2016–17 National Premier League

National Premier League
Season2016–17
Matches played148
Goals scored311 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorer Jermaine Johnson: 16 goals
Biggest home winUWI F.C. 4-0 Boys' Town October 27, 2016,
Reno F.C. 4-0 Boys' Town November 6, 2016
Biggest away winBoys' Town 0-4 Tivoli Gardens November 27, 2016
Highest scoringMaverley 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 runMontego Bay United: 5 games
Longest unbeaten runMontego Bay United: 5 games
Longest losing runJamalco: 6 games

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.

Changes from 2015–2016

Teams

Team information.

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

Managerial Changes

Manager Club Status Date Replacement
Anthony Patrick (Interim) Waterhouse End of caretaker spell May 2016 Marvin Tate[1]
Paul 'Tegat' Davis Montego Bay United End of caretaker spell July 2016 Slaviša Božičić
Marvin Tate Waterhouse Sacked November 2016 Admiral Bailey[2]
Lijyasu Simms Maverley Hughenden Sacked December 2016 Anthony Patrick

[3]

Slaviša Božičić Montego Bay United Step Down December 2016 Dillon Thelwell (Interim)

[4]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Humble Lions 33 17 10 6 44 21 +23 61 Qualification for Semi-Finals
2 UWI 33 17 8 8 42 28 +14 59
3 Montego Bay United 33 16 8 9 39 26 +13 56 Qualification for Quarterfinals
4 Portmore United 33 14 13 6 43 30 +13 55
5 Tivoli Gardens 33 17 4 12 44 34 +10 55
6 Arnett Gardens 33 13 7 13 47 46 +1 46
7 Reno 33 10 9 14 28 34 −6 39
8 Waterhouse 33 10 7 16 26 32 −6 37
9 Harbour View 33 9 9 15 31 45 −14 36
10 Boys' Town 33 10 6 17 35 56 −21 36
11 Maverley Hughenden 33 7 14 12 26 35 −9 35 Relegation to Regional confederations
12 Jamalco 33 9 3 21 29 47 −18 30
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Playoffs

Bracket

Results

Quarterfinals

Tivoli Gardens1–1Portmore United
Morris 85' Report East 39'
Referee: Odette Hamilton
Portmore United2-1Tivoli Gardens
East 5'
Grandison 40'		 Report Pryce 23'
Wembley Centre of Excellence, Hayes
Referee: Kevin Morrison
Arnett Gardens1–1Montego Bay United
Anderson 74' Report Kirlew 68'
Referee: Karl Tyrell
Montego Bay United1-2Arnett Gardens
Williams 63' Report Reid 17' 76'
Referee: Karl Tyrell

Semi-finals

Portmore United1–2UWI
Wayne 5' Report G. Brown 23'
P. Brown 69'
Wembley Centre of Excellence, Hayes
UWI0–2 (a.e.t.)Portmore United
Report Foster 82'
Binns 116'
UWI Bowl, Kingston
Arnett Gardens2 - 1Humble Lions
F. Reid 45'
Harris 60'		 Report K. Reid 62'
Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston
Humble Lions0 - 1Arnett Gardens
Report F. Reid 72'
Effortville Community Centre, May Pen

Final

Portmore United F.C.1 - 2Arnett Gardens
Foster 2' Report
[[5] Report]		 Anderson 55'
Morgan 65'
Attendance: 20, 000

Top goalscorers

Updated as of March 4, 2017

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

References

  1. ^ "Tate set to take charge at Waterhouse". 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Waterhouse contract 'Admiral' Bailey as head coach". 30 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Patrick heading to Maverley-Hughenden". 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.
  4. ^ "Serb Bozicic quits MBU". 31 December 2016. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017.
  5. ^ Stamp, Marc (8 June 2017). "Arnett's Coach Waite hails 'special group'". Jamaica Gleaner. pp. B3.
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