Jamaica at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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

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.

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
El Salvador 1963 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 1 16 Squad Qualified automatically
Guatemala 1965 Did not enter Did not enter
Honduras 1967 Did not qualify 4 1 2 1 4 4
Costa Rica 1969 Round-robin 6th 5 0 1 4 3 10 Squad 2 1 1 0 3 2
Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1
Haiti 1973 Did not enter Did not enter
Mexico 1977 Withdrew Withdrew
Honduras 1981 Did not enter Did not enter
1985 Withdrew Withdrew
1989 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 4 6
United States 1991 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 3 12 Squad 4 4 0 0 13 2
Mexico United States 1993 Third place 3rd 5 1 2 2 6 10 Squad 5 4 1 0 10 1
United States 1996 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 4 3
United States 1998 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 5 4 Squad 7 5 2 0 18 5
United States 2000 Group stage 12th 2 0 0 2 0 3 Squad 5 5 0 0 12 4
United States 2002 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 4 3
United States 2003 Quarter-finals 7th 3 1 0 2 2 6 Squad 6 4 2 0 17 4
United States 2005 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 8 10 Squad 10 8 2 0 38 5
United States 2007 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 7 2
United States 2009 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 1 2 Squad 5 4 1 0 11 2
United States 2011 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 0 1 7 2 Squad 5 4 1 0 12 3
United States 2013 Did not qualify 3 0 1 2 1 3
Canada United States 2015 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 8 6 Squad 4 2 2 0 6 1
United States 2017 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 7 4 Squad 4 2 1 1 7 5
Costa Rica Jamaica United States 2019 Semi-finals 4th 5 2 2 1 6 6 Squad 4 3 0 1 12 3
United States 2021 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 4 3 Squad 6 5 1 0 21 1
Canada United States 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
El Salvador 1963 Group stage  Costa Rica 0–6 San Salvador
 Mexico 0–8
 Netherlands Antilles 1–2
Costa Rica 1969 Final round  Costa Rica 0–3 San José
 Mexico 0–2
 Trinidad and Tobago 2–3
 Guatemala 0–0
 Netherlands Antilles 1–2
United States 1991 Group stage  Mexico 1–4 Los Angeles
 Honduras 0–5
 Canada 2–3
Mexico United States 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.)
United States 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
United States 2000 Group stage  Colombia 0–1 Miami
 Honduras 0–2
United States Mexico 2003 Group stage  Colombia 0–1
 Guatemala 2–0
Quarter-finals  Mexico 0–5 Mexico City
United States 2005 Group stage  Guatemala 4–3 Carson
 South Africa 3–3 Los Angeles
 Mexico 0–1 Houston
Quarter-finals  United States 1–3 Foxborough
United States 2009 Group stage  Canada 0–1 Carson
 Costa Rica 0–1 Columbus
 El Salvador 1–0 Miami
United States 2011 Group stage  Grenada 4–0 Carson
 Guatemala 2–0 Miami
 Honduras 1–0 Harrison
Quarter-finals  United States 0–2 Washington, D.C.
United States Canada 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
United States 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
Costa Rica Jamaica United States 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
United States 2021 Group stage  Suriname 2–0 Orlando
 Guadeloupe 2–1 Orlando
 Costa Rica 0–1 Orlando
Quarter-finals  United States 0–1 Arlington
United States Canada 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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