Several major clubs have close connections to ethnic or religious groups, e.g. Fire Brigade (Creoles), Sunrise FU (Tamils), Cadets Club (Hindus), Scouts Club (Muslims). After the decisive game of last season, which led to incidents with several casualties, the FA together with the clubs has decided to reform the league by 'regionalisation'. Scheduled First Division 2000 Participants: Quatre-Bornes FC [changed name again?] Vacoas-Phoenix FC Olympique de Moka Flacq SC Maurice Espoir AS Port Louis 2000 [aka ASPL 2000] US Beau Bassin-Rose Hill [aka USBB-RH] Association de Rivière du Rempart Black River FC [changed name again?] Grand Port United FC NB: Century Welfare Association and Roche Bois Boy Scouts/St. Martin United merged into AS Port Louis 2000; Faucon Flacq SC moves from Curepipe to the district Flacq, renamed Flacq SC; Sunrise Flacq United moves from Flacq to Moka and is renamed Olympique de Moka; Cadets Club is renamed Quatre-Bornes FC; Fire Brigade SC moves from Beau Bassin-Rose Hill to Rivière Noire and is renamed Vacoas-Phoenix FC; later Fire Brigade merged with Real Pamplemousses into Pamplemousses SC: Maurice Espoir was apparently not renamed; US Beau Bassin-Rose Hill was not renamed; Preston FC and St. Benoit merged into Black River FC; Young Eagles is renamed Association de Rivière du Rempart; Mahébourg United is renamed Le Grand Port United FC; Scouts Club is renamed Port Louis Sporting Club; Curepipe Cosmos is renamed Curepipe Starlight; Ste. Brigitte is renamed AS Quatre Bornes. Round 1 [Mar 13] ASPL 2000 - Curepipe Starlight SC AS Quatre Bornes - AS Rivière du Rempart Grand Port United - Quatre Bornes United US BB-RH - Olympique Moka Flacq SC - Maurice Espoir Police Club (was to move from Port Louis to Vacoas) and Scouts Club (which changed name to Port Louis Sporting Club) were apparently excluded. Start of season postponed. Vacoas/Phoenix FC and Pointe-aux-Sables Mates merged into Port Louis Red Star Mates Start of season now planned for November 2000, but there are still problems: Association Sportive de Port-Louis 2000 and the former Fire Brigade are negotiating a merger in Port Louis; Quatre-Bornes United and Association Sportive de Quatre-Bornes are trying a merger; Burnley and Rivière des Galets are supposed to join. In the other towns, one leading club has been established: Moka: Olympique de Moka Flacq: Flacq SC Rivière Noire: Black River FC Beau Bassin-Rose Hill: US Beau Bassin-Rose Hill Rivière du Rempart: Association Sportive de Rivière du Rempart Pamplemousses: Real de Pamplemousses - later merged with Fire Brigade into Pamplemousses SC Curepipe: Curepipe Starlight Vacoas/Phoenix: Association Sportive de Vacoas/Phoenix Grand Port: Grand Port United Nov 7: Quatre-Bornes United excluded Final merger: Quatre Bornes United (former Cadets Club) and Sodnac FC merged into Sodnac Quatre Bornes United. Table (based on known results): 1.Olympique de Moka 20 19 0 1 81-11 57 Champions 2.AS Port-Louis 2000 20 14 2 4 