Jamaica national football team

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Jamaica

Nickname(s)	The Reggae Boyz
Association	Jamaica Football Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football)
Head coach	Theodore Whitmore
Captain	Ricardo Gardner
Most caps	Ian Goodison (113)
Top scorer	Onandi Lowe (27) Luton Shelton (27)
Home stadium	Independence Park
FIFA code	JAM
FIFA ranking	65
Highest FIFA ranking	27 (August 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	116 (October 2008)
Elo ranking	T77
Home colours Away colours
First international
Haiti 1 - 2 Jamaica (Haiti; March 9, 1925)
Biggest win
Jamaica 12 - 0 BVI (Grand Cayman, Cayman Isls.; March 4, 1994) Jamaica 12 - 0 Saint-Martin (Kingston, Jamaica; November 24, 2004)
Biggest defeat
Costa Rica 9 - 0 Jamaica (San José, Costa Rica; February 24, 1999)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1998)
Best result	Round 1, 1998
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1991)
Best result	Third (shared) 1993

The Jamaica national football team, or The Reggae Boyz, is the national team of Jamaica and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation. After decades in CONCACAF obscurity, they gained many fans throughout the world after they qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Jamaica has won the Caribbean Cup four times (1991, 1998, 2005, and 2008) finished second twice and come third twice.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadium 3 Kits 4 Honours 5 World Cup record 6 CONCACAF Championship record 7 Gold Cup record 8 Caribbean Cup record 9 Panamerican Games record 10 Players 10.1 Current squad 10.2 Recent call-ups 11 Jamaica results and fixtures 12 List of coaches 13 References 14 External links

[edit] History

Jamaica's first international appearance was against their Caribbean neighbors Haiti in 1925. They were invited to the French-speaking Caribbean island by Andre Chevalon, president of the then United Sporting Society and it was for a three-match series between the 2 countries. Jamaica won all three games by 1-0, 2-1 and 3-0. The following year Jamaica hosted their Haitians counterparts at Sabina Park and won by 6-0. The Haitians remained frequent opponents and it was not until 1932 that their run of defeats was broken with a 4-1 home win in Port-au-Prince.

Between 1925 and when Jamaica gained it's independence 1962, Jamaica had regular games with Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Cuba and clubs like Racing and Violette from Haiti, Corinthians of Britain, the Tigers from Argentina, and even a series of matches with a Caribbean ALL Stars team in 1952. The Caribbean All Star team included such notables as Michael (The Ruin) Kruin from Suriname and also representing Jamaica were Lindy Delapenha and Gillie Heron. The four games were shared equally with Jamaica winning the second 2-1 and the fourth 1-0 and the All Stars winning the first 5-1 and the third 1-0.

Those friendly international games were the start of Jamaica's football journey with most of the home matches being played at Sabina Park. Many clubs were established during this time including Kensington, Melbourne, Kingston, Lucas and St. George's Old Boys, thus providing the talent Jamaica needed at the time.

In 1965 under the leadership of Brazilian coach Jorge Penna, Jamaica made its first attempt at World Cup qualifying. This was for the 1966 World Cup finals in England. The preliminary group included Cuba, the Netherlands Antilles, and Jamaica. Jamaica's first game was against Cuba which they won 2-0 at Jamaica's National Stadium. In the qualifying match against the Netherlands Antilles, Jamaica also had a 2-0 victory with both goals coming. In the away games Jamaica was held to a goalless draw with the Netherlands Antilles and suffered a 2-1 defeat to Cuba. Jamaica then advanced to the final group of 3 which included Costa Rica and Mexico. The winner in this group would represent the CONCACAF region. Jamaica lost at home to Mexico 3-2 and in the return leg in Mexico City the high altitude proved too much for the Jamaicans and they were defeated 8-0. Jamaica lost 7-0 to Costa Rica in their first encounter and had a 1-1 tie when they played at home.

