2021 Jamaica Premier League

Jamaica Premier League
Season2021
ChampionsCavalier F.C.
(2nd title)
Caribbean Club ChampionshipCavalier F.C.
Waterhouse F.C.
Matches played65
Goals scored147 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerJamaicaOquassa Chong
JamaicaJourdaine Fletcher
JamaicaShaqueil Bradford
(6 goals each)
Biggest home win3 goals:
POR 3–0 HUM
WAT 4-1 ARN
Biggest away win3 goals:
ARN 0–3 CAV
DUN 2–5 MTP
MOL1-4WAT
Highest scoring7 goals:
DUN 2–5 MTP[1]
TIV 4-3 HUM[2]
Longest winning run4 matches
Waterhouse F.C.
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Tivoli Gardens F.C.
Longest winless run5 matches
Humble Lions F.C.
Longest losing run5 matches
Humble Lions F.C.
2022 →

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]

Teams

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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]

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Location of teams in the 2021 Jamaica Premier League
Team Location Stadium Stadium Capacity Manager
Arnett Gardens Kingston Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex 7,000 Jamaica Alex Thomas[6]
Cavalier Kingston Stadium East 2,000 Jamaica Rudolph Speid[7]
Dunbeholden Portmore Prison Oval 2,000 Jamaica Harold Thomas[8]
Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000 Jamaica Ludlow Bernard[9]
Humble Lions Clarendon Effortville Community Centre 1,000 Jamaica Andrew Price
Molynes United Kingston Jacisera Park Jamaica Anthony Patrick
Mount Pleasant F.A. Runaway Bay, St. Ann Drax Hall Sports Complex, Drax Hall 2,000 England Wally Downes[10]
Portmore United Portmore Ferdie Neita Sports Complex 3,000 Jamaica Garnett Lawrence[11]
Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000 Jamaica Phillip Williams
Vere United Clarendon Wembley Centre of Excellence Jamaica Howard Cephas
Waterhouse Kingston Waterhouse Stadium 5,000 Jamaica Marcel Gayle[12]

Note: UWI F.C. withdrew prior to beginning of season.

Regular season

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Format

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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:

Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence was selected to host all five matches kicking off the 2021 season.[13]

League table

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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
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2021. Source: Jamaica Premier League

Results

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Home \ Away ARN CAV DUN HAR HUM MOL MTP POR TIV VER WAT
Arnett Gardens — 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–1
Cavalier — 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–0
Dunbeholden — 2–1 3–1 2–5 2–1 0–2
Harbour View 1–0 1–1 2–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–3
Humble Lions 2–0 — 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–1
Molynes United 1–1 1–3 — 1–4
Mount Pleasant 1–0 0–2 — 0–0 0–0 0–2
Portmore United 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 — 0–1
Tivoli Gardens 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–3 1–1 1–3 —
Vere United 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 —
Waterhouse 4–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2021. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Bracket

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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

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Source:[14]

Quarterfinals

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Harbour View1 - 3Mount Pleasant
T. Williams 90+4' [2] D. Campbell 30'
K. Hall 54'
J. Fletcher 75'
Referee: Steffon Dewar

Mount Pleasant progresses 4-2 on aggregates.

Vere United0 – 0Tivoli Gardens
[4]
Referee: Veralton Nembhard
Tivoli Gardens4 - 0Vere United
S. Barnett 18'
T. Reid 62'
H. Morgan 86'
J. Johnson 90+5pen'		 [5]
Referee: Daneon Parchment

Tivoli Gardens progresses 4-0 on aggregates.

Semifinals

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Tivoli Gardens0 – 1Cavalier
[6] C. Anderson 85'
Referee: Christopher Mason
Cavalier0 – 0Tivoli Gardens
[7]
Referee: Odette Hamilton

Cavalier progresses 1-0 on aggregate

Mount Pleasant0 – 1Waterhouse
[8] S. Bradford 79'
Referee: Veralton Nembhard
Waterhouse1 – 1Mount Pleasant
R. Thomas 45+3' [9] J. Fletcher 6'
Referee: Steffon Dewar

Waterhouse progresses 2-1 on aggregates

Third Place Game

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Tivoli Gardens won 1-1(4-3 on penalties)

Final

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Cavalier won 1-1(5-4 on penalties)

Champions

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 Jamaica Jamaica Premier League Champions 
Gold Cavalier
2nd title

Top goalscorers

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Rank Scorer Team Goals[15]
1 Jamaica Oquassa Chong Harbour View 6
Jamaica Jourdaine Fletcher Mount Pleasant F.A
Jamaica Shaqueil Bradford Waterhouse FC
4 Jamaica Andre Fletcher Waterhouse FC 5
Jamaica Damion Binns Waterhouse FC
Jamaica Nicholas Nelson Molynes United FC
Jamaica Andrew Vanzie Humble Lions
8 Jamaica Kesslon Hall Mount Pleasant FA 4
Jamaica Devroy Grey Tivoli Gardens FC
Jamaica Horatio Morgan Tivoli Gardens FC
Jamaica Shaniel Thomas Cavalier FC

References

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  1. ^ "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com.
  2. ^ "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com.
  3. ^ "RSPL suspends games after Jamaica confirms second case of coronavirus". loopnews.com. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Javid Bryan (24 June 2021). "UWI pulls out of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) ahead of new season". sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  7. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  8. ^ "Thomas' magic touch kickstarts Dunbeholden's premier league campaign". jamaicaobserver.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-16. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Bernard banking on youth". jamaica-star.com. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  10. ^ "Paul Davis, technical staff depart Mount Pleasant". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  11. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  12. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ a b "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  15. ^ "Premier League Jamaica". premierleaguejamaica.com. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
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