2013–14 National Premier League

The 2013–14 National Premier League (also known as the 2013–14 Red Stripe Premier League) is the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. It is the 40th edition of the competition. The season will begin in September 15 and will be completed in May 2014. The teams will play each other 3 times each then the top eight teams will enter a knock-out playoff to decide the campions. Harbour View were the defending champions, having won their fourth Jamaican championship last season.^[1]

Teams

Rivoli United and August Town FC were promoted following the RSPL Promotion playoffs. Reno FC and Savannah FC both from Westmoreland were relegated at the end of the 2012-2013 season.

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium Capacity	Manager
Arnett Gardens	Kingston	Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex	7,000	Calvin Lewis
Boys' Town	Kingston	Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex	2,000	Andrew Price
Harbour View	Kingston	Harbour View Mini Stadium	7,000
Rivoli United	Spanish Town	Prison Oval	1,500
Humble Lions	Clarendon	Effortville Community Centre	1,000	Lenworth Hyde Sr.
Montego Bay United	Montego Bay	Catherine Hall Stadium	8,000	Donovan Duckie
Portmore United	Portmore	Ferdie Neita Sports Complex	2,000
August Town	Kingston	UWI Bowl	2,000
Sporting Central Academy	Clarendon	Brancourt Sports Ground, Clarendon Park	2,000
Tivoli Gardens	Kingston	Railway Oval	3,000	Glendon "Admiral" Bailey
Cavalier	Kingston	Stadium East Field	1,000
Waterhouse	Kingston	Waterhouse Stadium	5,000

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League table

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Semifinals

First legs

Second legs

Montego Bay United wins series 3–2 on aggregate

Waterhouse wins series 5–4 on aggregate

Finals

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Brian Brown	Harbour View F.C.	18
2	Devon Hodges	Rivoli United F.C.	17
3	Francois Swaby	Sporting Central Academy	14
4	Girvon Brown	Cavalier F.C.	12
5	Dino Williams	Montego Bay United F.C.	11
6	Newton Sterling	Arnett Gardens F.C.	10
8	Omando McLeod	Humble Lions F.C.	8
8	Damarley Samuels	Waterhouse F.C.	8
12	Rafiek Thomas	Boys' Town F.C.	7
12	Roberto Fletcher	Humble Lions F.C.	7
12	Kirk Ramsay	Arnett Gardens F.C.	7
12	Hughan Gray	Waterhouse F.C.	7

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Individual Awards

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Monthly awards

Month	CHEC Player of the Month				CHEC Coach of the Month
	Player	Nat	Club	Link	Coach	Nat	Club	Link
September 2013	Raymond Williamson	JAM	Rivoli United F.C.	5G 0A	Harold Thomas	JAM	Harbour View F.C.	[]
October 2013	Raymond Williamson	JAM	Rivoli United F.C.	0G 0A	Harold Thomas	JAM	Harbour View F.C.	[]
November 2013		JAM				JAM		[]
December 2013	Adoah Nickle	JAM	Portmore United F.C.	3G 0A		JAM		[]
January 2014	Ricardo Morris	JAM	Portmore United F.C.	2G 0A		JAM		[]
February 2014	Devon Haughton	JAM	August Town F.C.	0G 0A	Anthony Patrick	JAM	Waterhouse F.C.	[]
March 2014	Omando McLeod	JAM	Humble Lions F.C.	3G 0A		JAM		[]
April 2014	Richard McCallum	JAM	Waterhouse F.C.	0G 0A	Anthony Patrick	JAM	Waterhouse F.C.	[]
May 2014		JAM				JAM		[]

Promotion from Super Leagues

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

• KSAFA Super League - TBD
• South Central Confederation Super League - TBD
• Eastern Confederation Super League - TBD
• Western Confederation Super League - TBD

External links

References