Jamaica women's national football team

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]

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]

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]

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.

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]

Spain  v  Jamaica

16 February 2023 2023 Cup of Nations	Spain	3–0	Jamaica	Gosford, Australia
16:10	Oroz 18' González 45+2' Fiamma 78'	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

Jamaica  v  Czech Republic

19 February 2023 2023 Cup of Nations	Jamaica	2–3	Czech Republic	Sydney, Australia
14:50	Brown 42' Simmonds 55'	Report	Stašková 24' (pen.) Cahynová 45+4' Pěčková 90'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)

Australia  v  Jamaica

22 February 2023 2023 Cup of Nations	Australia	3–0	Jamaica	Newcastle, Australia
19:10		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Sheffield United v  Jamaica

10 April NON FIFA Friendly match

Sheffield United

0–2

Jamaica

v  Jamaica

24 June 2023 CAC Games Group B

v

Jamaica

San Salvador, El Salvador

France  v  Jamaica

23 July 2023 FIFA WC Group	France	v	Jamaica	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium

Panama  v  Jamaica

29 July 2023 FIFA WC Group	Panama	v	Jamaica	Perth, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium

Jamaica  v  Brazil

2 August 2023 FIFA WC Group	Jamaica	v	Brazil	Melbourne, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium

Jamaica  v  Canada

September CONCACAF Olympic play-in 1st Leg	Jamaica	v	Canada	Jamaica
				Stadium: TBD

Canada  v  Jamaica

September CONCACAF Olympic play-in 2nd Leg	Canada	v	Jamaica	Canada
				Stadium: TBD

• Jamaica Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

As of April 2023

Name	Nat	Position
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

• The following 24 players were called up for the 2023 Cup of Nations with  Spain,  Australia and  Czech Republic.[21]

Caps and goals are current as of 13 November 2022 after the match against  Paraguay.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Liya Brooks	(2005-05-17) 17 May 2005	0	0	Washington State Cougars
	1GK	Sydney Schneider	(1999-08-31) 31 August 1999	21	0	Sparta Prague
	1GK	Rebecca Spencer	(1991-02-22) 22 February 1991	9	0	Tottenham Hotspur
	2DF	Satara Murray	(1993-07-01) 1 July 1993	4	0	Racing Louisville
	2DF	Vyan Sampson	(1996-07-02) 2 July 1996	8	0	Hearts
	2DF	Allyson Swaby	(1996-10-03) 3 October 1996	28	1	Paris Saint-Germain
	2DF	Chantelle Swaby	(1998-08-06) 6 August 1998	30	0	Fleury
	2DF	Siobhan Wilson	(1994-05-17) 17 May 1994	3	0	Birmingham City
	2DF	Victoria Williams	(1990-04-05) 5 April 1990	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
	3MF	Paige Bailey-Gayle	(2001-11-12) 12 November 2001	6	0	Crystal Palace
	3MF	Deneisha Blackwood	(1997-03-07) 7 March 1997	28	2	Issy
	3MF	Trudi Carter	(1994-11-18) 18 November 1994	21	9	Levante Las Planas
	3MF	Rachel Jones	(2000-01-21) 21 January 2000	2	0	North Carolina Tar Heels
	3MF	Peyton McNamara	(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002	2	0	Ohio State Buckeyes
	3MF	Atlanta Primus	(1997-04-21) 21 April 1997	7	0	London City Lionesses
	3MF	Havana Solaun	(1993-02-23) 23 February 1993	14	2	Houston Dash
	3MF	Drew Spence	(1992-10-23) 23 October 1992	7	1	Tottenham Hotspur
	4FW	Jody Brown	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002	29	13	Florida State Seminoles
	4FW	Shania Hayles	(1999-12-22) 22 December 1999	4	0	Bristol City
	4FW	Cheyna Matthews	(1993-11-10) 10 November 1993	9	0	Racing Louisville
	4FW	Kameron Simmonds	(2003-12-06) 6 December 2003	1	0	Tennessee Volunteers
	4FW	Kalyssa Van Zanten	(2001-08-25) 25 August 2001	6	1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
	4FW	Solai Washington	(2005-07-01) 1 July 2005	0	0	Concorde Fire SC
	4FW	Tiernny Wiltshire	(1998-05-08) 8 May 1998	11	0	Houston Dash

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
GK	Yazmeen Jamieson	(1998-03-17) 17 March 1998	5	0	Issy	v.  South Korea, 3 September 2022
DF	Jayda Hylton-Pelaia	(1998-05-30) 30 May 1998	4	0	Woodbridge Strikers	v.  Canada, 17 July 2022
DF	Sashana Campbell	(1991-03-02) 2 March 1991	38	3	KKPK Medyk Konin	v.  Dominican Republic, 12 April 2022
DF	Courtney Douglas	(1995-08-01) 1 August 1995	2	0	Unattached	v.  Dominican Republic, 12 April 2022
DF	Dominique Bond-Flasza	(1996-09-11) 11 September 1996	26	4	Grindavík	v.  Grenada, 20 February 2022
DF	Gabrielle Gayle	(2000-10-14) 14 October 2000	1	0	South Alabama Jaguars	v.  Grenada, 20 February 2022
DF	Alika Keene	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994	1	1	Slavia Prague	v.  Grenada, 20 February 2022
DF	Logan McFadden	(2000-01-17) 17 January 2000	0	0	Lipscomb Bisons	v.  Grenada, 20 February 2022
MF	Chinyelu Asher	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993	31	6	Unattached	v.  Paraguay, 13 November 2022
MF	Marlo Sweatman	(1994-12-01) 1 December 1994	17	4	Szombathelyi Haladás	v.  South Korea, 3 September 2022
MF	Jade Bailey	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995	2	0	Unattached	v.  Costa Rica, 18 July 2022
FW	Tiffany Cameron	(1991-10-16) 16 October 1991	13	6	ETO FC	v.  Australia, 22 February 2023
FW	Kayla McKenna	(1996-09-03) 3 September 1996	10	3	Rangers	v.  Australia, 22 February 2023
FW	Khadija Shaw (captain)	(1997-01-31) 31 January 1997	38	56	Manchester City	2023 Cup of NationsWD[22]
FW	Mikayla Dayes	(1999-09-29) 29 September 1999	2	0	Maryland Terrapins	v.  Paraguay, 13 November 2022
FW	Olufolasade Adamolekun	(2001-02-21) 21 February 2001	12	0	USC Trojans	v.  South Korea, 3 September 2022
FW	Mireya Grey	(1998-09-07) 7 September 1998	9	1	Unattached	v.  South Korea, 3 September 2022
PRE Preliminary squad

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

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

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 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 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 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 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.