2013–14 National Premier League

National Premier League

Season	2013–14
Champions	Montego Bay United
Caribbean Club Championship	Montego Bay United Waterhouse
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The 2013–14 Red Stripe Premier League was the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. It was the 40th edition of the competition. The season began on September 15 and ended in May 19. The teams played each other 3 times each, after which the top eight teams entered a knock-out playoff to decide the champions. Harbour View were the defending champions, having won their fourth Jamaican championship the previous season. ^[1]

Teams

Rivoli United and August Town FC were promoted following the RSPL Promotion playoffs. Reno FC and Savannah FC both from Westmoreland were relegated at the end of the 2012–2013 season.

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium Capacity	Manager
Arnett Gardens	Kingston	Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex	7,000	Calvin Lewis
Boys' Town	Kingston	Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex	2,000	Andrew Price
Harbour View	Kingston	Harbour View Mini Stadium	7,000
Rivoli United	Spanish Town	Prison Oval	1,500
Humble Lions	Clarendon	Effortville Community Centre	1,000	Lenny Hyde
Montego Bay United	Montego Bay	Catherine Hall Stadium	8,000	Donovan Duckie
Portmore United	Portmore	Ferdie Neita Sports Complex	2,000
August Town	Kingston	UWI Bowl	2,000
Sporting Central Academy	Clarendon	Brancourt Sports Ground, Clarendon Park	2,000
Tivoli Gardens	Kingston	Railway Oval	3,000	Glendon "Admiral" Bailey
Cavalier	Kingston	Stadium East Field	1,000
Waterhouse	Kingston	Waterhouse Stadium	5,000

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League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Waterhouse	33	19	8	6	46	24	+22	65	Qualification for 2015 CFU Club Championship
2	Harbour View	33	15	11	7	44	26	+18	56
3	Montego Bay United (C)	33	14	11	8	32	21	+11	53	Qualification for 2015 CFU Club Championship
4	Arnett Gardens	33	15	7	11	48	33	+15	52
5	Tivoli Gardens	33	12	9	12	39	38	+1	45
6	Rivoli United	33	11	11	11	29	35	−6	44
7	Humble Lions	33	9	14	10	36	39	−3	41
8	Cavalier	33	11	7	15	27	43	−16	40
9	Boys' Town	33	8	14	11	30	30	0	38
10	Sporting Central Academy	33	9	11	13	29	37	−8	38
11	Portmore United	33	8	9	16	26	35	−9	33	Relegation to 2014-15 Jamaican Second Levels
12	August Town	33	5	12	16	20	46	−26	27

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Semifinals

First legs

Harbour View v Montego Bay United

7 May 2014 (2014-05-07)	Harbour View	2 – 2	Montego Bay United	Kingston
				Stadium: Harbour View Stadium

Waterhouse v Arnett Gardens

8 May 2014 (2014-05-08)

Waterhouse

3 – 3

Arnett Gardens

Kingston

Second legs

Montego Bay United v Harbour View

11 May 2014 (2014-05-11)	Montego Bay United	1 – 0	Harbour View	Montego Bay
			Dino Williams

Montego Bay United wins series 3–2 on aggregate

Arnett Gardens v Waterhouse

12 May 2014 (2014-05-12)

Arnett Gardens

1 – 2

Waterhouse

Kingston

Waterhouse wins series 5–4 on aggregate

Finals

Waterhouse v Montego Bay United

19 May 2014 (2014-05-19)	Waterhouse	2 – 5	Montego Bay United	Kingston
				Stadium: Independence Park, Kingston

National Premier League champions:
Montego Bay United 3rd title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Brian Brown	Harbour View F.C.	18
2	Devon Hodges	Rivoli United F.C.	17
3	Francois Swaby	Sporting Central Academy	14
4	Girvon Brown	Cavalier F.C.	12
5	Dino Williams	Montego Bay United F.C.	11
6	Newton Sterling	Arnett Gardens F.C.	10
7	Omando McLeod	Humble Lions F.C.	8
	Damarley Samuels	Waterhouse F.C.
9	Rafiek Thomas	Boys' Town F.C.	7
	Roberto Fletcher	Humble Lions F.C.
	Kirk Ramsay	Arnett Gardens F.C.
	Hughan Gray	Waterhouse F.C.

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Individual awards

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Monthly awards

Month	CHEC Player of the Month				CHEC Coach of the Month
	Player	Nat	Club	Link	Coach	Nat	Club	Link
September 2013	Raymond Williamson	JAM	Rivoli United F.C.	5G 0A [usurped]	Harold Thomas	JAM	Harbour View F.C.	[]
October 2013	Raymond Williamson	JAM	Rivoli United F.C.	0G 0A [usurped]	Harold Thomas	JAM	Harbour View F.C.	[]
November 2013		JAM				JAM		[]
December 2013	Adoah Nickle	JAM	Portmore United F.C.	3G 0A [usurped]		JAM		[]
January 2014	Ricardo Morris	JAM	Portmore United F.C.	2G 0A [usurped]		JAM		[]
February 2014	Devon Haughton	JAM	August Town F.C.	0G 0A	Anthony Patrick	JAM	Waterhouse F.C.	[]
March 2014	Omando McLeod	JAM	Humble Lions F.C.	3G 0A		JAM		[]
April 2014	Richard McCallum	JAM	Waterhouse F.C.	0G 0A Archived 2020-11-28 at the Wayback Machine	Anthony Patrick	JAM	Waterhouse F.C.	[]
May 2014		JAM				JAM		[]

Promotion from Super Leagues

The winners of the 4 regional Super Leagues play-off in a home and home round robin series.

• KSAFA Super League - TBD
• South Central Confederation Super League - TBD
• Eastern Confederation Super League - TBD
• Western Confederation Super League - TBD

References

1. "Harbour View open title defence against Sporting - Sport - Jamaica Star - September 14, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
2. "Premier League Football". 14 September 2013.
3. "Jamaica Football Federation | 2013/14 Red Stripe Premier League - Jamaica Football Federation". Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
4. FIFA.com
5. "Jamaica Football Federation | 2013/14 Red Stripe Premier League - Jamaica Football Federation". Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
6. "China Harbour 'Star Baller' Prize kicks off for 2013-14 - Jamaica Football Federation". Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-09.

External links

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