Premier League of Belize
Season2015–16
Dates15 August 2015 – 30 April 2016
ChampionsOpening:
Police United
Closing:
Belmopan Bandits
Champions LeaguePolice United
Matches played72
Goals scored211 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorerOpening:
Deon McCaulay (10)
Closing:
Devon Makin (6)
Biggest home winPolice United 7–0 Wagiya
(8 November 2015)
Biggest away winWagiya 0–4 Belmopan Bandits
(31 October 2015)
Highest scoringPlacencia Assassins 5–2 Wagiya
(3 October 2015)
Belize Defence Force 3–4 Belmopan Bandits
(21 October 2015)
Police United 7–0 Wagiya
(8 November 2015)
Police United 4–3 Placencia Assassins
(14 February 2016)
Longest winning runBelize Defence Force
Belmopan Bandits
Police United (3)
Longest unbeaten runPolice United (8)
Longest winless runWagiya (13)
Longest losing runWagiya (11)

The 2015–16 Premier League of Belize (also known as The Belikin Cup) was the fifth season of the highest competitive football league in Belize, after it was founded in 2011. There were two seasons which were spread over two years, the opening was played towards the end of 2015 and the closing was played at the beginning of 2016.

Team information

Team City Stadium
Belize Defence Force Belize City MCC Grounds
Belmopan Bandits Belmopan FFB Stadium
Placencia Assassins Independence Michael Ashcroft Stadium
Police United San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium
Verdes San Ignacio Norman Broaster Stadium
Wagiya Independence Michael Ashcroft Stadium

Opening season

From the 2014–15 Premier League of Belize season, 6 out of the 9 teams continued to play in the opening season of 2015–16. FC Belize, King Energy/Freedom Fighters and San Ignacio United were the absentees.

There would be one league consisting of the 6 teams, who will play each other twice, with the top 4 teams advancing to the end of season playoffs. The opening season commenced on 15 August 2015.[1]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Belmopan Bandits (Q) 10 6 3 1 22 11 +11 21 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 Police United (Q) 10 5 4 1 18 5 +13 19
3 Placencia Assassins (Q) 10 5 3 2 20 13 +7 18
4 Verdes (Q) 10 2 5 3 13 14 −1 11
5 Belize Defence Force 10 2 2 6 16 21 −5 8
6 Wagiya 10 1 1 8 12 37 −25 4
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Round 1

[2]

Verdes1 – 1Placencia Assassins
Yoras Silva 31' Kareem Haylock 76'
Wagiya5 – 1Belize Defence Force
Jacinto Bermudez 8'
Eugene Martinez 45'
Samir Melendez 61'
Ean Lewis 82'
Kyle Valerio 90+2'		 Vallan Symms 74' (pen.)

Round 2

[3]

Belmopan Bandits2 – 1Wagiya
Evan Mariano 39'
Marlon Meza 44'		 Eugene Martinez 1'
Belize Defence Force1 – 1Verdes
Orlando Trapp 82' Deon McCaulay 54'
Placencia Assassins0 – 1Police United
Devon Makin 15'

Round 3

[4]

Wagiya2 – 2Police United
Eugene Martinez 54'
Erwin Middleton 83'		 Harrison Roches 41', 73'
Belize Defence Force1 – 1Placencia Assassins
Michael Martinez 29' Alexander Peters 2'
Verdes0 – 3
(awarded)		Belmopan Bandits

Round 4

[5]

Belmopan Bandits1 – 3Placencia Assassins
Highking Roberts 58' Alexander Peters 41'
Daiyon Coradon 48'
Lionel Cabral 85'
Wagiya2 – 3Verdes
Kyle Valerio 14'
Brandon Cacho 46'		 Deon McCaulay 37', 78', 90+'
Police United1 – 0Belize Defence Force
Devon Makin 72'

Round 5

[6]

Placencia Assassins5 – 2Wagiya
Alexander Peters 19'
Kareem Haylock 35'
Ashley Torres 41'
Dellon Torres 56'
Ashton Torres 71'		 Eugene Martinez 64'
Donnel Arzu 80'
Belize Defence Force3 – 4Belmopan Bandits
Shane Flores 4', 63'
Paul Nunez 71'		 Elroy Smith 21', 59'
Elroy Kuylen 42'
Highking Roberts 69'

Round 6

[7][8]

