Jamaica national football team

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, with a squad dubbed "The Reggae Boyz" by many journalists. Many of the most successful Jamaican players come from England, whether Jamaican-born or qualifying through ancestry.

Jamaica won the Caribbean Cup three times: in 1991, 1998, and 2005, finished second twice and have come third twice.

Recently the squad has struggled, leading some Jamaicans to dub them The Reggae Toyz. The team did not even make it past the first stage of 2007 Caribbean Cup qualifying despite hosting the round, meaning Jamaica would not be in the Gold Cup.

World Cup record

1930 to 1962 - Did not enter
1966 - Did not qualify
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Withdrew
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - Did not enter
1986 - Withdrew
1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Round 1
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Did not qualify

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

Current squad

As called up for the March 2007 friendly vs. Switzerland

Goalkeepers

External links

Jamaican Football Federation

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