Jamaica women's national football team

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Jamaica
Nickname(s)Reggae Girlz
AssociationJamaica Football Federation
Head coachHubert Busby Jr.
Most capsSashana Campbell (31)
Top scorerKhadija Shaw (42)
FIFA codeJAM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 51 Steady (10 December 2021)[1]
Highest50 (March 2020)
Lowest128 (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
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best resultGroup stage (2019)
CONCACAF Women's Championship
Appearances6 (first in 2002)
Best result3rd place (2018)

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.

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

2021[]

10 June Friendly Jamaica  1–0  Nigeria Houston, United States
21:00 CT
  • Blackwood Goal 51'
 Report Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Attendance: 3,573
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
13 June Friendly United States  4–0  Jamaica Houston, United States
21:00 CT
Report Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Attendance: 8,737
Referee: Karen Abt (United States)
24 October Friendly Jamaica  0–0  Costa Rica Fort Lauderdale, United States
17:00 ET Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium

2022[]

17 February 2022 (2022-02-17) 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualifying Jamaica  v  Bermuda TBD
Stadium: TBD
20 February 2022 (2022-02-20) 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualifying Grenada  v  Jamaica TBD
Stadium: TBD
8 April 2022 (2022-04-08) 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualifying Cayman Islands  v  Jamaica TBD
Stadium: TBD
12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualifying Jamaica  v  Dominican Republic TBD
Stadium: TBD

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

As of unknown date
Name Nat Position
Hubert Busby Jr. Jamaica Head coach
Andrew Price[17] Jamaica Assistant coach
David Gough Wales Assistant coach
Will Hitzelberger United States Physical Trainer
Jason Henry Jamaica Physical Trainer
Dr Lori-Ann Miller Jamaica Team Doctor
Saundria Codling Jamaica Physiotherapist
Omar Folkes Jamaica Equipment Manager
Sheridan Samuels[18] Jamaica Head of delegation

Manager history[]

See also: Category:Jamaica women's national football team managers
Name Nat Position Year
Grace Butterfield Jamaica Jamaica National Senior Women's Team Manager 1991
Jean Nelson Jamaica Jamaica National Women's Teams Manager[19][20] 1994
Jacqueline Cummings Jamaica Jamaica National Women's Team Asst Manager 1994
Elaine Walker-Brown Jamaica Jamaica National Senior Women's Team Manager 2014
Jean Nelson Jamaica Jamaica National Women's Teams Manager 2009–

Players[]

See also: Category:Jamaica women's international footballers

Current squad[]

The following 20 players were named to the squad for the friendly against  Costa Rica on 24 October 2021.[21][22]

Caps and goals are current as of 4 February 2020 after the match against  Saint Kitts and Nevis.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sydney Schneider (1999-08-31) 31 August 1999 (age 22) 18 0 United States Washington Spirit
13 1GK Rebecca Spencer (1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 30) 1 0 England Tottenham Hotspur
23 1GK Yazmeen Jamieson (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 23) 4 0 Sweden
2 2DF Satara Murray (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 28) 0 0 England Bristol City
3 2DF Vyan Sampson (1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 25) 1 0 England Charlton Athletic
4 2DF Chantelle Swaby (1998-08-06) 6 August 1998 (age 23) 19 0 Scotland Rangers
6 2DF Jade Bailey (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 26) 0 0 England Liverpool
17 2DF Allyson Swaby (captain) (1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 25) 20 0 Italy Roma
7 3MF Chinyelu Asher (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 28) 27 6 United States Washington Spirit
10 3MF Atlanta Primus (1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 (age 24) 0 0 England London City Lionesses
12 3MF Sashana Campbell (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 30) 34 3 Unattached
18 3MF Trudi Carter (1994-11-18) 18 November 1994 (age 27) 19 10 Lithuania Gintra
24 3MF Drew Spence (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 29) 0 0 England Chelsea
8 4FW Kayla McCoy (1996-09-03) 3 September 1996 (age 25) 6 2 Scotland Rangers
11 4FW Khadija Shaw (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 24) 30 42 England Manchester City
14 4FW Paige Bailey-Gayle (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 20) 0 0 England Leicester City
19 4FW Tiernny Wiltshire (1998-05-08) 8 May 1998 (age 23) 5 0 Finland KuPS
20 4FW Cheyna Matthews (1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 28) 10 8 United States Racing Louisville
21 4FW Olufolasade Adamolekun (2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 (age 20) 9 0 United States USC Trojans
22 4FW (2001-08-25) 25 August 2001 (age 20) 0 0 United States Notre Dame Fighting Irish

(Players are listed within position group by kit number, order of caps, then alphabetically)

