Table: 1.Kulture Yabra 22 15 4 3 55-19 49 [Belize City] 2.Sagitún 22 12 6 3 41-11 45 [Independence] 3.Belmopan Bandits 22 12 8 2 38-12 44 [aka Builders Hardware] 4.Juventus Esso 22 12 6 4 37-18 42 [Orange Walk] 5.Real Verdes 22 11 5 6 50-28 38 [Cayo] [aka Leslie's Verdes] 6.Metro Stars 22 9 6 7 33-34 33 [Belize City] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Lazio Jumex 22 8 6 8 36-33 30 [Guinea Grass] 8.Griga Tropical 22 7 4 11 24-28 25 [Dangriga] 9.Acros Bombers 22 5 9 8 21-27 24 [Belize City] 10.Ambergris Turquoise 22 5 3 14 22-40 18 [San Pedro Ambergris Caye] 11.Juventud Benqueña 22 2 3 17 27-70 9 [Benque Viejo del Carmen] 12.San Pedro Dolphins 22 1 4 17 13-77 7 Round 1 [Sep 24] Juventud 4-1 Metro Stars Sagitun 0-0 Belmopan Bandits Yabra 3-1 Ambergris Turquoise Juventus 2-2 Acros San Pedro Dolphins 1-1 Real Verdes Griga Tropical 1-0 Lazio Jumex The season was delayed for 6 weeks due to stadium damage from Hurricane Keith. San Pedro Dolphins withdrew for the season but later returned - apparently as Yabra Dolphins. Ambergris Turquoise will finish the season, but will play home matches in Belize City. Round 2 [Nov 11,12] Metro Stars 2-1 Dolphins Bandits 3-0 Griga Tropical Real Verdes 2-1 Yabra Kulture [award of 0-3 revoked] Lazio 4-2 Juventud Turquoise 0-2 Juventus Acros 0-2 Sagitún Round 3 [Nov 19] [home/away unclear] Metro Stars 1-6 Real Verdes [award of 3-0 revoked] Sagitún 2-1 Turquoise Dolphins 2-2 Lazio Juventud awd Bandits [awarded 0-3, originally 1-0] Acros 0-0 Griga Tropical Juventus 1-1 Yabra Round 4 [Nov 26] Bandits 4-1 Dolphins Real Verdes 2-2 Juventus [award of 0-3 revoked] Turquoise 2-1 Griga Tropical Lazio 3-1 Metro Stars Yabra 2-0 Sagitún Acros 2-1 Juventud Round 5 Metro Stars 3-2 Bandits Lazio 2-1 Real Verdes Griga Tropical 0-2 Yabra Turquoise 2-1 Juventud Dolphins 2-1 Acros Juventus 1-0 Sagitún Round 6 Yabra 7-2 Juventud Bandits 2-0 Lazio Acros 4-1 Metro Stars Real Verdes 0-1 Sagitún Juventus 1-0 Griga Tropical Turquoise 1-1 Dolphins Round 7 [Dec 23,24] Yabra 7-1 Dolphins Griga Tropical 0-1 Sagitún Juventud 0-4 Juventus Lazio 0-0 Acros Metro Stars 2-0 Turquoise Bandits 1-0 Real Verdes Round 8 [Dec 30,31] Metro Stars 0-3 Yabra Sagitún 4-0 Juventud Real Verdes 2-1 Griga Tropical Juventus 2-0 Dolphins Turquoise 1-2 Lazio Acros 0-1 Bandits Round 9 [home/away unclear] Yabra 2-0 Lazio Juventus 1-0 Metro Stars Sagitún 2-0 Dolphins Bandits 3-1 Turquoise Griga Tropical 5-2 Juventud Acros 2-2 Real Verdes Round 10 Yabra 1-2 Bandits Real Verdes 2-1 Juventud Juventus 3-1 Lazio Turquoise 1-1 Acros Griga Trop. 2-0 Dolphins Sagitun 2-0 Metro Stars Round 11 [Jan 20] Bandits 1-1 Juventus Turquoise 1-4 Real Verdes [also reported 1-3] Yabra 3-1 Acros Lazio 1-1 Sagitún Metro Stars 3-1 Griga Tropical Juventud 0-0 Dolphins Round 12 Sagitún 2-2 Lazio Real Verdes 5-1 Turquoise Acros 0-0 Yabra Dolphins 0-2 Juventud Griga Tr. 1-1 Metro Stars Juventus 0-1 Bandits Round 13 Bandits 1-1 Sagitún Lazio 2-1 Griga Tropical Real Verdes 8-2 Dolphins Acros 1-0 Juventus Metro Stars 4-1 Juventud Turquoise 0-1 Yabra Round 14 Metro