2022–23 Jamaica Premier League

The 2022–23 Jamaica Premier League was the 49th season of the Jamaica Premier League, the top division football competition in Jamaica. The season kicked off on 23 October 2022 and ended on 11 July 2023.

Jamaica Premier League

Season	2022–23
Dates	23 October 2022 – 11 July 2023
Champions	Mount Pleasant (1st title)
Relegated	Faulkland Chapelton Maroons
Matches played	188
Goals scored	475 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Collin Anderson (20 goals)
Biggest home win	7 goals: Mount Pleasant 7—0 Chapelton Maroons
Biggest away win	6 goals: Chapelton Maroons 1—7 Dunbeholden
Highest scoring	8 goals: Chapelton Maroons 1—7 Dunbeholden Faulkland 4—4 Chapelton Maroons
← 2022 2023–24 →

Harbour View were the defending champions, having won their 5th premier league title, their first since the 2012-13 season.^[1] Mount Pleasant defeated Cavalier in the playoff finals to win their first premier league title.^[2]

Teams

There were no relegations at the end of the 2022 season due to the expansion of the league from 12 to 14 teams for the 2022-23 season.^[3] Chapelton Maroons and Faulkland were promoted from the second division. Both were making their debut in Jamaica's top flight football league.^[4]

Kingston

Humble Lions

Dunbe-
holden

Molynes United

Portmore United

Mount Pleasant

Vere United

Montego Bay United

Chapelton Maroons

Faulkland

Kingston teams
Arnett Gardens
Cavalier
Harbour View
Tivoli Gardens
Waterhouse

Location of teams in the 2022–23 Jamaica Premier League

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
Arnett Gardens	Kingston	Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex	7,000	Paul Davis[5]
Cavalier	Kingston	Stadium East	2,000	Rudolph Speid[6]
Chapleton Maroons	Chapleton	Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex	2,200	Lenworth Hyde[7]
Dunbeholden	Portmore	Prison Oval	2,000	Harold Thomas[8]
Faulkland	Montego Bay, Jamaica	WespoW Park	2000	Gregory Palmer[9]
Harbour View	Kingston	Harbour View Mini Stadium	7,000	Ludlow Bernard[10]
Humble Lions	Clarendon	Effortville Community Centre	1,000	Andrew Price[11]
Montego Bay United	St. James	Montego Bay Sports Complex	7,000	Donovan Duckie[12]
Molynes United	Kingston	Jacisera Park		Alex Thomas[13]
Mount Pleasant	Runaway Bay, St. Ann	Drax Hall Sports Complex, Drax Hall	2,000	Theodore Whitmore[14]
Portmore United	Portmore	Ferdie Neita Sports Complex	3,000	Phillip Williams[15]
Tivoli Gardens	Kingston	Railway Oval	3,000	Jermaine Johnson[16]
Vere United	Clarendon	Wembley Centre of Excellence		Linval Dixon[17]
Waterhouse	Kingston	Waterhouse Stadium	5,000	Marcel Gayle[18]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arnett Gardens	26	16	7	3	48	21	+27	55	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
2	Cavalier	26	16	4	6	47	24	+23	52
3	Mount Pleasant (C)	26	12	10	4	48	19	+29	46	Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals)
4	Harbour View	26	12	8	6	34	21	+13	44
5	Humble Lions	26	11	9	6	27	15	+12	42
6	Dunbeholden	26	12	5	9	44	31	+13	41
7	Portmore United	26	9	13	4	19	17	+2	40
8	Waterhouse	26	11	6	9	41	18	+23	39
9	Molynes United	26	8	6	12	37	48	−11	30
10	Montego Bay United	26	5	11	10	22	40	−18	26
11	Tivoli Gardens	26	5	7	14	29	42	−13	22
12	Vere United	26	3	12	11	15	32	−17	21
13	Faulkland (R)	26	1	10	15	23	55	−32	13	Relegated to JFF Tier II
14	Chapelton Maroons (R)	26	3	6	17	14	62	−48	9

Updated to match(es) played on 11 July 2023. Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Note

• Chapelton Maroons were deducted -6 points for failure to appear in match day 11.^[19]
• Cavalier and Waterhouse were both awarded 0-3 losses, and deducted -3 points each, for fielding suspended players in match day 24. The match originally ended 1-0 to Watherhourse.^[20]

