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Jamaica

Nickname(s)	Reggae Girlz
Association	Jamaica Football Federation
Head coach	Lorne Donaldson
Most caps	Khadija Shaw (38)
Top scorer	Khadija Shaw (56)
FIFA code	JAM
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	43 1 (13 October 2022)[1]
Highest	42 (August 2022)
Lowest	128 (November 2010)
First international
Haiti 1–0 Jamaica  (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 17 April 1991)
Biggest win
Jamaica 14–0 Saint Lucia  (San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic; 20 June 2014)
Biggest defeat
Canada 11–1 Jamaica  (Brazil, 18 July 2007)  United States 10–0 Jamaica  (Canada, 19 August 1994)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2019)
Best result	Group stage (2019)
CONCACAF Women's Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 1991)
Best result	3rd place (2018, 2022)

The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", is one of the top women's national football teams in the Caribbean region along with Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. In 2008, the team was disbanded after it failed to get out of the group stage of Olympic Qualifying, which notably featured the United States and Mexico. The program was restarted in 2014 after a nearly six-year hiatus, finishing second at the 2014 Women's Caribbean Cup after losing 1–0 against Trinidad and Tobago in the final. The team is backed by ambassador Cedella Marley, the daughter of Bob Marley; she helps raise awareness for the team, encourages development, and provides for it financially.[2] Jamaica qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019, but the team was eliminated after losing all its matches in the group stage.

History

Founding

Women's football in Jamaica started with the founding of the Jamaican Women's Football association (founded by Andrea Lewis its first president) in 1987.[3]

1990s

On 17 April 1991 the team competed in its first international match against Haiti, which they lost 1–0.[4] In August 1994, the Reggae Girlz were defeated 10–0 by the United States.[4]

2000s

In 2002, the Reggae Girlz qualified for the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup (the qualifying tournament for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, but lost all of their preliminary round games. In 2006, the team qualified for the Women’s Gold Cup again and finished in fourth place.[4]

2010s

In 2010, due to lack of funding, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) cut the senior women’s program as well as the women’s Olympic program. Subsequently, the team was unable to participate in the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup.[5] In 2011, due to over three years of inactivity, Jamaica was not ranked in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.[6]

In April 2014, Cedella Marley was named the team’s official ambassador and helped the team with their fundraising efforts.[7] On 24 June 2014, the team launched the fundraising campaign "Strike Hard for the Reggae Girlz!"[8] to raise $50,000 to pay for practices, travel expenses, housing, nutrition, and equipment in preparation for the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship where they hoped to secure a spot at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[9]

In July 2014, it was announced that Jamaica was looking for players with Jamaican heritage in countries as far as the United Kingdom in order to improve their squad for the 2014 Women Caribbean Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.[10] The team again went unranked by FIFA in June 2017.[11]

In May 2018, Jamaica began the first round of Caribbean Zone qualifying, this was the first time the team had assembled in two years.[12] Jamaica won their group and advanced to the final round of Caribbean Zone qualifying. They hosted the final round tournament and won all four games securing their spot at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.[13] The same year, Jamaica competed in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. In the group stage, they had a record of one win and two losses, but did not advance to the knockout round.[13] At the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Jamaica was drawn into Group B alongside Canada, Costa Rica and Cuba. In their first match against Canada, they played well but lost 2–0. Jamaica secured an upset 1–0 victory over Costa Rica in their second match, thanks in part to the great play of goalkeeper Sydney Schneider.[14] In their final group match against Cuba, Jamaica won 9–0. As a result of Costa Rica losing their final group match, Jamaica finished second in their group and advanced to the semi-finals where they would face the number one ranked United States.[15] The US defeated Jamaica 6–0, in the semi-final. Jamaica won the third place match against Panama on penalty kicks, securing a spot at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Jamaica is the first Caribbean nation to ever qualify for a Women's World Cup and became the first Caribbean country to have both men's and women's teams to participate in men's and women's World Cup.[16] Interestingly, its male counterparts also qualified to the only FIFA World Cup also in France.

