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Revision as of 03:18, 6 August 2023
Nickname(s) | The Reggae Girlz | ||
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Association | Jamaica Football Federation | ||
Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
Head coach | Lorne Donaldson | ||
Most caps | Khadija Shaw (38) | ||
Top scorer | Khadija Shaw (56) | ||
FIFA code | JAM | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 42 (16 August 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 42 (August 2022) | ||
Lowest | 81 (May – September 2006) | ||
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 | |||
United States 10–0 Jamaica (Canada, 19 August 1994) Canada 11–1 Jamaica (Brazil, 18 July 2007) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2019) | ||
Best result | TBD (2023) | ||
CONCACAF Women's Championship | |||
Appearances | 7 (first in 1991) | ||
Best result | Third place (2018, 2022) |
The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", represents Jamaica in international women's football. They are 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. At the 2023 World Cup Jamaica made the Round of 16 for the first time, after holding both France and Brazil to 0–0 draws and winning their first ever match at a World Cup against Panama 1–0.[3]
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.[4]
1990s
On 17 April 1991 the team competed in its first international match against Haiti, which they lost 1–0.[5] In August 1994, the Reggae Girlz were defeated 10–0 by the United States.[5]
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.[5]
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.[6] In 2011, due to over three years of inactivity, Jamaica was not ranked in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.[7]
In April 2014, Cedella Marley was named the team’s official ambassador and helped the team with their fundraising efforts.[8] On 24 June 2014, the team launched the fundraising campaign "Strike Hard for the Reggae Girlz!"[9] 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.[10]
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.[11] The team again went unranked by FIFA in June 2017.[12]
In May 2018, Jamaica began the first round of Caribbean Zone qualifying, this was the first time the team had assembled in two years.[13] 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.[14] 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.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18] 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.[19] On 2 August 2023, Jamaica drew 0–0 against Brazil, successfully reaching the knockout rounds for the first time.[3]
Kit
The national team have used four clothing manufacturers to supply the official kit for Jamaica. The team's first supplier was Italian manufacturer Lanzera in 1995 before it merged with Kappa a year later. This deal was terminated after the 1998 World Cup. In 2000, the JFF signed a deal with German sporting brand Uhlsport, which lasted until 2006. After another three-year contract with Kappa between 2012 and 2014, the JFF signed a four-year deal with Emirati sportswear company Romai Sports for US$4.8 million.
In 2021, Umbro was the kit provider for Jamaica. In 2022, Adidas signed a deal to become the new kit provider for Jamaica starting in 2023.
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.
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Win Draw Lose Fixture
2022
3 September Friendly match | South Korea | 1–0 | Jamaica | TBD, South Korea |
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Stadium: TBD Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Haruna Kanematsu (Japan) |
6 September Friendly match | South Korea | 2–0 | Jamaica | Paju, South Korea |
Stadium: Paju National Football Center |
10 November Friendly match | Jamaica | 1–0 | Paraguay | Montego Bay, Jamaica |
13 November Friendly match | Jamaica | 1–2 | Paraguay | Kingston, Jamaica |
2023
16 February 2023 Cup of Nations | Spain | 3–0 | Jamaica | Gosford, Australia |
16:10 | Report | Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Referee: Lara Lee (Australia) |
19 February 2023 Cup of Nations | Jamaica | 2–3 | Czech Republic | Sydney, Australia |
14:50 | Report | Stadium: CommBank Stadium Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia) |
22 February 2023 Cup of Nations | Australia | 3–0 | Jamaica | Newcastle, Australia |
19:10 | Report | Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 9,093 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan) |
10 April Friendly | Sheffield United | 0–2 | Jamaica |
29 June CAC games group stage | Jamaica | 2–5 | El Salvador | Santa Tecla, El Salvador |
20:00 CST (UTC−6) | Report | Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica) |
1 July CAC games group stage | Puerto Rico | 1–1 | Jamaica | Santa Tecla, El Salvador |
17:00 CST (UTC−6) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias Referee: Merlin Soto (Honduras) |
3 July CAC games group stage | Jamaica | 3–7 | Mexico | Santa Tecla, El Salvador |
17:00 CST (UTC−6) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras) |
16 July Friendly | Jamaica | 1–0 | Morocco | Melbourne, Australia |
Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve |
23 July FIFA WC Group | France | 0–0 | Jamaica | Sydney, Australia |
20:00 UTC+10 | Report | Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 39,045 Referee: María Carvajal (Chile) |
29 July FIFA WC Group | Panama | 0–1 | Jamaica | Perth, Australia |
Report |
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Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 15,987 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine) |
2 August FIFA WC Group | Jamaica | 0–0 | Brazil | Melbourne, Australia |
20:00 UTC+10 | Report | Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 27,638 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland) |
8 August FIFA WC Round of 16 | Colombia | v | Jamaica | Melbourne, Australia |
18:00 UTC+10 | Report | Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia) |
September 18 CONCACAF Olympic play-in 1st Leg | Jamaica | v | Canada | Jamaica |
Stadium: TBD |
September 26 CONCACAF Olympic play-in 2nd Leg | Canada | v | Jamaica | Canada |
Stadium: TBD |
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
- As of April 2023
Name | Nat | Position |
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Lorne Donaldson | Head coach | |
Sanford Carabin | Assistant coach | |
Ak Lakhani | Assistant coach | |
Laurie Thomas | Assistant coach | |
Alyssa Whitehead | Goalkeeper coach | |
Ana De Souza | Data and Video Analyst | |
Will Hitzelberger | High Performance Coach | |
Jason Henry | High Performance Coach | |
Dr Lori-Ann Miller | Team Doctor | |
Saundria Codling | Physiotherapist | |
Omar Folkes | Equipment Manager |
Manager history
Name | Nat | Position | Year |
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Grace Butterfield | Jamaica National Senior Women's Team Manager | 1991 | |
Jean Nelson | Jamaica National Women's Teams Manager[20][21] | 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 to compete at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Caps and goals are current as of 3 July 2023 after the match against Mexico.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up in the past 12 months.