Belmopan Bandits2 – 1Police United
Jeromy James 44', 51' Darren Myers 24'
Belize Defence Force5 – 0Wagiya
James Flores 7', 45', 75'
Shane Flores 38'
Michael Myvette 60'
Placencia Assassins2 – 0Verdes
Ernie Whyte 3'
Luis Torres 38'

Round 7

[9]

Police United4 – 1Placencia Assassins
Byron Chavez 15'
Trevor Lennan 24'
Darren Myers 29'
Carlton Thomas 42'		 Luis Torres 1'
Wagiya0 – 4Belmopan Bandits
Elroy Smith 61'
Jeromy James 74'
Randy Padilla 77'
Khalil Velasquez 86'
Verdes1 – 2Belize Defence Force
Gilroy Thurton 51' James Flores 32'
Paul Nunez 62'

Round 8

[10][11]

Placencia Assassins3 – 2Belize Defence Force
Luis Torres 18', 47'
Ashley Torres 31'		 James Flores 6'
Jesus Urbina 75' (o.g.)
Police United7 – 0Wagiya
Byron Chavez 14'
Darren Myers 19'
Harrison Roches 23', 78' (pen.)
Devon Makin 57'
Norman Nunez 82', 89'
Belmopan Bandits1 – 1Verdes
Jeromy James 25' Deon McCaulay 66'

Round 9

[8][11]

Placencia Assassins1 – 1Belmopan Bandits
Alexander Peters x1' Elroy Kuylen x1'
Verdes5 – 0Wagiya
Deon McCaulay x3'
Marlon Molina x1'
Gilroy Thurton x1'
Belize Defence Force0 – 1Police United
Harrison Roches 71'

Round 10

[12]

Belmopan Bandits4 – 1Belize Defence Force
Elroy Smith 31', 47'
Evan Mariano 59'
Jeromy James 66'		 Paul Nunez 5'
Wagiya0 – 3Placencia Assassins
Alexander Peters 56', 76'
Ernie Whyte 85'
Police United1 – 1Verdes
Harrison Roches 62' Deon McCaulay 88'

Playoffs

Semi-Finals Finals
          
1 Belmopan Bandits 0 1 1
4 Verdes 2 1 3
4 Verdes 0 0 0
2 Police United 1 0 1
2 Police United 1 2 3
3 Placencia Assassins 2 0 2

Semi-finals

Game One[13]

Placencia Assassins2 – 1Police United
Alexander Peters 11'
Luis Torres 39'		 Harrison Roches 83'
Verdes2 – 0Belmopan Bandits
Jarret Davis 25', 27'

Game Two[14]

Belmopan Bandits1 – 1Verdes
Randy Padilla 30' Deon McCaulay 73'

Verdes won 3–1 on aggregate

Police United2 – 0Placencia Assassins
Orlando Jimenez 77', 90'

Police United won 3–2 on aggregate

Finals

Game One[15]

Verdes0 – 1Police United
Orlando Jimenez 50'
Referee: Irfan Basdemir

Game Two[16]

Police United0 – 0Verdes
Referee: Christopher Reid

Police United won 1–0 on aggregate

 2015–16 Opening Season champions 
Police United
2nd title

Season Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals*
1 Belize Deon McCaulay Verdes 10
2 Belize Alexander Peters Placencia Assassins 7
Belize Harrison Roches Police United
4 Belize James Flores Belize Defence Force 5
Belize Jeromy James Belmopan Bandits
Belize Elroy Smith Belmopan Bandits
Belize Luis Torres Placencia Assassins
8 Belize Eugene Martinez Wagiya 4
9 Belize Shane Flores Belize Defence Force 3
Belize Orlando Jimenez Police United
Belize Devon Makin Police United
Belize Darren Myers Police United
Belize Paul Nunez Belize Defence Force

* Includes playoff goals.

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Belize Deon McCaulayVerdesWagiya3–2 (A)12 September 2015
Belize James FloresBelize Defence ForceWagiya5–0 (H)25 October 2015
Belize Deon McCaulayVerdesWagiya5–0 (H)22 November 2015

Awards

In the post-game ceremonies of the final game of the season, the individual awards were announced.[16]

Award Recipient Team
Golden Boot Belize Deon McCaulay Verdes
MVP (Regular Season) Belize Luis Torres Placencia Assassins
MVP (Playoff) Belize Trevor Lennan Police United
Best Young Player Belize Darren Myers Police United
Best Midfielder Belize Denmark Casey Jr. Belmopan Bandits
Best Defender Belize Dalton Eiley Placencia Assassins
Golden Glove Belize Jaime Brooks Police United
Best Coach Belize Hilberto Muschamp Police United

Closing season

All 6 teams that participated in the opening season will participate in the closing season.

