2018–19 National Premier League
Season | 2018–19 |
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Champions | Portmore United 7th title |
Relegated | Montego Bay United Reno |
Caribbean Club Championship | Portmore United Waterhouse |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 434 (2.19 per match) |
Biggest home win | Waterhouse 4-0 Harbour View Cavalier 5-1 Montego Bay United Tivoli Gardens 5-1 Harbour View |
Biggest away win | Harbour View 1-5 Waterhouse Reno 0-4 Tivoli Gardens Montego Bay United 1-5 Portmore United |
Highest scoring | Humble Lions 3-4 Dunbeholden Reno 3-4 Portmore United |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The 2018–19 National Premier League is the 45th season of the National Premier League, the top division football competition in Jamaica. The season began on 16 September 2018 and will end on 29 April 2019.[1] Portmore United are the defending champions, having won their 6th title last 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 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.
![2018–19 National Premier League is located in Jamaica](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Jamaica_location_map.svg/500px-Jamaica_location_map.svg.png)
![Reno Reno](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium Capacity | Manager |
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Arnett Gardens | Kingston | 7,000 | ![]() | |
Cavalier | Kingston | 2,000 | ![]() | |
Dunbeholden | Portmore | TBD | 2,000 | ![]() |
Harbour View | Kingston | Harbour View Mini Stadium | 7,000 | ![]() |
Humble Lions | Clarendon | 1,000 | ![]() | |
Montego Bay United | Montego Bay | Montego Bay Sports Complex, | 9,000 | ![]() |
Mount Pleasant F.A. | Runaway Bay, St. Ann | , | 2,000 | ![]() |
Portmore United | Portmore | Ferdie Neita Sports Complex | 3,000 | ![]() |
Reno | Savanna-la-Mar | Frome Sports Club | 2,000 | ![]() |
Tivoli Gardens | Kingston | Railway Oval | 3,000 | ![]() |
UWI | Kingston | 2,000 | ![]() | |
Waterhouse | Kingston | 5,000 | ![]() |
Regular season[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Results[]
Regular Home Games[]
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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[]
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[]
UWI | 2 – 2 | Mount Pleasant F.A. |
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R. Reid ![]() R. Miller ![]() |
S. McCalla ![]() F. Swaby ![]() |
Mount Pleasant F.A. | 1 – 0 | UWI |
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F. Swaby ![]() |
Mount Pleasant F.A. progresses 3-2 on aggregate.
Arnett Gardens | 0 – 3 | Cavalier |
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C. Marsh ![]() A. Marshall ![]() N. Hamilton ![]() |
Cavalier | 0 – 0 | Arnett Gardens |
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Cavalier progresses 3-0 on aggregate.
Semifinals[]
The winners of these ties will qualify for the Caribbean Club Championship.
Mount Pleasant F.A. | 1 – 2 | Portmore United |
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J. Fletcher ![]() |
![]() R. Sharpe ![]() |
Portmore United | 1 – 1 | Mount Pleasant F.A. |
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J. East ![]() |
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Portmore United progress 3-2 on aggregate.
Cavalier | 0 – 2 | Waterhouse |
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Waterhouse | 1 – 0 | Cavalier |
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K. Daley ![]() |
Waterhouse progresses 3-0 on aggregate.
Third Place Game[]
Finals[]
Portmore United | 1 – 0 | Waterhouse |
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R. Morris ![]() |
Top goalscorers[]
Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Portmore United | 12 |
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Tivoli Gardens | 12 | |
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Waterhouse | 12 | |
4 | ![]() |
Arnett Gardens | 11 |
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Mount Pleasant | 11 | |
6 | ![]() |
Cavalier | 10 |
7 | ![]() |
Waterhouse | 12 |
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Cavalier | 9 | |
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Portmore United | 9 | |
10 | ![]() |
Montego Bay United | 8 |
References[]
- ^ Jamaica 2018/19, RSSSF.com
- ^ "RENO VS. PORTMORE UNITED 3-4". Soccerway. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Jamaica 2018/19". RSSSF. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Jamaica 2018/19". RSSSF. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Contact Support".
External links[]
- National Premier League seasons
- 2018–19 in Jamaican football
- 2018–19 in Caribbean football leagues