Jamaica at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

Playing scene from the 2011 quarter-final against the United States.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions, in the CONCACAF Cup, for 2017.

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

Although Jamaica was one of the nine teams which participated in the inaugural 1963 CONCACAF Championship, they failed to make an impact on continental level all the way through the 1980s. Since the inception of the Gold Cup, however, they have been regular guests in the knockout stage, culminating in playing two consecutive finals in 2015 and 2017. They lost the matches 1–3 to Mexico, and 1–2 to the United States, respectively.

Overall record

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CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
  1963 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 1 16 Squad Qualified automatically
  1965 Did not enter Did not enter
  1967 Did not qualify 4 1 2 1 4 4
  1969 Round-robin 6th 5 0 1 4 3 10 Squad 2 1 1 0 3 2
  1971 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1
  1973 Did not enter Did not enter
  1977 Withdrew Withdrew
  1981 Did not enter Did not enter
1985 Withdrew Withdrew
1989 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 4 6
  1991 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 3 12 Squad 4 4 0 0 13 2
    1993 Third place 3rd 5 1 2 2 6 10 Squad 5 4 1 0 10 1
  1996 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 4 3
  1998 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 5 4 Squad 7 5 2 0 18 5
  2000 Group stage 12th 2 0 0 2 0 3 Squad 5 5 0 0 12 4
  2002 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 4 3
  2003 Quarter-finals 7th 3 1 0 2 2 6 Squad 6 4 2 0 17 4
  2005 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 8 10 Squad 10 8 2 0 38 5
  2007 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 7 2
  2009 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 1 2 Squad 5 4 1 0 11 2
  2011 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 0 1 7 2 Squad 5 4 1 0 12 3
  2013 Did not qualify 3 0 1 2 1 3
    2015 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 8 6 Squad 4 2 2 0 6 1
  2017 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 7 4 Squad 4 2 1 1 7 5
      2019 Semi-finals 4th 5 2 2 1 6 6 Squad 4 3 0 1 12 3
  2021 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 4 3 Squad 6 5 1 0 21 1
    2023 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 1 1 11 5 Squad 4 1 3 0 7 5
Total Runners-up 15/27 63 23 11 29 72 99 93 61 22 10 211 65

Match overview

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Tournament Round Opponent Score Venue
  1963 Group stage   Costa Rica 0–6 San Salvador
  Mexico 0–8
  Netherlands Antilles 1–2
  1969 Final round   Costa Rica 0–3 San José
  Mexico 0–2
  Trinidad and Tobago 2–3
  Guatemala 0–0
  Netherlands Antilles 1–2
  1991 Group stage   Mexico 1–4 Los Angeles
  Honduras 0–5
  Canada 2–3
    1993 Group stage   United States 0–1 Dallas
  Honduras 3–1
  Panama 1–1
Semi-finals   Mexico 1–6 Mexico City
Third place match   Costa Rica 1–1 (a.e.t.)
  1998 Group stage   Brazil 0–0 Miami
  Guatemala 3–2 Los Angeles
  El Salvador 2–0
Semi-finals   Mexico 0–1 (asdet)
Third place match   Brazil 0–1
  2000 Group stage   Colombia 0–1 Miami
  Honduras 0–2
    2003 Group stage   Colombia 0–1
  Guatemala 2–0
Quarter-finals   Mexico 0–5 Mexico City
  2005 Group stage   Guatemala 4–3 Carson
  South Africa 3–3 Los Angeles
  Mexico 0–1 Houston
Quarter-finals   United States 1–3 Foxborough
  2009 Group stage   Canada 0–1 Carson
  Costa Rica 0–1 Columbus
  El Salvador 1–0 Miami
  2011 Group stage   Grenada 4–0 Carson
  Guatemala 2–0 Miami
  Honduras 1–0 Harrison
Quarter-finals   United States 0–2 Washington, D.C.
    2015 Group stage   Costa Rica 2–2 Carson
  Canada 1–0 Houston
  El Salvador 1–0 Toronto
Quarter-finals   Haiti 1–0 Baltimore
Semi-finals   United States 2–1 Atlanta
Final   Mexico 1–3 Philadelphia
  2017 Group stage   Curaçao 2–0 San Diego
  Mexico 0–0 Denver
  El Salvador 1–1 San Antonio
Quarter-finals   Canada 2–1 Glendale
Semi-finals   Mexico 1–0 Pasadena
Final   United States 1–2 Santa Clara
      2019 Group stage   Honduras 3–2 Kingston
  El Salvador 0–0 Houston
  Curaçao 1–1 Los Angeles
Quarter-finals   Panama 1–0 Philadelphia
Semi-finals   United States 1–3 Nashville
  2021 Group stage   Suriname 2–0 Orlando
  Guadeloupe 2–1 Orlando
  Costa Rica 0–1 Orlando
Quarter-finals   United States 0–1 Arlington
    2023 Group stage   United States 1–1 Chicago
  Trinidad and Tobago 4–1 St. Louis
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 5–0 Santa Clara
Quarter-finals   Guatemala 1–0 Cincinnati
Semi-finals   Mexico 0–3 Paradise

Record players

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Defender Jermaine Taylor has been capped over 100 times for the Reggae Boyz. 16 of those matches were at the continental championships.
Rank Player Matches Gold Cups
1 Kemar Lawrence 22 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023
2 Andre Blake 18 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023
Damion Lowe 18 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023
4 Je-Vaughn Watson 17 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2019
5 Jermaine Taylor 16 2005, 2011, 2015 and 2017
6 Alvas Powell 15 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021
7 Darren Mattocks 14 2015, 2017 and 2019
Shamar Nicholson 14 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023
9 Andy Williams 13 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2005
Cory Burke 13 2017, 2021 and 2023

Top goalscorers

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Darren Mattocks is Jamaica's leading top scorer at continental championships, and scored in the 2015 final against Mexico.

Rank Player Goals Gold Cups
1 Darren Mattocks 5 2015 (2), 2017 (2) and 2019
2 Andy Williams 3 1998, 2003 and 2005
Demar Phillips 3 2011
Shamar Nicholson 3 2019 (2) and 2021
5 Roderick Reid 2 1991
Hector Wright 2 1991 and 1993
Devon Jarrett 2 1993
Paul Davis 2 1993
Paul Hall 2 1998
Ricardo Fuller 2 2005
Jermaine Hue 2 2005
Luton Shelton 2 2005 and 2011
Ryan Johnson 2 2011
Giles Barnes 2 2015
Garath McCleary 2 2015
Romario Williams 2 2017
Dever Orgill 2 2019
Damion Lowe 2 2019 and 2023
Cory Burke 2 2021 and 2023
Demarai Gray 2 2023

See also

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References

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