In 1968 coach George Hamilton took leadership as Jamaica made an attempt to qualify for the 1970 World Cup Finals in Mexico. Jamaica had only a couple remaining players from the previous World Cup team and had to rebuild because most of the players had retired or migrated to North America and England. Jamaica lost all of their qualifying games in that year. Jamaica's participation in the 1974 World Cup elimination saw the suspension of 17 players on the team because of poor behavior on a tour to Bermuda. Jamaica withdrew from the elimination in order to restructure their team.

The 1978 Word Cup in Argentina saw Jamaica playing Cuba and losing 3-1 at the National Stadium and then 2-0 in Havana Cuba. Jamaica did not qualify.

In 1982 Jamaica did not make an attempt for the World Cup Final set in Spain due to insufficient funds and a poorly prepared team. Jamaica did not participate in the 1986 World Cup because suspension for affiliation fees that was due to FIFA. In preparation for the 1990 World Cup with coach Jeffery Maxwell Jamaica won both preliminary games against Puerto Rico 1-0 in Jamaica and 2-0 at Puerto Rico. The U.S. were their next opponents and the first leg was a goalless draw. Jamaica lost the return leg in the U.S. 5-1, ending their qualifying attempt. The United States hosted the World Cup 1994. In qualifying Jamaica beat Puerto Rico 2-1 and was then faced Bermuda, Canada, and El Salvador from which two teams would advance to the final round. Jamaica tied 1-1 with Canada and Bermuda and then lost 2-0 to El Salvador, 1-0 to Canada, 2-1 to El Salvador. Jamaica then beat Bermuda 3-2 but did not qualify.

Under Brazilian Professor Rene Simones and National coach Carl Brown, the Jamaican team has become a "Powerhouse" in the Caribbean region and received "Best Mover" award by FIFA in 1996. [1]

The squad struggled in 2006 and 2007, leading some Jamaicans to dub them The Reggae Toyz. The team did not make it past the first stage of 2007 Caribbean Cup qualifying despite hosting the round, eliminating Jamaica from the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

However, with the return of former coach Renê Simões (who led Jamaica to the 1998 World Cup), there was heavy optimism in the Reggae Boyz camps. Theodore Whitmore lead the team to impressive victories over El Salvador and Guatemala in the latter part of 2007. Jamaica started their Road To South Africa 2010 campaign in fine form beating Bahamas 7-0 at home, 6-0 away. They then fought to a hard 1-1 draw with Canada but lost to Mexico and Honduras due to what was considered poor team selection from Renê Simões, which then in turn lead to his firing. Jamaica announced that Jamaica-born John Barnes would take over as manager in November 2008, with former Raggae Boy Theodore Whitmore leading the team in the interim. Jamaica were at the bottom of Group 2 in the 3rd round, but high performances saw them move up in the table. The team battled hard to 1-0 victories over Mexico and Honduras. However, the Boyz fell just short of advancing to the final round. They managed an impressive 3-0 victory over Canada in their final third round match but failed to move on as Mexico advanced on goal difference after a 1-0 loss to Honduras.

In 2007 with an U-23 team, they won the silver medal at the 2007 Panamerican Games that was played in the Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro. The striker Kemmar Daley was the top scorer (together with the Mexican player Enrique Esqueda) with four (4) goals.

[edit] Stadium

The team plays their games at The National Stadium, known locally as The Office, which is located in Kingston. The stadium opened in 1962 and holds 40,000 people. It got its name The Office from their 50 match unbeaten run from 1995-2001.

[edit] Kits

The team is currently equipped by Kappa an Italian kit provider, they debuted in their current set at the beginning of the World Cup qualifying campaign against The Bahamas. Previously there were outfitted by Uhlsport a German apparel company. The home kit is a yellow shirt, black shorts, and green socks. The away is a green, yellow, and green set. There is also a black away kit, but has yet to be worn as yet. The team has had this set from 05-08

[edit] Honours

• Caribbean Cup: 4
  

1991, 1998, 2005, 2008

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1962 - Did not enter (as until 1962, named British Jamaica)
• 1966 - Did not qualify
• 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Withdrew from qualification
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Did not enter
• 1986 - Withdrew in qualification semi finals
• 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Did not qualify
• 1998 - Round 1
• 2002 - Did not qualify
• 2006 - Did not qualify
• 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] CONCACAF Championship record

