2021 National Premier League

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National Premier League
Season2021
ChampionsCavalier
PromotedN/A
RelegatedN/A
CFU Club ChampionshipCavalier
Waterhouse
Matches played65
Goals scored147 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer
Jourdaine Fletcher

(6 goals each)
Biggest home win3 goals:
POR 3–0 HUM
WAT 4-1 ARN
Biggest away win3 goals:
ARN 0–3 CAV
DUN 2–5 MTP
MOL1-4WAT
Highest scoring7 goals:
DUN 2–5 MTP[1]
TIV 4-3 HUM[2]
Longest winning run4 matches
Waterhouse Fc
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Tivoli Gardens
Longest winless run5 matches
Humble Lions
Longest losing run5 matches
Humble Lions
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The 2021 National Premier League is the 47th season of the National Premier League, the top division football competition in Jamaica. The season kicked off on 26 June 2021. The season operated with a shortened schedule due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, following the cancellation of the 2019–20 season.[3]

Teams[]

In May 2021, the Jamaican Football Federation announced that the National Premier League would resume, playing a shortened season between June and September, competed by the 12 teams from the previous season[4] In June 2021, UWI F.C. announced it would withdraw ahead of the 2021 season due to the modified schedule conflicting with other player commitments; leaving 11 teams in the competition.[5]

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Location of teams in the 2019–20 National Premier League
Team Location Stadium Stadium Capacity Manager
Arnett Gardens Kingston 7,000 Jamaica [6]
Cavalier Kingston 2,000 Jamaica [7]
Dunbeholden Portmore Prison Oval 2,000 Jamaica [8]
Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000 Jamaica [9]
Humble Lions Clarendon 1,000 Jamaica Andrew Price
Molynes United Kingston Jamaica Anthony Patrick
Mount Pleasant F.A. Runaway Bay, St. Ann , 2,000 England Wally Downes[10]
Portmore United Portmore Ferdie Neita Sports Complex 3,000 Jamaica [11]
Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000 Jamaica Phillip Williams
Vere United Clarendon Jamaica
Waterhouse Kingston 5,000 Jamaica [12]

Note: UWI F.C. withdrew prior to beginning of season.

Regular season[]

Format[]

The 2021 season will operate under a modified compressed schedule where each team will play each other once during the preliminary round of the competition. At the end of the preliminary round, teams will be separated into two tiers with the bottom six teams playing each other once in a round-robin format to determine rank. For the top tier, the top two teams will automatically advance to the semi-finals, while the other four teams will play for the remaining semi-finals spots.[4] No team will face relegation during the 2021 season.[4]

Four venues have been approved for matches:

Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence was selected to host all five matches kicking off the 2021 season.[13]

League table[]

Pos Team
  • v
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Waterhouse 10 5 1 4 18 8 +10 19 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Cavalier 10 5 2 3 16 9 +7 18
3 Mount Pleasant 10 5 2 3 13 10 +3 18 Advance to Playoffs
(Playoff)
4 Tivoli Gardens 10 4 1 5 14 11 +3 17
5 Vere United 10 4 3 3 9 7 +2 15
6 Harbour View 10 4 3 3 12 11 +1 15
7 Dunbeholden 10 4 4 2 12 16 −4 14 Advance to Bottom Tier
8 Portmore United 10 4 5 1 11 9 +2 13
9 Arnett Gardens 10 2 6 2 8 15 −7 8
10 Molynes United 10 1 5 4 8 16 −8 7
11 Humble Lions 10 2 8 0 10 19 −9 6
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2021. Source: Jamaica Premier League

Results[]

Home \ Away ARN CAV DUN HAR HUM MOL MTP POR TIV VER WAT
Arnett Gardens — 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–1
Cavalier — 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–0
Dunbeholden — 2–1 3–1 2–5 2–1 0–2
Harbour View 1–0 1–1 2–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–3
Humble Lions 2–0 — 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–1
Molynes United 1–1 1–3 — 1–4
Mount Pleasant 1–0 0–2 — 0–0 0–0 0–2
Portmore United 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 — 0–1
Tivoli Gardens 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–3 1–1 1–3 —
Vere United 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 —
Waterhouse 4–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2021. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Source:[14]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Waterhouse 1 1 2
3 Mount Pleasant 3 1 4 3 Mount Pleasant F.A. 0 1 1
6 Harbour View 1 1 2 1 Waterhouse 1 (4)
2 Cavalier 1 (5)
2 Cavalier 1 0 1
3 Tivoli Gardens 0 4 4 4 Tivoli Gardens 0 0 0
5 Vere United 0 0 0

Results[]

Source:[14]

Quarterfinals[]

Harbour View1 - 3Mount Pleasant
90+4' [2] 30'
54'
J. Fletcher 75'
Referee: Steffon Dewar
Mount Pleasant1 - 1Harbour View
J. Fletcher 62' [3] 4'
Referee: Oshane Nation

Mount Pleasant progresses 4-2 on aggregates.

Vere United0 – 0Tivoli Gardens
[4]
Referee: Veralton Nembhard
Tivoli Gardens4 - 0Vere United
S. Barnett 18'
62'
86'
J. Johnson 90+5pen'		 [5]
Referee: Daneon Parchment

Tivoli Gardens progresses 4-0 on aggregates.

Semifinals[]

Tivoli Gardens0 – 1Cavalier
[6] 85'
Referee: Christopher Mason
Cavalier0 – 0Tivoli Gardens
[7]
Referee: Odette Hamilton

Cavalier progresses 1-0 on aggregate

Mount Pleasant0 – 1Waterhouse
[8] 79'
Referee: Veralton Nembhard
Waterhouse1 – 1Mount Pleasant
R. Thomas 45+3' [9] J. Fletcher 6'
Referee: Steffon Dewar

Waterhouse progresses 2-1 on aggregates

Third Place Game[]

Mount Pleasant1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Tivoli Gardens
27' [10] 48'
Penalties
Fletcher soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
Isaacs soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with red X		 3-4 Johnson (footballer) soccer ball with check mark
McQueen soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
Referee: Neressa Goldson

Tivoli Gardens won 1-1(4-3 on penalties)

Final[]

Waterhouse1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Cavalier
90+8pen' [11] Jamoi Topey 17'
Penalties
soccer ball with red X
] soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
Thomas soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X		 4-5 King soccer ball with check mark
Topey soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark
Referee: Oshane Nation

Cavalier won 1-1(5-4 on penalties)

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Scorer Team Goals[15]
1 Jamaica Harbour View 6
Jamaica Jourdaine Fletcher Mount Pleasant F.A
Jamaica Waterhouse FC
2 Jamaica Waterhouse FC 5
Jamaica Waterhouse FC
Jamaica Molynes United FC
Jamaica Andrew Vanzie Humble Lions
3 Jamaica Mount Pleasant FA 4
Jamaica Tivoli Gardens FC
Jamaica Tivoli Gardens FC
Jamaica Cavalier FC

References[]

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  2. ^ "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com.
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  5. ^ Javid Bryan (24 June 2021). "UWI pulls out of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) ahead of new season". sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  7. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  8. ^ "Thomas' magic touch kickstarts Dunbeholden's premier league campaign". jamaicaobserver.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-16. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Bernard banking on youth". jamaica-star.com. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  10. ^ "Paul Davis, technical staff depart Mount Pleasant". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  11. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  12. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  13. ^ Daniel Wheeler (25 June 2021). "Premier League returns - Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence to host all five games". jamaica-star.com. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  15. ^ "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com. Retrieved 2021-11-10.

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