2022 Jamaica Premier League

Jamaican football league

Football league season

Jamaica Premier League
Season	2022
Dates	16 January 2022 – 3 July 2022
Champions	Harbour View F.C. (5th title)
Promoted	Montego Bay United F.C.
Relegated	N/A
CONCACAF Caribbean Cup	Harbour View F.C. Dunbeholden F.C. Cavalier F.C.
CONCACAF Caribbean Shield	Waterhouse F.C.
Matches played	138
Goals scored	344 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Atapharoy Bygrave Daniel Green (13 goals each)
Biggest home win	6 goals: MTP 5-1 HUM
Biggest away win	3 goals: CAV 0-3 WAT
Highest scoring	6 goals: MTP 5-1 HUM
← 2021 2022-23 →

The 2022 Jamaica Premier League was the 48th season of the Jamaica Premier League, the top division football competition in Jamaica. The season kicked off on 16 January 2022 and ended on 3 June 2022.

Cavalier F.C. were the defending champions, having won their 2nd Jamaica Premier League title which was their first league title in almost 40 years.^[1] Harbour View F.C. won their fifth title.

Teams

Due to financial reasons UWI F.C. withdrew from the league, prior to the shortened 2021 season leaving 11 teams to compete.^[2] Montego Bay United were promoted back to the league for this upcoming season, bring the league back to 12 teams.

Stadiums and locations

Kingston

Dunbe-
holden

Kingston teams

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Location of teams in the 2022 Jamaica Premier League

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
Arnett Gardens	Kingston	Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex	7,000	Paul Davis^[3]
Cavalier	Kingston	Stadium East	2,000	Rudolph Speid^[4]
Dunbeholden	Portmore	Prison Oval	2,000	Harold Thomas^[5]
Harbour View	Kingston	Harbour View Mini Stadium	7,000	Ludlow Bernard^[6]
Humble Lions	Clarendon	Effortville Community Centre	1,000	Andrew Price
Montego Bay United	St. James	Montego Bay Sports Complex	7,000	Ricky Hill^[7]
Molynes United	Kingston	Jacisera Park		Anthony Patrick
Mount Pleasant F.A.	Runaway Bay, St. Ann	Drax Hall Sports Complex, Drax Hall	2,000	Wally Downes^[8]
Portmore United	Portmore	Ferdie Neita Sports Complex	3,000	Garnett Lawrence^[9]
Tivoli Gardens	Kingston	Railway Oval	3,000	Phillip Williams^[10]
Vere United	Clarendon	Wembley Centre of Excellence		Donavon Duckie^[11]
Waterhouse	Kingston	Waterhouse Stadium	5,000	Marcel Gayle^[12]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Waterhouse (S)	22	15	4	3	41	18	+23	49	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
2	Dunbeholden (Q)	22	13	5	4	31	22	+9	44	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
3	Arnett Gardens	22	12	6	4	39	25	+14	42	Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals)
4	Mount Pleasant	22	12	5	5	38	25	+13	41
5	Cavalier (Q)	22	10	5	7	28	20	+8	35
6	Harbour View (C,Q)	22	7	7	8	26	23	+3	28
7	Humble Lions	22	6	10	6	23	22	+1	28
8	Tivoli Gardens	22	7	7	8	29	30	−1	28
9	Portmore United	22	5	5	12	15	29	−14	20
10	Vere United	22	5	5	12	12	21	−9	20
11	Molynes United	22	4	3	15	23	44	−21	15
12	Montego Bay United	22	2	6	14	15	41	−26	12

Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2022. Source: [1]

(C): Playoffs Champion, (Q): Qualified for 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup, (S): Qualified for 2023 CONCACAF Caribbean Shield

Results

Home \ Away	ARN	CAV	DUN	HAR	HUM	MBU	MOL	MTP	POR	TIV	VER	WAT
Arnett Gardens	—	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–2
Cavalier	1–0	—	1–2	1–0	0–2	3–0	4–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–3
Dunbeholden	1–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2
Harbour View	1–1	0–2	0–1	—	0–0	4–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–3	1–0	0–2
Humble Lions	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	—	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1
Montego Bay United	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	—	4–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–3
Molynes United	3–3	0–2	0–1	1–4	2–1	2–1	—	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1
Mount Pleasant	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–0	5–1	4–0	4–1	—	0–2	4–1	1–0	1–1
Portmore United	1–2	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	—	1–1	2–1	0–4
Tivoli Gardens	1–3	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	—	3–0	0–1
Vere United	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	—	0–2
Waterhouse	0–1	3–2	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2022. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

Source:[3]