The format will be the same as the opening season with one league consisting of the 6 teams, who will play each other twice, with the top 4 teams advancing to the end of season playoffs. The closing season commenced on 23 January 2016.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Police United (Q) 10 6 3 1 21 15 +6 21 Qualification to the Playoffs
2 Belize Defence Force (Q) 10 6 2 2 16 9 +7 20
3 Belmopan Bandits (Q) 10 5 3 2 14 5 +9 18
4 Placencia Assassins (Q) 10 3 3 4 15 16 −1 12
5 Verdes 10 3 1 6 13 15 −2 10
6 Wagiya 10 1 0 9 4 23 −19 3
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Round 1

[17]

Belmopan Bandits1 – 1Police United
Elroy Smith 28' (pen.) Daniel Jimenez 72'
Verdes3 – 1Belize Defence Force
Deon McCaulay 10'
Jarret Davis 39'
Vallan Symms 76' (o.g.)		 Vallan Symms 54' (pen.)
Wagiya0 – 3Placencia Assassins
Luis Torres 43'
Ashton Torres 72'
Ashley Torres 85'

Round 2

[18]

Police United4 – 2Wagiya
Darren Myers 12'
Daniel Jimenez 58'
Harrison Roches 84'
Devon Makin 86'		 Jacinto Bermudez 7'
Donnel Arzu 15'
Placencia Assassins1 – 1Verdes
Alexander Peters x1' Nahjib Guerra x1'

Round 3

[17]

Wagiya0 – 3Belmopan Bandits
Jordy Polanco 79'
Elroy Smith 88'
Marlon Meza 90'
Belize Defence Force3 – 1Placencia Assassins
Harrison Tasher 47', 53'
Leon Cadle 85'		 Dalton Eiley 75' (pen.)
Verdes2 – 3Police United
Nahjib Guerra 4'
Gilroy Thurton 60'		 Amin August Jr. 29'
Devon Makin 75'
Elio Ramirez 86'

Round 4

[19]

Belmopan Bandits2 – 0Verdes
Kervin Johnson 8'
Marlon Meza 48'
Wagiya0 – 1Belize Defence Force
Ricky Ricketts 40'
Police United4 – 3Placencia Assassins
Kenroy Arthurs 13'
Byron Usher 33'
Devon Makin 40'
Elio Ramirez 83'		 Ashley Torres 41'
Luis Torres 43' (pen.)
Leonard Valdez 59'

Round 5

[20]

Belize Defence Force2 – 2Police United
Kadeem Martinez 80'
Harrison Tasher 87'		 Devon Makin 36'
Harrison Roches 63'
Verdes0 – 1Wagiya
Jose Martinez 27'

Round 6

[21]

Placencia Assassins1 – 0Wagiya
Luis Torres 67'
Police United0 – 2Belmopan Bandits
Amilton Filho 38'
Marlon Meza 78' (pen.)
Belize Defence Force1 – 0Verdes
Paul Nunez 82'

Round 7

[22]

Belmopan Bandits0 – 1Belize Defence Force
Osmar Duran 16'
Verdes2 – 3Placencia Assassins
Jarret Davis 28', 66' Luis Torres 69'
Dellon Torres 84', 90+'
Wagiya1 – 2Police United
Erwin Middleton 68' John King 16'
Devon Makin 58'

Round 8

[23]

Belmopan Bandits3 – 0Wagiya
Eugene Martinez 34'
Jordy Polanco 61'
Rai West 69'
Placencia Assassins1 – 3Belize Defence Force
Mario Villanueva 61' Harrison Tasher 32'
Osmar Duran 40'
Paul Nunez 81'
Police United2 – 0Verdes
Andres Makin Jr. 4'
Carlton Thomas 18'

Round 9

[24]

Belize Defence Force3 – 0Wagiya
Mark Arzu 32'
Ricky Ricketts 38'
Osmar Duran 41'
Verdes2 – 1Belmopan Bandits
Jamil Cano 62'
Cristobal Gilharry 85'		 Elroy Smith 41'
Placencia Assassins1 – 1Police United
Lionel Cabral 13' Andres Makin Jr. 3'

Round 10

Belmopan Bandits2 – 1Placencia Assassins
Kervin Johnson 9'
Randy Padilla 58'		 Ashley Torres 64'
Police United2 – 1Belize Defence Force
Daniel Jimenez 68'
Jermaine Jones 79'		 Harrison Tasher 28'
Wagiya0 – 3Verdes
Deon McCaulay 66', 75'
Rodney Pacheco 90+' (pen.)

