2013–14 National Premier League

National Premier League
Season2013–14
ChampionsMontego Bay United
Caribbean Club ChampionshipMontego Bay United
Waterhouse

The 2013–14 Red Stripe Premier League was the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. It was the 40th edition of the competition. The season began on September 15 and ended in May 19. The teams played each other 3 times each, after which the top eight teams entered a knock-out playoff to decide the champions. Harbour View were the defending champions, having won their fourth Jamaican championship the previous season.[1]

Teams

Rivoli United and August Town FC were promoted following the RSPL Promotion playoffs. Reno FC and Savannah FC both from Westmoreland were relegated at the end of the 2012–2013 season.

Team Location Stadium Stadium Capacity Manager
Arnett Gardens Kingston Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex 7,000 Jamaica Calvin Lewis
Boys' Town Kingston Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex 2,000 Jamaica Andrew Price
Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000 Jamaica
Rivoli United Spanish Town Prison Oval 1,500 Jamaica
Humble Lions Clarendon Effortville Community Centre 1,000 Jamaica Lenny Hyde
Montego Bay United Montego Bay Catherine Hall Stadium 8,000 Jamaica Donovan Duckie
Portmore United Portmore Ferdie Neita Sports Complex 2,000 Jamaica
August Town Kingston UWI Bowl 2,000 Jamaica
Sporting Central Academy Clarendon Brancourt Sports Ground, Clarendon Park 2,000 Jamaica
Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000 Jamaica Glendon "Admiral" Bailey
Cavalier Kingston Stadium East Field 1,000 Jamaica
Waterhouse Kingston Waterhouse Stadium 5,000 Jamaica

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League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Waterhouse 33 19 8 6 46 24 +22 65 Qualification for 2015 CFU Club Championship
2 Harbour View 33 15 11 7 44 26 +18 56
3 Montego Bay United (C) 33 14 11 8 32 21 +11 53 Qualification for 2015 CFU Club Championship
4 Arnett Gardens 33 15 7 11 48 33 +15 52
5 Tivoli Gardens 33 12 9 12 39 38 +1 45
6 Rivoli United 33 11 11 11 29 35 −6 44
7 Humble Lions 33 9 14 10 36 39 −3 41
8 Cavalier 33 11 7 15 27 43 −16 40
9 Boys' Town 33 8 14 11 30 30 0 38
10 Sporting Central Academy 33 9 11 13 29 37 −8 38
11 Portmore United 33 8 9 16 26 35 −9 33 Relegation to 2014-15 Jamaican Second Levels
12 August Town 33 5 12 16 20 46 −26 27
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Semifinals

First legs

7 May 2014 (2014-05-07) Harbour View 2 – 2 Montego Bay United Kingston
Stadium: Harbour View Stadium
8 May 2014 (2014-05-08) Waterhouse 3 – 3 Arnett Gardens Kingston

Second legs

11 May 2014 (2014-05-11) Montego Bay United 1 – 0 Harbour View Montego Bay
Dino Williams

Montego Bay United wins series 3–2 on aggregate

12 May 2014 (2014-05-12) Arnett Gardens 1 – 2 Waterhouse Kingston

Waterhouse wins series 5–4 on aggregate

Finals

19 May 2014 (2014-05-19) Waterhouse 2 – 5 Montego Bay United Kingston
Stadium: Independence Park, Kingston


 National Premier League champions: 
Montego Bay United
3rd title

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Jamaica Brian Brown Harbour View F.C. 18
2 Jamaica Devon Hodges Rivoli United F.C. 17
3 Jamaica Francois Swaby Sporting Central Academy 14
4 Jamaica Girvon Brown Cavalier F.C. 12
5 Jamaica Dino Williams Montego Bay United F.C. 11
6 Jamaica Newton Sterling Arnett Gardens F.C. 10
7 Jamaica Omando McLeod Humble Lions F.C. 8
Jamaica Damarley Samuels Waterhouse F.C.
9 Jamaica Rafiek Thomas Boys' Town F.C. 7
Jamaica Roberto Fletcher Humble Lions F.C.
Jamaica Kirk Ramsay Arnett Gardens F.C.
Jamaica Hughan Gray Waterhouse F.C.

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Individual awards

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Monthly awards

Month CHEC Player of the Month CHEC Coach of the Month
Player Nat Club Link Coach Nat Club Link
September 2013 Raymond Williamson  JAM Rivoli United F.C. 5G 0A Harold Thomas  JAM Harbour View F.C. []
October 2013 Raymond Williamson  JAM Rivoli United F.C. 0G 0A Harold Thomas  JAM Harbour View F.C. []
November 2013  JAM  JAM []
December 2013 Adoah Nickle  JAM Portmore United F.C. 3G 0A  JAM []
January 2014 Ricardo Morris  JAM Portmore United F.C. 2G 0A  JAM []
February 2014 Devon Haughton  JAM August Town F.C. 0G 0A Anthony Patrick  JAM Waterhouse F.C. []
March 2014 Omando McLeod  JAM Humble Lions F.C. 3G 0A  JAM []
April 2014 Richard McCallum  JAM Waterhouse F.C. 0G 0A Archived 2020-11-28 at the Wayback Machine Anthony Patrick  JAM Waterhouse F.C. []
May 2014  JAM  JAM []

Promotion from Super Leagues

The winners of the 4 regional Super Leagues play-off in a home and home round robin series.

References

  1. ^ "Harbour View open title defence against Sporting - Sport - Jamaica Star - September 14, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  2. ^ "Premier League Football". 14 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Jamaica Football Federation | 2013/14 Red Stripe Premier League - Jamaica Football Federation". Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  4. ^ FIFA.com
  5. ^ "Jamaica Football Federation | 2013/14 Red Stripe Premier League - Jamaica Football Federation". Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  6. ^ "China Harbour 'Star Baller' Prize kicks off for 2013-14 - Jamaica Football Federation". Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-09.