ARNETT GARDENS FC

Parish: Kingston And St Andrew

Year Started: 1977

Stadium: Anthony Spalding Complex (Capacity 5,000)

Communities Served: Arnett Gardens Community, Brooklyn, Texas, Havana Housing Schemes and Top Jungle

Performance record: Premier League Champions 1978, 2001, 2002 and 2014

Last year’s position: 3rd

Coach: Jerome Waite

Players in: Fabian Reid (San Juan Jabloteh), Jeffrey Grant (Cavalier), Delante Pottinger (Rockfort), Davion Bell (Watson Grove), Carlloyd Walters (Cavalier), Shawn McKoy (Tivoli).

Players out: Jerry Walters (Boys’ Town), Gary McIntosh (Humble Lion).

Coach’s comment: One of our main objectives is to ensure that we stay in contention right throughout the season and we always set targets. So the main target is to get back to the CONCACAF Club Championship.

BOYS’ TOWN FC

Parish: Kingston And St Andrew

Year Started: 1940

Stadium: Barbican Complex (Capacity 1,200)

Communities Served: Trench Town, Wilton Gardens, Rema, Federal Gardens, Rose Town and Denham Town.

Performance Record: National League Champions 1984, 1986, 1989. Champions Cup (Jamaica) Champions 2009, 2010

Last year’s position: 8th

Coach: Andrew Price

Players in: Jerry Walters (Arnett Gardens FC), Claudious Blackburn (Harbour View FC), Andrew Allen (Harbour View). Note: Former club in brackets.

Players out: Rafeik Thomas (Humble Lion), Shamar Brown (Maverley/Hughenden FC), Tevin Shaw (Tivoli Gardens FC).

Coach’s comment: I expect a very good and competitive season, and the new format will give more teams another opportunity to qualify for a place in the semi-finals, so it will be very interesting. We have lost only a few players from last year, but we have a young crop of players included in the squad coming from the KSAFA Under-17 competition. What we intend to do is to try to win the majority of our matches in the first round, in order to have a better chance.

HARBOUR VIEW FC

Parish: Kingston And St Andrew

Year Started: 1974

Stadium: Harbour View Stadium (Capacity 5,000)

Communities Served: Eastern Jamaica, Kingston/St Andrew.

Performance Record: Premier League Champions 2000, 2007, 2010, 2012

Federation Cup Champions 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005

Last year’s position: 6th

Coach: Ludlow Bernard

Players in: Daniel Green (Brazil), Dario Stewart (Volvo), Dean-Andre Thomas (Brazil), Ross Burton (Rivoli), Kemar Bennett (Rivoli), Le-Rohn Young (Durham FC, Canada), Le-Shaun Young (Durham FC, Canada).

Players out: Claudious Blackburn (Boys’ Town), Andrew Allen (Boys’ Town), Colorado Murray (Tivoli).

Coach’s comment: It will be a very challenging season as we have a fairly new team as seven of our players have been transferred to other clubs, but we will still be just as dangerous. Quite frankly, I don’t have a problem with the new format being introduced this season as more teams will have another chance of reaching the semi-finals.

HUMBLE LION FC

Parish: Clarendon

Year Started: 1974

Stadium: Effortville Community Centre (Capacity 3,000)

Communities Served: Effortville, May Pen, Denbigh

Performance Record: Clarendon Major League Champions 2006; Clarendon KO Champions 2008 – 2014, 2016; Super League Champions 2008; Premier League Promotion 2009-2010; 4th place Premier League 2015-2016;

Last year’s position: 4th

Coach: Donovan Duckie

Players in: Devon Hodges (Waterhouse), Ricardo Dennis (Portmore), Cornell Robinson (Sporting Central), Rafeik Thomas (Boys’ Town), Dwayne Holmes (MoBay United), Hughan Gray (Waterhouse), Leon Irving (Tomorrow’s People), Gary McIntosh (Arnett Gardens).

Players out: Tyrone Buddah (Jamalco), Rannaldo Christian (Jamalco).

Technical director Anthony Pringle’s comment: We are really expecting to win the league because the last two years we went to the semi-finals, so we want to take it a step further. We have a good pool of players, experience and talent, so if they listen to the coach and execute we expect great things.

