2021 National Premier League
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Season | 2021 |
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Champions | Cavalier |
Promoted | N/A |
Relegated | N/A |
CFU Club Championship | Cavalier Waterhouse |
Matches played | 65 |
Goals scored | 147 (2.26 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jourdaine Fletcher (6 goals each) |
Biggest home win | 3 goals: POR 3–0 HUM WAT 4-1 ARN |
Biggest away win | 3 goals: ARN 0–3 CAV DUN 2–5 MTP MOL1-4WAT |
Highest scoring | 7 goals: DUN 2–5 MTP[1] TIV 4-3 HUM[2] |
Longest winning run | 4 matches Waterhouse Fc |
Longest unbeaten run | 7 matches Tivoli Gardens |
Longest winless run | 5 matches Humble Lions |
Longest losing run | 5 matches Humble Lions |
← 2019–20 2022 → |
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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Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium Capacity | Manager |
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Arnett Gardens | Kingston | 7,000 | ![]() | |
Cavalier | Kingston | 2,000 | ![]() | |
Dunbeholden | Portmore | Prison Oval | 2,000 | ![]() |
Harbour View | Kingston | Harbour View Mini Stadium | 7,000 | ![]() |
Humble Lions | Clarendon | 1,000 | ![]() | |
Molynes United | Kingston | ![]() | ||
Mount Pleasant F.A. | Runaway Bay, St. Ann | , | 2,000 | ![]() |
Portmore United | Portmore | Ferdie Neita Sports Complex | 3,000 | ![]() |
Tivoli Gardens | Kingston | Railway Oval | 3,000 | ![]() |
Vere United | Clarendon | ![]() | ||
Waterhouse | Kingston | 5,000 | ![]() |
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:
- Independence Park (preferred)
- Sabina Park (preferred)
- (alternate)
- (alternate)
Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence was selected to host all five matches kicking off the 2021 season.[13]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Results[]
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 View | 1 - 3 | Mount Pleasant |
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[2] | ![]() ![]() J. Fletcher ![]() |
Mount Pleasant | 1 - 1 | Harbour View |
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J. Fletcher ![]() |
[3] | ![]() |
Mount Pleasant progresses 4-2 on aggregates.
Vere United | 0 – 0 | Tivoli Gardens |
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[4] |
Tivoli Gardens | 4 - 0 | Vere United |
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S. Barnett ![]() ![]() ![]() J. Johnson ![]() |
[5] |
Tivoli Gardens progresses 4-0 on aggregates.
Semifinals[]
Tivoli Gardens | 0 – 1 | Cavalier |
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[6] | ![]() |
Cavalier | 0 – 0 | Tivoli Gardens |
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[7] |
Cavalier progresses 1-0 on aggregate
Mount Pleasant | 0 – 1 | Waterhouse |
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[8] | ![]() |
Waterhouse | 1 – 1 | Mount Pleasant |
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R. Thomas ![]() |
[9] | J. Fletcher ![]() |
Waterhouse progresses 2-1 on aggregates
Third Place Game[]
Mount Pleasant | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Tivoli Gardens |
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[10] | ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Fletcher ![]() ![]() Isaacs ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3-4 | Johnson (footballer) ![]() McQueen ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Tivoli Gardens won 1-1(4-3 on penalties)
Final[]
Waterhouse | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Cavalier |
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[11] | Jamoi Topey ![]() |
Penalties | ||
![]() ] ![]() ![]() ![]() Thomas ![]() ![]() |
4-5 | King ![]() Topey ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cavalier won 1-1(5-4 on penalties)
Top goalscorers[]
References[]
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- ^ a b c Leighton Levy (20 May 2021). "Jamaica Premier League to kick off June 26 as football returns to Jamaica". sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Javid Bryan (24 June 2021). "UWI pulls out of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) ahead of new season". sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "Thomas' magic touch kickstarts Dunbeholden's premier league campaign". jamaicaobserver.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-16. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Bernard banking on youth". jamaica-star.com. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "Paul Davis, technical staff depart Mount Pleasant". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
External links[]
- National Premier League seasons
- 2020–21 in Jamaican football
- 2020–21 in Caribbean football leagues