# 2018–19 National Premier League

The 2018–19 Red Stripe Premier League was the 45th season of the National Premier League, the top division football competition in Jamaica. The season began on 16 September 2018 and ended on 29 April 2019. Portmore United were the defending champions, having won their 6th title the previous season.

## Teams

Sandals South Coast FC and Boys' Town finished 11th and 12th in last season's competition and were relegated to their respective regional Super Leagues, the Western Super League and KSAFA Super League respectively.
At the end of last season, the champions of the four Super Leagues participated in a promotion playoff double round robin tournament. Dunbeholden F.C. and Mount Pleasant Football Academy finished 1st and 2nd after the playoff and were promoted to the National Premier League for this season.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium Capacity | Manager |
| Arnett Gardens | Kingston | Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex | 7,000 | Jerome Waite |
| Cavalier | Kingston | Stadium East | 2,000 | Rudolph Speid |
| Dunbeholden | Portmore | TBD | 2,000 | Michael Cohen |
| Harbour View | Kingston | Harbour View Mini Stadium | 7,000 | Fabian Taylor |
| Humble Lions | Clarendon | Effortville Community Centre | 1,000 | Admiral Bailey |
| Montego Bay United | Montego Bay | Montego Bay Sports Complex, WesPow Park | 9,000 | |
| Mount Pleasant F.A. | Runaway Bay, St. Ann | Drax Hall Sports Complex, Drax Hall | 2,000 | Donovan Duckie |
| Portmore United | Portmore | Ferdie Neita Sports Complex | 3,000 | Shavar Thomas |
| Reno | Savanna-la-Mar | Frome Sports Club | 2,000 | Wendell Downswell |
| Tivoli Gardens | Kingston | Railway Oval | 3,000 | Omar Edwards |
| UWI | Kingston | UWI Bowl | 2,000 | Andrew Peart |
| Waterhouse | Kingston | Waterhouse Stadium | 5,000 | Marcel Gayle |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Portmore United | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 66 | Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals) |
| 2 | Waterhouse | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 62 | Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals) |
| 3 | Mount Pleasant | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 60 | Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals) |
| 4 | Cavalier | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 54 | Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals) |
| 5 | Arnett Gardens | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 48 | Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals) |
| 6 | UWI | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 46 | Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals) |
| 7 | Tivoli Gardens | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 39 | |
| 8 | Humble Lions | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 38 | |
| 9 | Harbour View | 33 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 35 | |
| 10 | Dunbeholden | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 33 | |
| 11 | Montego Bay United (R) | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 30 | Relegated to Regional confederations |
| 12 | Reno (R) | 33 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 24 | Relegated to Regional confederations |

## Results
### Regular home games

| Home \ Away | ARN | CAV | DUN | HAR | HUM | MBU | MTP | POR | REN | TIV | UWI | WAT |
| Arnett Gardens | — | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Cavalier | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Dunbeholden | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Harbour View | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 |
| Humble Lions | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Montego Bay United | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Mount Pleasant | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Portmore United | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Reno | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Tivoli Gardens | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| UWI | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Waterhouse | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
* ↑ This match between Reno and Portmore United on 25 November 2018 was played at the Frome Sports Complex, which is Reno's home ground.
* ↑ The match between UWI and Waterhouse on 4 November 2018 was abandoned in the 4th minute due to a waterlogged pitch. The match was resumed and finished on 15 November 2018.

### Additional home games

| Home \ Away | ARN | CAV | DUN | HAR | HUM | MBU | MTP | POR | REN | TIV | UWI | WAT |
| Arnett Gardens | — | — | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| Cavalier | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | — | — | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | — | — |
| Dunbeholden | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | — |
| Harbour View | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1–1 | — | — | 1–3 |
| Humble Lions | — | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | — | — | 0–1 |
| Montego Bay United | — | — | — | 3–3 | — | — | 1–0 | — | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Mount Pleasant | — | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Portmore United | — | — | — | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | — |
| Reno | — | — | 0–3 | — | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | — | — | 1–1 | — |
| Tivoli Gardens | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 5–1 | 2–0 | — | — | — | 0–1 | — | — | 2–4 |
| UWI | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | — | — | — | 0–2 | — | 0–2 |
| Waterhouse | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | — | — | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | — | — |
* ↑ The match between Reno and Humble Lions on 20 March 2019 was awarded 0-3 due to Reno not showing up for the match.

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | 1 | Portmore United | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Mount Pleasant F.A. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Mount Pleasant F.A. | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| 6 | UWI | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | Portmore United | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Waterhouse | 0 |
| | | | | | 2 | Waterhouse | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Cavalier | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | Cavalier | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Arnett Gardens | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |

### Results
#### Quarterfinals

Mount Pleasant F.A. progresses 3-2 on aggregate.
Cavalier progresses 3-0 on aggregate.

#### Semifinals

The winners of these ties will qualify for the Caribbean Club Championship.
Portmore United progress 3-2 on aggregate.
Waterhouse progresses 3-0 on aggregate.

#### Finals
## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Javon East | Portmore United | 12 |
| 1 | Colorado Murray | Tivoli Gardens | 12 |
| 1 | Tremaine Stewart | Waterhouse | 12 |
| 4 | Fabian Reid | Arnett Gardens | 11 |
| 4 | Francois Swaby | Mount Pleasant | 11 |
| 6 | Alex Marshall | Cavalier | 10 |
| 7 | Kenroy Howell | Waterhouse | 12 |
| 7 | Nicholas Hamilton | Cavalier | 9 |
| 7 | Rondee Smith | Portmore United | 9 |
| 10 | Deshane Beckford | Montego Bay United | 8 |