Results

Home \ Away	ARN	CAV	CHA	DUN	FAU	HAR	HUM	MBU	MOL	MTP	POR	TIV	VER	WAT
Arnett Gardens	—	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0
Cavalier	1–2	—	4–1	3–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–1
Chapelton Maroons	0–5	0–3	—	1–7	0–1	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	2–0	0–4	2–3
Dunbeholden	4–2	1–2	0–0	—	4–2	1–4	1–2	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	4–1	3–1	0–0
Faulkland	0–2	2–2	4–4	0–2	—	1–5	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	2–2	0–1	2–3
Harbour View	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	6–1	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–4
Humble Lions	1–1	1–2	4–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	—	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
Montego Bay United	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	—	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–3	3–3	1–0
Molynes United	1–5	0–2	3–1	2–3	2–2	0–0	3–2	0–1	—	0–5	0–3	4–3	1–0	2–1
Mount Pleasant	0–0	2–2	7–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	5–1	1–2	—	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0
Portmore United	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	—	2–1	0–0	1–1
Tivoli Gardens	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	5–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	—	0–0	0–1
Vere United	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–5	0–2	1–1	—	0–1
Waterhouse	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2023. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

Source:

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
								3	Mount Pleasant	2	3	5
	6	Dunbeholden	1	0	1			1	Arnett Gardens	2	1	3
	3	Mount Pleasant	1	3	4											Mount Pleasant	2
																Cavalier	1
								4	Harbour View	0	0	0
	5	Humble Lions	0	3	3			2	Cavalier	1	2	3
	4	Harbour View	2	2	4										3rd place match
																Arnett Gardens	1
																Harbour View	0

Results

Quarter finals

15 May 2023 (2023-05-15)

First Leg

Dunbeholden	1–1	Mount Pleasant
S. Barnett 53'	Report	L. Rankine 90+7'

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee: D. Parchment

22 May 2023 (2023-05-22)

21:00 EST(UTC-05:00)

Second Leg

Mount Pleasant	3–0	Dunbeholden
L. Rankine 49', 60' A. Bygrave 86'	Report

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee: O. Nicholson

Mount Pleasant won 4-1 on aggregate, advanced to the semi-finals.

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15 May 2023 (2023-05-15)

20:30 EST(UTC-05:00)

First Leg

Humble Lions	0–2	Harbour View
	Report	O. Harding 23' R. Wellington 76'

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee: O. Hamilton

22 May 2023 (2023-05-22)

Second Leg

Harbour View	2–3	Humble Lions
C. Daley 10' R. Wellington 78'	Report	A. Clennon 45+2' R. Sharpe 57' J. Smith 66'

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee: S. Dewar

Harbour View won 4-3 on aggregate, advanced to semi-finals.

Semi-finals

29 May 2023 (2023-05-29)

First Leg

Harbour View	0–1	Cavalier
	Report	O. Russell 51'

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee: N. Goldson

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

21:00 EST (UTC-05:00)

Second Leg

Cavalier	2–0	Harbour View
C. Anderson 11', 57'	Report

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee: C. Mason

Cavalier won 3-0 on aggregate, advanced to JPL Finals.

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29 May 2023 (2023-05-29)

20:30 EST(UTC-05:00)

First Leg

Mount Pleasant	2–2	Arnett Gardens
L. Rankine 17' T. Stewart 63'	Report	S. Smith 30' F. Reid 66'

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee: A. Perry

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

Second Leg

Arnett Gardens	1–3	Mount Pleasant
D. Cunningham 15'	Report	T. Stewart 33', 40' S. James 86'

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee: S. Dewar

Mount Pleasant won 5-3 on aggregate, advanced to JPL Finals.

Third place playoff

June 11, 2023 (2023-06-11)

16:00 EST(UTC-05:00)

Arnett Gardens	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Harbour View
O. Harding (OG) 96'	Report

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee: A. Perry

Jamaica Premier League Finals

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)

20:00 EST (UTC-05:00)

Mount Pleasant	2–1	Cavalier
S. McCalla 8', 89'	Report	C. Anderson 83'

Sabina Park, Kingston

Referee: O. Nicholson

Champions

Jamaica Premier League Champions
Mount Pleasant 1st title

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Collin Anderson	Cavalier	20
2	Trivante Stewart	Mount Pleasant	18
3	Fabian Reid	Arnett Gardens	16
4	Jason Wright	Molynes United	14
5	Dwayne Atkinson	Cavalier	9
	Shaqueil Bradford	Waterhouse
	Stephen Barnett	Dunbeholden
8	Alian Ottey	Montego Bay United	8
	Chevaughn Walsh	Portmore United
10	Ajuma Johnson	Arnett Gardens	7
	Nicholas Nelson	Molynes United
	Atapharoy Bygrave	Mount Pleasant
13	Nicholas Hamilton	Harbour View	6
	Timar Lewis	Harbour View
	Ricardo Morris	Mount Pleasant
	Colorado Murray	Harbour View
	Andrew Vanzie	Humble Lions