Jamaica placed in Group C with Italy, Australia and Brazil, and was considered as a dark horse, being rated the lowest in the group. Eventually, they finished last in the group after losing all matches but scored a lone goal by Havana Solaun.

2020s

After several coaching changes, Lorne Donaldson, was named head coach in 2022.[17] In July 2022, Jamaica qualified for their 2nd World Cup, which is a historic feat, considering its men's counterparts have been unable to do the same.[18]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022

2023

• Jamaica Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of unknown date

Name	Nat	Position
Lorne Donaldson		Head coach
Andrew Price[19]
Everton Edwards		Assistant coach
Will Hitzelberger		Physical Trainer
Jason Henry		Physical Trainer
Dr Lori-Ann Miller		Team Doctor
Saundria Codling		Physiotherapist
Omar Folkes		Equipment Manager
Sheridan Samuels[20]

Manager history

Name	Nat	Position	Year
Grace Butterfield		Jamaica National Senior Women's Team Manager	1991
Jean Nelson		Jamaica National Women's Teams Manager[21][22]	1994
Jacqueline Cummings		Jamaica National Women's Team Asst Manager	1994
Elaine Walker-Brown		Jamaica National Senior Women's Team Manager	2014
Jean Nelson		Jamaica National Women's Teams Manager	2009–2010

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for two friendly matches against  Paraguay on 10 and 13 November 2022.[23]

Caps and goals are current as of 12 April 2022 after the match against  Dominican Republic.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Sydney Schneider	(1999-08-31) 31 August 1999 (age 23)	19	0	Kansas City Current
	1GK	Yazmeen Jamieson	(1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 24)	5	0	Issy
	1GK	Rebecca Spencer	(1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 31)	4	0	Tottenham Hotspur
	2DF	Allyson Swaby	(1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 26)	24	0	Angel City FC
	2DF	Chantelle Swaby	(1998-08-06) 6 August 1998 (age 24)	23	0	Fleury
	2DF	Jayda Hylton-Pelaia	(1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 24)	4	0	Woodbridge Strikers
	2DF	Vyan Sampson	(1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 26)	4	0	Heart
	2DF	Satara Murray	(1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 29)	1	0	Racing Louisville
	3MF	Chinyelu Asher	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 29)	31	6	AIK
	3MF	Trudi Carter	(1994-11-18) 18 November 1994 (age 27)	23	15	Levante Las Planas
	3MF	Paige Bailey-Gayle	(2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 21)	6	0	Crystal Palace
	3MF	Jade Bailey	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 27)	2	0	Unattached
	3MF	Atlanta Primus	(1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 (age 25)	1	0	London City Lionesses
	3MF	Drew Spence	(1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 30)	6	1	Tottenham Hotspur
	3MF	Deneisha Blackwood	(1997-03-07) 7 March 1997 (age 25)	26	7	Issy
	3MF	Havana Solaun	(1993-02-23) 23 February 1993 (age 29)	9	2	North Carolina Courage
	4FW	Khadija Shaw (captain)	(1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 25)	38	56	Manchester City
	4FW	Jody Brown	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 20)	18	12	Florida State Seminoles
	4FW	Olufolasade Adamolekun	(2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 (age 21)	12	0	USC Trojans
	4FW	Kayla McKenna	(1996-09-03) 3 September 1996 (age 26)	10	3	Rangers
	4FW	Mireya Grey	(1998-09-07) 7 September 1998 (age 24)	9	1	Unattached
	4FW	Tiernny Wiltshire	(1998-05-08) 8 May 1998 (age 24)	8	0	Houston Dash
	4FW	Kalyssa Van Zanten	(2001-08-25) 25 August 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the past 12 months.