53-20 44 3.US Beau-Bassin/Rose Hill 20 13 2 5 34-24 41 4.Faucon Flacq United 20 10 3 7 41-29 33 5.Pamplemousses SC 20 9 3 8 45-38 30 6.Grand Port United Mahébourg 20 7 3 10 25-43 24 7.AS Quatre Bornes 20 5 6 9 29-41 21 8.AS Rivière du Rempart 20 5 4 11 19-66 19 9.Curepipe Starlight 20 4 6 10 30-34 18 10.Black River FC 20 4 3 13 25-54 15 Relegated 11.Maurice Espoir 20 2 4 14 11-33 10 Reported Table: 1.Olympique de Moka 20 19 0 1 81-11 57 Champions 2.AS Port-Louis 2000 20 14 2 4 56-20 44 3.US Beau-Bassin/Rose Hill 20 14 2 4 37-21 44 4.Faucon Flacq United 20 10 3 7 41-29 33 5.Pamplemousses SC 20 9 3 8 45-38 30 6.AS Quatre Bornes 20 5 6 9 29-40 21 7.Grand Port United Mahébourg 20 6 3 11 21-45 21 8.Curepipe Starlight 20 4 6 10 30-34 18 9.AS Rivière du Rempart 20 4 4 12 17-68 16 10.Black River FC 20 4 3 13 24-54 15 Relegated 11.Maurice Espoir 20 3 4 13 13-34 13 NB: apparently Maurice Espoir are not relegated, presumably they are a national youth team. Round 1 [Nov 18] ASPL 2000 6-1 Pamplemousses [Nov 19] Rivière du Rempart 1-4 Curepipe Quatre Bornes 1-2 US BBRH Grand Port 2-3 Black River Moka 5-0 Faucon Maurice Espoir bye Round 2 [Nov 26] Moka 2-0 Maurice Espoir Rivière du Rempart 1-0 Black River Quatre Bornes 0-6 ASPL 2000 Pamplemousses 3-1 Faucon US BBRH 2-0 Grand Port Curepipe bye Round 3 [Nov 25] Maurice Espoir 0-2 Pamplemousses [Dec 3] Curepipe 0-3 Moka Faucon 0-1 ASPL 2000 Quatre Bornes 1-3 Grand Port US BBRH 4-1 Rivière du Rempart Black River bye Round 4 [Dec 9] Curepipe 0-2 Pamplemousses [Dec 10] Rivière du Rempart 2-0 Grand Port Moka 5-0 Black River Quatre Bornes 2-2 Faucon [Dec 20] Maurice Espoir 0-4 ASPL 2000 US BBRH bye Round 5 [Dec 17] ASPL 2000 2-2 Curepipe Quatre Bornes 4-0 Rivière du Rempart Pamplemousses 5-2 Black River Faucon 2-1 Maurice Espoir US BBRH 3-1 Moka Grand Port bye Round 6 [Jan 20] Maurice Espoir 2-1 Curepipe [Jan 21] Faucon 3-0 Black River ASPL 2000 0-0 US BBRH Grand Port 0-3 Pamplemousses Moka abd Rivière du Rempart [abd at 1-0 in 53'] [Feb 2] Moka 4-0 Rivière du Rempart Quatre Bornes bye Round 7 [Jan 27] Pamplemousses 1-1 Rivière du Rempart [Jan 28] Faucon 3-0 US BBRH ASPL 2000 7-1 Grand Port Black River 4-0 Maurice Espoir Curepipe 1-0 Quatre Bornes Moka bye Round 8 [Feb 4] Pamplemousses 1-3 US BBRH Maurice Espoir 4-1 Quatre Bornes Black River 1-6 ASPL 2000 Faucon 2-1 Curepipe Grand Port 0-5 Moka Rivière du Rempart bye Round 9 [Feb 11] ASPL 2000 3-0 Rivière du Rempart Moka 1-0 Quatre Bornes Faucon 4-0 Grand Port US BBRH 1-0 Maurice Espoir Curepipe 1-1 Black River Pamplemousses bye Round 10 [Feb 18] Faucon 7-0 Rivière du Rempart US BBRH 2-0 Curepipe Grand Port 2-0 Maurice Espoir Black River 1-1 Quatre Bornes Pamplemousses 2-6 Moka ASPL 2000 bye Round 11 [Feb 25] US BBRH 2-1 Black River Moka 5-3 ASPL 2000 Quatre Bornes 1-2 Pamplemousses Grand Port 2-1 Curepipe Rivière du Rempart 1-0 Maurice Espoir [Mar 4?] Faucon bye Round 12 [Mar 31] Faucon 3-1 Grand Port [Apr 1] Black River 1-4 Pamplemousses ASPL 2000 1-2 