Barrio Fino FC

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Barrio Fino
Full name Barrio Fino Football Club
Founded 2006
Ground Isidoro Beaton Stadium
Belmopan, Belize
Ground Capacity 2500
Chairman Cyrus Mira
Manager Brian Mira
League Super League of Belize

Barrio Fino FC is a Belizean football team and formerly of the Super League of Belize.

Belize country in Central America

Belize is a country located on the eastern coast of Central America. Belize is bordered on the northwest by Mexico, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by Guatemala. It has an area of 22,970 square kilometres (8,867 sq mi) and a population of 387,879 (2017). Its mainland is about 180 mi (290 km) long and 68 mi (110 km) wide. It has the lowest population and population density in Central America. The country's population growth rate of 1.87% per year (2015) is the second highest in the region and one of the highest in the Western Hemisphere.

The Super League of Belize was a football organization established in 2006 to manage Belizean football. It had no affiliation with the national federation, the Football Federation of Belize. The league disbanded in 2011 after the merger with the Belize Premier Football League to create a new top league in Belize, the Premier League of Belize.

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The Team is based in Belmopan. Their home stadium is Isidoro Beaton Stadium.

Belmopan City in Cayo, Belize

Belmopan is the capital city of Belize. Its population in 2010 was 16,451. Although the smallest capital city in the continental Americas by population, Belmopan is the third-largest settlement in Belize, behind Belize City and San Ignacio. Founded as a planned community in 1970, Belmopan is one of the newest national capital cities in the world. Since 2000 Belmopan has been one of two settlements in Belize to hold official city status, along with Belize City.

Isidoro Beaton Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Belmopan, Belize. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of the Belizean football clubs Belmopan Blaze and Belmopan Bandits. The stadium is able to hold 2,500 people. It is also the most common used Belize national football team Home Venue.

Team history and management

Composed mostly of high school and university students, it has been active in the Belmopan Football Association tournaments for the last 3 years and has been the Sub-Champs for two of those years.

The team is managed by Cyrus Mira, Billy Mira and Brian Mira, three brothers from Belmopan, who also share the Coaching title.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship of this team is shared between F.T. Williams and Associates, Refritech, The Vista Group of Companies and Triple-J Boats.

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