2021–22 FFB Top League

The 2021–22 FFB Top League is the inaugural season of the FFB Top League, sanctioned by the Football Federation of Belize (FFB), taking over from the Premier League of Belize (PLB) as the highest competitive football league in Belize. There are two seasons which are spread over two years, the opening (which will be played towards the end of 2021) and the closing (which will be played at the beginning of 2022).

FFB Top League
Season2021–2022
Dates23 October 2021 – 2022
ChampionsOpening:
Verdes
Matches played27
Goals scored84 (3.11 per match)
Longest winning runOpening:
9 matches
Verdes
Longest unbeaten runOpening:
9 matches
Verdes
Longest winless runOpening:
9 matches
Caesar Ridge
Longest losing runOpening:
6 matches
Caesar Ridge

The FFB Top League was put in place by the FFB due to the PLB being subject to restrictions mandated by the Supreme Court of Belize.[1] The formation of the league will fulfil the requirement made by FIFA to restart football in Belize, as well as protecting the participating berth for the FFB for the 2022 CONCACAF League.[2]

The FFB expects to only administer the 2021–22 tournament, providing that the PLB legal matters will be resolved during this time.[3]

Teams

Six teams were successful in meeting all of the requirements to compete in the inaugural season. From the 2019–20 Premier League of Belize closing season, four teams joined the opening season of the FFB Top League. These were Altitude, San Pedro Pirates, Verdes and Wagiya. The additional two teams were made up of Caesar Ridge from Belize City, who previously competed in amateur level competitions in the country, and Garden City, a newly formed team from Belmopan.[4]

On 17 October 2021 the most successful club in the PLB era, Belmopan Bandits, released a statement confirming that they will not participate in the FFB Top League. The Bandits refused to sign a participation agreement created by the FFB, citing several reasons.[5]

All games will be played at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium in Belmopan with no fans in attendance, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Team City
Altitude Independence
Caesar Ridge Belize City
Garden City Belmopan
San Pedro Pirates San Pedro
Verdes San Ignacio
Wagiya Dangriga

Opening season

The team that accumulates the most points at the end of the ten rounds of games will be crowned as the opening season champion. The opening season commenced on 23 October 2021.[6]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Verdes 9 9 0 0 33 7 +26 27
2 Altitude 9 5 2 2 15 7 +8 17
3 San Pedro Pirates 9 4 2 3 10 8 +2 14
4 Garden City 9 3 1 5 9 13 −4 10
5 Wagiya 9 1 3 5 10 14 −4 6
6 Caesar Ridge 9 0 2 7 7 35 −28 2
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away ALT CAE GAR SPE VER WAG
Altitude – 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1
Caesar Ridge 0–6 2–3 1–2 0–3 1–3
Garden City 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 –
San Pedro Pirates 0–0 3–0 2–0 – 0–0
Verdes 3–2 13–1 1–0 3–0 3–2
Wagiya 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Krisean Lopez Verdes 7
Junior Vargas Verdes
3 Jordy Polanco Verdes 5
Edwin Villeda Verdes
Sean Young Caesar Ridge
6 Dayro Gomez Wagiya 4
Luis Torres Altitude

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Junior Vargas Verdes Caesar Ridge 13–1 (H) 24 October 2021
Krisean Lopez4
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

References
  1. "Football strife; Bandits not happy with FFB". Amandala. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  2. "New national football competition begins this weekend; SP Pirates FC plays home away game". The San Pedro Sun. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. "Football Federation of Belize announces Top League Tournament 2021/2022". Breaking Belize News. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  4. "FFB Top League under way at Isidoro Beaton Stadium". Amandala. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  5. "Belmopan Bandits issues press release". Amandala. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  6. "San Pedro Pirates FC beat Garden City FC at opening of FFB Top League tournament". The San Pedro Sun. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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