JAMALCO FC

Parish: Clarendon

Year Started: 2008

Stadium: Wembley Centre of Excellence (Capacity: 1,000)

Communities Served/Supported by: Hayes, Raymonds, Halse Hall, Water Lane, Mitchell Town, May Pen

Performance Record: Clarendon Major League Champions 2013, 2015 – 2016, Clarendon KO Champions 2015; Super League Champions 2014, 2016; Premier League Promotion 2016

Last year’s position: Promoted

Coach: Rayon Johnson

Players in: Dellano Anderson (Sporting Central), Peter Brown (New Bowens), Tyrone Buddah (Humble Lion), Hanel Burrell (GC Foster), Shavon Campbell (Humble Lion), Rannaldo Christian (Humble Lion), Odean Clarke (Cavalier), Sean Coleman (Waterhouse), Andre Dawson (Cavalier), Mikhail Howell (Sporting Central), Daryan James (GC Foster), Shauntel Mundle (Police National), Rohan Richards (GC Foster), Roshane Sharpe (Reno), Chadwick Simpson (Monymusk), Trevol Smith (Humble Lion), Levar Williams (Rivoli), Jason Wint (Bulls FC).

Players out: None

Coach’s comment: This season is really a season we are hoping to remain in the league and if we go beyond it would be great. A top six position for us as a new team would be great. But the aim is to try to cement our spot.

MAVERLEY/HUGHENDEN FC

Parish: Kingston And St Andrew

Year Started: 1978

Stadium: Constant Spring Complex (Capacity: 2,500)

Communities Served/Supported by: Maverley, Hughenden, Glendale, Three oaks, Drewsland

Performance Record: All-Island KO Champions: Major League Champions. Super League Champions: 2015-2016

Last year’s position: Promoted

Coach: Lijyasu Simms

Players in: Akeem Brown (Barbican FC), Shamar Brown (Boys’ Town FC), Nicholas Campbell (Barbican), Liston James (Rivoli United FC), Jovell Plunkett (Rivoli), Chadrick Prawl (Duhaney Park), Nicholas Scott (Rivoli), Troy Moulton (Rivoli), Jamoy Sibbles (Tivoli Gardens FC), Rodico Wellington (Tivoli), Robert Williams (Tivoli) and Raymond Williamson (Rivoli).

Player out: Cordian Palmer (Waterhouse FC)

Coach’s comment: My expectation for Maverley is very high. We have a nice group of players working with and we are expecting to go as far as possible in this competition. If the team remains focused and follows instructions we should have a great season.

MONTEGO BAY UNITED FC (formerly: Seba United FC)

Parish: St James

Year Started: 1972 (rebranded 2011)

Stadium: WesPow Park (Capacity 1,500)

Communities Served: Montego Bay and its environs

Performance record: Premier League Champions 1987-1988, 1997-1998, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2nd Place Premier League 2014-2015. All Island Knock-Out Cup Champions 1991, 1995

Last year’s position: Champions

Coach: Slavisa Bozicic

Players in: Ramone Sibley (Reggae Youths), Cavaughn Smith (Reggae Youths), Otis Friend (Sporting Central), Derron McLeod (Sporting Central), Al Nesbeth (Cavalier), Jason Watson (Cavalier).

Players out: Dwayne Holmes (Humble Lion).

Coach’s comment: MBU is a good mixture of talent and young players, and when the league starts the young players can make a difference. They could attract the attention of bigger clubs from outside the island and can do well and move on to bigger things.

PORTMORE UNITED FC (Previously Hazard United)

Parish: St Catherine

Year Started: 2003

Stadium: Juici Park, Clarendon (Capacity 1,000)

Communities Served: Portmore and St Catherine.

Performance record: Premier League Champions (as Hazard United) 1990, Portmore United 2003, 2005, 2008, 2012.

Last year’s position: 2nd

Coach: Linval Dixon

Player in: Shawayne Nelson (Sporting Central)

Player out: Ricardo Dennis (Humble Lion)

Coach’s comments: Our aim is to go one better than last year and that is to win the league. But we know it will take an honest effort, commitment, discipline and dedication from everybody on a whole. We know the premier league is tough, but we have players who have been there and we won the title five times already, so we know what it takes for us to win it.

