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Jamaica at the FIFA World Cup

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This is a record of Jamaica's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[1]

Jamaica has qualified for the finals of the FIFA World Cup once with it happening in 1998 after they finished third in the final round of CONCACAF qualifying.[2][3] Although they beat Japan 2–1 in their third and final group game, two earlier defeats meant they failed to progress to the Round of 16.

Overview

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Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Declined participation
Kingdom of Italy 1934
French Third Republic 1938
Fourth Brazilian Republic 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966 Did not qualify 8 2 3 3 8 21
Mexico 1970 4 0 0 4 2 11
West Germany 1974 Withdrew Withdrew
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 5
Spain 1982 Did not enter Declined participation
Mexico 1986 Withdrew Withdrew
Italy 1990 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 4 6
United States 1994 8 2 3 3 9 11
France 1998 Group stage 22nd 3 1 0 2 3 9 Squad 20 11 6 3 24 15
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify 16 6 2 8 14 18
Germany 2006 8 2 5 1 11 6
South Africa 2010 8 5 1 2 19 6
Brazil 2014 16 3 6 7 14 19
Russia 2018 8 2 1 5 6 21
Qatar 2022 14 2 5 7 12 22
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total Group stage 1/25 3 1 0 2 3 9 116 37 33 46 124 161

1998 FIFA World Cup

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In 1996, the Jamaican Football Federation hired Brazilian René Simões to take charge of the team.[4] After comfortably getting through the second round,[5] they finish top of their group in the third round to qualify through to the hexagon where the top three qualified through to the finals. A slow start in the finals saw the national team winless from the first four games of the final round. But 1–0 wins against El Salvador, Canada and Costa Rica gave the national team some hope with Deon Burton scoring the winning goal in two of those matches. After a 0–0 draw against Mexico, Jamaica secured their qualification with a 2–2 draw against El Salvador to make their first (and to date only) appearance at a World Cup with the following day being declared a national holiday.[6]

Squad

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Head coach: Brazil Renê Simões

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Warren Barrett (1970-07-09)9 July 1970 (aged 27) 128 Jamaica Violet Kickers
2 2DF Stephen Malcolm (1970-05-02)2 May 1970 (aged 28) 62 Jamaica Seba United
3 3MF Chris Dawes (1974-05-31)31 May 1974 (aged 24) Jamaica Galaxy
4 2DF Linval Dixon (1971-09-14)14 September 1971 (aged 26) 104 Jamaica Hazard
5 2DF Ian Goodison (1972-11-21)21 November 1972 (aged 25) 55 Jamaica Olympic Gardens
6 3MF Fitzroy Simpson (1970-02-26)26 February 1970 (aged 28) 23 England Portsmouth
7 3MF Peter Cargill (1964-03-02)2 March 1964 (aged 34) 76 Jamaica Harbour View
8 4FW Marcus Gayle (1970-09-27)27 September 1970 (aged 27) 5 England Wimbledon
9 4FW Andy Williams (1977-09-23)23 September 1977 (aged 20) 25 United States Columbus Crew
10 4FW Walter Boyd (1972-01-01)1 January 1972 (aged 26) 57 Jamaica Arnett Gardens
11 3MF Theodore Whitmore (1972-08-05)5 August 1972 (aged 25) 76 Jamaica Seba United
12 2DF Dean Sewell (1972-04-13)13 April 1972 (aged 26) 4 Jamaica Constant Spring
13 1GK Aaron Lawrence (1970-08-11)11 August 1970 (aged 27) 17 Jamaica Reno
14 1GK Donovan Ricketts (1977-06-07)7 June 1977 (aged 21) 0 Jamaica Wadadah
15 2DF Ricardo Gardner (1978-09-25)25 September 1978 (aged 19) 34 Jamaica Harbour View
16 3MF Robbie Earle (1965-01-27)27 January 1965 (aged 33) 8 England Wimbledon
17 4FW Onandi Lowe (1973-12-02)2 December 1973 (aged 24) 30 Jamaica Harbour View
18 4FW Deon Burton (1976-10-25)25 October 1976 (aged 21) 18 England Derby County
19 2DF Frank Sinclair (1971-12-03)3 December 1971 (aged 26) 5 England Chelsea
20 3MF Darryl Powell (1971-11-15)15 November 1971 (aged 26) 2 England Derby County
21 2DF Durrant Brown (1964-07-08)8 July 1964 (aged 33) 125 Jamaica Wadadah
22 4FW Paul Hall (1972-07-03)3 July 1972 (aged 25) 23 England Portsmouth

Group H table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Croatia 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
Source: FIFA

Jamaica vs. Croatia

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Jamaica 1–3 Croatia
Earle 45' (Report) Stanić 27'
Prosinečki 53'
Šuker 69'

Argentina vs Jamaica

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Argentina 5–0 Jamaica
Ortega 31', 55'
Batistuta 72', 80', 82' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 45,000

Japan vs Jamaica

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Japan 1–2 Jamaica
Nakayama 74' Report Whitmore 39', 54'
Attendance: 39,100

Record players

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Nine players have been fielded in all three of Jamaica's FIFA World Cup matches, making them record World Cup players for their country:

Rank Player Matches
1 Walter Boyd 3
Deon Burton 3
Robbie Earle 3
Ricardo Gardner 3
Ian Goodison 3
Paul Hall 3
Fitzroy Simpson 3
Frank Sinclair 3
Theodore Whitmore 3

Top goalscorers

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The two goals scored by Theodore Whitmore during Jamaica's only World Cup win, their 2–1 over Japan, make him Jamaica's record scorer at World Cup tournaments.

Rank Player Goals World Cups
1 Theodore Whitmore 2 1998
2 Robbie Earle 1 1998

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
  2. ^ "Remembering Jamaica at France '98: media darlings, history-makers and more than just the 'Reggae Boyz'". Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. ^ "The unlikely journey of Jamaica to France 98". 6 July 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  4. ^ Tortello, Rebecca. "A fascination with football". Jamaica Glenaer. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. ^ "1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries". FIFA. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  6. ^ O'Callaghan, Eoin (15 June 2018). "World Cup 2018: How history-making Jamaica became more than just the 'Reggae Boyz' at France 1998". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2019.