2017–18 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division

The 2017–18 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division was the 47th season of the Antigua and Barbuda top-flight football league. The season began on 12 November 2017 and ended on 18 March 2018.[1]

Premier Division
Season2017–18
ChampionsHoppers
RelegatedBullets
Empire
Caribbean Club ShieldHoppers
Matches played90
Goals scored265 (2.94 per match)
Biggest home winSAP 5–0 Tryum
30 December 2018
Biggest away winSAP 1–5 Old Road
9 January 2018
Empire 0–4 Grenades
17 February 2018
Highest scoringGrenades 4–3 SAP
18 November 2017
Swetes 5–2 SAP
18 February 2018
Bullets 4–3 Parham
4 March 2018

Hoppers won their second title, and their first since 2016, after defeating Parham, 1–0, on the final match day.[2]

Clubs
Team Home city Home ground
Bullets Piggotts Pigotts Sports Ground
Empire St. John's Antigua Recreation Ground
Five Islands Five Islands Five Islands School Ground
Grenades St. John's Antigua Recreation Ground
Hoppers St. John's Antigua Recreation Ground
Old Road Old Road Old Road Recreation Ground
Parham Parham Parham Field
SAP St. John's Antigua Recreation Ground
Swetes
Tryum St. John's Antigua Recreation Ground

Standings

Final table.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hoppers (C) 18 11 4 3 29 23 +6 37 Qualify for the 2019 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield
2 Five Islands 18 10 5 3 35 17 +18 35
3 Parham 18 8 4 6 31 23 +8 28
4 Grenades 18 7 5 6 27 24 +3 26
5 Tryum 18 7 5 6 25 30 −5 26
6 Swetes 18 5 7 6 27 26 +1 22
7 SAP 18 5 6 7 25 33 −8 21
8 Old Road (Q) 18 5 5 8 28 29 −1 20 Qualify for the Relegation playoffs
9 Bullets (R) 18 5 4 9 17 24 −7 19 Relegation to the ABFA First Division
10 Empire (R) 18 3 3 12 21 36 −15 12
Source: FIFA
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Relegation playoffs

The eighth placed team in the Premier Division (Old Road) played a single round robin with the third and fourth placed teams from the First DIvision (Fort Road and WIllikies, respectively). The winner of the round robin earned the right to play in the following years Premier Division, while the remaining teams would play in the First Division. At the end of playoffs, Old Road retained their spot in the Premier DIvision, and Fort Road and Willikies returned to the First Division.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Old Road 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 2018–19 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division
2 Fort Road 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3 2018–19 Antigua and Barbuda First Division
3 Willikies 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: RSSSF

References
  1. Antigua and Barbuda 2017/18, RSSSF.com
  2. Baptiste, Neto (March 20, 2018). "Hoppers Claim Title, Old Road Reach Playoffs". Antigua Observer. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
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