This list may be incomplete.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Sashana Campbell	(1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 31)	38	3	KKPK Medyk Konin	v.  Dominican Republic, 12 April 2022
DF	Courtney Douglas	(1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 27)	2	0	Unattached	v.  Dominican Republic, 12 April 2022
DF	Dominique Bond-Flasza	(1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 (age 26)	26	4	Åland United	v.  Grenada, 20 February 2022
DF	Gabrielle Gayle	(2000-10-14) 14 October 2000 (age 22)	1	0	South Alabama Jaguars	v.  Grenada, 20 February 2022
DF	Alika Keene	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 28)	1	1	Slavia Prague	v.  Grenada, 20 February 2022
DF	Logan McFadden	(2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Lipscomb Bisons	v.  Grenada, 20 February 2022
MF	Marlo Sweatman	(1994-12-01) 1 December 1994 (age 27)	17	4	Szombathelyi Haladás	v.  Dominican Republic, 12 April 2022
FW	Mikayla Dayes	(1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Maryland Terrapins	v.  Dominican Republic, 12 April 2022
FW	Tiffany Cameron	(1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 31)	13	6	ETO FC	v.  Dominican Republic, 12 April 2022
PRE Preliminary squad

(Players are listed within position group by order of latest call-up, caps, and then alphabetically)

Previous squads

Records

As of 8 April 2018

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not qualify
1995
1999	Did not enter
2003	Did not qualify
2007
2011	Did not enter
2015	Did not qualify
2019	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	12	-11
2023	Qualified
Total	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	12	-11

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2019	Group stage	9 June	Brazil	L 0–3	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
		14 June	Italy	L 0–5	Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
		18 June	Australia	L 1–4	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record										Qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify									1995 FIFA WWC
2000	Did not enter									1999 FIFA WWC
2004	Did not qualify									5	2	0	3	4	10
2008										7	5	0	2	28	14
2012	Did not enter									Did not enter
2016	Did not qualify									4	2	0	2	20	4
2020										7	5	0	2	44	11
2024	To be determined									To be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		23	14	0	9	96	39

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF W Championship

CONCACAF W Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11		-
1993	Did not enter									Did not enter
1994	Fifth Place	4	0	0	4	2	22	−20		-
1998	Did not enter									Did not enter
2000
2002	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12		4	3	1	0	13	0	+13
2006	Fourth Place	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5		5	5	0	0	37	0	+37
2010	Did not enter									Did not enter
2014	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	8	5	+3		2014 Caribbean Cup
2018	Third Place	5	2	1	2	12	10	+2		7	6	1	0	41	4	+37
2022	Third Place	5	3	0	2	6	8	−2		4	4	0	0	24	2	+22
Total	Third Place	26	7	1	18	32	77	−45		20	18	2	0	115	6	+109

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1999	Did not enter
2003
2007	Preliminary Round	4	1	1	2	3	17
2011	Did not enter
2015	Did not qualify
2019	Seventh Place	4	1	0	3	2	7
Total	Seventh Place	8	2	1	5	5	24

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2010	Did not enter
2014
2018	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	5
2022	To be determined
Total	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	5

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CFU Women's Caribbean Cup

CFU Women's Caribbean Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2000	Group Stage	4	3	0	1	16	2
2014	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	36	3
Total	First round	10	8	0	2	52	5

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA World Ranking

Last update was on June 25, 2021 Source:[24]

  Best Ranking    Worst Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Mover  

Jamaica's FIFA World Ranking History
Year	Rank	Best		Worst
		Rank	Move	Rank	Move
51	2021	—	—	—	—
50	2020	50	1	50
51	2019	51	2	53
53	2018	53	11	71	7
64	2017	64	1	64	1
65	2016	65	4	68
72	2015	67	7	74	5
72	2014	71	1	72	7
—	2013	—	—	—	—
—	2012	—	—	—	—
—	2011	—	—	—	—
—	2010	—	—	—	—
65	2009	65	4	67
71	2008	70	3	73	1
76	2007	74	2	76	2
74	2006	74	7	81	3
76	2005	76	1	79	3
76	2004	73		76	3
72	2003	70		73	4

See also

• Sport in Jamaica
  • Football in Jamaica
    • Women's football in Jamaica
• Jamaica men's national football team

References

External links

• Official website (in English)
• FIFA profile (in English)

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