Playoffs

Semi-Finals Finals
          
1 Police United 3 2 5 (7)
4 Placencia Assassins (p) 2 3 5 (8)
4 Placencia Assassins 0 0 0
3 Belmopan Bandits 0 2 2
2 Belize Defence Force 1 1 2
3 Belmopan Bandits 2 1 3

Semi-finals

Game One[25]

Belmopan Bandits2 – 1Belize Defence Force
Kervin Johnson 17'
Ian Gaynair 22'		 Ricky Ricketts 73'
Placencia Assassins2 – 3Police United
Ashton Torres 3'
Mario Villanueva 52'		 Devon Makin 5'
Harrison Roches 24'
Amin August Jr. 63'

Game Two[26]

Belize Defence Force1 – 1Belmopan Bandits
Leon Cadle 78' Elroy Smith 45' (pen.)

Belmopan Bandits won 3–2 on aggregate.

Police United2 – 3 (a.e.t.)Placencia Assassins
Harrison Roches 27' (pen.)
Byron Usher 67'		 Dalton Eiley 16' (pen.)
Gilbert Swaso 34'
Ernie Whyte 51'
Penalties
Trevor Lennan soccer ball with check mark
Darren Myers soccer ball with check mark
John King soccer ball with check mark
Elio Ramirez soccer ball with check mark
Kenroy Arthurs soccer ball with check mark
Frank Lopez soccer ball with check mark
Andres Makin Jr. soccer ball with check mark		 7 – 8 soccer ball with check mark Ashton Torres
soccer ball with check mark Lionel Cabral
soccer ball with check mark Charles Leslie
soccer ball with check mark Dalton Eiley
soccer ball with check mark Kareem Haylock
soccer ball with check mark Dellon Torres
soccer ball with check mark Ashley Torres
soccer ball with check mark Mario Villanueva

Series tied 5–5 on aggregate. Placencia Assassins won 8–7 on penalties.

Finals

Game One

Placencia Assassins0 – 0Belmopan Bandits
Referee: Christopher Reid

Game Two[27]

Belmopan Bandits2 – 0Placencia Assassins
Kervin Johnson 29'
Randy Padilla 83'
Referee: Irfan Basdemir

Belmopan Bandits won 2–0 on aggregate.

 2015–16 Closing Season champions 
Belmopan Bandits
5th title

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals*
1 Belize Devon Makin Police United 6
2 Belize Harrison Tasher Belize Defence Force 5
3 Honduras Kervin Johnson Belmopan Bandits 4
Belize Harrison Roches Police United
Belize Elroy Smith Belmopan Bandits
Belize Luis Torres Placencia Assassins
7 Belize Jarret Davis Verdes 3
Belize Osmar Duran Belize Defence Force
Belize Daniel Jimenez Police United
Belize Deon McCaulay Verdes
Belize Marlon Meza Belmopan Bandits
Belize Ricky Ricketts Belize Defence Force
Belize Ashley Torres Placencia Assassins

* Includes playoff goals.

Awards

In the post-game ceremonies of the final game of the season, the individual awards were announced.

Award Recipient Team
Golden Boot (Regular Season) Belize Devon Makin Police United
Belize Harrison Tasher Belize Defence Force
Golden Boot (Overall) Belize Devon Makin Police United
MVP (Regular Season) Belize Dalton Eiley Placencia Assassins
MVP (Playoff) Belize Elroy Smith Belmopan Bandits
Best Young Player Belize Jordy Polanco Belmopan Bandits
Best Midfielder Belize Denmark Casey Jr. Belmopan Bandits
Best Defender Belize Dalton Eiley Placencia Assassins
Golden Glove Belize Shane Orio Belmopan Bandits
Best Manager Belize Alford Grinage Police United
Best Coach Belize Robert Muschamp Placencia Assassins

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  16. 1 2 "Police are champions". Amandala. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  17. 1 2 "PLB update – Week 3 and 2 back matches completed, 1 back match remaining". Amandala. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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