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25-483: The Jamaica Premier League was formed in 1973 to serve as the top tier of Jamaican professional club football. The league's inaugural season kicked off on September 22, 1973 as the Craven A National Club League Championships , and finished with Santos F.C. as the first title winners. 14 clubs have been crowned champions of Jamaica. Portmore United F.C. is the most successful team with 7 top flight titles. The 2019–20 season

50-455: Is a parish in the county of Cornwall in northwest Jamaica . Its capital is Falmouth . It is bordered by the parishes of Saint Ann in the east, Saint James in the west, and Saint Elizabeth and Manchester in the south. Trelawny is known for producing several Olympic sprinters. In 1770, the wealthy planters in St James and St Ann succeeded in having sections of those parishes become

75-534: Is part of the Cockpit Country , and is uninhabitable. It is therefore a natural reserve for flora and fauna ; most of Jamaica's 27 endemic bird species can be found there, along with yellow snakes , and the giant swallowtail butterfly , the largest butterfly in the western hemisphere . Most of the parish has the typical limestone features of sinkholes , caves , and underground passages. There are about 48 caves, most with phosphate gatherings. These include

100-530: Is the birthplace of several track and field athletes: Usain Bolt , Veronica Campbell-Brown , Marvin Anderson , Ricardo Chambers , Omar Brown , Michael Frater , Lerone Clarke , Dane Hyatt , Rosemarie Whyte , Michael Greene , Inez Turner , Debbie-Ann Parris , Sanya Richards , Ben Johnson and Warren Weir . The supercentenarian Violet Brown (1900–2017), who was at a time the oldest verified living person in

125-449: The 12 teams from the previous season. In June 2021, UWI F.C. announced it would withdraw ahead of the 2021 season due to the modified schedule conflicting with other player commitments; leaving 11 teams in the competition. Montego Bay United was promoted to the league at the start of the 2022 season, restoring the league to 12 teams. Also in 2022, the league entered an agreement with Admiral Sportswear to supply kits to all teams in

150-474: The Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA) ceased their association with Cash Plus Limited as league sponsors and initiated plans for legal action against the investment firm. Digicel signed a three-year sponsorship deal with the league that remained active until 2011. Red Stripe assumed the title sponsorship of the league starting from the 2011-12 season, a contract that concluded after

175-721: The Windsor Cave and Carambi Cave (known for its beauty and phosphate deposits). There are several other caves which have Taino carvings on the walls. There are also several underground conduits , with the longest running for 24 kilometres (15 mi). The main rivers are the Martha Brae, Rio Bueno, Cane and Quashie Rivers. Trelawny's sources of employment are based on agriculture , manufacturing , and tourism . Rum and sugar are Trelawny's principal products. Other crops include bananas , yams , strawberries , vegetables , pimento , coffee , ginger , papaya and coconut . Though

200-481: The championship in the playoffs, the first and second place regular season finishers advance directly to the semifinals and the third to sixth place teams advance to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a two legged, home and away, format with the winner decided on aggregate with away goal rules enforced. The finals and third place matches are contested as a single leg match. The bottom two regular season finishers are relegated and replaced

225-658: The fishing industry is declining, Trelawny still produces a large amount of fish . There are ten beaches along the coast, with more than 30 boats each, as well as 27 fish ponds. There are 25 factories in the parish. These produce sugar , rum , and apparel, among other things. Two of the eight remaining sugar factories in Jamaica are in Trelawny —Hampden Sugar Factory, and Trelawny Sugar, formerly Long Pond Sugar Factory. Trelawny Parish has two MPs and two constituencies ; Trelawny Northern and Trelawny Southern . Trelawny Parish

250-446: The island. It has a population of 75,558 as of 2012. Most of the parish is flat, with wide plains such as Queen of Spain's Valley, 230 metres (750 ft) above sea level , and Windsor, 180 metres (580 ft) above sea level. Most of southern Trelawny is around 230 metres (750 ft) above sea level. The highest point in the parish is Mount Ayr which is 910 metres (3,000 ft) above sea level. The southern section of Trelawny

275-475: The league in 2002 and subsequently extended the contract until 2012. However, their arrangement abruptly concluded in 2007 when Wray and Nephew released the Jamaica Football Federation from the contract without penalties. Subsequently, the league entered into an agreement with investment company Cash Plus in 2007, despite uncertainties arising in early 2008 about Cash Plus’s commitment. In April 2008,

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300-529: The league received sponsorship from Craven A , a subsidiary of Carreras Tobacco Company , throughout its initial two decades. However, in 2002, the pressure from various lobbyists, notably the American Cancer Society , led to the termination of the cigarette company’s sponsorship of both the premier league and local horse racing, marking the end of direct associations between tobacco companies and sporting events. Wray and Nephew assumed sponsorship of