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 Konya Plummer (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 (age 24) 31 2 Sweden AIK v.  Costa Rica, 24 October 2021 PRE
DF Deneisha Blackwood (1997-03-07) 7 March 1997 (age 24) 26 7 United States Houston Dash v.  United States, 13 June 2021
DF (2000-10-14) 14 October 2000 (age 21) 0 0 United States South Alabama Jaguars v.  United States, 13 June 2021
DF Dominique Bond-Flasza (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 (age 25) 24 4 Iceland Tindastóll v.  Nigeria, 10 June 2021 PRE
DF Jadyn Matthews (1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 (age 22) 8 0 United States Cornell Big Red v.  Nigeria, 10 June 2021 PRE
DF Madiya Harriott (1999-02-16) 16 February 1999 (age 22) 3 0 United States Vanderbilt Commodores v.  Nigeria, 10 June 2021 PRE
DF Jayda Hylton-Pelaia (1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 23) 1 0 United States Arizona State Sun Devils v.  Nigeria, 10 June 2021 PRE
MF Marlo Sweatman (1994-12-01) 1 December 1994 (age 27) 15 4 Hungary Szombathelyi Haladás v.  Costa Rica, 24 October 2021 PRE
MF Havana Solaun (1993-02-23) 23 February 1993 (age 28) 9 2 United States North Carolina Courage v.  United States, 13 June 2021
MF Peyton McNamara (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 19) 2 0 United States Ohio State Buckeyes v.  United States, 13 June 2021
MF (1998-09-02) 2 September 1998 (age 23) 0 0 United States LSU Tigers v.  Nigeria, 10 June 2021 PRE
FW Jody Brown (2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 19) 14 8 United States Florida State Seminoles v.  United States, 13 June 2021
FW Tiffany Cameron (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 30) 11 4 Hungary ETO FC v.  United States, 13 June 2021
FW Mikayla Dayes (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 (age 22) 1 0 United States Maryland Terrapins v.  United States, 13 June 2021
FW Shania Hayles (1999-12-22) 22 December 1999 (age 22) 1 0 England Aston Villa v.  United States, 13 June 2021
FW Shayla Smart (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000 (age 21) 1 0 United States Wake Forest Demon Deacons v.  Nigeria, 10 June 2021 PRE

PRE Preliminary squad

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

Records[]

See also: Category:Jamaica women's international footballers
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
China 1991 Did not qualify
Sweden 1995
United States 1999 Did not enter
United States 2003 Did not qualify
China 2007
Germany 2011 Did not enter
Canada 2015 Did not qualify
France 2019 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 12 -11
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined
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
France 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
United States 1996 Did not qualify 1995 FIFA WWC
Australia 2000 Did not enter 1999 FIFA WWC
Greece 2004 Did not qualify 5 2 0 3 4 10
China 2008 7 5 0 2 28 14
United Kingdom 2012 Did not enter Did not enter
Brazil 2016 Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 20 4
Japan 2020 7 5 0 2 44 11
France 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
Haiti 1991 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 12 -11 -
United States 1993 Did not enter Did not enter
Canada 1994 Fifth Place 4 0 0 4 2 22 -20 -
Canada 1998 Did not enter Did not enter
United States 2000
CanadaUnited States 2002 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 4 3 1 0 13 0 +13
United States 2006 Fourth Place 3 1 0 2 2 7 -5 5 5 0 0 37 0 +37
Mexico 2010 Did not enter Did not enter
United States 2014 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 8 5 +3 2014 Caribbean Cup
United States 2018 Third Place 5 2 1 2 12 10 +2 7 6 1 0 41 4 +37
notavailable 2022 To be determined To be determined
Total Third Place 21 4 1 16 26 69 -31 16 14 2 0 91 4 +87
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games[]

Pan American Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
Canada 1999 Did not enter
Dominican Republic 2003
Brazil 2007 Preliminary Round 4 1 1 2 3 17
Mexico 2011 Did not enter
Canada 2015 Did not qualify
Peru 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
Puerto Rico 2010 Did not enter
Mexico 2014
Colombia 2018 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 4 5
Panama 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
Haiti 2000 Group Stage 4 3 0 1 16 2
Trinidad and Tobago 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[]

See also: FIFA Women's World Rankings
A line chart depicting the history of the Jamaica's year-end placements in the FIFA World Rankings.

Last update was on June 25, 2021 Source:[23]

  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 Increase 1 50 Steady
51 2019 51 Increase 2 53 Steady
53 2018 53 Increase 11 71 Decrease 7
64 2017 64 Increase 1 64 Decrease 1
65 2016 65 Increase 4 68 Steady
72 2015 67 Increase 7 74 Decrease 5
72 2014 71 Increase 1 72 Decrease 7
— 2013 — — — —
— 2012 — — — —
— 2011 — — — —
— 2010 — — — —
65 2009 65 Increase 4 67 Steady
71 2008 70 Increase 3 73 Decrease 1
76 2007 74 Increase 2 76 Decrease 2
74 2006 74 Increase 7 81 Decrease 3
76 2005 76 Increase 1 79 Decrease 3
76 2004 73 Steady 76 Decrease 3
72 2003 70 Steady 73 Decrease 4

See also[]

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