Regular Season ============== [No zonal qualifications this season.] Final Table First Half: 1.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk) 9 6 3 0 22-10 21 [1] 2.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) 9 6 2 1 16- 6 20 [2] ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.Sagitún (Independence) 9 4 4 1 14- 9 16 [3] 4.Yabra (Belize City) 9 3 4 2 18-12 13 5.Acros (Belize City) 9 3 4 2 12- 7 13 6.Builders Bandits (Belmopán) 9 2 4 3 10-13 10 7.Dangriga Jaguars 9 3 0 6 11-19 9 8.Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 9 2 2 5 11-21 8 9.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 9 2 1 6 7-14 7 10.Southern United (Punta Gorda) 9 2 0 7 8-18 6 Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk) and La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) qualified for championship playoff. [1] Juventus Pepsi is the new name of Juventus Caribbean; there were rumours that Juventus have withdrawn from the league and dissolved the team over a rules dispute with the league. They eventually remained in the league but under new ownership and having lost their best players. [2] San Pedro Dolphins had problems with their home field, so they have moved to Corozal and will be known as La Victoria Dolphins. [3] Midsouth FC is former Corozal FC, loaned out for a year. After one round they were renamed Sagitún. Round 1 (Sep 6) Real Verdes awd Juventud [awarded to Juventud; originally 3-2 but Yabra 0-0 Acros Verdes fielded ineligible player] Dangriga Jaguars 1-0 Midsouth FC Southern United 1-0 Belmopan Bandits Juventus 2-2 La Victoria [played later] Round 2 (Sep 13) Dangriga Jaguars 1-2 Juventus La Victoria awd Acros [awarded to Acros; originally 2-2 but La Belmopan Bandits 2-1 Juventud Victoria fielded too many foreigners] Sagitun 1-0 Southern United Yabra 2-1 Real Verdes Round 3 Acros 1-2 Sagitun Juventus 3-2 Yabra Juventud 0-1 La Victoria Southern United 3-0 Dangriga Belmopan Bandits 0-0 Real Verdes [1-1?] Round 4 Real Verdes 1-0 Acros Sagitun 1-1 Juventus Yabra 4-0 Southern United La Victoria 4-0 Belmopan Bandits Dangriga 4-1 Juventud Round 5 (Oct 3) Juventus 5-1 Real Verdes Belmopan Bandits 1-1 Sagitun Southern United 1-2 La Victoria Acros 4-1 Dangriga Jaguars Juventud 1-1 Yabra Round 6 (Oct 11) Acros 1-1 Juventus La Victoria 1-0 Yabra Juventud 4-2 Southern United Sagitun 1-0 Real Verdes Belmopan 2-0 Dangriga Jaguars Round 7 (Oct 18) Yabra 3-3 Belmopan Southern United 0-4 Acros Dangriga 2-1 Real Verdes Juventus 6-2 Juventud La Victoria 1-1 Sagitun Round 8 (Oct 25) Juventus 1-0 Belmopan Acros 0-0 Juventud [awarded to Acros?] Sagitun 2-2 Yabra Dangriga 1-2 La Victoria Real Verdes 2-1 Southern United Round 9 (Nov 8) Yabra 4-1 Dangriga Juventus 1-0 Southern United Sagitun 5-2 Juventud La Victoria 3-1 Real Verdes Belmopan 2-2 Acros Final Table First Half: 1.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk) 9 6 3 0 22-10 21 [1] 2.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) 9 6 2 1 16- 6 20 [2] ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.Sagitún (Independence) 9 4 4 1 14- 9 16 [3] 4.Yabra (Belize City) 9 3 4 2 18-12 13 5.Acros (Belize City) 9 3 4 2 12- 7 13 6.Builders Bandits (Belmopán) 9 2 4 3 10-13 10 7.Dangriga Jaguars 9 3 0 6 11-19 9 8.Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 9 2 2 5 11-21 8 9.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 9 2 1 6 7-14 7 10.Southern United (Punta Gorda) 9 2 0 7 8-18 6 Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk) and La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) qualified for championship playoff. Table Second Half (w/o goals rd 15): 1.Sagitún (Independence) 9 7 1 1 18- 8 22 [3] 2.