This list may be incomplete.
(Players are listed within position group by order of latest call-up, caps, and then alphabetically)
Records
- As of 8 April 2018
- Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
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Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Squad |
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 | Squad |
2023 | in progress | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | Squad |
Total | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
FIFA Women's World Cup history | |||||
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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 | ||
2023 | Group stage | 23 July | France | D 0–0 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
29 July | Panama | W 1–0 | Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth | ||
2 August | Brazil | D 0–0 | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne | ||
Round of 16 | 8 August | Colombia |
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Squad | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
1991 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | Squad | Qualified automatically | |||||||
1993 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
1994 | Fifth place | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | −20 | Squad | Qualified automatically | |||||||
1998 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
2000 | |||||||||||||||||
2002 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | |
2006 | Fourth place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | Squad | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | +37 | |
2010 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
2014 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | Squad | 2014 Caribbean Cup | |||||||
2018 | Third place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | Squad | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4 | +37 | |
2022 | Third place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | Squad | 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 | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
1999 | Did not enter | ||||||||
2003 | |||||||||
2007 | Preliminary round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | Squad | |
2011 | Did not enter | ||||||||
2015 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2019 | Seventh place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Squad | |
2023 | Qualified | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
2010 | Did not enter | |||||||
2014 | ||||||||
2018 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
2023 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |
Total | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
CFU Women's Caribbean Cup
CFU Women's Caribbean Cup record | |||||||
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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 | Runners-up | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 5 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Other tournaments
Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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2023 Cup of Nations | Fourth place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
FIFA World Ranking
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Last update was on December 2022. Source:[22]
Best Ranking Worst Ranking Best Mover Worst Mover
Jamaica's FIFA World Ranking History | ||||||||
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Year | Rank | Best | Worst | |||||
Rank | Move | Rank | Move | |||||
44 | 2022 | 44 | 7 | — | — | |||
51 | 2021 | 51 | 1 | — | — | |||
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
References
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Equalizer Soccer – Mother, sister, ambassador: Bob Marley's daughter helps Jamaica with World Cup qualifying journey". Womens.soccerly.com. 13 October 2014. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ a b "IS THIS FOR REAL? YES, IT IS!". Jamaica Observer. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Stars align for 'Football Extravaganza'". January 2013.
- ^ a b c Jamaica Information Service. "Football – Women's League". Jamaica Information Service. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ Williams, Sean A. (16 March 2010). "FIFA grants CONCACAF another Women's World Cup spot". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ Davis, Kayon (13 August 2011). "The state of women's football in Jamaica". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ Kenner, Rob (10 April 2014). "Interview: Cedella Marley Wants to Help Send a Jamaican Team to the Women's World Cup in 2015". Complex. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ Guardian staff (28 April 2014). "Bob Marley's daughter joins Reggae Girlz' World Cup campaign". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ Grow, Kory (2 July 2014). "Bob Marley's Daughter Aids Jamaica Soccer Team's World Cup Bid". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ Trinidad Express staff (6 July 2014). "Jamaica extends net to recruit women footballers". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: Jamaica". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Jamaica's Reggae Girlz ready for the Concacaf Caribbean Women's Qualifier 2018". 8 May 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ a b "JAMAICA". Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Heroic Schneider takes Player-of-the-Match award in stride". 10 October 2018. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "JFF hopes Reggae Girlz 9–0 win will 'ignite' interest in women's football among Jamaicans". 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Jamaica qualify for Women's World Cup with help from Bob Marley's daughter". BBC Sport. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "It's Official - Lorne Donaldson is new Reggae Girlz coach". June 2022.
- ^ "Jamaica women's soccer qualifies for second straight World Cup amid tragedy". Fox News. 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Jamaica Observer Football". www.jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ Limited, Jamaica Observer. "Khadija Shaw is a treasure, says Girlz Manager Nelson". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
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External links
- Official website Archived 24 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
- FIFA profile (in English)