MCC Grounds, Belize City
James  28' Trapp  12'
Symms  38' (pen.)

(*) Please note that San Felipe Barcelona were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 10:[13]

18 December 2010
20:00
Hankook Verdes 1 – 0 San Felipe Barcelona Marshalleck Stadium, Benque Viejo del Carmen
R. Cano  63'

19 December 2010
16:00
Griga United 1 – 2 FC Belize Carl Ramos Stadium, Dangriga
Serano  30' Okonkwo  42'
D. Jones  48'

19 December 2010
16:00
BDF 4 – 0 Belmopan Blaze Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
D. Jimenez  22'48'
Velasquez  58'
Mariano  71'

(*) Please note that Toledo Ambassadors were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Round 11:[14]

23 December 2010
19:30
Belmopan Blaze 1 – 6 FC Belize FFB Field, Belmopan
Bermudez  28' Davis  9'45'48'
Okonkwo  21'66'85'

23 December 2010
19:30
San Felipe Barcelona 1 – 1 Toledo Ambassadors Orange Walk People's Stadium, Orange Walk Town
O. Acebedo  8' A. Makin Jr.  50'

23 December 2010
20:00
Hankook Verdes 0 – 1 BDF Marshalleck Stadium, Benque Viejo del Carmen
R. Jimenez  34'

(*) Please note that Griga United were awarded a victory, due to the withdrawal of San Pedro Sea Dogs.

Playoffs

Results

Quarter-Finals[15]

2 January 2011
16:00
Griga United 2 – 3 San Felipe Barcelona Carl Ramos Stadium, Dangriga
Serano  32'
Peters  63'
Benavides  55'
H. Cruz  72'
O. Acebedo  90'

2 January 2011
16:00
Toledo Ambassadors 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Hankook Verdes Toledo Union Field, Punta Gorda
  Penalties  
Garcia
T. Flores
Muschamp
Eiley
Ramirez
4 – 2 Meza
A. Cano
Guerra
Monroy

Semi-Finals

Game One:[16]

23 January 2011
16:00
FC Belize 1 – 1 Toledo Ambassadors MCC Grounds, Belize City
Andrews  1' Muschamp  63'

23 January 2011
16:00
San Felipe Barcelona 1 – 2 BDF Orange Walk People's Stadium, Orange Walk Town
Cawich  81' Mariano  61'
Cawich O.G  84'

Game Two:[17]

30 January 2011
16:00
Toledo Ambassadors 3 – 0 FC Belize Toledo Union Field, Punta Gorda
R. Flores  21'30'80'

(*) Toledo Ambassadors win the series 4 – 1

30 January 2011
16:00
BDF 6 – 2 San Felipe Barcelona Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
D. Jimenez  30'40'
Trapp  36'
Symms  38' (pen.)
R. Jimenez  52'
Mariano  82'
H. Cruz  81' (pen.)
Wicab  83'

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

Championship-Finals

Game One:[18]

6 February 2011
16:00
Toledo Ambassadors 2 – 2 BDF Toledo Union Field, Punta Gorda
D. Makin  8'
R. Flores  24'
R. Jimenez  12'
Flores  73'

Game Two:[19]

13 February 2011
16:00
BDF 2 – 0 Toledo Ambassadors Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
R. Jimenez  48'
D. Jimenez  87'

2010–11 Opening Season Champions


Belize Defence Force
3rd Title

Top Scorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Christian Okonkwo FC Belize 11
2 Daniel Jimenez Belize Defence Force 10
3 Deris Benavides San Felipe Barcelona 9
4 Jarrett Davis FC Belize 8
5 Ralph Flores Toledo Ambassadors 7
Richard Jimenez Belize Defence Force 7
Evan Mariano Belize Defence Force 7
8 Leon Jones Belmopan Blaze 6
9 Oscar Acebedo San Felipe Barcelona 5

(*) Please note 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]

Award Recipient Team
Most Goals Christian Okonkwo FC Belize
MVP (Regular Season) Deris Benavides San Felipe Barcelona
MVP (Playoff) Richard Jimenez Belize Defence Force
Best Forward Jarrett Davis FC Belize
Best Midfielder Deris Benavides San Felipe Barcelona
Best Defender Vallan Symms Belize Defence Force
Best Goalkeeper Woodrow West Belize Defence Force
Rookie Leobardo Mendez Hankook Verdes
Manager Ian Jones FC Belize
Coach Andres Makin Toledo 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

