The 2018–19 Red Stripe Premier League was the 45th season of the

National Premier League The Jamaica Premier League (formerly the National Premier League), commonly abbreviated as JPL and officially known as the Wray and Nephew Jamaica Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is sanctioned by the Jamaican Football Federation as the ...

, the top division

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competition in

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. The season began on 16 September 2018 and ended on 29 April 2019.

Portmore United Portmore United Football Club is a Jamaican professional football team in the top flight Jamaica Premier League. With 7 Jamaica Premier League titles, 5 JFF Champions Cup and 2 Caribbean Club Championships, Portmore United is the most decorat ...

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 The KSAFA Championship (formerly KSAFA Super League), also known as the Wray & Nephew KSAFA Championship for sponsorship purposes, is a men's third division football league sanctioned by the Jamaican Football Federation. The league is contested b ...

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.

Regular season

Results

Regular home games

Additional home games

Playoffs

Bracket

Results

Quarterfinals

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

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progresses 3-0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

The winners of these ties will qualify for the

Caribbean Club Championship The Caribbean Club Championship, also known as the CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup, was an annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). T ...

progress 3-2 on aggregate. ---- Waterhouse progresses 3-0 on aggregate.

Third-place game

Finals

Top goalscorers

References

External links

Premier League Jamaica
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