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk) 9 5 3 1 17- 7 18 [1] 3.Builders Bandits (Belmopán) 9 5 1 3 15-14 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) 9 4 2 3 14-10 14 [2] 5.Dangriga Jaguars 9 4 2 3 10-20 14 [*12] 6.Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 9 3 4 2 15-13 13 7.Southern United (Punta Gorda) 9 2 3 4 6-10 9 [*12] 8.Yabra (Belize City) 9 2 2 5 11-12 8 9.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 9 0 4 5 10-15 4 10.Acros (Belize City) 9 0 4 5 5-12 4 [*12] w/o goals in rd 12 Sagitún (Independence) and Builders Bandits (Belmopán) qualified for playoffs. Round 10 La Victoria 0-0 Juventus Yabra 2-0 Acros Juventud 3-1 Real Verdes [2-0?] Belmopan 2-2 Southern United Sagitun 3-1 Dangriga Round 11 Juventus 10-1 Dangriga Acros 0-2 La Victoria Juventud 2-1 Belmopan [1-0?] Southern U. 0-1 Sagitun Real Verdes 1-1 Yabra Round 12 Sagitun 3-1 Acros Yabra 1-1 Juventus La Victoria 3-2 Juventud Real Verdes 2-3 Bandits Jaguars bt Southern United Round 13 [Dec 6] Acros 1-1 Real Verdes Juventus 1-0 Sagitun Bandits 2-1 La Victoria Juventud 3-1 Dangriga Southern U. 2-1 Yabra Round 14 [Dec 13] Yabra 3-1 Juventud Sagitun 6-2 Belmopan Juventus 4-2 Real Verdes La Victoria 5-1 Southern Utd Acros 1-1 Dangriga Round 15 Juventus bt Acros (4-1?) Yabra lt La Victoria (0-4?) Southern U. drw Juventud (0-0?) Real Verdes lt Sagitun (1-4?) Dangriga bt Belmopan Round 16 Sagitun 1-0 La Victoria Belmopan 2-1 Yabra Jaguars 1-1 Real Verdes Acros 1-1 Southern United [Jan 6] Juventud 1-1 Juventus Round 17 Sagitun 2-1 Yabra Juventus 0-2 Belmopan Jaguars 2-1 La Victoria Juventud 1-1 Acros Southern U. w/o Real Verdes [Verdes dns due to transport problems] Round 18 [Jan 10] Sagitun 2-2 Juventud Juventus w/o Southern United [Juventus won by default] Real Verdes 2-2 La Victoria Jaguars 3-1 Yabra Acros 0-1 Belmopan [all awarded matches apparently had a 0-0 score for the goal difference] Table Second Half (w/o goals rd 15): 1.Sagitún (Independence) 9 7 1 1 18- 8 22 [3] 2.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk) 9 5 3 1 17- 7 18 [1] 3.Builders Bandits (Belmopán) 9 5 1 3 15-14 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) 9 4 2 3 14-10 14 [2] 5.Dangriga Jaguars 9 4 2 3 10-20 14 [*12] 6.Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 9 3 4 2 15-13 13 7.Southern United (Punta Gorda) 9 2 3 4 6-10 9 [*12] 8.Yabra (Belize City) 9 2 2 5 11-12 8 9.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 9 0 4 5 10-15 4 10.Acros (Belize City) 9 0 4 5 5-12 4 [*12] w/o goals in rd 12 Sagitún (Independence) and Builders Bandits (Belmopán) qualified for playoffs. Overall Table (w/o goals rd 15): 1.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk) 18 11 6 1 39-17 39 [1] 2.Sagitún (Independence) 18 11 5 2 32-17 38 [3] 3.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) 18 10 4 4 30-16 34 [2] 4.Builders Bandits (Belmopán) 18 7 5 6 25-27 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Dangriga Jaguars 18 7 2 9 21-39 23 [*12] 6.Yabra (Belize City) 18 5 6 7 29-24 21 7.Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 18 5 6 7 26-34 21 8.Acros (Belize City) 18 3 8 7 17-19 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.Southern United (Punta Gorda) 18 4 3 11 14-28 15 [*12] 10.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 18 2 5 11 17-29 11 [*12] w/o goals in rd 12 [1] Juventus Pepsi is the new name of Juventus Caribbean; there were rumours that Juventus have withdrawn from the league and dissolved the team over a rules dispute with the league. They eventually remained in the league but under new ownership and having lost their best players. [2] San Pedro Dolphins had problems with their home field, so they have moved to Corozal and will be known as La Victoria Dolphins. [3] Midsouth FC is former Corozal FC, loaned out for a year. After one round they were renamed Sagitún. Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk), Sagitún (Mango Creek), La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) and Builders Bandits (Belmopán) qualified for championship playoff. Southern United (Punta Gorda) and Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen) to relegation playoff. NB: published table: 1.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk) 18 11 6 1 43-18 39 2.Sagitún (Independence) 18 11 5 2 36-18 38 3.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) 18 10 4 4 33-15 34 4.Builders Bandits (Belmopán) 18 7 5 6 27-31 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Dangriga Jaguars 18 7 2 9 27-29 23 6.Yabra (Belize City) 18 5 6 7 29-28 21 7.Juventud Benqueña (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 18 5 6 7 25-34 21 8.Acros (Belize City) 18 3 8 7 19-23 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.Southern United (Punta Gorda) 18 4 3 11 14-31 15 10.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo del Carmen) 18 2 5 11 17-32 11 total GD is +11; there is an obvious mistake in the goals against for Dangriga but some others must remain as well. Championship Playoff ==================== [played with extra time after draws; an extra time win yields 2, a penalty shoot-out win following an extra time draw 1 point] Table: P W X wDl L X F A Pts 1.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk) 6 4/0 0/1 0/1 16- 4 12 2.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) 6 2/1 1/0 0/2 13- 9 9 3.Sagitún (Independence) 6 1/2 0/0 3/0 8-12 7 4.Builders Bandits (Belmopán) 6 1/0 0/0 5/0 6-18 3 [P: played; W: regulation wins; X: extra time wins; wDl: draws won/lost on penalties; L: regulation losses; X: extra time losses] Round 1 [Jan 17] Juventus 2-0 Belmopan Sagitun 2-1 La Victoria [asdet] Round 2 [Jan 24] La Victoria 1-1 Juventus [asdet, 4-3 pen] Belmopan 2-3 Sagitun Round 3 [Jan 31] Belmopan 1-3 La Victoria Sagitun 0-1 Juventus Round 4 [Feb 7] La Victoria 1-2 Sagitun [asdet] Belmopan 0-5 Juventus Round 5 [Feb 14] Juventus 1-2 La Victoria [asdet] Belmopan 1-0 Sagitun Round 6 [Feb 21] La Victoria 5-2 Belmopan [Feb 28] Juventus 6-1 Sagitun Table: P W X wDl L X F A Pts 1.Juventus Pepsi (Orange Walk) 6 4/0 0/1 0/1 16- 4 12 2.La Victoria Dolphins (Corozál) 6 2/1 1/0 0/2 13- 9 9 3.Sagitún (Independence) 6 1/2 0/0 3/0 8-12 7 4.Builders Bandits (Belmopán) 6 1/0 0/0 5/0 6-18 3 [P: played; W: regulation wins; X: extra time wins; wDl: draws won/lost on penalties; L: regulation losses; X: extra time losses] Championship Playoff First Leg [Mar 28, Orange Walk] Juventus 2-1 La Victoria [Ian Henry, Dean Flowers; Clifford Usher] Second Leg [Apr 4, Corozál] La Victoria 1-1 Juventus Juventus win 3-2 on aggregate and are champions of Belize 1998/99. Promotion/Relegation Tournament (for one place in BFL): Schedule: Saturday, July 3 CYO: Verdes - Louisiana Sunday, July 11 SP : San Pedro - Verdes Sunday, July 18 OW : Louisiana - San Pedro Sunday, July 25 CYO: Verdes - San Pedro Sunday, Aug 1 OW : Louisiana - Verdes Sunday, Aug 8 SP : San Pedro - Louisiana Southern United, the last place BFL team, reportedly pulled out of the relegation tournament. Tournament was cancelled, all three teams will play in the first division 1999/2000, which will have 12 teams. Relegated: Southern United. Promoted: Louisiana Area FC and San Pedro Turquoise. Move: La Victoria back to San Pedro; Sagitún reclaimed by Corozál. New franchise: Sagitún. NB: new season to start Sep 5; Louisiana withdrew due to financial problems; Juventus Pepsi changed name (sponsor) to Juventus Esso. Authors: Hans Schöggl (hans.schoeggl@sbg.ac.at) and James Goloboy (james.goloboy@yale.edu) Last updated: 30 Sep 2002 (C) Copyright Hans Schöggl, James Goloboy and RSSSF 1999/2002