Season | 2016–17 |
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Matches played | 148 |
Goals scored | 311 (2.1 per match) |
Top goalscorer | ![]() |
Biggest home win | UWI F.C. 4-0 Boys' Town October 27, 2016, Reno F.C. 4-0 Boys' Town November 6, 2016 |
Biggest away win | Boys' Town 0-4 Tivoli Gardens November 27, 2016 |
Highest scoring | Maverley 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 run | Montego Bay United: 5 games |
Longest unbeaten run | Montego Bay United: 5 games |
Longest losing run | Jamalco: 6 games |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
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
[edit]- Maverley Hughenden and Jamalco were promoted from the Jamaican Major Leagues (second tier football).
- Rivoli United and Cavalier were relegated to the Jamaican Major Leagues (second tier football).
Teams
[edit]Team information.
Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium Capacity | Manager |
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Arnett Gardens | Kingston | Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex | 7,000 | ![]() |
Boys' Town | Kingston | Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex | 2,000 | ![]() |
Harbour View | Kingston | Harbour View Mini Stadium | 7,000 | ![]() |
Humble Lions | Clarendon | Effortville Community Centre | 1,000 | ![]() |
Jamalco | Clarendon | Wembley Centre of Excellence | 1,000 | ![]() |
Maverley Hughenden | Kingston | Constant Spring Football Field | 3,000 | ![]() |
Montego Bay United | Montego Bay | Montego Bay Sports Complex, WesPow Park | 9,000 | ![]() |
Portmore United | Portmore | Ferdie Neita Sports Complex | 3,000 | ![]() |
Reno F.C. | Westmoreland Parish | Frome | 2,000 | ![]() |
Tivoli Gardens | Kingston | Railway Oval | 3,000 | ![]() |
UWI F.C. | Kingston | UWI Bowl | 2,000 | ![]() |
Waterhouse | Kingston | Waterhouse Stadium | 5,000 | ![]() |
Managerial Changes
[edit]Manager | Club | Status | Date | Replacement |
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Waterhouse | End of caretaker spell | May 2016 | ![]() |
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Montego Bay United | End of caretaker spell | July 2016 | ![]() |
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Waterhouse | Sacked | November 2016 | ![]() |
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Maverley Hughenden | Sacked | December 2016 | ![]() |
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Montego Bay United | Step Down | December 2016 | ![]() |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Results
[edit]Quarterfinals
[edit]Tivoli Gardens | 1–1 | Portmore United |
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Morris ![]() |
Report | East ![]() |
Referee: Odette Hamilton
Portmore United | 2-1 | Tivoli Gardens |
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East ![]() Grandison ![]() |
Report | Pryce ![]() |
Referee: Kevin Morrison
Arnett Gardens | 1–1 | Montego Bay United |
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Anderson ![]() |
Report | Kirlew ![]() |
Referee: Karl Tyrell
Montego Bay United | 1-2 | Arnett Gardens |
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Williams ![]() |
Report | Reid ![]() ![]() |
Referee: Karl Tyrell
Semi-finals
[edit]Arnett Gardens | 2 - 1 | Humble Lions |
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F. Reid ![]() Harris ![]() |
Report | K. Reid ![]() |
Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston
Humble Lions | 0 - 1 | Arnett Gardens |
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Report | F. Reid ![]() |
Effortville Community Centre, May Pen
Final
[edit]Portmore United F.C. | 1 - 2 | Arnett Gardens |
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Foster ![]() |
Report [[5] Report] |
Anderson ![]() Morgan ![]() |
Attendance: 20, 000
Top goalscorers
[edit]Updated as of March 4, 2017
Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Tivoli Gardens | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Boys' Town | 11 |
3 | ![]() |
Tivoli Gardens | 7 |
4 | ![]() |
Montego Bay United | 7 |
5 | ![]() |
Reno | 6 |
6 | ![]() |
UWI | 6 |
7 | ![]() |
Humble Lions | 6 |
8 | ![]() |
Waterhouse | 5 |
9 | ![]() |
UWI | 5 |
10 | ![]() |
Arnett Gardens | 5 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Tate set to take charge at Waterhouse". 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Waterhouse contract 'Admiral' Bailey as head coach". 30 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
- ^ "Patrick heading to Maverley-Hughenden". 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.
- ^ "Serb Bozicic quits MBU". 31 December 2016. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017.
- ^ Stamp, Marc (8 June 2017). "Arnett's Coach Waite hails 'special group'". Jamaica Gleaner. pp. B3.