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 goalscorerJamaica 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

Teams

Team information.

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

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

[3]

Serbia Slaviša BožičićMontego Bay UnitedStep DownDecember 2016Jamaica 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

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'
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

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