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.
Teams 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 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.
Team Location Stadium Stadium Capacity Manager Arnett Gardens Kingston Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex 7,000 Alex Thomas Cavalier Kingston Stadium East 2,000 Rudolph Speid Dunbeholden Portmore Prison Oval 2,000 Harold Thomas Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000 Ludlow Bernard Humble Lions Clarendon Effortville Community Centre 1,000 Andrew Price Molynes United Kingston Jacisera Park Anthony Patrick Mount Pleasant F.A. Runaway Bay, St. Ann Drax Hall Sports Complex, Drax Hall 2,000 Wally Downes Portmore United Portmore Ferdie Neita Sports Complex 3,000 Garnett Lawrence Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000 Phillip Williams Vere United Clarendon Wembley Centre of Excellence Howard Cephas Waterhouse Kingston Waterhouse Stadium 5,000 Marcel Gayle 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. No team will face relegation during the 2021 season.
Four venues have been approved for matches: Independence Park (preferred) Sabina Park (preferred) Stadium East (alternate) Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence (alternate)
Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence was selected to host all five matches kicking off the 2021 season.
League table
Results
Playoffs Bracket Source:
Results Source:
Quarterfinals
Mount Pleasant progresses 4-2 on aggregates.
Tivoli Gardens progresses 4-0 on aggregates.
Semifinals
Cavalier progresses 1-0 on aggregate
Waterhouse progresses 2-1 on aggregates
Third Place Game Tivoli Gardens won 1-1(4-3 on penalties)
Final
Cavalier won 1-1(5-4 on penalties)
Champions
Top goalscorers Rank Scorer Team Goals1 Oquassa Chong Harbour View 6 Jourdaine FletcherMount Pleasant F.A Shaqueil BradfordWaterhouse FC4 Andre Fletcher Waterhouse FC5 Damion Binns Waterhouse FC Nicholas Nelson Molynes United FC Andrew Vanzie Humble Lions8 Kesslon Hall Mount Pleasant FA4 Devroy Grey Tivoli Gardens FC Horatio Morgan Tivoli Gardens FC Shaniel Thomas Cavalier FC
References
External links Premier League Jamaica