2011–12 National Premier League

The 2011–12 National Premier League (also known as the 2011–12 Red Stripe Premier League) is the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. It is the 38th edition of the competition. The season will begin in August 2011 and will be completed in May 2012. The teams will play each other 3 times each then the final 5 games will be played amongst the top 6 and bottom 6; making it a total of 38 games each. Tivoli Gardens were the defending champions, having won their fifth Jamaican championship last season.

National Premier League
Season2011–12
ChampionsPortmore United
CFU Club ChampionshipPortmore United
Boys' Town
2012–13 →

Teams

St. George's and Benfica finished 11th and 12th at the end of last season and both were relegated to the Eastern Confederation Super League.

Taking their places in the league this season are Highgate United, champions of the Eastern Confederation Super League, and Montego Bay United, champions of the Western Confederation Super League, which were the best two clubs in last season's second level promotion playoffs.

Location of teams in the 2011–12 National Premier League
TeamLocationStadiumStadium CapacityManager
Arnett GardensKingstonAnthony Spaulding Sports Complex7,000 Paul "Tegat" Davis
Boys' TownKingstonCollie Smith Drive Sporting Complex2,000 Andrew Price
Harbour ViewKingstonHarbour View Mini Stadium7,000 Donovan Hayles
Highgate UnitedHighgateGrays Inn1,500 Braxton Hyre
Humble LionsClarendonEffortville Community Centre1,000 Lenworth Hyde sr.
Montego Bay UnitedMontego BayCatherine Hall Stadium8,000 Neider dos Santos
Portmore UnitedPortmoreFerdie Neita Sports Complex2,000 Calvin Lewis
RenoWestmorelandFrome Sports Club2,000 Wendell Downswell
Sporting Central AcademyClarendonBrancourt Sports Ground, Clarendon Park2,000 Nigel Stewart
Tivoli GardensKingstonRailway Oval3,000 Glendon "Admiral" Bailey
Village UnitedTrelawneyElleston Wakeland Stadium3,000 Danilo Barriga
WaterhouseKingstonWaterhouse Stadium5,000 Donovan Duckie

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Portmore United (C) 38 19 10 9 48 37 +11 67 Qualification for 2013 CFU Club Championship
2 Boys' Town 38 18 12 8 44 34 +10 66
3 Waterhouse 38 16 12 10 42 32 +10 60
4 Humble Lions 38 15 12 11 41 33 +8 57
5 Tivoli Gardens 38 14 14 10 42 33 +9 56
6 Harbour View 38 12 17 9 35 31 +4 53
7 Montego Bay United 38 14 12 12 48 34 +14 54
8 Arnett Gardens 38 14 11 13 31 39 −8 53
9 Sporting Central Academy 38 10 13 15 33 48 −15 43
10 Highgate United 38 9 13 16 30 43 −13 40
11 Village United 38 7 11 20 28 45 −17 32 Relegation to 2012-13 Jamaican Second Levels
12 Reno 38 5 13 20 28 51 −23 28
Updated to match(es) played on 4 April 2012. Source: PLCA Jamaica
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results

Matches 1–22
Home \ Away ARN BOY HAR HIG HUM POR REN MBU SCA TIV VIL WAT
Arnett Gardens 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–5 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–0
Boys' Town 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–2
Harbour View 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Highgate United 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Humble Lions 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–0
Portmore United 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0
Reno 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–1
Montego Bay United 1–0 1–1 0–2 6–0 0–0 3–3 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1
Sporting Central Academy 3–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–2
Tivoli Gardens 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
Village United 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0
Waterhouse 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 January 2012. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33
Home \ Away ARN BOY HAR HIG HUM POR REN MBU SCA TIV VIL WAT
Arnett Gardens 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–2 2–1
Boys' Town 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Harbour View 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Highgate United 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–2
Humble Lions 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1
Portmore United 2–4 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Reno 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1
Montego Bay United 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0
Sporting Central Academy 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1
Tivoli Gardens 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–0
Village United 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1
Waterhouse 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38

Top goalscorers
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Jermaine Anderson Waterhouse 14
2 Alanzo Adlam Portmore United 12
3 Romeo Parkes Highgate United and Tivoli Gardens 11
5 Dino Williams Village United 10
Micheal Campbell Boys Town F.C. 10
7 Mouricio Gordon Montego Bay United 9
Tremaine Stewart Portmore United 9

Updated to games played on 27 April 2012
Source: plcajamaica

Promotion from Super Leagues

The winners of the 4 regional Super Leagues play-off in a home and home round robin series.

Results
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2012–13 National Premier League
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Home \ Away TBD1 TBD2 TBD3 TBD4
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
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