2016–17 National Premier League

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National Premier League
Season2016–17
Matches played148
Goals scored311 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Jamaica.svg Jermaine Johnson: 16 goals
Biggest home win UWI F.C. 4-0 Boys' Town October 27, 2016,
Reno F.C. 4-0 Boys' Town November 6, 2016
Biggest away win Boys' Town 0-4 Tivoli Gardens November 27, 2016
Highest scoring Maverley Hughenden 2-3 Jamalco September 25, 2016
UWI F.C. 3-2 Arnett Gardens October 16, 2016
Boys' Town 2-3 UWI F.C. November 20, 2016
Longest winning run Montego Bay United: 5 games
Longest unbeaten run Montego Bay United: 5 games
Longest losing run Jamalco: 6 games
2017–18

The 2016–17 Red Stripe Premier League is the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. It is the 43rd edition of the competition. It started on September 4, 2016. For this season the teams qualifying for the playoffs were increased from four to six teams. Teams ranked from one to two would get a bye to the semi-final round and teams ranked 3 and 6 will play a two leg tie along with teams ranked 4 and 5 for the quarterfinal stage. The two legged tie still remains for the semi-final stage.

Contents

Changes from 2015–2016

Teams

Team information.

TeamLocationStadiumStadium CapacityManager
Arnett Gardens Kingston Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex 7,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Jerome Waite
Boys' Town Kingston Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex 2,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Andrew Price
Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Ludlow Bernard
Humble Lions Clarendon Effortville Community Centre 1,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Donovan Duckie
Jamalco Clarendon Wembley Centre of Excellence1,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Rayon Johnson
Maverley Hughenden Kingston Constant Spring Football Field3,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Anthony Patrick
Montego Bay United Montego Bay Montego Bay Sports Complex, WesPow Park 9,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Dillon Thelwell (Interim)
Portmore United Portmore Ferdie Neita Sports Complex 3,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Linval Dixon
Reno F.C. Westmoreland Parish Frome 2,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Wendell Downswell
Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Omar Edwards
UWI F.C. Kingston UWI Bowl 2,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Marcel Gayle
Waterhouse Kingston Waterhouse Stadium 5,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Admiral Bailey

Managerial Changes

ManagerClubStatusDateReplacement
Flag of Jamaica.svg Anthony Patrick (Interim) Waterhouse End of caretaker spellMay 2016 Flag of Jamaica.svg Marvin Tate [1]
Flag of Jamaica.svg Paul 'Tegat' Davis Montego Bay United End of caretaker spellJuly 2016 Flag of Serbia.svg Slaviša Božičić
Flag of Jamaica.svg Marvin Tate Waterhouse SackedNovember 2016 Flag of Jamaica.svg Admiral Bailey [2]
Flag of Jamaica.svg Lijyasu Simms Maverley Hughenden SackedDecember 2016 Flag of Jamaica.svg Anthony Patrick

[3]

Flag of Serbia.svg Slaviša Božičić Montego Bay United Step DownDecember 2016 Flag of Jamaica.svg Dillon Thelwell (Interim)

[4]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Humble Lions 33171064421+2361Qualification for Semi-Finals
2 UWI 3317884228+1459
3 Montego Bay United 3316893926+1356Qualification for Quarterfinals
4 Portmore United 33141364330+1355
5 Tivoli Gardens 33174124434+1055
6 Arnett Gardens 33137134746+146
7 Reno 33109142834639
8 Waterhouse 33107162632637
9 Harbour View 33991531451436
10 Boys' Town 331061735562136
11 Maverley Hughenden 33714122635935Relegation to Regional confederations
12 Jamalco 33932129471830
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Playoffs

Bracket

Results

Quarterfinals

Tivoli Gardens 1–1 Portmore United
Morris Soccerball shade.svg85' Report East Soccerball shade.svg39'
Referee: Odette Hamilton
Portmore United 2-1 Tivoli Gardens
East Soccerball shade.svg5'
Grandison Soccerball shade.svg40'
Report Pryce Soccerball shade.svg23'
Referee: Kevin Morrison

Arnett Gardens 1–1 Montego Bay United
Anderson Soccerball shade.svg74' Report Kirlew Soccerball shade.svg68'
Montego Bay United 1-2 Arnett Gardens
Williams Soccerball shade.svg63' Report Reid Soccerball shade.svg17'Soccerball shade.svg76'

Semi-finals

Portmore United 1–2 UWI
Wayne Soccerball shade.svg5' Report G. Brown Soccerball shade.svg23'
P. Brown Soccerball shade.svg69'
Wembley Centre of Excellence, Hayes
UWI 0–2 (a.e.t.) Portmore United
Report Foster Soccerball shade.svg82'
Binns Soccerball shade.svg116'
UWI Bowl, Kingston

Arnett Gardens 2 - 1 Humble Lions
F. Reid Soccerball shade.svg45'
Harris Soccerball shade.svg60'
Report K. Reid Soccerball shade.svg62'
Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston
Humble Lions 0 - 1 Arnett Gardens
Report F. Reid Soccerball shade.svg72'
Effortville Community Centre, May Pen

Final

Portmore United F.C. 1 - 2 Arnett Gardens
Foster Soccerball shade.svg2' Report
[ [5] Report]
Anderson Soccerball shade.svg55'
Morgan Soccerball shade.svg65'
Attendance: 20, 000

Top goalscorers

Updated as of March 4, 2017

RankScorerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Jamaica.svg Jermaine Johnson Tivoli Gardens 16
2 Flag of Jamaica.svg Shamar Nicholson Boys' Town 11
3 Flag of Jamaica.svg Elton Thpmpson Tivoli Gardens 7
4 Flag of Jamaica.svg Dino Williams Montego Bay United 7
5 Flag of Jamaica.svg Afiba Chambers Reno 6
6 Flag of Jamaica.svg Rochane Smith UWI 6
7 Flag of Jamaica.svg Francis Swaby Humble Lions 6
8 Flag of Jamaica.svg Kemar Beckford Waterhouse 5
9 Flag of Jamaica.svg Anthony Greenland UWI 5
10 Flag of Jamaica.svg Lennox Russell Arnett Gardens 5

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