2018–19 Premier League of Belize

Premier League of Belize
Season 2018–19
Matches played 35
Goals scored 128 (3.66 per match)
Biggest home win Verdes 7-0 Wagiya
(29 July 2018)
Biggest away win Freedom Fighters 0-6 Police United
(19 August 2018)
Highest scoring Freedom Fighters 4-5 Altitude Assassins
(30 September 2018)
Longest winning run Verdes (6)
Longest unbeaten run Belmopan Bandits (9)
Longest winless run Freedom Fighters (6)
Longest losing run Freedom Fighters (6)
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The 2018–19 Premier League of Belize is the eighth 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 2018) and the closing (which will be played at the beginning of 2019).

Team Information

Team City Stadium
Altitude Assassins Independence Michael Ashcroft Stadium
Belize Defence Force Belize City MCC Grounds
Belmopan Bandits Belmopan Isidoro Beaton Stadium
Freedom Fighters Punta Gorda Victor Sanchez Union Field
Police United Belmopan Isidoro Beaton Stadium
San Pedro Pirates San Pedro Ambergris Stadium
Verdes San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium
Wagiya Dangriga Carl Ramos Stadium

Personnel

Team Manager Captain
Belize Defence Force Belize Charlie Slusher Belize Osmar Duran
Belmopan Bandits Belize Kent Gabourel Belize Dalton Eiley
Freedom Fighters Belize Charles Gutierrez TBD
Placencia Assassins Belize Wilmer Garcia Belize Dellon Torres
Police United Belize Aaron Gamboa Belize Andres Makin Jr.
San Pedro Pirates Mexico Renan Couoh Belize Tyrone Pandy
Verdes Belize Marvin Ottley Belize Evral Trapp
Wagiya Belize Francis Flores Belize Jacinto Bermudez

Opening Season

From the 2017–18 Premier League of Belize closing season, all 8 teams continued to play in the opening season of 2018–19, with Placencia Assassins changing their name to Altitude Assassins.

There would be one league consisting of the 8 teams, who will play each other twice, with the top 4 teams advancing to the end of season playoffs. The opening season commenced on 22 July 2018.[1]

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Belmopan Bandits 9 7 2 0 24 2 +22 23 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 Verdes 9 7 0 2 25 7 +18 21
3 Police United 8 4 0 4 12 12 0 12
4 Altitude Assassins 8 4 0 4 12 18 −6 12
5 Wagiya 9 4 0 5 15 23 −8 12
6 San Pedro Pirates 9 3 1 5 12 12 0 10
7 Belize Defence Force 9 2 1 6 9 20 −11 7
8 Freedom Fighters 9 2 0 7 19 34 −15 6

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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

Home \ Away[1] ALT BDF BELFREPOLSPEVERWAG
Altitude Assassins 3–2 0–4 2–1
Belize Defence Force 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–4 0–3
Belmopan Bandits 4–0 5–0 1–0 5–0
Freedom Fighters 4–5 2–5 0–6 3–4
Police United 2–1 1–3 0–3 1–0
San Pedro Pirates 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–2
Verdes 1–0 0–1 5–0 3–0 7–0
Wagiya 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–3

Updated to games played on 7 October 2018.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season Statistics

Top Scorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals*
1 Honduras Georgie Welcome Belmopan Bandits 10
2 Belize Alexander Peters Freedom Fighters 9
3 Belize Nahjib Guerra Verdes 7
Belize Highking Roberts Wagiya
5 Mexico Eduardo Chavira San Pedro Pirates 6
6 Belize Jonard Castillo Wagiya 4
Belize Jarret Davis Verdes
Belize Jarren Lambey Freedom Fighters
Brazil Roberto Silva de Lima Verdes
10 Belize Norman Anderson Belmopan Bandits 3
Belize Myron Cadle Altitude Assassins
Belize Shane Flores Police United
Belize Trimayne Harris Belmopan Bandits
Belize Krisean Lopez Verdes

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Belize Nahjib GuerraVerdesWagiya7–029 July 2018
Mexico Eduardo Chavira4San Pedro PiratesAltitude Assassins4–019 August 2018
Honduras Georgie WelcomeBelmopan BanditsPolice United3–026 August 2018
Belize Highking RobertsWagiyaFreedom Fighters3–226 August 2018
Honduras Georgie WelcomeBelmopan BanditsFreedom Fighters5–22 September 2018

4 Player scored 4 goals

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League Opening Season kickoff, and upcoming international matches". Amandala. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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