2017–18 National Premier League

National Premier League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Portmore United 6th title
Relegated	Sandals South Coast Boys' Town
Caribbean Club Championship	Portmore United Waterhouse
Matches played	198
Goals scored	436 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Craig Foster 17 goals
Biggest home win	Arnett Gardens 5-0 Reno
Biggest away win	Waterhouse 0-5 Portmore United Sandals South Coast 0-5 Arnett Gardens
Highest scoring	Cavalier 3-4 Arnett Gardens
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Red Stripe Premier League is the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. It is the 44th edition of the competition. The regular season started on September 24, 2017. Arnett Gardens are the defending champions, having won their 5th title last season.

Teams

Maverley Hughenden and Jamalco finished 11th and 12th in last season's competition and were relegated to their respective regional Super Leagues, the KSAFA Super League and South Central Confederation Super League respectively. At the end of last season, the champions of the four Super Leagues participated in a promotion playoff double round-robin tournament. Cavalier and Sandals South Coast finished 1st and 2nd after the playoff and were promoted to the National Premier League for this season.

Arnett Gardens
Boys' Town
Cavalier
Harbour View
Tivoli Gardens
UWI
Waterhouse

Humble Lions

Montego Bay United

Portmore United

Reno
Sandals South Coast

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Location of teams in the 2017–18 National Premier League

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
Cavalier	Kingston	Stadium East	2,000	Rudolph Speid
Harbour View	Kingston	Harbour View Mini Stadium	7,000	Ricardo Gardner
Humble Lions	Clarendon	Effortville Community Centre	1,000
Montego Bay United	Montego Bay	Montego Bay Sports Complex, WesPow Park	9,000	Tim Hankinson
Portmore United	Portmore	Ferdie Neita Sports Complex	3,000	Shavar Thomas
Reno	Westmoreland Parish	Frome Sports Club	2,000	Wendell Downswell
Sandals South Coast	Westmoreland Parish	Frome Sports Club	2,000	Aaron Lawrence
Tivoli Gardens	Kingston	Railway Oval	3,000	Omar Edwards
UWI	Kingston	UWI Bowl	2,000	Marcel Gayle
Waterhouse	Kingston	Waterhouse Stadium	5,000	Donavan Duckie

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portmore United (C)	33	20	6	7	62	25	+37	66	Qualification for Semi-Finals
2	Arnett Gardens	33	11	18	4	53	37	+16	51
3	Tivoli Gardens	33	14	8	11	37	28	+9	50	Qualification for Quarterfinals
4	Waterhouse	33	12	14	7	33	32	+1	50
5	Harbour View	33	14	7	12	28	22	+6	49
6	Cavalier	33	12	12	9	39	32	+7	48
7	UWI	33	13	9	11	41	37	+4	48
8	Humble Lions	33	11	13	9	39	30	+9	46
9	Montego Bay United	33	10	11	12	33	40	−7	41
10	Reno	33	9	12	12	25	37	−12	39
11	Sandals South Coast (R)	33	5	7	21	25	60	−35	22	Relegation to Regional confederations
12	Boys' Town (R)	33	4	9	20	24	59	−35	21

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2018. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Regular home games

Home \ Away	ARN	BOY	CAV	HAR	HUM	MBU	POR	REN	SSC	TIV	UWI	WAT
Arnett Gardens		1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	5–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
Boys' Town	1–1		1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–4	0–0	2–1	2–4	1–2	1–2
Cavalier	2–2	4–1		0–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
Harbour View	1–2	3–0	0–1		0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0
Humble Lions	1–1	1–1	5–1	0–0		1–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–3	0–0
Montego Bay United	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–1		1–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–0
Portmore United	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–0		3–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1
Reno	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–0		2–2	1–0	0–0	0–0
Sandals South Coast	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–4	1–2		0–1	1–4	1–2
Tivoli Gardens	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–0		0–0	0–1
UWI F.C.	1–4	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–0		1–1
Waterhouse	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–5	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1

Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional home games

Home \ Away	ARN	BOY	CAV	HAR	HUM	MBU	POR	REN	SSC	TIV	UWI	WAT
Arnett Gardens					2–2	3–0		0–0		2–3	2–2	1–1
Boys' Town	2–1				1–1	0–3	0–4				0–2	0–3
Cavalier	3–4	1–1			0–1		3–0		2–1
Harbour View	0–0	1–0	2–0				2–1		0–0
Humble Lions				0–1		4–0		0–0		1–1		0–0
Montego Bay United			0–1	2–0				2–1		2–1		2–2
Portmore United	5–1				2–0	5–1				2–0	5–1	0–1
Reno		1–0	0–0	0–2			0–0		1–4		0–0
Sandals South Coast	0–5	1–0			0–3	2–4	0–2
Tivoli Gardens		3–1	3–1	2–0				1–2	1–0		3–2
UWI F.C.			2–1	0–0	0–3	1–1			3–1
Waterhouse			0–0	1–3				2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0

Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
								1	Portmore United	0	3	3
	3	Tivoli Gardens	0	0	0			6	Cavalier	0	0	0
	6	Cavalier	0	2	2										1	Portmore United	0 (4)
															4	Waterhouse	0 (3)
								2	Arnett Gardens	0	1	1
	4	Waterhouse	1	2	3			4	Waterhouse	1	2	3
	5	Harbour View	0	1	1

Results

Quarterfinals

2 April 2018

20:35 UTC-5

Harbour View	0 – 1	Waterhouse
	Soccerway	89' K. Simpson

Harbour View Mini Stadium, Kingston

Referee: Cardella Samuels

5 April 2018

19:30 UTC-5

Waterhouse	2 – 1	Harbour View
C. Benbow 2' K. Beckford 90'	Soccerway	45' M. Blackburn

Drewsland Stadium, Kingston

Referee: Oshane Nation

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1 April 2018

18:00 UTC-5

Cavalier	0 – 0	Tivoli Gardens
	Soccerway

Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston

Referee: Odette Hamilton

4 April 2018

15:05 UTC-5

Tivoli Gardens	0 – 2	Cavalier
	Soccerway	26' N. Daley 30' A. Marshall

Railway Oval, Kingston

Referee: Karl Tyrell

Semifinals

The winners of these ties will qualify for the CFU Club Championship.

8 April 2018

18:00 UTC-5

Cavalier	0 – 0	Portmore United
	Soccerway

Stadium East, Kingston

Referee: Daneon Parchment

15 April 2018

15:00 UTC-5

Portmore United	3 – 0	Cavalier
J. East 5', 72' J. Lynch 48'	Soccerway

Prison Oval, Spanish Town

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9 April 2018

20:35 UTC-5

Waterhouse	1 – 0	Arnett Gardens
T. Stewart 55'	Soccerway

Drewsland Stadium, Kingston

Referee: Kevin Morrison

16 April 2018

20:35 UTC-5

Arnett Gardens	1 – 2	Waterhouse
S. Clarke 10'	Soccerway	12' C. Benbow 53' T. Stewart

Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston

Finals

23 April 2018

20:35 UTC-5

Portmore United	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Waterhouse
	Soccerway
Penalties
	4 – 3

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Oshane Nation

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Craig Foster	Humble Lions	17
2	Fabian Reid	Arnett Gardens	16
3	Javon East	Portmore United	12
-	Ryan Miller	UWI FC	12
5	Kemar Beckford	Waterhouse	11
-	Ricardo Morris	Portmore United	11
7	Dino Williams	Montego Bay United	10
8	Jeremie Lynch	Portmore United	9
-	Chevone Marsh	Cavalier	9
10	Colorado Murray	Tivoli Gardens	8
-	Andre Moulton	Tivoli Gardens	8

External links

• Jamaica Football Federation^[usurped]
• Premier League Jamaica