2021 Jamaica Premier League

Last updated
Jamaica Premier League
Season2021
Champions Cavalier
(2nd title)
Caribbean Club Championship Cavalier
Waterhouse
Matches played65
Goals scored147 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Jamaica.svg Oquassa Chong
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jourdaine Fletcher
Flag of Jamaica.svg Shaqueil Bradford
(6 goals each)
Biggest home win3 goals:
Portmore United 3–0 Humble Lions
Waterhouse 4–1 Arnett Gardens
Biggest away win3 goals:
Arnett Gardens 0–3 Cavalier
Dunbeholden 2–5 Mount Pleasant
Molynes United 1–4 Waterhouse
Highest scoring7 goals:
Dunbeholden 2–5 Mount Pleasant [1]
Tivoli Gardens 4–3 Humble Lions [2]
Longest winning run4 matches
Waterhouse
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Tivoli Gardens
Longest winless run5 matches
Humble Lions
Longest losing run5 matches
Humble Lions
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The 2021 Jamaica Premier League is the 47th season of the top division football competition in Jamaica, and the first season since rebranding as the Jamaica Premier League (formerly called the National Premier League). The season kicked off on 26 June 2021. The season operated with a shortened schedule due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, following the cancellation of the 2019–20 season. [3]

Contents

Teams

In May 2021, the Jamaican Football Federation announced that the Jamaica Premier League would resume, playing a shortened season between June and September, competed by the 12 teams from the previous season [4] In June 2021, UWI F.C. announced it would withdraw ahead of the 2021 season due to the modified schedule conflicting with other player commitments; leaving 11 teams in the competition. [5]

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Location of teams in the 2021 Jamaica Premier League
TeamLocationStadiumStadium CapacityManager
Arnett Gardens Kingston Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex 7,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Alex Thomas [6]
Cavalier Kingston Stadium East 2,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Rudolph Speid [7]
Dunbeholden Portmore Prison Oval 2,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Harold Thomas [8]
Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Ludlow Bernard [9]
Humble Lions Clarendon Effortville Community Centre 1,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Andrew Price
Molynes United Kingston Jacisera Park Flag of Jamaica.svg Anthony Patrick
Mount Pleasant F.A. Runaway Bay, St. Ann Drax Hall Sports Complex, Drax Hall 2,000 Flag of England.svg Wally Downes [10]
Portmore United Portmore Ferdie Neita Sports Complex 3,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Garnett Lawrence [11]
Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Phillip Williams
Vere United Clarendon Wembley Centre of Excellence Flag of Jamaica.svg Howard Cephas
Waterhouse Kingston Waterhouse Stadium 5,000 Flag of Jamaica.svg Marcel Gayle [12]

Note: UWI F.C. withdrew prior to beginning of season.

Regular season

Format

The 2021 season will operate under a modified compressed schedule where each team will play each other once during the preliminary round of the competition. At the end of the preliminary round, teams will be separated into two tiers with the bottom six teams playing each other once in a round-robin format to determine rank. For the top tier, the top two teams will automatically advance to the semi-finals, while the other four teams will play for the remaining semi-finals spots. [4] No team will face relegation during the 2021 season. [4]

Four venues have been approved for matches:

Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence was selected to host all five matches kicking off the 2021 season. [13]

League table

PosTeam
PldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Waterhouse 10514188+1019Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Cavalier 10523169+718
3 Mount Pleasant 105231310+318Advance to Playoffs
(Playoff)
4 Tivoli Gardens 104151411+317
5 Vere United 1043397+215
6 Harbour View 104331211+115
7 Dunbeholden 104421216−414Advance to Bottom Tier
8 Portmore United 10451119+213
9 Arnett Gardens 10262815−78
10 Molynes United 10154816−87
11 Humble Lions 102801019−96
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2021. Source: Jamaica Premier League

Results

Home \ Away ARN CAV DUN HAR HUM MOL MTP POR TIV VER WAT
Arnett Gardens —0–31–11–03–1
Cavalier —0–12–02–31–0
Dunbeholden —2–13–12–52–10–2
Harbour View 1–01–12–0—1–01–11–3
Humble Lions 2–0—0–10–11–32–1
Molynes United 1–11–3—1–4
Mount Pleasant 1–00–2—0–00–00–2
Portmore United 2–03–01–00–1—0–1
Tivoli Gardens 1–01–11–14–31–11–3—
Vere United 1–00–13–20–01–00–1—
Waterhouse 4–12–21–11–10–0—
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2021. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

