The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", represents Jamaica in international women's football. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Caribbean region along with Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. In 2008, the team was disbanded after it failed to get out of the group stage of Olympic Qualifying, which notably featured the United States and Mexico. The program was restarted in 2014 after a nearly six-year hiatus, finishing second at the 2014 Women's Caribbean Cup after losing 1–0 against Trinidad and Tobago in the final. The team is backed by ambassador Cedella Marley, the daughter of Bob Marley; she helps raise awareness for the team, encourages development, and provides for it financially. Jamaica qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019, but the team was eliminated after losing all its matches in the group stage. At the 2023 World Cup Jamaica made the Round of 16 for the first time, after holding both France and Brazil to 0–0 draws and winning their first ever match at a World Cup against Panama 1–0. Jamaica is set to co-host the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup along with Costa Rica, Mexico and United States, giving them an automatic qualification as co-host.
History Founding 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.
1990s On 17 April 1991 the team competed in its first international match against Haiti, which they lost 1–0. In August 1994, the Reggae Girlz were defeated 10–0 by the United States.
2000s 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.
2010s
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. In 2011, due to over three years of inactivity, Jamaica was not ranked in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.
In April 2014, Cedella Marley was named the team's official ambassador and helped the team with their fundraising efforts. On 24 June 2014, the team launched the fundraising campaign "Strike Hard for the Reggae Girlz!" 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.
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. The team again went unranked by FIFA in June 2017.
In May 2018, Jamaica began the first round of Caribbean Zone qualifying, this was the first time the team had assembled in two years. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 an underdog, being rated the lowest in the group. Eventually, they finished last in the group after losing all matches but scored a historic lone goal by Havana Solaun.
2020s After several coaching changes, Lorne Donaldson was named head coach in 2022. 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. On 29 July 2023, Jamaica had its first Women's World Cup win, which was against Panama.
On 2 August 2023, Jamaica drew 0–0 against Brazil, successfully reaching the knockout rounds for the first time; this made Jamaica the first Caribbean country to reach the knockout rounds in any Women's World Cup.
In October 2023, the players released a joint statement outlining that no players would take part in the planned World Cup qualifying fixtures. The reasons stated were lack of communication, missing payments and general mistreatment.
Kit The national team have used four clothing manufacturers to supply the official kit for Jamaica. The team's first supplier was Italian manufacturer Lanzera in 1995 before it merged with Kappa a year later. This deal was terminated after the 1998 World Cup. In 2000, the JFF signed a deal with German sporting brand Uhlsport, which lasted until 2006. After another three-year contract with Kappa between 2012 and 2014, the JFF signed a four-year deal with Emirati sportswear company Romai Sports for US$4.8 million.
In 2021, Umbro was the kit provider for Jamaica. In 2022, Adidas signed a deal to become the new kit provider for Jamaica starting in 2023.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend
2025
2026
Jamaica Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com
Coaching staff Current coaching staff
NameNatPositionHubert Busby Jr.Head coachSanford CarabinAssistant coachXavier GilbertAssistant coachAlyssa WhiteheadGoalkeeping coachLori-Ann MillerDoctorSaundria CodlingPhysiotherapistOmar FolkesEquipment manager
Manager history
+NameNatPositionYearGrace ButterfieldJamaica National Senior Women's Team Manager1991Jean NelsonJamaica National Women's Teams Manager1994 Jacqueline CummingsJamaica National Women's Team Asst Manager1994Elaine Walker-BrownJamaica National Senior Women's Team Manager2014Jean NelsonJamaica National Women's Teams Manager2009–2010
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the international friendly matches against Panama on 5 and 8 June 2026.
Caps and goals correct as of 19 April 2026, after the most recent qualification match.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.
