2017 Barbados Premier League

The 2017 Barbados Premier League (officially the Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 71st season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. UWI Blackbirds are the defending champions, coming off their first league title.

Barbados Premier League
Season2017
ChampionsWeymouth Wales
CFU Club ChampionshipWeymouth Wales
Matches played90
Goals scored305 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorerDario Harewood (13)
Biggest home winWeymouth Wales 8-0 Waterford Compton
(19 March 2017)
Biggest away winWaterford Compton 0-7 Weymouth Wales
(27 May 2017)
Highest scoringRendezvous 9-2 Waterford Compton
(7 May 2017)
Longest winning runWeymouth Wales (5)
Longest unbeaten runWeymouth Wales (11)
Longest winless runBrittons Hill (9)
Longest losing runBelfield (8)
2016
2018
All statistics correct as of 14 May 2017.

Changes from 2016

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Weymouth Wales 18 13 4 1 51 13 +38 43 Qualification for 2018 Caribbean Club Championship
2 BDF 18 11 5 2 46 21 +25 38
3 Rendezvous 18 10 4 4 44 29 +15 34
4 Paradise 18 9 3 6 28 17 +11 30
5 Notre Dame 18 8 5 5 29 29 0 29
6 UWI Blackbirds 18 6 6 6 33 23 +10 24
7 Ellerton 18 5 5 8 22 35 −13 20
8 Brittons Hill 18 2 6 10 16 31 −15 12
9 Waterford Compton 18 3 2 13 18 69 −51 11 Relegation to 2018 Barbados Division One
10 Belfield 18 2 2 14 21 41 −20 8
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2017. Source: Barbadosfa.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Positions by round

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Leader
Relegation to Ligue 2
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Weymouth Wales122111222112211111
BDF211222111221122222
Rendezvous1053333333333333333
Paradise345754445445554644
Notre Dame964445556654446455
UWI Blackbirds478677777777765566
Ellerton437566664566677777
Brittons Hill4999910101010999888888
Waterford Compton8101010109999101010101010999
Belfield485888888888999101010
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2017. Source: Soccerway

Statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals[1]
1   Dario Harewood UWI Blackbirds 13
2   Shakille Belle Ellerton 10
  Zeco Edmee Notre Dame 10
  Hadan Holligan Weymouth Wales 10
  Arantees Lawrence Weymouth Wales 10
6   Armando Lashley Paradise 9
  Shandel Samuel Rendezvous 9
8   Shaquille Boyce BDF 8
  Alvin Chapman Belfield 8
  Rashad Jules BDF 8

Hat-tricks

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Player Club Against Result Date
Mario Harte UWI Blackbirds Waterford Compton 4-0[2] 2 February 2017
Armando Lashley Paradise Notre Dame 1-5[3] 16 February 2017
Shaquille Boyce BDF Waterford Compton 0-7[4] 26 February 2017
Omani Leacock BDF Waterford Compton 0-7[4] 26 February 2017
Zeco Edmee4 Notre Dame UWI Blackbirds 4-4 2 March 2017
Arantees Lawrence Weymouth Wales Waterford Compton 8-0 19 March 2017
Armando Lashley Paradise BDF 3-0[5] 2 April 2017
Ray Snagg Rendezvous Ellerton 0-5[6] 2 April 2017
Dario Harewood4 UWI Blackbirds Waterford Compton 1-5[7] 9 April 2017
Dwayne Stanford Rendezvous Belfield 6-3[8] 15 April 2017
Dario Harewood UWI Blackbirds Belfield 2-4[9] 7 May 2017
Shandel Samuel Rendezvous Waterford Compton 9-2[9] 7 May 2017

4 Player scored 4 goals.

References

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  1. ^ "Barbados Football Association - Barbados". Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. ^ "UWI blow away Compton -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Compton end top-flight drought | Barbados Advocate". Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b "BDF run riot | Barbados Today". Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Bombarded! | Barbados Today". Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Rendezvous dismiss Ellerton in Digicel Premier League | Loop News Barbados". Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Harewood's havoc | Barbados Today". Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Rendezvous triumph in Digicel Premier League 9-goal thriller | Loop News Barbados". Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Rendezvous maul hapless Compton | Barbados Today". Retrieved 9 May 2017.