2022–23 Jamaica Premier League

The 2022–23 Jamaica Premier League was the 49th season of the Jamaica Premier League, the top division football competition in Jamaica. The season kicked off on 23 October 2022 and ended on 11 July 2023.

Jamaica Premier League
Season2022–23
Dates23 October 2022 – 11 July 2023
ChampionsMount Pleasant
(1st title)
RelegatedFaulkland
Chapelton Maroons
Matches played188
Goals scored475 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerJamaicaCollin Anderson
(20 goals)
Biggest home win7 goals:
MTP 7—0 CHA
Biggest away win6 goals:
CHA 1—7 DUN
Highest scoring8 goals:
CHA 1—7 DUN
FAU 4—4 CHA
2022

Harbour View were the defending champions, having won their 5th premier league title, their first since the 2012-13 season.[1] Mount Pleasant defeated Cavalier in the playoff finals to win their first premier league title.[2]

Teams

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There were no relegations at the end of the 2022 season due to the expansion of the league from 12 to 14 teams for the 2022-23 season.[3] Chapelton Maroons and Faulkland were promoted from the second division. Both were making their debut in Jamaica's top flight football league.[4]

Stadiums and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity Manager
Arnett Gardens Kingston Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex 7,000   Paul Davis[5]
Cavalier Kingston Stadium East 2,000   Rudolph Speid[6]
Chapleton Maroons Chapleton Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex 2,200   Lenworth Hyde[7]
Dunbeholden Portmore Prison Oval 2,000   Harold Thomas[8]
Faulkland Montego Bay, Jamaica WespoW Park 2000  Gregory Palmer[9]
Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000   Ludlow Bernard[10]
Humble Lions Clarendon Effortville Community Centre 1,000   Andrew Price[11]
Montego Bay United St. James Montego Bay Sports Complex 7,000   Donovan Duckie[12]
Molynes United Kingston Jacisera Park   Alex Thomas[13]
Mount Pleasant Runaway Bay, St. Ann Drax Hall Sports Complex, Drax Hall 2,000  Theodore Whitmore[14]
Portmore United Portmore Ferdie Neita Sports Complex 3,000   Phillip Williams[15]
Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000   Jermaine Johnson[16]
Vere United Clarendon Wembley Centre of Excellence   Linval Dixon[17]
Waterhouse Kingston Waterhouse Stadium 5,000   Marcel Gayle[18]

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Arnett Gardens 26 16 7 3 48 21 +27 55 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Cavalier 26 16 4 6 47 24 +23 52
3 Mount Pleasant (C) 26 12 10 4 48 19 +29 46 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Harbour View 26 12 8 6 34 21 +13 44
5 Humble Lions 26 11 9 6 27 15 +12 42
6 Dunbeholden 26 12 5 9 44 31 +13 41
7 Portmore United 26 9 13 4 19 17 +2 40
8 Waterhouse 26 11 6 9 41 18 +23 39
9 Molynes United 26 8 6 12 37 48 −11 30
10 Montego Bay United 26 5 11 10 22 40 −18 26
11 Tivoli Gardens 26 5 7 14 29 42 −13 22
12 Vere United 26 3 12 11 15 32 −17 21
13 Faulkland (R) 26 1 10 15 23 55 −32 13 Relegated to Tier II
14 Chapelton Maroons (R) 26 3 6 17 14 62 −48 9
Updated to match(es) played on 11 July 2023. Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Note
  • Chapelton Maroons were deducted -6 points for failure to appear in match day 11.[19]
  • Cavalier and Waterhouse were both awarded 0-3 losses, and deducted -3 points each, for fielding suspended players in match day 24. The match originally ended 1-0 to Watherhourse.[20]