Notes INJ = Withdrew due to injury PRE = Preliminary squad RET = Retired from the national team SUS = Serving suspension
Records
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
+Most Caps#PlayerCapsGoalsCareer 1 Chantelle Swaby 51 0 2018– 2 Khadija Shaw 48 66 2015– 2 Deneisha Blackwood 48 11 2018– 4 Jody Brown 46 20 2018– 5 Allyson Swaby 45 2 2018– 6 Konya Plummer 41 3 2015– 7 Sashana Campbell 36 3 2014– 8 Trudi Carter 34 16 2014– 9 Chinyelu Asher 29 6 2015– 10 Drew Spence 27 4 2018–
+Top Goalscorers#PlayerGoalsCapsCareer 1 Khadija Shaw 66 48 2015– 2 Shakira Duncan 23 12+ 2006– 3 Venicia Reid 21 12+ 2003–2015 4 Jody Brown 20 46 2018– 5 Trudi Carter 16 34 2014– 6 Deneisha Blackwood 11 48 2018– 7 Cheyna Matthews 8 9 2019– 8 Tiffany Cameron 6 26 2019– 9 Chinyelu Asher 6 29 2015– 10 Kayla McKenna 5 22 2019–
Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup recordYearResultGPWD*LGFGAGDSquad 1991Did not qualify 1995 1999Did not enter 2003Did not qualify 2007 2011Did not enter 2015Did not qualify 2019Group stage3003112−11Squad 2023Round of 164121110Squad 2027To be determined 2031Qualified as co-host 2035To be determinedTotalRound of 167124213−11 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
FIFA Women's World Cup historyYearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium 2019Group stage9 JuneL 0–3Stade des Alpes, Grenoble14 JuneL 0–5Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims18 JuneL 1–4Stade des Alpes, Grenoble 2023Group stage23 JulyD 0–0Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney29 JulyW 1–0 Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth2 AugustD 0–0 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, MelbourneRound of 168 AugustL 0–1
Olympic Games Summer Olympics recordQualifying recordYearResultPositionPldWD*LGFGAPldWD*LGFGA 1996Did not qualify1995 FIFA WWC 2000Did not enter1999 FIFA WWC 2004Did not qualify5203410 200875022814 2012Did not enterDid not enter 2016Did not qualify4202204 202075024411 2024200214Total - - - - - - - -25140119743 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
CONCACAF W Championship CONCACAF W Championship recordQualification recordYearResultGPW D*LGFGAGDSquadGPW D*LGFGAGD 1991Group stage3003112−11SquadQualified automatically 1993Did not enterDid not enter 1994Fifth place4004222−20SquadQualified automatically 1998Did not enterDid not enter 2000 2002Group stage3003113−12Squad4310130+13 2006Fourth place310227−5Squad5500370+37 2010Did not enterDid not enter 2014Group stage310285+3Squad2014 Caribbean Cup 2018Third place52121210+2Squad7610414+37 2022Third place530268−2Squad4400242+22 2026Qualified4400272+25TotalThird place2671183277−452422201428+134 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
CONCACAF W Gold Cup CONCACAF W Gold Cup recordQualification recordYearResultGPW D*LGFGADivisionGroupGPW D*LGFGA 2024Did not qualifyAB403156 2029 To be determined To be determined Total – – – – – – – – – 403156 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Pan American Games Pan American Games recordYearResultPldWD*LGFGASquad 1999Did not enter 2003 2007Preliminary round4112317Squad 2011Did not enter 2015Did not qualify 2019Seventh place410327Squad 2023Eighth place4003023SquadTotalSeventh place12218547 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games recordYearResultPldWD*LGFGA 2010Did not enter 2014 2018Group stage310245 2023Group stage3012613TotalGroup stage61141018 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
CFU Women's Caribbean Cup CFU Women's Caribbean Cup recordYearResultPldWD*LGFGA 2000Group stage4301162 2014Runners-up6501363 2018N/A210133TotalRunners-up12903558 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Other tournaments YearResultPldWDLGFGA 2023 Cup of NationsFourth place300329
Honours
Major competitions CONCACAF W Championship Third place (2): 2018, 2022
Regional CFU Women's Caribbean Cup Runners-up (1): 2014
See also Sport in Jamaica Football in Jamaica Women's football in Jamaica Jamaica men's national football team
References
External links Official website FIFA profile