BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: PALAU 2012 SPRING SEASON - THE STATS

Palau's 2012 Spring League reached its conclusion in April, when Team Bangladesh defeated Taj in the play-off final. The squad-lists were recently made available (many thanks to Palau FA's Charles Reklai Mitchell for his assistance); please find them below along with the season's results. Kindly note that some of the players have dual nationalities, and that the Taj squad-list seems to consist of first-names and nicknames only.

RESULTS

REGULAR SEASON

11/3/12 Kramers FC 3:4 Biib Strykers
11/3/12 Taj 7: 0 Belau Kanu Club
18/3/12 Team Bangladesh 5:2 Belau Kanu Club
18/3/12 Biib Strykers 1:3 Taj
25/3/12 Kramers FC 4:5 Team Bangladesh
25/3/12 Biib Strykers 3:1 Belau Kanu Club
1/4/12   Team Bangladesh 7:2 Biib Strykers
1/4/12   Kramers FC 3:0 Taj
8/4/12   Kramers FC 3:2 Belau Kanu Club
8/4/12   Team Bangladesh 1:2 Taj

TEAM/P/W/D/L/GF/GA/PTS/GD

TEAM BANGLADESH/4/3/0/1/18/9/9/+9
TAJ/4/3/0/1/12/5/9/+5
KRAMERS FC/4/2/0/2/13/11/6/+1
BIIB STRYKERS/4/2/0/3/10/14/6/-7
BELAU KANU CLUB/4/0/0/4/5/18/0/-13

SEMI-FINALS

15/4/12 Team Bangladesh 6:1 Biib Strykers
15/4/12 Taj 8: Kramers FC

FINAL

22/4/12 Team Bangladesh 2:1 Taj


SQUAD-LISTS

BELAU KANU CLUB

1 Joe CARLOS (PAL), 2 Matt SISSERSON (USA), 3 Jo VILLAFLOR (PHI), 4 Marina TORIBIONG (PAL), 5 Nelson MASANG JR. (PAL), 6 Bill TONY (PAL), 7 Youri ITO (PAL), 8 Demei YOBECH (PAL), 9 O-Quinn SAKUMA (PAL), 10 Herman MALSOL (PAL), 11 McGee MEREB (PAL), 12 Jimmy JONAS (PAL), 13 Jonathan CASTANEDA (PHI), Tion FAATUUALA (SAM), 15 Charles REKLAI MITCHELL (PAL/USA)

MANAGER: Tino FAATUUALA

CLUB COLOURS: Black

BIIB STRYKERS

2 Teancum CARLSON (PAL/USA), 3 Tokue KEISUKE (JAP), 4 Uchelsurg CARLSON (PAL/USA), 5 Dave SHIPPER (USA), 6 Leo MENDIOLA (NMI), 7 Sergio NGIRAINGAS (PAL), 8 Megan KNIZE (USA), 9 Mac SASAO (PAL), 10 Robert BISHOP (PAL/USA), 11 Karol ISIP (PAL), 12 Timothy RAFAEL (PAL), 13 Nirblush TMETUCHL (PAL), 14 Luke CABERTE (PHI), 15 Ruby GABRIEL (PAL)

MANAGER: Leo MENDIOLA

CLUB COLOURS: Light Green/Black


KRAMERS FC

1 Patrick ARURANG (PAL), 2 Jennifer ANSON (PAL), 3 Mike FOX (USA), 4 Victor PAEZ (MEX/USA), 5 Geoffrey MARTIN (INDO/USA), 6 Torsten SCHAUDT (GER), 7 Jane MENZ (PHI), 8 Uchel TMETUCHL (PAL), 9 Swing AGUON (PAL), 10 Erriu MITCHELL (PAL/USA), 11 Noe CAMPOS (MEX/USA), 12 Gregory SHULTZ (USA), 13 Jason SHAW (USA), 14 Tabet KANO (USA), 15 Ben LEE (USA)

MANAGER: Torsten SCHAUDT

CLUB COLOURS: White/Black


TAJ

1 ARMANDO (MEX), 2 SATOSAN (JPN), 3 OLAIDE (N/K), 4 FABIO (ITA), 5 SYAFUI (JAP), 6 KINTARO (JAP), 7 HARRY (PRC), 8 FUTA (JAP), 9 DWIGHT (PAL), 10 KAZMA (JAP), 11 TONY (INDO/PAL), 12 WILL (PRC), 13 STEW (NZ)

MANAGER: TONY/DWIGHT

CLUB COLOURS: Blue/Blue


TEAM BANGLADESH

2 Firoz MAHMUB (BAN), 3 Asmamaw M. ANSEBEO (BAN), 4 Aminul ISLAM (BAN), 5 Hossain ANOWARE (BAN), 6 Mohammed SHAMIM HOSSAIN (BAN), 7 Lokman HOSSAIN (BAN), 8 Mohoshin MIAH (BAN), 9 Mohammed RUHUL AMIN (BAN), 10 NIJAM (BAN), 11 Mohammed Shakhawat HOSSAIN (BAN), 15 Main UDDIN (BAN), Awlad HOSSAIN (BAN), Malakai BITU (FIJI)

MANAGER: Mohammed Shakhawat HOSSAIN

CLUB COLOURS: Red/Red


To the doubtless disappointment of, and with apologies to, stats fans everywhere, season-by-season records are very hard to come by, so a list of (known) competing teams in the PFA League per season is below, with each season's champions in capital letters.

2004: DAEWOO NGATPANG, Mount Everest Nepal, Palau Track and Field Team, Team Bangladesh
2005: TEAM BANGLADESH
2006: SURANGEL AND SONS COMPANY
2006-07: Mount Everest Nepal, Palau Tiger Team, TEAM BANGLADESH, Surangel and Sons Company, Universal Peace Foundation
2012: Belau Kanu Club, Biib Strykers, Kramers FC, Taj, TEAM BANGLADESH