2022 National Premier League

The 2022 National Premier League was the 48th season of the National Premier League, the top division football competition in Jamaica. The season kicked off on 16 January 2022 and is set to end on 13 June 2022 which would later, go towards a playoff round between the top six teams in the league.

National Premier League
Season2022
Dates16 January 2022 – 13 June 2022
ChampionsHarbor View
PromotedN/A
RelegatedN/A
Biggest home win6 goals:
MTP 5-1 HUM
Biggest away win3 goals:
CAV 0-3 WAT
Highest scoring6 goals:
MTP 5-1 HUM
← 2021

Cavalier F.C. are the defending champions, having won their 2nd National Premier League title which was the first league title in almost 40 years.[1]

Team

Due to financial reasons UWI F.C. withdrew from the league, prior to the shortened 2021 National Premier League season and were relegated back to their regional Super league.[2] Montego Bay United were promoted back to the league for this upcoming season.

Team Location Stadium Capacity Manager
Arnett Gardens Kingston Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex 7,000 Jamaica Paul Davis[3]
Cavalier Kingston Stadium East 2,000 Jamaica Rudolph Speid[4]
Dunbeholden Portmore Prison Oval 2,000 Jamaica Harold Thomas[5]
Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000 Jamaica Ludlow Bernard[6]
Humble Lions Clarendon Effortville Community Centre 1,000 Jamaica Andrew Price
Montego Bay United St. James Montego Bay Sports Complex 7,000 England Ricky Hill[7]
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[8]
Portmore United Portmore Ferdie Neita Sports Complex 3,000 Jamaica Garnett Lawrence[9]
Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000 Jamaica Phillip Williams[10]
Vere United Clarendon Wembley Centre of Excellence Jamaica Donavon Duckie[11]
Waterhouse Kingston Waterhouse Stadium 5,000 Jamaica Marcel Gayle[12]

League table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Waterhouse 22 15 3 4 41 18 +23 49 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals) CFU/concacaf league/champions league
2 Dunbeholden 22 13 4 5 31 22 +9 44
3 Arnett Gardens 22 12 4 6 39 25 +14 42 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Mount Pleasant 22 12 5 5 38 25 +13 41
5 Cavalier 22 10 7 5 28 20 +8 35
6 Harbour View 22 7 8 7 26 23 +3 28
7 Humble Lions 22 6 6 10 23 22 +1 28
8 Tivoli Gardens 22 7 8 7 29 30 −1 28
9 Portmore United 22 5 12 5 15 29 −14 20
10 Vere United 22 5 12 5 12 21 −9 20
11 Molynes United 22 4 15 3 23 44 −21 15 Relegated to Regional confederations
12 Montego Bay United 22 2 14 6 15 41 −26 12
Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2022. Source:

Results
Home \ Away ARN CAV DUN HAR HUM MBU MOL MTP POR TIV VER WAT
ARN — 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–2
CAV 1–0 — 1–2 1–0 0–2 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–3
DUN 1–2 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2
HAR 1–1 0–2 0–1 — 0–0 4–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 0–2
HUM 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 — 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1
MBU 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 — 4–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–3
MOL 3–3 0–2 0–1 1–4 2–1 2–1 — 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1
MTP 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–0 5–1 4–0 4–1 — 0–2 4–1 1–0 1–1
POR 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 — 1–1 2–1 0–4
TIV 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 — 3–0 0–1
VER 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 — 0–2
WAT 0–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2022. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season Statistics

Top scorers
RankScorerTeamGoals[13]
1 Atapharoy Bygrave Dunbeholden F.C. 11
2 Nicholas Nelson Molynes United F.C. 10
3 Cardel Benbow Waterhouse F.C. 9
Daniel Green Mount Pleasant F.A.
4 Renaldo Cephas Arnett Gardens F.C. 7
Peter Mcgregor Dunbeholden F.C.
Denardo Thomas Waterhouse F.C.
5 Trayvon Reid Harbour View F.C. 6
6 Oshane Staple Harbour View F.C. 5
Stephen Barnett Tivoli Gardens F.C.
Marlon Allen Arnett Gardens F.C.
Rodico Wellington Tivoli Gardens F.C.

References
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