2017 Barbados Premier League

Barbados Premier League
Season	2017
Champions	Weymouth Wales
CFU Club Championship	Weymouth Wales
Matches played	90
Goals scored	305 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dario Harewood (13)
Biggest home win	Weymouth Wales 8-0 Waterford Compton ; (19 March 2017)
Biggest away win	Waterford Compton 0-7 Weymouth Wales ; (27 May 2017)
Highest scoring	Rendezvous 9-2 Waterford Compton ; (7 May 2017)
Longest winning run	Weymouth Wales (5)
Longest unbeaten run	Weymouth Wales (11)
Longest winless run	Brittons Hill (9)
Longest losing run	Belfield (8)
	← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 14 May 2017.

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.

Changes from 2016

Empire Club and Pinelands United were relegated to Barbados Division One.
Ellerton and Waterford Compton were promoted to the Premier League.

Table

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	Relegation to 2018 Barbados Division One

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

	Leader
	Relegation to Ligue 2

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Weymouth Wales	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
BDF	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Rendezvous	10	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Paradise	3	4	5	7	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	6	4	4
Notre Dame	9	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	6	4	5	5
UWI Blackbirds	4	7	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	6	6
Ellerton	4	3	7	5	6	6	6	6	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Brittons Hill	4	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Waterford Compton	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Belfield	4	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2017. Source: Soccerway

Statistics

Top scorers

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
6	Shandel Samuel	Rendezvous	9
8	Shaquille Boyce	BDF	8
	Alvin Chapman	Belfield	8
	Rashad Jules	BDF	8

Hat-tricks

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

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

[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.

[BDF-4] "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.

[Rendezvous-9] "Rendezvous maul hapless Compton | Barbados Today". Retrieved 9 May 2017.

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