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

					1	Waterhouse	0	1	1
6	Harbour View (p)	1	1	2 (8)	6	Harbour View	1	1	2
3	Arnett Gardens	1	1	2 (7)							Harbour View (p)	1 (6)
											Dunbeholden	1 (5)
					2	Dunbeholden (p)	0	4	4 (4)
4	Mount Pleasant	0	1	1 (3)	4	Cavalier	1	3	4 (2)
5	Cavalier (p)	0	1	1 (4)						3rd place match

											Cavalier	4
											Waterhouse	1

Results

Quarter finals

20 June 2022 (2022-06-20)

First Leg

Harbour View	1–1	Arnett Gardens
T. Reid 45' (pen.)	Report	M. Allen 78'

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee:

C. Mason

23 June 2022 (2022-06-23)

20:30 EST(UTC-05:00)

Second Leg

Arnett Gardens	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Harbour View
E. Simpson 68'	Report	S. Dyer 33'
Penalties
F. Reid R. Guthrie S. Clarke O. Anderson S. James G. Neil A. Johnson K. Arbouine	7—8	T. Reid N. Hamilton O. Staple S. Dyer C. Murray A. Talbott G. Stewart A. Bennett

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee:

O. Nicholson

Harbour View win on penalties after 2–2 aggregate draw, advances to the semi-finals.

20 June 2022 (2022-06-20)

20:30 EST(UTC-05:00)

First Leg

Mount Pleasant	0–0	Cavalier
	Report

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee:

N. Goldson

()

Second Leg

Cavalier	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mount Pleasant
R. King 26' (pen.)	Report	D. Green 35'
Penalties
R. King G. Irving M. Doxilly K. Campbell S. Lopez	4—3	L. Richie J. Topey D. Segree C. Pryce D. Green

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee:

S. Dewar

Cavalier win on penalties after 1-1 aggregate draw, advances to semi-finals.

Semi-finals

26 June 2022 (2022-06-26)

18:15 EST(UTC-05:00)

First Leg

Harbour View	1–0	Waterhouse
N. Hamilton 81'	Report

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee:

N. Goldson

29 June 2022 (2022-06-29)

Second Leg

Waterhouse	1–1	Harbour View
S. Bradford 45'	Report	N. Hamilton 84'

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee:

C. Mason

Harbour View wins 2–1 on aggregate, advances to JPL Finals.

26 June 2022 (2022-06-26)

16:00 EST(UTC-05:00)

First Leg

Cavalier	0–1	Dunbeholden
	Report	P. McGregor 20'

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee:

V. Nembhard

30 June 2022 (2022-06-30)

20:30 EST(UTC-05:00)

Second Leg

Dunbeholden	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Cavalier
K. Bailey 16' A. Bygrave 55', 92'	Report	D. Atkinson 45' K. Gibbons 60' R. Webster 64' R. King 95'
Penalties
F. McCarthy D. Phillips A. Bygrave D. Thomas D. Smith	4—2	R. King G. Irving M. Doxilly K. Campbell

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee:

O. Hamilton

Dunbeholden wins on penalty after 4-4 aggregate draw, advances to JPL Finals.

Third place playoff

3 July 2022 (2022-07-03)

16:00 EST(UTC-05:00)

Cavalier	4–1	Waterhouse
K. Campbell 46' D. Atkinson 60', 70' G. Irving 90+3'	Report	K. Simpson 90+3'

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee:

T. Robinson

Jamaica Premier League Finals

()

Harbour View	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Dunbeholden
C. Murray 2'	Report	D. Phillips 56'
Penalties
T. Reid N. Hamilton O. Staple S. Dyer C. Murray A. Talbott	6-5	A. Bygrave D. Phillips D. Thomas N. Christian D. Smith F. McCarthy

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee:

O. Nicholson

Champions

Jamaica Premier League Champions
Harbour View 5th title

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals^[13]
1	Daniel Green	Mount Pleasant F.A.	13
1	Atapharoy Bygrave	Dunbeholden F.C.	13
3	Nicholas Nelson	Molynes United F.C.	11
3	Cardel Benbow	Waterhouse F.C.	11
5	Marlon Allen	Arnett Gardens F.C.	10
6	Trayvone Reid	Harbour View F.C.	9
7	Peter Mcgregor	Dunbeholden F.C.	8
	Trivante Stewart	Molynes United F.C.
	Colorado Murray	Harbour View F.C.
10	Renaldo Cephas	Arnett Gardens F.C.	7
	Denardo Thomas	Waterhouse F.C.
	Rodico Wellington	Tivoli Gardens F.C.
	Collin Anderson	Cavalier F.C.
	Kimani Arbourine	Arnett Gardens F.C.

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