RENO FC

Parish: Westmoreland

Year Started: 1973

Stadium: Frome Complex (Capacity 1,500)

Community Served: Westmoreland

Performance record: Premier League Champions 1989, 1990, 1994 (Mid-Season Champion 2005)

Westmoreland Parish Champion 1998, 2000; Western ConFed Champion 2008, 2013; PFAJ Champions Cup Winners 2013

Last year’s position: 10th

Coach: Wendell Downswell

Players in: Kadeem Stone (New Bowens), Shaquel Bryan (New Bowens), Romario Brown (Tafari Lion), Romario Smith (Super Action).

Players out: Kayce Bromfield (Waterhouse), Roshane Sharpe (Jamalco)

Coach’s comments: Last year, if you look at how we finished, we were struggling at the back end of the season, but what we have done now is address some issues and we hope that can help to bring back the level of confidence and trust needed to go forward.

TIVOLI GARDENS FC

Parish: Kingston And St Andrew

Year Started: 1970

Stadium: Edward Seaga Sports Complex (Capacity 2,500)

Communities Served: Darling Street and Tivoli Gardens.

Performance record: Premier League Champions 1983, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2011; PFAJ Champions Cup (Jamaica) Winners: 2011

Last year’s position: 7th

Coach: Omar Edwards

Players in: Mitchly Waul (Boys’ Town), Nickoy Christian (Dunbeholden FC), Tevin Shaw (Boys’ Town), Kevin Graham (Rivoli United), Marvin Stewart (Benfica FC), Junior McGregor (Rivoli), Colorado Murray (Harbour View FC) and Nicholas Smith (Barbican).

Players out: Shawn McKoy (Arnett Gardens), Rodico Wellington (Maverley/Hughenden), Robert Williams (Maverley/Hughenden), and Jamoy Sibbles (Maverley/Hughenden).

Coach’s comment: Our expectation is to go all the way. We understand that it is a new format so we want to ensure that when the preliminary round is finished, we are there in the top six and then we will take it from there.

UWI FC

Parish: Kingston And St Andrew

Year Started: 1990

Stadium: UWI Bowl, Mona (Capacity 1,500)

Community Served: August Town

Performance record: Syd Bartlett – 2nd Place 2009, Major League Winners 2010, KSAFA Super League Champions 2015

Premier League: Debut Season 2015-2016

Last year’s position: 5th

Coach: Marcel Gayle

Players in: Dawayne Smith (Cavalier SC) and Jhaiovanne Howard (Rockfort FC).

Player out: Girvon Brown (Club Deportivo Dragon in El Salvador).

Assistant coach Andrew Peart’s comment: We are trying to do better than we did last season in terms of points and positioning. The semi-final is definitely a target, with six teams having a chance we have to aim our ambitions there.

WATERHOUSE FC

Parish: Kingston and St Andrew

Year Started: 1979

Stadium: Drewsland Stadium (Capacity 4,000)

Community Served: Waterhouse

Performance Record: Premier League Champions 1997, 2006. NPL Runner-up 2013, Federation Cup Champions 3 times (last 2013); CFU Clubs Champions 2015

Last year’s position: 9th

Coach: Marvin Tate

Players in: Akino Bailey (Barbican FC), Kayce Bromfield (Reno FC), Odane Edwards (Tru Juice FC), Oshane Greaves (Beacon Hill FC), Diego Haughton (August Town FC), Jahmika Hutchinson (Highgate FC), Rushane Jarrett (Lime Hall), Kevin Kellyman (Rae Town FC), Nathaniel Leslie (Tru Juice), Ramone McGregor (Barbican), Severo Murphy (Highgate), Cordian Palmer (Maverley/Hughenden FC), Lenworth Pine (Rivoli United), Andre Reid (Brazil) and Keno Simpson (Barbican FC).

Players out: Jermain Anderson, Sean Coleman (Jamalco FC) and Hughan Gray (Humble Lion).

Coach’s comment: The guys have been training well and we have a very young team and they are growing in strength from day to day and I am expecting the team to do very well in the competition this season. Patience, however, will be the key to success.