325-666: The league was abandoned in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Digicel commenced a second three-year sponsorship spell from 2020 to 2023. Additionally, after a 16-year hiatus, Wray and Nephew returned as title sponsors in 2023. Santos F.C. (Jamaica) Santos Football Club is a Jamaican professional football club that competes in the KSAFA Super League . The team is based in Kingston , Jamaica . Founded on April 16, 1964, by former Jamaica national team coach Winston Chung Fah ,

350-540: The league. St. James is the next best parish with 8 league titles won by 3 clubs. Two of their title winners, Violet Kickers and Wadadah , have since fell from grace and compete in the lower divisions. Hazard United won 2 league titles while based in Clarendon before the club relocated to St. Catherine and rebranded as Portmore United. No club from the parishes of Hanover , Manchester , Portland , St. Elizabeth , St. Mary , St. Thomas nor Trelawny have won

375-815: The league. Source: JPL Statistics Longest winning run The top two finishers in a given season qualify for the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup , a regional club tournament held each fall. The third place team qualify for the CFU Club Shield . A top-three finish in the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup is the only route for Jamaican teams to enter the CONCACAF Champions Cup . The league has produced two Caribbean Club Champions , each with two titles; Portmore United F.C. ( 2005 , 2019 ) and Harbour View F.C. ( 2004 , 2007 ). The Caribbean Club Championship

400-448: The league. The league was expanded to 14 teams for the 2022–23 season. The Jamaica Premier League's regular season typically runs from late August to May the following year. The competition is divided into two stages; the single table regular season and the playoffs. The regular season is contested in a round robin format with each team playing every other team at home and away for a total of 26 matches. The top six clubs contend for

425-613: The name and symbol of the team are a tribute to Pelé 's Santos FC of Brazil . Also, the team colors are in honor of the Brazil national team. The team has won the Jamaica National Premier League on 5 separate occasions: in the 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1979–80 seasons. This article about a Jamaican football club is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Trelawny Parish Trelawny ( Jamaican Patois : Trilaani or Chrilaani )

450-552: The next season by the top two finishers of the JFF National Tier II. The following is the historical table of the Jamaica Premier League from the professional era in the 2001-02 season up to the concluded 2023-24 season . Table does not include matches played in the playoff stages. Since the inaugural 1973-74 season, 14 teams have claimed the Jamaica Premier League title. As of 2023–24 season , Cavalier F.C. are

475-563: The parish of Trelawny as they were too far from administrative centres. Trelawny was named after Sir William Trelawny, 6th Baronet , the then Governor of Jamaica , whose prominent family had originated at the manor of Trelawny in the parish of Pelynt in Cornwall, England. The first capital was Martha Brae, located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) inland from Rock Bay. Trelawny is best known for its sugar estates and sugar cane mills . It had more sugar estates than any other parish, so there

500-574: The plantations. However, a second Maroon uprising in 1795 led to about 600 Maroons being exiled to Nova Scotia, Canada , and later to Sierra Leone in Africa, in 1800. In 2007, the opening ceremony for the ICC Cricket World Cup was held in Trelawny Parish. Trelawny is located at latitude 18°15'N, longitude 77°46'W. It has an area of 874 km , making it the fifth largest parish on

525-448: The reigning title holders, making this their third league title overall. Portmore United is the league’s most successful club having won 7 league titles and finishing runners-up 5 times. (**) Includes titles won as Seba United.   Record Number of Titles Kingston and St. Andrew are the most successful parishes with 28 top flight titles won by 7 clubs from Kingston’s metropolitan area . No club from rural St. Andrew has won

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550-720: The world, was born and resided in Trelawny. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam , a Jamaican-American politician who served in the Maryland State Senate , was born in Trelawny. It is also the birthplace of 2008 USA Today High School Basketball Player of the Year Samardo Samuels , previously of the Cleveland Cavaliers . Other notable citizens include DJ Kamau Preston , dancehall artist Charly Black , basketballer Milo Channing, Rex Nettleford , University of Connecticut basketball player Kentan Facey , and star safety for

575-504: Was need for a sea coast town to export it. Falmouth became a thriving seaport and social centre. The town had two of its own newspapers ; The Falmouth Post and The Falmouth Gazette . Trelawny was also home to the largest group of Jamaican Maroons . A 1739 treaty between the Maroons and the English gave the Maroons freedom and land , which effectively put a stop to their raids on

600-482: Was replaced with the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup in 2023 as a part of CONCACAF's new club football ecosystem. No team from the league has made it past the first round of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The league has been more successful in the discontinued CONCACAF League competition with both Portmore United F.C. ( 2018 ) and Waterhouse F.C. ( 2019 ) making it to the quarterfinals. During the 1970s to 1990s,

625-480: Was ruled null and void on March 12, 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic . Later in 2020, Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) began managing the league with its focus being the commercialization and marketing of professional football in the country. In May 2021, the Jamaican Football Federation announced that the league would resume, playing a shortened season between June and September, competed by

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