2012 Palau Soccer League

Palau Soccer League

Season	2012
Champions	Team Bangladesh
Matches played	13 (Spring League - including KO rounds)
Goals scored	92 (7.08 per match) (Spring League - including KO rounds)
Top goalscorer	Malakai Bitu (Team Bangladesh) (10 goals)
Highest scoring	Taj FC 8-4 Kramers FC (15 April 2012)
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The 2012 Palau Soccer League was the eighth season of association football competition in Palau,^[1] and the first that has been split into two stages: the Spring League and the Fall League. The Spring League was won by Team Bangladesh.^[2] The Spring League consisted of five rounds of matches in a round robin group stage, from which the top four qualified for semi-finals, and a play-off final.^[2] According to the fixture list, the Fall League was played in the same format, only this time each team played the others twice.^[3] This is assumed to be the first season of football since 2010 as the 2011 winner is unknown.^[1]

2012 Clubs

Spring League

• Belau Kanu Club - Founded 2012
• Biib Strykers - Founded 2012
• Kramers FC- 2008 Palau Soccer League winners^[1]
• Taj FC - Founded 2012
• Team Bangladesh - Founded 2004

Fall League

• Belau Kanu Club
• Kramers FC
• New Stars FC
• Taj FC
• Team Bangladesh

Source for both Spring and Fall League:^[2],[3]

Spring League Stage

The spring league consisted of one group of five teams all playing each other once. The top four the proceeded to one-legged semi-finals to determine which two teams would contect the championship.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Team Bangladesh (Palau) (A)	4	3	0	1	20	10	+10	9	Qualification to Semi-Finals
2	Taj FC (Palau) (A)	4	3	0	1	13	5	+8	9
3	Kramers FC (A)	4	2	0	2	13	11	+2	6
4	Biib Strykers (A)	4	2	0	2	10	15	−5	6
5	Belau Kanu Club	4	0	0	4	5	20	−15	0

Updated to games played on 2 Nov 2012.
Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/palau2012.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
PLW
(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

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Spring Knockout Stage

Semi-Finals

Final

Fall League

The Fall League is played in the same manner as the Spring League, except in this iteration, the group stage will be played on both a home and away basis.^[3] Biib Strykers are not competing and have been replaced by New Stars FC.

Group Stage

As of 2 November 2012 ^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	New Stars FC (A)	8	7	1	0	18	9	+9	22	Qualification to Semi-Finals
2	Taj FC (Palau) (A)	8	6	1	1	29	8	+21	19
3	Belau Kanu Club (A)	8	4	0	4	19	11	+8	12
4	Team Bangladesh (Palau) (A)	8	2	0	6	8	23	−15	6
5	Kramers FC	8	0	0	8	1	24	−23	0

Updated to games played on 10 February 2013.
Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
PLW
(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

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

NB: Kramers withdrew, match was awarded 1-0.

Round 7

NB: Kramers withdrew, match was awarded 1-0.

Round 8

NB: Kramers withdrew, match was awarded 1-0.

Round 9

Round 10

NB: Kramers withdrew, match was awarded 1-0.

Semi finals

Final

References

External links

• Official Palau Football Association Website
• Kramer's FC 3-4 Biib Strykers - 2012 Palau Football Association Adult Spring League Highlights video

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