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Belize Defence Force 7 4 2 1 18 9 +9 14 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 FC Belize 7 3 2 2 11 10 +1 11
3 San Felipe Barcelona 7 2 2 3 12 21 −9 8
4 Hankook Verdes 7 2 0 5 11 12 −1 6

Updated to games played on 23 April 2011
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Round 1:[21]

20 March 2011
16:00
BDF 2 – 1 Hankook Verdes Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
D. Jimenez  ?'
R. Jimenez  ?'
Meza  ?'

20 March 2011
16:00
FC Belize 2 – 0 San Felipe Barcelona MCC Grounds, Belize City
Canul  65'
Ramos  70'

Round 2:[22]

26 March 2011
20:00
Hankook Verdes 0 – 1 FC Belize Marshalleck Stadium, Benque Viejo del Carmen
Jones  ?' (pen.)

27 March 2011
16:00
San Felipe Barcelona 3 – 2 BDF San Felipe Football Field, Orange Walk Town
Allen  38'66'
Morales  59'
Mariano  30'
Flores  34'

Round 3:[23]

30 March 2011
20:00
BDF 1 – 0 Hankook Verdes Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
D. Jimenez  ?'

30 March 2011
20:00
FC Belize 2 – 2 San Felipe Barcelona MCC Grounds, Belize City
Jones  55'
Thurton  70'
Acebedo  61'
Wicab  63'

Round 4:[24]

2 April 2011
20:00
FC Belize 1 – 1 BDF MCC Grounds, Belize City
Andrews  82' Flores  90+1'

3 April 2011
16:00
San Felipe Barcelona 3 – 2 Hankook Verdes San Felipe Football Field, Orange Walk Town
Morales  5'
Cruz  58'
West  59'
Maldonado  44'
Meza  74'

Round 5:[25]

9 April 2011
20:00
Hankook Verdes 5 – 1 San Felipe Barcelona Marshalleck Stadium, Benque Viejo del Carmen
August  24'83'
Mendez  28'
Maldonado  43'
Meza  88'
Allen  36'

10 April 2011
16:00
BDF 4 – 1 FC Belize Norman Broaster Stadium, San Ignacio
Mariano  13'
Trapp  65'
R. Jimenez  67'
Own Goal  ?'
Perez  2'

Round 6:[26]

17 April 2011
16:00
BDF 7 – 2 San Felipe Barcelona FFB Field, Belmopan
Mariano  47'62'
West  57' (pen.)
Lennen  70'
R. Jimenez  72'
Cho  78'89'
Own Goal  4'
Morales  87'

17 April 2011
16:00
FC Belize 4 – 2 Hankook Verdes FFB Field, Belmopan
Thurton  9'46'
Diaz  73'
Usher  90'
Maldonado  56'58'

Round 7:[27]

21 April 2011
16:00
Hankook Verdes 1 – 0 FC Belize Marshalleck Stadium, Benque Viejo del Carmen
Maldonado  48'

23 April 2011
16:00
San Felipe Barcelona 1 – 1 BDF FFB Field, Belmopan
West  25' Mariano  81'

Playoffs

Results

Semi-Finals[28]

30 April 2011
19:30
Hankook Verdes 0 – 3 BDF Marshalleck Stadium, Benque Viejo del Carmen
Mariano  ?'?'
Casey Jr.  ?'

1 May 2011
16:00
San Felipe Barcelona 2 – 3 FC Belize San Felipe Football Field, Orange Walk Town
West  10'90' Usher  16'
Andrews  38'
Garnett  90+'

Championship-Finals

Game One:

8 May 2011
16:00
FC Belize N/A BDF FFB Field, Belmopan

(*) 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

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Evan Mariano Belize Defence Force 7
2 Julian Maldonado Hankook Verdes 5
3 Clifton West San Felipe Barcelona 4
4 Andrew Allen San Felipe Barcelona 3
Richard Jimenez Belize Defence Force 3
Marlon Meza Hankook Verdes 3
Eduardo Morales San Felipe Barcelona 3
Gilroy Thurton FC Belize 3

(*) Please note playoff goals are included.

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