2016–17 National Premier League

National Premier League
Season	2016–17
Matches played	148
Goals scored	311 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jermaine Johnson: 12 goals
Biggest home win	UWI F.C. 4-0 Boys' Town October 27, 2016, Reno F.C. 4-0 Boys' Town November 6, 2016
Biggest away win	Boys' Town 0-4 Tivoli Gardens November 27, 2016
Highest scoring	Maverley Hughenden 2-3 Jamalco September 25, 2016 UWI F.C. 3-2 Arnett Gardens October 16, 2016 Boys' Town 2-3 UWI F.C. November 20, 2016
Longest winning run	Montego Bay United: 5 games
Longest unbeaten run	Montego Bay United: 5 games
Longest losing run	Jamalco: 6 games
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Red Stripe Premier League is the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. It is the 43rd edition of the competition.It started on September 4, 2016. For this season the teams qualifying for the playoffs were increased from four to six teams. Teams ranked from one to two would get a bye to the semi-final round and teams ranked 3 and 6 will play a two leg tie along with teams ranked 4 and 5 for the quarterfinal stage. The two legged tie still remains for the semi-final stage.

Changes from 2015–2016

Maverley Hughenden and Jamalco were promoted from the Jamaican Major Leagues (second tier football).
Rivoli United and Cavalier were relegated to the Jamaican Major Leagues (second tier football).

Teams

Team information.

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium Capacity	Manager
Arnett Gardens	Kingston	Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex	7,000	Jerome Waite
Boys' Town	Kingston	Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex	2,000	Andrew Price
Harbour View	Kingston	Harbour View Mini Stadium	7,000	Ludlow Bernard
Humble Lions	Clarendon	Effortville Community Centre	1,000	Donovan Duckie
Jamalco	Clarendon	Wembley Centre of Excellence	1000	Rayon Johnson
Maverley Hughenden	Kingston	Constant Spring Football Field	3,000	Anthony Patrick
Montego Bay United	Montego Bay	Montego Bay Sports Complex, WesPow Park	9,000	Dillon Thelwell (Interim)
Portmore United	Portmore	Ferdie Neita Sports Complex	3,000	Linval Dixon
Reno F.C.	Westmoreland Parish	Frome	2,000	Wendell Downswell
Tivoli Gardens	Kingston	Railway Oval	3,000	Omar Edwards
UWI F.C.	Kingston	UWI Bowl	2,000	Marcel Gayle
Waterhouse	Kingston	Waterhouse Stadium	5,000	Admiral Bailey

Managerial Changes

Manager	Club	Status	Date	Replacement
Anthony Patrick (Interim)	Waterhouse	End of caretaker spell	May 2016	Marvin Tate ^[1]
Paul 'Tegat' Davis	Montego Bay United	End of caretaker spell	July 2016	Slaviša Božičić
Marvin Tate	Waterhouse	Sacked	November 2016	Admiral Bailey ^[2]
Lijyasu Simms	Maverley Hughenden	Sacked	December 2016	Anthony Patrick ^[3]
Slaviša Božičić	Montego Bay United	Step Down	December 2016	Dillon Thelwell (Interim) ^[4]

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Humble Lions	33	17	10	6	44	21	+23	61	Semi-Finals
2	UWI	33	17	8	8	42	28	+14	59	Semi-Finals
3	Montego Bay United	33	16	8	9	39	26	+13	56	Quarterfinals
4	Portmore United	33	14	13	6	43	30	+13	55
5	Tivoli Gardens	33	17	4	12	44	34	+10	55
6	Arnett Gardens	33	13	7	13	47	46	+1	46
7	Reno	33	10	9	14	28	34	−6	39
8	Waterhouse	33	10	7	16	26	32	−6	37
9	Harbour View	33	9	9	15	31	45	−14	36
10	Boys' Town	33	10	6	17	35	56	−21	36
11	Maverley Hughenden	33	7	14	12	26	35	−9	35	Relegation to Regional confederations
12	Jamalco	33	9	3	21	29	47	−18	30	Relegation to Regional confederations

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoffs

Results

Quarterfinals

Tivoli Gardens v Portmore United

23 April 2017
16:00

Tivoli Gardens	1–1	Portmore United
Morris 85'	Report	East 39'

Railway Oval, Kingston
Referee: Odette Hamilton

Portmore United v Tivoli Gardens

30 April 2017
15:00

Portmore United	2-1	Tivoli Gardens
East 5' Grandison 40'	Report	Pryce 23'

Wembley Centre of Excellence, Hayes
Referee: Kevin Morrison

Arnett Gardens v Montego Bay United

24 April 2017
20:00

Arnett Gardens	1–1	Montego Bay United
Anderson 74'	Report	Kirlew 68'

Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston
Referee: Karl Tyrell

Montego Bay United v Arnett Gardens

1 May 2017
20:00

Montego Bay United	1-2	Arnett Gardens
Williams 63'	Report	Reid 17' 76'

Catherine Hall Sports Complex, Montego Bay
Referee: Karl Tyrell

Semi-Finals

Portmore United v UWI

7 May 2017
15:00

Portmore United	1–2	UWI
Wayne 5'	Report	G. Brown 23' P. Brown 69'

Wembley Centre of Excellence, Hayes

UWI v Portmore United

14 May 2017
15:00

UWI	v	Portmore United

UWI Bowl, Kingston

Arnett Gardens v Humble Lions

8 May 2017
20:00

Arnett Gardens	2 - 1	Humble Lions
F. Reid 45' Harris 60'	Report	K. Reid 62'

Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston

Humble Lions v Arnett Gardens

15 May 2017
20:00

Humble Lions	v	Arnett Gardens

Effortville Community Centre, May Pen

Final

Portmore United F.C. v Arnett Gardens

5 June 2017
20:00

Portmore United F.C.	1 - 2	Arnett Gardens

Kingston

Top goalscorers

Updated as of March 4, 2017

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Jermaine Johnson	Tivoli Gardens	12
2	Shamar Nicholson	Boys' Town	11
3	Elton Thpmpson	Tivoli Gardens	7
4	Dino Williams	Montego Bay United	7
5	Afiba Chambers	Reno	6
6	Rochane Smith	UWI	6
7	Francis Swaby	Humble Lions	6
8	Kemar Beckford	Waterhouse	5
9	Anthony Greenland	UWI	5
10	Lennox Russell	Arnett Gardens	5

References

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