Source: [14]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Waterhouse 1 1 2
3 Mount Pleasant 3 1 4 3 Mount Pleasant F.A. 0 1 1
6 Harbour View 1 1 2 Waterhouse 1 (4)
Cavalier 1 (5)
2 Cavalier 1 0 1
4 Tivoli Gardens 0 4 4 4 Tivoli Gardens 0 0 0
5 Vere United 0 0 0 3rd place match
Mount Pleasant F.A. 1 (3)
Tivoli Gardens 1 (4)

Results

Source: [14]

Quarterfinals

Harbour View 1 - 3 Mount Pleasant
T. Williams Soccerball shade.svg90+4' D. Campbell Soccerball shade.svg30'
K. Hall Soccerball shade.svg54'
J. Fletcher Soccerball shade.svg75'
Referee: Steffon Dewar

Mount Pleasant progresses 4-2 on aggregates.

Vere United 0 – 0 Tivoli Gardens
Referee: Veralton Nembhard
Tivoli Gardens 4 - 0 Vere United
S. Barnett Soccerball shade.svg18'
T. Reid Soccerball shade.svg62'
H. Morgan Soccerball shade.svg86'
J. Johnson Soccerball shade.svg90+5pen'
Referee: Daneon Parchment

Tivoli Gardens progresses 4-0 on aggregates.

Semifinals

Tivoli Gardens 0 – 1 Cavalier
C. Anderson Soccerball shade.svg85'
Referee: Christopher Mason
Cavalier 0 – 0 Tivoli Gardens
Referee: Odette Hamilton

Cavalier progresses 1-0 on aggregate

Mount Pleasant 0 – 1 Waterhouse
S. Bradford Soccerball shade.svg79'
Referee: Veralton Nembhard
Waterhouse 1 – 1 Mount Pleasant
R. Thomas Soccerball shade.svg45+3' J. Fletcher Soccerball shade.svg6'
Referee: Steffon Dewar

Waterhouse progresses 2-1 on aggregates

Third Place Game

Tivoli Gardens won 1-1(4-3 on penalties)

Final

Cavalier won 1-1(5-4 on penalties)

Champions

  Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Premier League Champions 
Gold medal with cup.svg Cavalier
2nd title

Top goalscorers

RankScorerTeamGoals [15]
1 Flag of Jamaica.svg Oquassa Chong Harbour View 6
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jourdaine Fletcher Mount Pleasant F.A
Flag of Jamaica.svg Shaqueil Bradford Waterhouse FC
4 Flag of Jamaica.svg Andre Fletcher Waterhouse FC 5
Flag of Jamaica.svg Damion Binns Waterhouse FC
Flag of Jamaica.svg Nicholas Nelson Molynes United FC
Flag of Jamaica.svg Andrew Vanzie Humble Lions
8 Flag of Jamaica.svg Kesslon Hall Mount Pleasant FA 4
Flag of Jamaica.svg Devroy Grey Tivoli Gardens FC
Flag of Jamaica.svg Horatio Morgan Tivoli Gardens FC
Flag of Jamaica.svg Shaniel Thomas Cavalier FC

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com.
  2. ↑ "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com.
  3. ↑ "RSPL suspends games after Jamaica confirms second case of coronavirus". loopnews.com. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Leighton Levy (20 May 2021). "Jamaica Premier League to kick off June 26 as football returns to Jamaica". sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Javid Bryan (24 June 2021). "UWI pulls out of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) ahead of new season". sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  7. ↑ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  8. ↑ "Thomas' magic touch kickstarts Dunbeholden's premier league campaign". jamaicaobserver.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-16. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Bernard banking on youth". jamaica-star.com. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  10. ↑ "Paul Davis, technical staff depart Mount Pleasant". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  11. ↑ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  12. ↑ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  13. ↑ Daniel Wheeler (25 June 2021). "Premier League returns - Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence to host all five games". jamaica-star.com. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  14. 1 2 "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  15. ↑ "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
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