The Jamaican football league system is the national football competition system in Jamaica. It is organized by the Jamaica Football Federation.
The Jamaica National Premier League is the top-flight of football in Jamaica
Below this, the clubs are separated on geographical grounds. Dependent on which parish a club is located in, it is a member of a specific confederation.
Clubs from the parishes of Kingston and St. Andrew are members of the Kingston and St. Andrew Football Association (KSAFA). Clubs from the parishes of Clarendon, Manchester, St. Catherine and St. Elizabeth are members of the South Central Confederation. Clubs from the parishes of Portland, St. Ann, St. Mary and St. Thomas are members of the Eastern Confederation. Clubs from the parishes of Hanover, St. James, Trelawny and Westmoreland are members of the Western Confederation.
Each of these four confederations operates their own Super League and they represent the second level of Jamaican football.
The names of these four Super Leagues are:
KSAFA Super League South Central Confederation Super League Eastern Confederation Super League Western Confederation Super League
The winners of these leagues play off against each other, home and away, with the top two teams replacing the bottom two teams relegated from the Premier League.
Teams relegated from the Premier League enter the Super League of the Confederation they belong to.
The third level of Jamaican football is organised by the parish football associations.
In the parishes of Kingston and St. Andrew, KSAFA has a third level league called the KSAFA Major League.
For the remaining 12 parishes, the third level of football is represented by a major league competition in each parish organised by the parish FA to give 13 third level leagues.
The champions of each parish are promoted to play in the super league of the confederation by right or by way of winning a play off against another parish champion(s) in the same confederation.
At the fourth level of Jamaican football, KSAFA is represented by the KSAFA Syd Bartlett League. The other parishes have a Division One league to give 13 fourth Level leagues.
Some parishes operate leagues at the fifth level.
Promotion and relegation rules between leagues can vary due to the geographic nature of the league system.
LevelLeague(s)/Division(s)1Jamaica Premier League 14 clubs2JFF Championship 14 clubs3KSAFA Super League (JN/KSAFA Super League) 12 clubsSouth Central Confederation Super League (Super Plus South Central Confederation Super League) 12 clubsEastern Confederation Super League (Coronation Bakery Eastern Confederation Super League) 9 clubsWestern Confederation Super League (Captain's Bakery Western Confederation Super League) 13 clubs4KSAFA Major League (JN/KSAFA Major League) 12 clubsClarendon Major League 10 clubsManchester Major League 7 clubsSt. Catherine Major League 12 clubsSt. Elizabeth Major League 12 clubsPortland Major League 7 clubsSt. Ann Major League 11 clubsSt. Mary Major League 8 clubsSt. Thomas Major League 10 clubsHanover Major League 10 clubsSt. James Senior League 12 clubsTrelawny Major League 12 clubsWestmoreland Major League 12 clubs5KSAFA Syd Bartlett League (JN/KSAFA Syd Bartlett League) 11 clubsClarendon Division 1Manchester Division 1St. Catherine Division 1 12 clubsSt. Elizabeth Division 1Portland Division 1St. Ann Division 1St. Mary Division 1St. Thomas Division 1Hanover Division 1St. James Division 1Trelawny Division 1Westmoreland Division 16No KSAFA league at this levelParish Second Divisions
See also Football in Jamaica