2021 Jamaica Premier League
Jamaican football league
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The 2021 Jamaica Premier League is the 47th season of the top division football competition in Jamaica, and the first season since rebranding as the Jamaica Premier League (formerly called the National Premier League). 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]
| Season | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Cavalier (2nd title) |
| Caribbean Club Championship | Cavalier Waterhouse |
| Matches | 65 |
| Goals | 147 (2.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Oquassa ChongJourdaine FletcherShaqueil Bradford(6 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | 3 goals: Portmore United 3–0 Humble Lions Waterhouse 4–1 Arnett Gardens |
| Biggest away win | 3 goals: Arnett Gardens 0–3 Cavalier Dunbeholden 2–5 Mount Pleasant Molynes United 1–4 Waterhouse |
| Highest scoring | 7 goals: Dunbeholden 2–5 Mount Pleasant[1] Tivoli Gardens 4–3 Humble Lions[2] |
| Longest winning run | 4 matches Waterhouse |
| Longest unbeaten run | 7 matches Tivoli Gardens |
| Longest winless run | 5 matches Humble Lions |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches Humble Lions |
← 2019–20 2022 → | |
Teams
In May 2021, the Jamaican Football Federation announced that the Jamaica 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]
| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium Capacity | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnett Gardens | Kingston | Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex | 7,000 | Alex Thomas[6] |
| Cavalier | Kingston | Stadium East | 2,000 | Rudolph Speid[7] |
| Dunbeholden | Portmore | Prison Oval | 2,000 | Harold Thomas[8] |
| Harbour View | Kingston | Harbour View Mini Stadium | 7,000 | Ludlow Bernard[9] |
| Humble Lions | Clarendon | Effortville Community Centre | 1,000 | Andrew Price |
| Molynes United | Kingston | Jacisera Park | Anthony Patrick | |
| Mount Pleasant F.A. | Runaway Bay, St. Ann | Drax Hall Sports Complex, Drax Hall | 2,000 |  Wally Downes[10] |
| Portmore United | Portmore | Ferdie Neita Sports Complex | 3,000 | Garnett Lawrence[11] |
| Tivoli Gardens | Kingston | Railway Oval | 3,000 | Phillip Williams |
| Vere United | Clarendon | Wembley Centre of Excellence | Howard Cephas | |
| Waterhouse | Kingston | Waterhouse Stadium | 5,000 | Marcel Gayle[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:
- Independence Park (preferred)
- Sabina Park (preferred)
- Stadium East (alternate)
- Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Waterhouse | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||
| Cavalier | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cavalier | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Tivoli Gardens | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Tivoli Gardens | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Vere United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd place match | |||||||||||||
| Mount Pleasant F.A. | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| Tivoli Gardens | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
Results
Source:[14]
Quarterfinals
| Harbour View | 1 - 3 | Mount Pleasant |
|---|---|---|
T. Williams  90+4' |
D. Campbell 30' K. Hall 54'J. Fletcher 75' |
| Mount Pleasant | 1 - 1 | Harbour View |
|---|---|---|
| J. Fletcher 62' |
O. Staple 4' |
Mount Pleasant progresses 4-2 on aggregates.
| Tivoli Gardens | 4 - 0 | Vere United |
|---|---|---|
| S. Barnett 18' T. Reid 62'H. Morgan 86'J. Johnson 90+5pen' |
Tivoli Gardens progresses 4-0 on aggregates.
Semifinals
| Tivoli Gardens | 0 – 1 | Cavalier |
|---|---|---|
| C. Anderson 85' |
Cavalier progresses 1-0 on aggregate
| Mount Pleasant | 0 – 1 | Waterhouse |
|---|---|---|
| S. Bradford 79' |
| Waterhouse | 1 – 1 | Mount Pleasant |
|---|---|---|
| R. Thomas 45+3' |
J. Fletcher 6' |
Waterhouse progresses 2-1 on aggregates
Third Place Game
| Mount Pleasant | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Tivoli Gardens |
|---|---|---|
| D. Campbell 27' |
T. Reid 48' |
|
| Penalties | ||
Fletcher  McCalla Isaacs D. Campbell  Rankine |
3-4 | Johnson McQueen Reid Wellington |
Tivoli Gardens won 1-1(4-3 on penalties)
Final
| Waterhouse | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Cavalier |
|---|---|---|
| Damion Binns 90+8pen' |
Jamoi Topey 17' |
|
| Penalties | ||
| Binns Bradford Stewart Leslie Thomas Campbell |
4-5 | King Topey Doxilly Maxwell Laing Purcell |
Cavalier won 1-1(5-4 on penalties)
Champions
| Jamaica Premier League Champions |
|---|
| 2nd title |
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals[15] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oquassa Chong | Harbour View | 6 |
| Jourdaine Fletcher |
Mount Pleasant F.A | ||
| Shaqueil Bradford |
Waterhouse FC | ||
| 4 | Andre Fletcher |
Waterhouse FC | 5 |
| Damion Binns |
Waterhouse FC | ||
| Nicholas Nelson | Molynes United FC | ||
| Andrew Vanzie | Humble Lions | ||
| 8 | Kesslon Hall | Mount Pleasant FA | 4 |
| Devroy Grey |
Tivoli Gardens FC | ||
| Horatio Morgan |
Tivoli Gardens FC | ||
| Shaniel Thomas | Cavalier FC |