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National Premier League
Season2017–18
Champions Portmore United
6th title
Relegated Sandals South Coast
Boys' Town
Caribbean Club Championship Portmore United
Waterhouse
Matches played198
Goals scored436 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer Jamaica Craig Foster
17 goals
Biggest home win Arnett Gardens 5-0 Reno
Biggest away win Waterhouse 0-5 Portmore United
Sandals South Coast 0-5 Arnett Gardens
Highest scoring Cavalier 3-4 Arnett Gardens
2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Red Stripe Premier League is the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. It is the 44th edition of the competition. The regular season started on September 24, 2017. [1] Arnett Gardens are the defending champions, having won their 5th title last season.

Teams

Maverley Hughenden and Jamalco finished 11th and 12th in last season's competition and were relegated to their respective regional Super Leagues, the KSAFA Super League and South Central Confederation Super League respectively. At the end of last season, the champions of the four Super Leagues participated in a promotion playoff double round-robin tournament. Cavalier and Sandals South Coast finished 1st and 2nd after the playoff and were promoted to the National Premier League for this season.

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Location of teams in the 2017–18 National Premier League
Team Location Stadium Stadium Capacity Manager
Arnett Gardens Kingston Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex 7,000 Jamaica Jerome Waite
Boys' Town Kingston Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex 2,000 Jamaica Andrew Price
Cavalier Kingston Stadium East 2,000 Jamaica Rudolph Speid
Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000 Jamaica Ricardo Gardner
Humble Lions Clarendon Effortville Community Centre 1,000 Jamaica
Montego Bay United Montego Bay Montego Bay Sports Complex, WesPow Park 9,000 United States Tim Hankinson
Portmore United Portmore Ferdie Neita Sports Complex 3,000 Jamaica Shavar Thomas
Reno Westmoreland Parish Frome Sports Club 2,000 Jamaica Wendell Downswell
Sandals South Coast Westmoreland Parish Frome Sports Club 2,000 Jamaica Aaron Lawrence
Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000 Jamaica Omar Edwards
UWI Kingston UWI Bowl 2,000 Jamaica Marcel Gayle
Waterhouse Kingston Waterhouse Stadium 5,000 Jamaica Donavan Duckie

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Portmore United (C) 33 20 6 7 62 25 +37 66 Qualification for Semi-Finals
2 Arnett Gardens 33 11 18 4 53 37 +16 51
3 Tivoli Gardens 33 14 8 11 37 28 +9 50 Qualification for Quarterfinals
4 Waterhouse 33 12 14 7 33 32 +1 50
5 Harbour View 33 14 7 12 28 22 +6 49
6 Cavalier 33 12 12 9 39 32 +7 48
7 UWI 33 13 9 11 41 37 +4 48
8 Humble Lions 33 11 13 9 39 30 +9 46
9 Montego Bay United 33 10 11 12 33 40 −7 41
10 Reno 33 9 12 12 25 37 −12 39
11 Sandals South Coast (R) 33 5 7 21 25 60 −35 22 Relegation to Regional confederations
12 Boys' Town (R) 33 4 9 20 24 59 −35 21
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2018. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Regular home games

Home \ Away ARN BOY CAV HAR HUM MBU POR REN SSC TIV UWI WAT
Arnett Gardens 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 5–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1
Boys' Town 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–4 0–0 2–1 2–4 1–2 1–2
Cavalier 2–2 4–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1
Harbour View 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Humble Lions 1–1 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–3 0–0
Montego Bay United 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
Portmore United 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1
Reno 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0
Sandals South Coast 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–4 1–2 0–1 1–4 1–2
Tivoli Gardens 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1
UWI F.C. 1–4 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1
Waterhouse 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–5 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional home games

Home \ Away ARN BOY CAV HAR HUM MBU POR REN SSC TIV UWI WAT
Arnett Gardens 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–3 2–2 1–1
Boys' Town 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–4 0–2 0–3
Cavalier 3–4 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1
Harbour View 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0
Humble Lions 0–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 0–0
Montego Bay United 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–2
Portmore United 5–1 2–0 5–1 2–0 5–1 0–1
Reno 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–4 0–0
Sandals South Coast 0–5 1–0 0–3 2–4 0–2
Tivoli Gardens 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–2
UWI F.C. 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 3–1
Waterhouse 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Portmore United 0 3 3
3 Tivoli Gardens 0 0 0 6 Cavalier 0 0 0
6 Cavalier 0 2 2 1 Portmore United 0 (4)
4 Waterhouse 0 (3)
2 Arnett Gardens 0 1 1
4 Waterhouse 1 2 3 4 Waterhouse 1 2 3
5 Harbour View 0 1 1

Results

Quarterfinals

Harbour View0 – 1 Waterhouse
Soccerway 89' K. Simpson

Semifinals

The winners of these ties will qualify for the CFU Club Championship.

Finals

Portmore United0 – 0 ( a.e.t.) Waterhouse
Soccerway
Penalties
4 – 3
Referee: Oshane Nation

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Jamaica Craig Foster Humble Lions 17
2 Jamaica Fabian Reid Arnett Gardens 16
3 Jamaica Javon East Portmore United 12
- Jamaica Ryan Miller UWI FC 12
5 Jamaica Kemar Beckford Waterhouse 11
- Jamaica Ricardo Morris Portmore United 11
7 Jamaica Dino Williams Montego Bay United 10
8 Jamaica Jeremie Lynch Portmore United 9
- Jamaica Chevone Marsh Cavalier 9
10 Jamaica Colorado Murray Tivoli Gardens 8
- Jamaica Andre Moulton Tivoli Gardens 8

References

  1. ^ Jamaica 2017/18, RSSSF.com

External links

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