2021 National Premier League

The 2021 National Premier League is the 47th season of the National Premier League, the top division football competition in Jamaica. 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]

National Premier League
Season2021
ChampionsCavalier F.C.
(2nd title)
CFU Club ChampionshipCavalier F.C.
Waterhouse F.C.
Matches played65
Goals scored147 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerOquassa Chong
Jourdaine Fletcher
Shaquille 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 →

Teams

In May 2021, the Jamaican Football Federation announced that the National 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]

Location of teams in the 2019–20 National Premier League
TeamLocationStadiumStadium CapacityManager
Arnett GardensKingstonAnthony Spaulding Sports Complex7,000Jamaica Alex Thomas[6]
CavalierKingstonStadium East2,000Jamaica Rudolph Speid[7]
DunbeholdenPortmorePrison Oval2,000Jamaica Harold Thomas[8]
Harbour ViewKingstonHarbour View Mini Stadium7,000Jamaica Ludlow Bernard[9]
Humble LionsClarendonEffortville Community Centre1,000Jamaica Andrew Price
Molynes UnitedKingstonJacisera ParkJamaica Anthony Patrick
Mount Pleasant F.A.Runaway Bay, St. AnnDrax Hall Sports Complex, Drax Hall2,000England Wally Downes[10]
Portmore UnitedPortmoreFerdie Neita Sports Complex3,000Jamaica Garnett Lawrence[11]
Tivoli GardensKingstonRailway Oval3,000Jamaica Phillip Williams
Vere UnitedClarendonWembley Centre of ExcellenceJamaica Howard Cephas
WaterhouseKingstonWaterhouse Stadium5,000Jamaica 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:

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

Results
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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 1 Waterhouse 1 (4)
2 Cavalier 1 (5)
2 Cavalier 1 0 1
3 Tivoli Gardens 0 4 4 4 Tivoli Gardens 0 0 0
5 Vere United 0 0 0

Results

Source:[14]

Quarterfinals
Harbour View1 - 3Mount Pleasant
T. Williams 90+4' D. Campbell 30'
K. Hall 54'
J. Fletcher 75'
Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence
Referee: Steffon Dewar
Mount Pleasant1 - 1Harbour View
J. Fletcher 62' O. Staple 4'
Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence
Referee: Oshane Nation

Mount Pleasant progresses 4-2 on aggregates.

Vere United0 – 0Tivoli Gardens
Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence
Referee: Veralton Nembhard
Tivoli Gardens4 - 0Vere United
S. Barnett 18'
T. Reid 62'
H. Morgan 86'
J. Johnson 90+5pen'
Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence
Referee: Daneon Parchment

Tivoli Gardens progresses 4-0 on aggregates.

Semifinals
Tivoli Gardens0 – 1Cavalier
C. Anderson 85'
Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence
Referee: Christopher Mason
Cavalier0 – 0Tivoli Gardens
Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence
Referee: Odette Hamilton

Cavalier progresses 1-0 on aggregate

Mount Pleasant0 – 1Waterhouse
S. Bradford 79'
Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence
Referee: Veralton Nembhard
Waterhouse1 – 1Mount Pleasant
R. Thomas 45+3' J. Fletcher 6'
Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence
Referee: Steffon Dewar

Waterhouse progresses 2-1 on aggregates

Third Place Game
Mount Pleasant1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Tivoli Gardens
D. Campbell 27' T. Reid 48'
Penalties
Fletcher soccer ball with check mark
McCalla soccer ball with check mark
Isaacs soccer ball with check mark
D. Campbell soccer ball with red X
Rankine soccer ball with red X		 3-4 Johnson (footballer) soccer ball with check mark
McQueen soccer ball with check mark
Reid soccer ball with check mark
Wellington soccer ball with check mark
Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence
Referee: Neressa Goldson

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

Final
Waterhouse1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Cavalier
Damion Binns 90+8pen' Jamoi Topey 17'
Penalties
Binns soccer ball with red X
Bradford] soccer ball with check mark
Stewart soccer ball with check mark
Leslie soccer ball with check mark
Thomas soccer ball with check mark
Campbell soccer ball with red X		 4-5 King soccer ball with check mark
Topey soccer ball with check mark
Doxilly soccer ball with check mark
Maxwell soccer ball with check mark
Laing soccer ball with red X
Purcell soccer ball with check mark
Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence
Referee: Oshane Nation

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

Top goalscorers
RankScorerTeamGoals[15]
1Jamaica Oquassa ChongHarbour View6
Jamaica Jourdaine Fletcher Mount Pleasant F.A
Jamaica Shaquille Bradford Waterhouse FC
2 Jamaica Andre Fletcher Waterhouse FC 5
Jamaica Damion Binns Waterhouse FC
Jamaica Nicholas NelsonMolynes United FC
Jamaica Andrew VanzieHumble Lions
3 Jamaica Kesslon HallMount Pleasant FA 4
Jamaica Devroy Grey Tivoli Gardens FC
Jamaica Horatio Morgan Tivoli Gardens FC
Jamaica Shaniel ThomasCavalier FC

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