| Competition: | National Premier League |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Winners: | Portmore United 6th title |
| Relegated: | Sandals South Coast Boys' Town |
| Continentalcup1: | Caribbean Club Championship |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Portmore United Waterhouse |
| Matches: | 198 |
| Total Goals: | 436 |
| League Topscorer: |  Craig Foster17 goals |
| Biggest Home Win: | Arnett Gardens 5-0 Reno |
| Biggest Away Win: | Waterhouse 0-5 Portmore United Sandals South Coast 0-5 Arnett Gardens |
| Highest Scoring: | Cavalier 3-4 Arnett Gardens |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Red Stripe Premier League is the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. It is the 44th edition of the competition. The regular season started on September 24, 2017.[1] Arnett Gardens are the defending champions, having won their 5th title last season.
Maverley Hughenden and Jamalco finished 11th and 12th in last season's competition and were relegated to their respective regional Super Leagues, the KSAFA Super League and South Central Confederation Super League respectively. At the end of last season, the champions of the four Super Leagues participated in a promotion playoff double round-robin tournament. Cavalier and Sandals South Coast finished 1st and 2nd after the playoff and were promoted to the National Premier League for this season.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium Capacity | Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex | 7,000 | Jerome Waite | |||
| Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex | 2,000 | Andrew Price | |||
| Stadium East | 2,000 | Rudolph Speid | |||
| 7,000 | Ricardo Gardner | ||||
| Effortville Community Centre | 1,000 | | |||
| Montego Bay Sports Complex, WesPow Park | 9,000 |  Tim Hankinson | |||
| 3,000 | Shavar Thomas | ||||
| 2,000 | Wendell Downswell | ||||
| 2,000 | Aaron Lawrence | ||||
| 3,000 | Omar Edwards | ||||
| UWI Bowl | 2,000 | Marcel Gayle | |||
| Waterhouse Stadium | 5,000 | Donavan Duckie |
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The winners of these ties will qualify for the CFU Club Championship.----
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 16 | ||
| 3 | Javon East | 12 | |
| - | Ryan Miller | 12 | |
| 5 | Kemar Beckford | 11 | |
| - | 11 | ||
| 7 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 9 | ||
| - | 9 | ||
| 10 | 8 | ||
| - | Andre Moulton | 8 | |