Results

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Home \ Away ARN CAV CHA DUN FAU HAR HUM MBU MOL MTP POR TIV VER WAT
Arnett Gardens 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0
Cavalier 1–2 4–1 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1
Chapelton Maroons 0–5 0–3 1–7 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–4 2–3
Dunbeholden 4–2 1–2 0–0 4–2 1–4 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 4–1 3–1 0–0
Faulkland 0–2 2–2 4–4 0–2 1–5 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–1 2–3
Harbour View 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 6–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–4
Humble Lions 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0
Montego Bay United 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–3 3–3 1–0
Molynes United 1–5 0–2 3–1 2–3 2–2 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–5 0–3 4–3 1–0 2–1
Mount Pleasant 0–0 2–2 7–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 5–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0
Portmore United 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Tivoli Gardens 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 5–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1
Vere United 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–5 0–2 1–1 0–1
Waterhouse 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2023. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Source:[3]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
3 Mount Pleasant 2 3 5
6 Dunbeholden 1 0 1 1 Arnett Gardens 2 1 3
3 Mount Pleasant 1 3 4 Mount Pleasant 2
Cavalier 1
4 Harbour View 0 0 0
5 Humble Lions 0 3 3 2 Cavalier 1 2 3
4 Harbour View 2 2 4 3rd place match
Arnett Gardens 1
Harbour View 0

Results

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Quarter finals

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First Leg
Dunbeholden1–1Mount Pleasant
S. Barnett   53' Report L. Rankine   90+7'
Referee:  D. Parchment
Second Leg
Mount Pleasant3–0Dunbeholden
L. Rankine   49', 60'
A. Bygrave   86'
Report
Referee:  O. Nicholson

Mount Pleasant won 4-1 on aggregate, advanced to the semi-finals.


First Leg
Humble Lions0–2Harbour View
Report O. Harding   23'
R. Wellington   76'
Referee:  O. Hamilton
Second Leg
Harbour View2–3Humble Lions
C. Daley   10'
R. Wellington   78'
Report A. Clennon   45+2'
R. Sharpe   57'
J. Smith   66'
Referee:  S. Dewar

Harbour View won 4-3 on aggregate, advanced to semi-finals.

Semi-finals

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First Leg
Harbour View0–1Cavalier
Report O. Russell   51'
Referee:  N. Goldson
Second Leg
Cavalier2–0Harbour View
C. Anderson   11', 57' Report
Referee:  C. Mason

Cavalier won 3-0 on aggregate, advanced to JPL Finals.


First Leg
Mount Pleasant2–2Arnett Gardens
L. Rankine  17'
T. Stewart  63'
Report S. Smith  30'
F. Reid  66'
Referee:  A. Perry
Second Leg
Arnett Gardens1–3Mount Pleasant
D. Cunningham  15' Report T. Stewart  33', 40'
S. James  86'
Referee:  S. Dewar

Mount Pleasant won 5-3 on aggregate, advanced to JPL Finals.

Third place playoff

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Arnett Gardens1–0 (a.e.t.)Harbour View
O. Harding (OG)   96' Report
Referee:  A. Perry

Jamaica Premier League Finals

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Mount Pleasant2–1Cavalier
S. McCalla  8', 89' Report C. Anderson  83'
Referee:  O. Nicholson

Champions

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   Jamaica Premier League Champions 
  Mount Pleasant
1st title

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Team Goals
1  Collin Anderson Cavalier 20
2  Trivante Stewart Mount Pleasant 18
3  Fabian Reid Arnett Gardens 16
4  Jason Wright Molynes United 14
5  Dwayne Atkinson Cavalier 9
 Shaqueil Bradford Waterhouse
 Stephen Barnett Dunbeholden
8  Alian Ottey Montego Bay United 8
 Chevaughn Walsh Portmore United
10  Ajuma Johnson Arnett Gardens 7
 Nicholas Nelson Molynes United
 Atapharoy Bygrave Mount Pleasant
13  Nicholas Hamilton Harbour View 6
 Timar Lewis Harbour View
 Ricardo Morris Mount Pleasant
 Colorado Murray Harbour View
 Andrew Vanzie Humble Lions

References

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