2022 National Premier League

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National Premier League
Season2022
Dates16 January 2022 – 13 June 2022
PromotedN/A
RelegatedN/A
Biggest home win6 goals:
MTP 5-1 HUM
Biggest away win3 goals:
CAV 0-3 WAT
Highest scoring6 goals:
MTP 5-1 HUM
← 2021

The 2022 National Premier League is the 48th season of the National Premier League, the top division football competition in Jamaica. The season kicked off on 16 January 2022 and is set to end on 13 June 2022 which would later, go towards a playoff round between the top six teams in the league.

Cavalier F.C. are the defending champions, having won their 2nd National Premier League title which was the first league title in almost 40 years.[1]

Team[]

Due to Financial reasons UWI F.C. withdrew from the league, prior to the shortened 2021 National Premier League season and were relegated back to their regional Super league.[2] Montego Bay United were promoted back to the league for this upcoming season.

Team Location Stadium Stadium Capacity Manager
Arnett Gardens Kingston 7,000 Jamaica Paul Davis[3]
Cavalier Kingston 2,000 Jamaica [4]
Dunbeholden Portmore Prison Oval 2,000 Jamaica [5]
Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000 Jamaica [6]
Humble Lions Clarendon 1,000 Jamaica
Montego Bay United St. James Montego Bay Sports Complex 7,000 England Ricky Hill[7]
Molynes United Kingston Jamaica Anthony Patrick
Mount Pleasant F.A. Runaway Bay, St. Ann , 2,000 England Wally Downes[8]
Portmore United Portmore Ferdie Neita Sports Complex 3,000 Jamaica [9]
Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000 Jamaica Phillip Williams[10]
Vere United Clarendon Jamaica [11]
Waterhouse Kingston 5,000 Jamaica [12]

League Table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mount Pleasant 5 4 0 1 12 2 +10 13 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals) CFU/concacaf league/champions league
2 Waterhouse 5 4 1 0 13 4 +9 12
3 Dunbeholden 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 10 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Cavalier 5 3 2 0 4 5 −1 9
5 Arnett Gardens 5 2 1 2 8 7 +1 8
6 Harbour View 5 1 2 2 5 6 −1 5
7 Portmore United 5 1 2 2 4 8 −4 5
8 Molynes United 5 1 3 1 5 8 −3 4
9 Montego Bay United 5 1 3 1 6 11 −5 4
10 Tivoli Gardens 4 0 1 3 5 6 −1 3
11 Vere United 4 1 3 0 3 5 −2 3 Relegated to Regional confederations
12 Humble Lions 5 0 2 3 6 11 −5 3
Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2022. Source: [1]


Results[]

Home \ Away ARN CAV DUN HAR HUM MBU MOL MTP POR TIV VER WAT
ARN — 1–2 2–2 2–1
CAV — 1–0 0–1 0–3
DUN — 3–0 1–1
HAR 1–1 — 2–2
HUM 0–1 — 2–2
MBU — 4–1 1–1
MOL 0–1 — 0–1
MTP 1–0 5–1 4–0 —
POR 1–2 1–1 — 0–4
TIV 1–2 1–1 —
VER 1–2 0–1 —
WAT 4–1 2–1 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2022. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Season Statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank Scorer Team Goals[13]
1 Daniel Green Mount Pleasant F.A. 5
Dunbeholden F.C.
2 Tivoli Gardens F.C. 4
3 Montego Bay United F.C. 3
Cardel Benbow Waterhouse F.C.
Harbour View F.C.
Arnett Gardens F.C.
Andre Fletcher Waterhouse F.C.
Harbour View F.C.
Arnett Gardens F.C.


References[]

  1. ^ McLeod, Sheri-Kae (2021-10-04). "Cavalier Break 40-year Drought to Lift Jamaica Premier League Trophy". Caribbean News. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  2. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. ^ "Arnett trusts Davis to continue youth thrust". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  4. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  5. ^ "Thomas' magic touch kickstarts Dunbeholden's premier league campaign". jamaicaobserver.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-16. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Bernard banking on youth". jamaica-star.com. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  7. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  8. ^ "Paul Davis, technical staff depart Mount Pleasant". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  9. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  10. ^ "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  11. ^ "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  12. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  13. ^ "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
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