• 1963 - 1st round
• 1965 - Did not enter
• 1967 - Did not qualify
• 1969 - 6th place
• 1971 - Did not qualify
• 1973 - Did not enter
• 1977 - Withdrew
• 1981 - Did not enter
• 1985 - Withdrew
• 1989 - Did not qualify

[edit] Gold Cup record

• 1991 - Round 1
• 1993 - Third place shared
• 1996 - Did not qualify
• 1998 - Fourth place
• 2000 - Round 1
• 2002 - Did not qualify
• 2003 - Quarterfinals
• 2005 - Quarterfinals
• 2007 - Did not qualify
• 2009 - Round 1

[edit] Caribbean Cup record

• 1989 - Did not qualify
• 1991 - Winners
• 1992 - Second place
• 1993 - Second place
• 1994 - Round 1
• 1995 - Round 1
• 1996 - Round 1
• 1997 - Third place
• 1998 - Winners
• 1999 - Third place shared
• 2001 - Round 2
• 2005 - Winners
• 2007 - Round 1
• 2008 - Winners

[edit] Panamerican Games record

• 2007 Panamerican Games - Silver Medal

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

The following players have been selected for the 23-man squad for the 2009 Gold Cup.^[1] Caps and goals are current as of June 23, 2009.^[2]

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club — GK Dwayne Miller 14 July 1987 (1987-07-14) (age 22) 4 0 Harbour View — GK Donovan Ricketts 7 June 1977 (1977-06-07) (age 32) 80 0 Los Angeles Galaxy — GK Dwayne Kerr 16 January 1987 (1987-01-16) (age 22) 3 0 Portmore United — DF Shavar Thomas January 29, 1981 (1981-01-29) (age 28) 25 0 Chivas USA — DF Claude Davis 6 March 1979 (1979-03-06) (age 30) 62 2 Derby County — DF Ricardo Gardner (Captain) 25 September 1978 (1978-09-25) (age 30) 109 9 Bolton Wanderers — DF Tyrone Marshall 12 November 1974 (1974-11-12) (age 34) 78 5 Seattle Sounders FC — DF Damion Stewart 18 August 1980 (1980-08-18) (age 28) 50 3 Q.P.R. — DF Ian Goodison 21 November 1972 (1972-11-21) (age 36) 113 9 Tranmere Rovers — DF Eric Vernon 4 July 1987 (1987-07-04) (age 22) 10 2 Portmore United — MF Andy Williams 23 September 1977 (1977-09-23) (age 31) 77 16 Real Salt Lake — MF Dane Richards 14 December 1983 (1983-12-14) (age 25) 12 0 Red Bull New York — MF Jermaine Johnson 25 June 1980 (1980-06-25) (age 29) 58 9 Sheffield Wednesday — MF Jamal Campbell-Ryce 6 April 1983 (1983-04-06) (age 26) 15 0 Barnsley — MF Oneil Thompson 11 August 1983 (1983-08-11) (age 25) 17 1 Notodden — MF Demar Phillips 23 September 1983 (1983-09-23) (age 25) 32 5 Aalesunds — MF Rodolph Austin 1 June 1985 (1985-06-01) (age 24) 24 2 SK Brann — MF Jason Morrison 27 June 1984 (1984-06-27) (age 25) 15 0 Ferencvárosi TC — MF Rafe Wolfe 19 December 1985 (1985-12-19) (age 23) 7 0 Ferencvárosi TC — FW Marlon King 26 April 1980 (1980-04-26) (age 29) 19 12 Wigan Athletic — FW Luton Shelton 11 November 1985 (1985-11-11) (age 23) 43 27 Vålerenga — FW Ricardo Fuller 31 October 1979 (1979-10-31) (age 29) 48 5 Stoke City — FW Omar Cummings 13 July 1982 (1982-07-13) (age 27) 10 2 Colorado Rapids — FW Nicholas Addlery 7 December 1981 (1981-12-07) (age 27) 3 1 Puerto Rico Islanders

