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2016–17 National Premier League

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National Premier League
Season2016–17
Matches played148
Goals scored311 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorerJamaica Jermaine Johnson: 16 goals
Biggest home winUWI F.C. 4-0 Boys' Town October 27, 2016,
Reno F.C. 4-0 Boys' Town November 6, 2016
Biggest away winBoys' Town 0-4 Tivoli Gardens November 27, 2016
Highest scoringMaverley 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 runMontego Bay United: 5 games
Longest unbeaten runMontego Bay United: 5 games
Longest losing runJamalco: 6 games

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

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Teams

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Team information.

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

Managerial Changes

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

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Serbia Slaviša Božičić Montego Bay United Step Down December 2016 Jamaica Dillon Thelwell (Interim)

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Humble Lions 33 17 10 6 44 21 +23 61 Qualification for Semi-Finals
2 UWI 33 17 8 8 42 28 +14 59
3 Montego Bay United 33 16 8 9 39 26 +13 56 Qualification for 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
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Results

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Quarterfinals

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Tivoli Gardens1–1Portmore United
Morris 85' Report East 39'
Referee: Odette Hamilton
Portmore United2-1Tivoli Gardens
East 5'
Grandison 40'
Report Pryce 23'
Referee: Kevin Morrison

Arnett Gardens1–1Montego Bay United
Anderson 74' Report Kirlew 68'
Montego Bay United1-2Arnett Gardens
Williams 63' Report Reid 17' 76'

Semi-finals

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Portmore United1–2UWI
Wayne 5' Report G. Brown 23'
P. Brown 69'
Wembley Centre of Excellence, Hayes
UWI0–2 (a.e.t.)Portmore United
Report Foster 82'
Binns 116'
UWI Bowl, Kingston

Arnett Gardens2 - 1Humble Lions
F. Reid 45'
Harris 60'
Report K. Reid 62'
Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston
Humble Lions0 - 1Arnett Gardens
Report F. Reid 72'
Effortville Community Centre, May Pen

Final

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Portmore United F.C.1 - 2Arnett Gardens
Foster 2' Report
[[5] Report]
Anderson 55'
Morgan 65'
Attendance: 20, 000

Top goalscorers

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Updated as of March 4, 2017

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Jamaica Jermaine Johnson Tivoli Gardens 16
2 Jamaica Shamar Nicholson Boys' Town 11
3 Jamaica Elton Thpmpson Tivoli Gardens 7
4 Jamaica Dino Williams Montego Bay United 7
5 Jamaica Afiba Chambers Reno 6
6 Jamaica Rochane Smith UWI 6
7 Jamaica Francis Swaby Humble Lions 6
8 Jamaica Kemar Beckford Waterhouse 5
9 Jamaica Anthony Greenland UWI 5
10 Jamaica Lennox Russell Arnett Gardens 5

References

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  1. ^ "Tate set to take charge at Waterhouse". 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Waterhouse contract 'Admiral' Bailey as head coach". 30 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Patrick heading to Maverley-Hughenden". 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.
  4. ^ "Serb Bozicic quits MBU". 31 December 2016. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017.
  5. ^ Stamp, Marc (8 June 2017). "Arnett's Coach Waite hails 'special group'". Jamaica Gleaner. pp. B3.
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