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 25 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (11 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.

Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup
Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA
CONCACAF Championship
1963Group Stage8th3003116
1965Withdrew
1967Did Not Qualify
1969Final Round6th5014310
1971Did Not Qualify
1973Withdrew
1977Did Not Qualify
1981Did Not Enter
1985Withdrew
1989Did Not Qualify
CONCACAF Gold Cup
1991Group Stage8th3003312
1993Fourth Place4th5122610
1996Did Not Qualify
1998Fourth Place4th521254
2000Group Stage12th200203
2002Did Not Qualify
2003Quarter-Final7th310226
2005Quarter-Final8th4112810
2007Did Not Qualify
2009Group Stage10th310212
2011Quarter-Final5th430172
2013Did Not Qualify
2015Final2nd641186
2017Final2nd632174
2019Semi-Final4th522166
2021 Qualified
Total13/2511/28541810265791

Match Overview
Tournament Round Opponent Score Venue
1963Group stage Costa Rica0–6San Salvador
 Mexico0–8
 Netherlands Antilles1–2
1969Final round Costa Rica0–3San José
 Mexico0–2
 Trinidad and Tobago2–3
 Guatemala0–0
 Netherlands Antilles1–2
1991Group stage Mexico1–4Los Angeles
 Honduras0–5
 Canada2–3
1993Group stage United States0–1Dallas
 Honduras3–1
 Panama1–1
Semi-finals Mexico1–6Mexico City
Third place match Costa Rica1–1 (a.e.t.)
1998Group stage Brazil0–0Miami
 Guatemala3–2Los Angeles
 El Salvador2–0
Semi-finals Mexico0–1 (asdet)
Third place match Brazil0–1
2000Group stage Colombia0–1Miami
 Honduras0–2
2003Group stage Colombia0–1
 Guatemala2–0
Quarter-finals Mexico0–5Mexico City
2005Group stage Guatemala4–3Carson
 South Africa3–3Los Angeles
 Mexico0–1Houston
Quarter-finals United States1–3Foxborough
2009Group stage Canada0–1Carson
 Costa Rica0–1Columbus
 El Salvador1–0Miami
2011Group stage Grenada4–0Carson
 Guatemala2–0Miami
 Honduras1–0Harrison
Quarter-finals United States0–2Washington, D.C.
2015Group stage Costa Rica2–2Carson
 Canada1–0Houston
 El Salvador1–0Toronto
Quarter-finals Haiti1–0Baltimore
Semi-finals United States2–1Atlanta
Final Mexico1–3Philadelphia
2017Group Stage Curaçao2–0San Diego
 Mexico0–0Denver
 El Salvador1–1San Antonio
Quarter-finals Canada2–1Glendale
Semi-finals Mexico1–0Pasadena
Final United States1–2Santa Clara
2019Group stage Honduras3–2Kingston
 El Salvador0–0Houston
 Curaçao1–1Los Angeles
Quarter-finals Panama1–0Philadelphia
Semi-finals United States1–3Nashville

Record Players
Defender Jermaine Taylor has been capped over 100 times for the Reggae Boyz. 16 of those matches were at the continental championships.
No. Name Matches Gold Cups
1 Je-Vaughn Watson172011, 2015, 2017 and 2019
Kemar Lawrence172015, 2017 and 2019
3Jermaine Taylor162005, 2011, 2015 and 2017
4Darren Mattocks142015, 2017 and 2019
5Andy Williams131998, 2000, 2003 and 2005
6 Donovan Ricketts122003, 2005, 2009 and 2011
Alvas Powell122015, 2017 and 2019
8 Warren Barrett111993, 1998 and 2000
Ricardo Gardner111998, 2000, 2003 and 2009
Rodolph Austin112009, 2011 and 2015
Andre Blake112017 and 2019

Top Goalscorers

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

No. Name Goals Gold Cups
1 Darren Mattocks52015 (2), 2017 (2) and 2019
2 Andy Williams31998, 2003 and 2005
Demar Phillips32011
4 Roderick Reid21991
Hector Wright21991 and 1993
Devon Jarrett21993
Paul Davis21993
Paul Hall21998
Ricardo Fuller22005
Jermaine Hue22005
Luton Shelton22005 and 2011
Ryan Johnson22011
Giles Barnes22015
Garath McCleary22015
Romario Williams22017
Dever Orgill22019

References
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