Quatre-Bornes US BBRH 3-1 Curepipe Moka 2-1 Maurice Espoir Rivière du R. bye Round 13 [Apr 22] Quatre Bornes 1-0 US BBRH Moka 3-0 Curepipe ASPL 2000 1-3 Black River Flacq 1-1 Rivière du R. Pamplemousses 1-2 Grand Port Maurice Espoir bye Round 14 [May 6] Pamplemousses 9-0 Rivière du R. ASPL 2000 2-0 Grand Port Moka 5-0 Quatre-Bornes US BBRH 2-2 Black River Curepipe 1-1 Maurice Espoir Flacq bye Round 15 [May 20] Moka 1-0 Black River Grand Port 3-0 US BBRH [0-3?] ASPL 2000 1-0 Rivière du R. Flacq 2-1 Pamplemousses Maurice Espoir 0-0 Quatre-Bornes Curepipe bye Round 16 [May 27] US BBRH 2-0 Maurice Espoir ASPL 2000 4-1 Curepipe Pamplemousses 4-3 Quatre-Bornes Flacq 4-1 Black River Rivière du R. 2-2 Grand Port Moka bye Round 17 [Jun 3] Rivière du R. 1-2 US BBRH Maurice Espoir 0-2 Black River [Jun 5] Quatre-Bornes 2-2 Curepipe [Jun 20] Flacq 0-2 ASPL 2000 Moka 5-0 Grand Port Pamplemousses bye Round 18 [Jun 10] Curepipe 0-1 Grand Port Rivière du R. 3-1 Maurice Espoir [1-3?] Quatre-Bornes 3-1 Black River [3-0?] [Jun 30] Pamplemousses 1-3 US BBRH [Jul 14] Moka 2-1 Flacq ASPL 2000 bye Round 19 [Jun 23] Curepipe 6-0 Black River [Jun 24] Rivière du R. 0-14 Moka US BBRH 3-1 Flacq Pamplemousses 0-2 ASPL 2000 Maurice Espoir 0-0 Grand Port Quatre-Bornes bye Round 20 [Jul 7] Curepipe 5-0 Rivière du R. [Jul 8] Moka 3-1 Pamplemousses US BBRH 0-1 ASPL 2000 Quatre-Bornes 1-1 Grand Port Flacq 1-0 Maurice Espoir Black River bye Round 21 [Sep 7] ASPL 2000 1-0 Maurice Espoir [4-0?] [Sep 8] Pamplemousses 1-1 Curepipe Rivière du R. 2-1 Black River [Sep 9] Moka 5-0 US BBRH Flacq 2-3 Quatre-Bornes Grand Port bye Round 22 [Sep 15] Rivière du R. 3-3 Quatre-Bornes Curepipe 2-2 Flacq Black River 1-5 Grand Port Maurice Espoir 1-1 Pamplemousses [Sep 16] ASPL 2000 0-4 Moka US BBRH bye Table (based on known results): 1.Olympique de Moka 20 19 0 1 81-11 57 Champions 2.AS Port-Louis 2000 20 14 2 4 53-20 44 3.US Beau-Bassin/Rose Hill 20 13 2 5 34-24 41 4.Faucon Flacq United 20 10 3 7 41-29 33 5.Pamplemousses SC 20 9 3 8 45-38 30 6.Grand Port United Mahébourg 20 7 3 10 25-43 24 7.AS Quatre Bornes 20 5 6 9 29-41 21 8.AS Rivière du Rempart 20 5 4 11 19-66 19 9.Curepipe Starlight 20 4 6 10 30-34 18 10.Black River FC 20 4 3 13 25-54 15 Relegated 11.Maurice Espoir 20 2 4 14 11-33 10 Reported Table: 1.Olympique de Moka 20 19 0 1 81-11 57 Champions 2.AS Port-Louis 2000 20 14 2 4 56-20 44 3.US Beau-Bassin/Rose Hill 20 14 2 4 37-21 44 4.Faucon Flacq United 20 10 3 7 41-29 33 5.Pamplemousses SC 20 9 3 8 45-38 30 6.AS Quatre Bornes 20 5 6 9 29-40 21 7.Grand Port United Mahébourg 20 6 3 11 21-45 21 8.Curepipe Starlight 20 4 6 10 30-34 18 9.AS Rivière du Rempart 20 4 4 12 17-68 16 10.Black River FC 20 4 3 13 24-54 15 Relegated 11.Maurice Espoir 20 3 4 13 13-34 13 NB: apparently Maurice Espoir are not relegated, presumably they are a national youth team. Topscorer: 30 Jerry Louis (Olympique de Moka) Author: Hans Schöggl Last updated: 3 Jun 2002 (C) Copyright Hans Schöggl and RSSSF 1999/2002