Stars 2-1 Dolphins Juventus 3-0 Turquoise Griga Tropical 0-2 Bandits Sagitún 4-1 Acros Yabra 2-0 Real Verdes Juventud 1-3 Lazio Round 15 [Feb 18?] Acros 0-0 Griga Triopical Real Verdes 1-1 Metro Stars Lazio 8-0 Dolphins Turquoise 0-1 Sagitún Bandits 7-0 Juventud Yabra 0-3 Juventus Round 16 [Feb 25] Juventus 1-2 Real Verdes Sagitún 0-1 Yabra Bandits 2-0 Dolphins Lazio 1-1 Metro Stars Juventud 2-2 Acros Griga T. 1-0 Turquoise Round 17 [Mar 4?] Real Verdes 6-1 Lazio Bandits 1-1 Metro Stars Yabra 3-1 Griga Tropical Juventus 0-0 Sagitún Acros 2-0 Dolphins Turquoise 1-0 Juventud Round 18 [Mar 10?] Sagitún 1-0 Real Verdes Juventud 4-4 Yabra Lazio 0-0 Bandits Griga T. 1-1 Juventus Turquoise 5-0 Dolphins Metro Stars 2-0 Acros Round 19 [Mar 17/18?] Acros 1-0 Lazio Sagitún 1-0 Griga Tropical Real Verdes 1-1 Bandits Yabra 7-0 Dolphins Metro Stars 2-0 Turquoise Juventus 3-1 Juventud Round 20 [Mar 24/25?] Lazio 3-0 Turquoise Metro Stars 0-0 Yabra Bandits 0-0 Acros Juventud 0-6 Sagitún Dolphins 1-5 Juventus Griga T. 2-1 Real Verdes Round 21 [Mar 31, Apr 1] Sagitún 9-0 Dolphins Real Verdes 1-0 Acros Yabra 4-1 Lazio Juventud 1-3 Griga Tropical Juventus 0-4 Metro Stars Turquoise 1-1 Bandits Round 22 [Apr 7,8] Bandits 0-1 Yabra Metro Stars 1-1 Sagitún Griga Tropical awd Dolphins [awarded 3-0, Dolphins dns] Acros 1-3 Turquoise Real Verdes 3-2 Juventud Lazio 0-1 Juventus Table: 1.Kulture Yabra 22 15 4 3 55-19 49 [Belize City] 2.Sagitún 22 12 6 3 41-11 45 [Independence] 3.Belmopan Bandits 22 12 8 2 38-12 44 [aka Builders Hardware] 4.Juventus Esso 22 12 6 4 37-18 42 [Orange Walk] 5.Real Verdes 22 11 5 6 50-28 38 [Cayo] [aka Leslie's Verdes] 6.Metro Stars 22 9 6 7 33-34 33 [Belize City] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Lazio Jumex 22 8 6 8 36-33 30 [Guinea Grass] 8.Griga Tropical 22 7 4 11 24-28 25 [Dangriga] 9.Acros Bombers 22 5 9 8 21-27 24 [Belize City] 10.Ambergris Turquoise 22 5 3 14 22-40 18 [San Pedro Ambergris Caye] 11.Juventud Benqueña 22 2 3 17 27-70 9 [Benque Viejo del Carmen] 12.San Pedro Dolphins 22 1 4 17 13-77 7 Top-6 qualified for playoffs NB: Verdes had originally lost the points from their matches in rounds 2 to 4 on the grounds that player Raimundo Flores had a valid contract for Juventus and was therefore ineligible; however, the appeal committee ruled that his contract with Juventus was null and void and the BFL had not received protest from the clubs (Juventus and the 3 opponents) involved, as required by the BFL statutes. Juventus appealed against this at the BNFA, but their protest was thrown out as the BNFA did not consider itself as having powers to award or take points from any games. Name changes: Grigamandala (formerly Dangriga Jaguars) changed name to Griga Tropical La Victoria Corozal sold its place to Metro Stars, after a merger with Calcutta United failed Yabra Tropical changed name to Kulture Yabra Juventud Benqueña also known as JuBe-Santa Elena Relegated: Juventud Benqueña and San Pedro Dolphins Promoted: Jacintoville United 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 2000/02