2016–17 National Premier League

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.

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

Changes from 2015–2016
  • Maverley Hughenden and Jamalco were promoted from the Jamaican Major Leagues (second tier football).
  • Rivoli United and Cavalier were relegated to the Jamaican Major Leagues (second tier football).

Teams

Team information.

TeamLocationStadiumStadium CapacityManager
Arnett GardensKingstonAnthony Spaulding Sports Complex7,000 Jerome Waite
Boys' TownKingstonCollie Smith Drive Sporting Complex2,000 Andrew Price
Harbour ViewKingstonHarbour View Mini Stadium7,000 Ludlow Bernard
Humble LionsClarendonEffortville Community Centre1,000 Donovan Duckie
JamalcoClarendonWembley Centre of Excellence1,000 Rayon Johnson
Maverley HughendenKingstonConstant Spring Football Field3,000 Anthony Patrick
Montego Bay UnitedMontego BayMontego Bay Sports Complex, WesPow Park9,000 Dillon Thelwell (Interim)
Portmore UnitedPortmoreFerdie Neita Sports Complex3,000 Linval Dixon
Reno F.C.Westmoreland ParishFrome2,000 Wendell Downswell
Tivoli GardensKingstonRailway Oval3,000 Omar Edwards
UWI F.C.KingstonUWI Bowl2,000 Marcel Gayle
WaterhouseKingstonWaterhouse Stadium5,000 Admiral Bailey

Managerial Changes
ManagerClubStatusDateReplacement
Anthony Patrick (Interim)WaterhouseEnd of caretaker spellMay 2016 Marvin Tate [1]
Paul 'Tegat' DavisMontego Bay UnitedEnd of caretaker spellJuly 2016 Slaviša Božičić
Marvin TateWaterhouseSackedNovember 2016 Admiral Bailey [2]
Lijyasu SimmsMaverley HughendenSackedDecember 2016 Anthony Patrick

[3]

Slaviša BožičićMontego Bay UnitedStep DownDecember 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:
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'
Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston
Referee: Karl Tyrell
Montego Bay United1-2Arnett Gardens
Williams  63' Report Reid  17'  76'
Catherine Hall Sports Complex, Montego Bay
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 Anderson  55'
Morgan  65'

Top goalscorers

Updated as of March 4, 2017

RankScorerTeamGoals
1 Jermaine JohnsonTivoli Gardens16
2 Shamar NicholsonBoys' Town11
3 Elton ThpmpsonTivoli Gardens7
4 Dino WilliamsMontego Bay United7
5 Afiba ChambersReno6
6 Rochane SmithUWI6
7 Francis SwabyHumble Lions6
8 Kemar BeckfordWaterhouse5
9 Anthony GreenlandUWI5
10 Lennox RussellArnett Gardens5

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.
  4. "Serb Bozicic quits MBU". 31 December 2016. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017.
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