The 2024–25
Jamaica Premier League was the 51st season of the top-tier football league in
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
. The season began on September 15, 2024 and concluded on May 23, 2025.
Cavalier
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were the defending champions having won their third title the previous season.
The season was scheduled with three rounds of preliminary games, returning to its pre-COVID structure. The return to three rounds increased the number of games each team played from 26 to 39 regular-season matches, followed by the playoffs.
Cavalier
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were crowned champions after winning the playoff finals, becoming the first team since
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
to win consecutive JPL titles.
Teams
Fourteen teams are competing in the league — the top twelve teams from the previous season and two promoted teams from the second division. The two promoted teams are
Chapelton Maroons and
Racing United. They replaced
Treasure Beach and
Lime Hall which finished 13th and 14th, respectively, at the conclusion of the
2023–24 season and were relegated to the second division.
Chapelton Maroons are making their second appearance in Jamaica's top flight league after one season away, they were relegated at the end of their debut season in the
2022–23 campaign.
Racing United will be making their debut in the Jamaica Premier League, becoming the latest club to feature from Jamaica's third city;
Portmore.
Stadiums and locations
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Personnel and kits
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Managerial changes
Foreign Players
The clubs can have a maximum of six foreign players in their Jamaica Premier League squads per match, but there is no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.
* Players marked in bold indicate they were registered during mid-season transfer window.
* Players marked in ''italics'' indicate they had left their respective clubs during mid-season transfer window.
Dual nationality
Players who are
Jamaican nationals but also hold
dual citizenship
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or represent another
FIFA
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nation in international football are not regarded as foreign players and do not take up a foreign player slot.
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Jalmaro Calvin (Cavalier)
*
Romaine Brackenridge (Harbour View)
Regular season
League table
Results
Matches 1-26
Matches 27-39
Season Statistics
Top Scorers
[https://www.jamaicafootball.org/leaders/]
Hat-tricks
References
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National Premier League seasons
2024 in Jamaican sport
Football in Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...