2018–19 National Premier League

National Premier League
Season2018–19
ChampionsPortmore United
7th title
RelegatedMontego Bay United
Reno
Caribbean Club ChampionshipPortmore United
Waterhouse
Matches played198
Goals scored434 (2.19 per match)
Biggest home winWaterhouse 4-0 Harbour View
Cavalier 5-1 Montego Bay United
Tivoli Gardens 5-1 Harbour View
Biggest away winHarbour View 1-5 Waterhouse
Reno 0-4 Tivoli Gardens
Montego Bay United 1-5 Portmore United
Highest scoringHumble Lions 3-4 Dunbeholden
Reno 3-4 Portmore United

The 2018–19 Red Stripe Premier League was the 45th season of the National Premier League, the top division football competition in Jamaica. The season began on 16 September 2018 and ended on 29 April 2019.[1] Portmore United were the defending champions, having won their 6th title the previous season.

Teams

Sandals South Coast FC and Boys' Town finished 11th and 12th in last season's competition and were relegated to their respective regional Super Leagues, the Western Super League and KSAFA 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. Dunbeholden F.C. and Mount Pleasant Football Academy 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 2018–19 National Premier League
Team Location Stadium Stadium Capacity Manager
Arnett Gardens Kingston Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex 7,000 Jamaica Jerome Waite
Cavalier Kingston Stadium East 2,000 Jamaica Rudolph Speid
Dunbeholden Portmore TBD 2,000 Jamaica Michael Cohen
Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000 Jamaica Fabian Taylor
Humble Lions Clarendon Effortville Community Centre 1,000 Jamaica Admiral Bailey
Montego Bay United Montego Bay Montego Bay Sports Complex, WesPow Park 9,000 Jamaica
Mount Pleasant F.A. Runaway Bay, St. Ann Drax Hall Sports Complex, Drax Hall 2,000 Jamaica Donovan Duckie
Portmore United Portmore Ferdie Neita Sports Complex 3,000 Jamaica Shavar Thomas
Reno Savanna-la-Mar Frome Sports Club 2,000 Jamaica Wendell Downswell
Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000 Jamaica Omar Edwards
UWI Kingston UWI Bowl 2,000 Jamaica Andrew Peart
Waterhouse Kingston Waterhouse Stadium 5,000 Jamaica Marcel Gayle

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Portmore United 33 19 9 5 53 27 +26 66 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Waterhouse 33 17 11 5 47 24 +23 62
3 Mount Pleasant 33 17 9 7 32 19 +13 60 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Cavalier 33 14 12 7 38 24 +14 54
5 Arnett Gardens 33 13 9 11 39 33 +6 48
6 UWI 33 13 7 13 32 31 +1 46
7 Tivoli Gardens 33 11 6 16 36 42 −6 39
8 Humble Lions 33 9 11 13 36 38 −2 38
9 Harbour View 33 7 14 12 33 48 −15 35
10 Dunbeholden 33 8 9 16 33 42 −9 33
11 Montego Bay United (R) 33 7 9 17 31 55 −24 30 Relegated to Regional confederations
12 Reno (R) 33 4 12 17 24 51 −27 24
Source: Soccerway
(R) Relegated

Results

Regular home games

Home \ Away ARN CAV DUN HAR HUM MBU MTP POR REN TIV UWI WAT
Arnett Gardens — 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–1
Cavalier 2–1 — 1–1 1–2 0–0 5–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0
Dunbeholden 1–3 1–1 — 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–0
Harbour View 1–1 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–5
Humble Lions 2–1 2–0 3–4 2–0 — 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1
Montego Bay United 1–2 2–1 2–3 0–3 1–1 — 1–1 1–5 0–0 0–2 1–3 1–1
Mount Pleasant 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Portmore United 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 — 4–3[a] 0–1 1–1 0–0
Reno 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 — 0–4 1–0 1–0
Tivoli Gardens 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 — 0–1 1–2
UWI 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 — 0–1[b]
Waterhouse 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
  1. ^ This match between Reno and Portmore United on 25 November 2018 was played at the Frome Sports Complex, which is Reno's home ground.[2]
  2. ^ The match between UWI and Waterhouse on 4 November 2018 was abandoned in the 4th minute due to a waterlogged pitch. The match was resumed and finished on 15 November 2018.[3]

