2012 Palau Soccer League

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Palau Soccer League
Season2012
Champions Team Bangladesh
Matches played13
(Spring League – including KO rounds)
Goals scored92 (7.08 per match)
(Spring League – including KO rounds)
Top goalscorerMalakai Bitu (Team Bangladesh) (10 goals)[ citation needed ]
Highest scoring Taj FC 8–4 Kramers FC (15 April 2012)
2010
2014

The 2012 Palau Soccer League was the eighth season of association football competition in Palau, [1] and the first that has been split into two stages: the Spring League and the Fall League. The Spring League was won by Team Bangladesh. [2] The Spring League consisted of five rounds of matches in a round robin group stage, from which the top four qualified for semi-finals, and a play-off final. [2] According to the fixture list, the Fall League was played in the same format, only this time each team played the others twice. [3] This is assumed to be the first season of football since 2010 as the 2011 winner is unknown. [1]

Contents

Clubs

Spring league

Fall league

Source for both Spring and Fall League: [2] , [3]

Spring league stage

The spring league consisted of one group of five teams all playing each other once. The top four then proceeded to one-legged semi-finals to determine the two teams to contest the championship.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Team Bangladesh (Palau) (A)43012010+109Qualification for Semi-Finals
2 Taj FC (Palau) (A)4301135+89
3 Kramers FC (A)42021311+26
4 Biib Strykers (A)4202101556
5 Belau Kanu Club 4004520150
Updated to match(es) played on 2 Nov 2012. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results

Week 1

Biib Strykers 4–3 Kramers FC
Unknown Source Unknown
Taj FC 7–0 Belau Kanu Club
Unknown Source Unknown

Week 2

Taj FC 4–1 Biib Strykers
Unknown Source Unknown

Week 3

Kramers FC 4–5 Team Bangladesh
Unknown Source Unknown

Week 4

Kramers FC 3–0 Taj FC
Unknown Source Unknown

Week 5

Team Bangladesh 1–2 Taj FC
Unknown Source Unknown

Spring knockout stage

Semi-finals

Taj FC 8–4 Kramers FC
Unknown Source Unknown

Final

Team Bangladesh 2–1 Taj FC
Nejam
Bitu
Source Futa

Fall league

The Fall League is played in the same manner as the Spring League, except in this iteration, the group stage will be played on both a home and away basis. [3] Biib Strykers are not competing and have been replaced by New Stars FC.

Group stage

As of 2 November 2012 [3]
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 New Stars FC (A)8710189+922Qualification for Semi-Finals
2 Taj FC (Palau) (A)8611298+2119
3 Belau Kanu Club (A)84041911+812
4 Team Bangladesh (Palau) (A)8206823156
5 Kramers FC 8008124230
Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2013. Source: 2012 PFA Adult Spring and Fall League Standings from Palau football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results

Round 1
New Stars FC 5–3 Belau Kanu Club
Unknown Source Unknown
Taj FC 11–0 Kramers FC
Unknown Source Unknown
Round 2
Kramers FC 1–2 New Stars FC
Unknown Source Unknown
Taj FC 1–8 Team Bangladesh
Unknown Source Unknown
Round 3
Taj FC 1–0 Belau Kanu Club
Unknown Source Unknown
Team Bangladesh 2–0 Kramers FC
Unknown Source Unknown
Round 4
Kramers FC 0–5 Belau Kanu Club
Unknown Source Unknown
New Stars FC 2–0 Team Bangladesh
Unknown Source Unknown
Round 5
Team Bangladesh 0–4 Belau Kanu Club
Unknown Source Unknown
New Stars FC 2–2 Taj FC
Unknown Source Unknown
Round 6
New Stars FC 3–2 Belau Kanu Club
Unknown Source Unknown
Taj FC 1–0 Kramers FC
Unknown Source Unknown

NB: Kramers withdrew, match was awarded 1–0.

Round 7
Kramers FC 0–1 New Stars FC
Unknown Source Unknown

NB: Kramers withdrew, match was awarded 1–0.

Team Bangladesh 3–4 Taj FC
Unknown Source Unknown
Round 8
New Stars FC 1–0 Team Bangladesh
Unknown Source Unknown
Kramers FC 0–1 Belau Kanu Club
Unknown Source Unknown

NB: Kramers withdrew, match was awarded 1–0.

Round 9
New Stars FC 2–1 Taj FC
Unknown Source Unknown
Round 10
Taj FC 1–0 Belau Kanu Club
Unknown Source Unknown
Team Bangladesh 1–0 Kramers FC
Unknown Source Unknown

NB: Kramers withdrew, match was awarded 1–0.

Semi-finals

Taj FC 4–3 Belau Kanu Club
Unknown Source Unknown
New Stars FC 2–0 Team Bangladesh
Unknown Source Unknown

Final

New Stars FC 3–5 Taj FC
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