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National Premier League

FIFA Region

CONCACAF

Season

2025-2026

Location

Jamaica

Abbreviation

JAM1

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Summary

The Jamaica Premier League (JAM1) is the top league in the Jamaica football league system. At the end of the 2025-2026 season, the JAM1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2026 Caribbean Cup:
- 1st and 2nd place 2025-2026 JAM1 teams

(The winner of the 2026 Caribbean Cup receives a berth in 2027 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16, and the 2nd and 3rd place teams receives berths in Round One of the 2027 CONCACAF Champions Cup.)

Leagues Pyramid - Jamaica

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
JAM1	Jamaica Premier League	14
JAM2	Jamaica Football Championship	14

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 24 Aug 2025 - 19 Apr 2026	Playoffs 22 April 2026 - 24 May 2026		14: JAM1 (12), JAM2 (2)

Season Format

Each JAM1 team plays the other 13 JAM1 teams three times for a total of 39 league matches per team in the Regular Season team. After the Regular Season, the top 6 teams advance to the Playoffs. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) goal difference, then (2) total goals scored.

Playoffs

At the end of the 2023 JAM1 season, the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th place JAM1 teams enter into the Home-Away highest aggregate goals wins Championship Quarterfinals. The two quarterfinal winners then play against the JAM1 1st and 2nd place teams in the Home-Away highest aggregate goals wins Championship Semifinals. The two semifinals winners then meet in the one match Championship Final.

Relegation

At the end of the 2023 JAM1 season, the 13th and 14th place teams will be relegated directly to one of the JAM2 leagues.

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		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Montego Bay United	34	19 -8-7	65	-	66	35	31	16	11 -3-2	36	38	14	24	18	8 -5-5	29	28	21	7
2	Mount Pleasant FA	34	16 -13-5	61	-	53	19	34	18	10 -6-2	36	39	11	28	16	6 -7-3	25	14	8	6
3	Racing United FC	34	13 -17-4	56	-	46	25	21	18	7 -9-2	30	24	9	15	16	6 -8-2	26	22	16	6
4	Portmore United FC	34	14 -14-6	56	-	46	32	14	16	7 -7-2	28	22	11	11	18	7 -7-4	28	24	21	3
5	Waterhouse FC	34	16 -8-10	56	-	41	28	13	18	7 -5-6	26	22	18	4	16	9 -3-4	30	19	10	9
6	Cavalier FC	34	15 -4-15	49	-	47	38	9	17	7 -2-8	23	25	23	2	17	8 -2-7	26	22	15	7
7	Arnett Gardens FC	34	13 -7-14	46	-	51	39	12	18	6 -3-9	21	18	18	0	16	7 -4-5	25	33	21	12
8	Chapelton Maroons FC	34	13 -7-14	46	-	32	38	-6	17	8 -3-6	27	22	20	2	17	5 -4-8	19	10	18	-8
9	Dunbeholden FC	34	12 -9-13	45	-	36	41	-5	15	6 -5-4	23	17	15	2	19	6 -4-9	22	19	26	-7
10	Tivoli Gardens FC	33	10 -11-12	41	-	32	42	-10	16	6 -5-5	23	17	18	-1	17	4 -6-7	18	15	24	-9
11	Harbour View FC	34	7 -12-15	33	-	47	63	-16	18	5 -7-6	22	27	29	-2	16	2 -5-9	11	20	34	-14
12	Molynes United FC	34	5 -15-14	30	-	36	45	-9	17	4 -6-7	18	21	21	0	17	1 -9-7	12	15	24	-9
13	Treasure Beach FC	33	6 -12-15	30	-	32	52	-20	17	3 -7-7	16	18	28	-10	16	3 -5-8	14	14	24	-10
14	Spanish Town Police FC	34	7 -5-22	26	-	23	91	-68	16	5 -3-8	18	14	29	-15	18	2 -2-14	8	9	62	-53
Championship - Semifinals Championship - Quarterfinals Relegation