[edit] Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Jamaica squad in the past twelve months.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club — GK Shawn Sawyers September 19, 1976 (1976-09-19) (age 32) 25 0 Portmore United (named to 2009 Gold Cup preliminary squad) — DF Simon Ford November 17, 1981 (1981-11-17) (age 27) 2 0 Kilmarnock (vs.  Bahamas on Jun 18) — DF Lance Laing February 28, 1988 (1988-02-28) (age 21) 2 0 Harbour View (vs.  El Salvador on Jul 26) — DF Adrian Reid March 10, 1985 (1985-03-10) (age 24) 11 0 Portmore United (vs.  El Salvador on Jul 26) — DF Tyrone Mears February 18, 1983 (1983-02-18) (age 26) 1 0 Burnley (named to 2009 Gold Cup preliminary squad) — DF Oraine Simpson September 4, 1983 (1983-09-04) (age 25) 3 0 Tivoli (named to 2009 Gold Cup preliminary squad) — DF Wolry Wolfe August 12, 1981 (1981-08-12) (age 27) 14 2 Ferencvárosi TC (named to 2009 Gold Cup preliminary squad) — MF Richard Langley December 27, 1979 (1979-12-27) (age 29) 17 2 Bristol Rovers (vs.  Bahamas on Jun 18) — MF Ricardo Cousins August 10, 1987 (1987-08-10) (age 21) 3 0 Portmore United (vs.  El Salvador on Jul 26) — MF Keammar Daley February 18, 1988 (1988-02-18) (age 21) 3 1 Meadhaven United (vs.  El Salvador on Jul 26) — MF Omar Daley April 25, 1981 (1981-04-25) (age 28) 61 6 Bradford City (vs.  Nigeria on Feb 11) — MF Darren Pratley April 22, 1985 (1985-04-22) (age 24) 0 0 Swansea City (vs.  Nigeria on Feb 11) — MF Khari Stephenson January 18, 1981 (1981-01-18) (age 28) 25 3 Aalesunds (named to 2009 Gold Cup preliminary squad) — MF Bryan Bayliss May 23, 1986 (1986-05-23) (age 23) 0 0 Portmore United (named to 2009 Gold Cup preliminary squad) — MF Richard Edwards April 15, 1983 (1983-04-15) (age 26) 6 0 Harbour View (named to 2009 Gold Cup preliminary squad) — FW Roen Nelson April 8, 1980 (1980-04-08) (age 29) 12 0 Portmore United (vs.  Costa Rica on Feb 6) — FW Kavin Bryan February 7, 1984 (1984-02-07) (age 25) 3 0 Harbour View (vs.  El Salvador on Jul 26) — FW James Thomas December 20, 1988 (1988-12-20) (age 20) 1 0 Portmore United (vs.  El Salvador on Jul 26) — FW Jevaughn Watson October 22, 1983 (1983-10-22) (age 25) 2 0 Sporting Central (vs.  El Salvador on Jul 26) — FW Deon Burton October 25, 1976 (1976-10-25) (age 32) 59 12 Charlton Athletic (vs.  Canada on Aug 20) — FW Fabian Taylor April 13, 1980 (1980-04-13) (age 29) 39 7 Notodden FK (vs.  Canada on Nov 19) — FW Zavon Hines December 27, 1988 (1988-12-27) (age 20) 0 0 West Ham United (vs.  Nigeria on Feb 11) — FW Roland Dean October 13, 1981 (1981-10-13) (age 27) 21 11 Tivoli (named to 2009 Gold Cup preliminary squad)