Additional home games

Home \ Away ARN CAV DUN HAR HUM MBU MTP POR REN TIV UWI WAT
Arnett Gardens — — 0–0 — 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 — — —
Cavalier 0–0 — 1–1 — — 2–1 — 2–1 0–0 — — —
Dunbeholden — — — — 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 — 1–1 0–2 —
Harbour View 0–0 0–2 1–1 — — — — — 1–1 — — 1–3
Humble Lions — 1–1 — 2–2 — 1–1 0–1 0–2 — — — 0–1
Montego Bay United — — — 3–3 — — 1–0 — — 0–0 2–0 0–3
Mount Pleasant — 0–0 — 2–1 — — — — — 2–1 2–0 2–0
Portmore United — — — 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 — — 2–0 1–2 —
Reno — — 0–3 — 0–3[a] 1–2 2–3 2–4 — — 1–1 —
Tivoli Gardens 0–3 0–1 — 5–1 2–0 — — — 0–1 — — 2–4
UWI 3–1 0–1 — 0–1 2–1 — — — — 0–2 — 0–2
Waterhouse 1–0 0–1 2–1 — — — — 1–1 1–0 — — —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
  1. ^ The match between Reno and Humble Lions on 20 March 2019 was awarded 0-3 due to Reno not showing up for the match.[4]

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Portmore United 2 1 3
3 Mount Pleasant F.A. 2 1 3 3 Mount Pleasant F.A. 1 1 2
6 UWI 2 0 2 1 Portmore United 1
2 Waterhouse 0
2 Waterhouse 2 1 3
4 Cavalier 3 0 3 4 Cavalier 0 0 0
5 Arnett Gardens 0 0 0

Results

Quarterfinals

UWI2 – 2Mount Pleasant F.A.
R. Reid 21'
R. Miller 67' (pen.)		 S. McCalla 60'
F. Swaby 81' (pen.)
Mount Pleasant F.A.1 – 0UWI
F. Swaby 27' (pen.)

Mount Pleasant F.A. progresses 3-2 on aggregate.

Arnett Gardens0 – 3Cavalier
C. Marsh 15'
A. Marshall 77'
N. Hamilton 87'
Referee: Oshane Nation
Cavalier0 – 0Arnett Gardens
Referee: Odette Hamilton

Cavalier progresses 3-0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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

Mount Pleasant F.A.1 – 2Portmore United
J. Fletcher 48' 43' J. East
R. Sharpe 90+2'
Referee: Daneon Parchment
Portmore United1 – 1Mount Pleasant F.A.
J. East 22' 90+2' S. McCalla
Referee: Oshane Nation

Portmore United progress 3-2 on aggregate.

Cavalier0 – 2Waterhouse
34' K. Simpson
40' T. Stewart
Referee: Odette Hamilton
Waterhouse1 – 0Cavalier
K. Daley 46'

Waterhouse progresses 3-0 on aggregate.

Third-place game

Finals

Portmore United1 – 0Waterhouse
R. Morris 51'
Referee: Odette Hamilton

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Jamaica Javon East Portmore United 12
Jamaica Colorado Murray Tivoli Gardens 12
Jamaica Tremaine Stewart Waterhouse 12
4 Jamaica Fabian Reid Arnett Gardens 11
Jamaica Francois Swaby Mount Pleasant 11
6 Jamaica Alex Marshall Cavalier 10
7 Jamaica Kenroy Howell Waterhouse 12
Jamaica Nicholas Hamilton Cavalier 9
Jamaica Rondee Smith Portmore United 9
10 Jamaica Deshane Beckford Montego Bay United 8

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References

  1. ^ Jamaica 2018/19, rsssf.org
  2. ^ "RENO VS. PORTMORE UNITED 3-4". Soccerway. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Jamaica 2018/19". RSSSF. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Jamaica 2018/19". RSSSF. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Contact Support".