[edit] Jamaica results and fixtures

Matches in last 24 months, as well as any future scheduled matches

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Jamaican Scorers	Opposition Scorers	Competition	Host/(Venue)
Nov 18, 2007	El Salvador	W	3-0	Rudolph Austin, Ricardo Gardner (2)	-	Friendly	Kingston
Nov 21, 2007	Guatemala	W	2-0	Ricardo Fuller, Omar Daley	-	Friendly	Kingston
Feb 6, 2008	Costa Rica	D	1-1	Tyrone Marshall	William Sunsing	Friendly	Kingston
Mar 26, 2008	Trinidad and Tobago	D	2-2	Marlon King, Tyrone Marshall	Osei Telesford, Aurtis Whitley	Friendly	Kingston
Jun 3, 2008	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	W	5-1	Demar Phillips, Marlon King (2), Deon Burton, Ricardo Gardner	Marlon James	Friendly	Kingston
Jun 7, 2008	Trinidad and Tobago	D	1-1	Luton Shelton	Khaleem Hyland	Friendly	Macoya
Jun 10, 2008	Grenada	L	1-2	Ricardo Fuller	Shalrie Joseph, Jason Roberts	Friendly	St. George
Jun 15, 2008	Bahamas	W	7-0	Ricardo Gardner, Demar Phillips, Marlon King, Luton Shelton (2), Andy Williams, Omar Daley	-	FIFA WCQ 2010	Kingston
Jun 18, 2008	Bahamas	W	6-0	Luton Shelton (3),Deon Burton (2),Tyrone Marshall	-	FIFA WCQ 2010	Trelawny
Jul 25, 2008	El Salvador	D	0-0	-	-	Friendly	Frisco
Aug 20, 2008	Canada	D	1-1	Andy Williams	Julian De Guzman	FIFA WCQ 2010	Toronto
Sep 6, 2008	Mexico	L	3-0	-	Andrés Guardado, Fernando Arce, Jonny Magallón	FIFA WCQ 2010	Mexico City
Sep 10, 2008	Honduras	L	2-0	-	Ramón Núñez, Amado Guevara	FIFA WCQ 2010	San Pedro Sula
Oct 11, 2008	Mexico	W	1-0	Ricardo Fuller	-	FIFA WCQ 2010	Kingston
Oct 15, 2008	Honduras	W	1-0	Luton Shelton	-	FIFA WCQ 2010	Kingston
Nov 9, 2008	Cayman Islands	W	2-0	Roland Dean and Omar Cummings		Friendly	Grand Cayman
Nov 19, 2008	Canada	W	3-0	Luton Shelton, Marlon King, Omar Cummings	-	FIFA WCQ 2010	Kingston
Dec 3, 2008	Barbados	W	2 - 1	Rudolph Austin and Luton Shelton		Caribbean Championships 20081	Kingston
Dec 5, 2008	Grenada	W	4-0	Eric Vernon Luton Shelton Andy Williams and Demar Phillips		Caribbean Championships 20081	Montego Bay
Dec 7, 2008	Trinidad and Tobago	D	1-1	Eric Vernon	Errol Mcfarlane	Caribbean Championships 20081	Trelawny
Dec 11, 2008	Guadeloupe	W	2-0	Oneil Thompson, Luton Shelton		Caribbean Championships 20081	Kingston
Dec 14, 2008	Grenada	W	2-0	Luton Shelton (2)		Caribbean Championships 20081	Kingston
Feb 11, 2009	Nigeria	D	0-0			Friendly	London
May 23, 2009	Haiti	D	2-2	Nicholas Addlery, Damion Stewart	Jean Robens Jerome (2)	Friendly	Fort Lauderdale
May 30, 2009	El Salvador	D	0-0			Friendly	Washington D.C
Jun 07, 2009	Panama	W	3-2	Jermaine Johnson, Devon Hodges, Keammar Daley	Blas Perez, Luis Tejeda	Friendly	Kingston
Jul 03, 2009	Canada	L	0-1		Ali Gerba	2009 Gold Cup	Carson
Jul 07, 2009	Costa Rica	L	0-1		Celso Borges	2009 Gold Cup	Columbus
Jul 10, 2009	El Salvador	W	1-0	Omar Cummings		2009 Gold Cup	Miami

Notes

• ¹ The Caribbean Championships 2008 also functions as a qualification tournament for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The four semifinalists will all qualify for the Gold Cup.

[edit] List of coaches

• Theodore Whitmore
• Sebastião Lazaroni (2000) (2004-2005)
• João Carlos (2005)
• Jorge Penna
• Renê Simões

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jamaican Football Federation
• The Reggae Boyz Supporterz Club (Official Site)
• Reggae Boyz 2010 World Cup campaign theme song

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