Jamaica national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Reggae Boyz |
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| Association | Jamaica Football Federation |
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) |
| Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) |
| Head coach | Theodore Whitmore |
| Captain | Rodolph Austin |
| Most caps | Ian Goodison (128) |
| Top scorer | Luton Shelton (35) |
| Home stadium | Independence Park |
| FIFA code | JAM |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 77  (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 27 (August 1998) |
| Lowest | 116 (October 2008) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 79 (23 January 2017) |
| Highest | 36 (February 1998) |
| Lowest | 146 (May 1984) |
| First international | |
 Haiti 1–2 Jamaica  (Haiti; 22 March 1925) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Jamaica 12–0 British Virgin Islands  (Grand Cayman, Cayman Isls.; 4 March 1994) Jamaica 12–0 Saint-Martin  (Kingston, Jamaica; 24 November 2004) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Costa Rica 9–0 Jamaica (San José; 24 February 1999) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1998) |
| Best result | Group stage, 1998 |
| CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup |
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| Appearances | 11 (first in 1963) |
| Best result | Runners-up, 2015 |
| Copa América | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2015) |
| Best result | Group Stage, 2015, 2016 |
The Jamaica national football team is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), the governing body for football in Jamaica. A member of CFU and CONCACAF, Jamaica has won the Caribbean Cup six times, with their latest win being the 2014 Caribbean Cup when they beat Trinidad and Tobago in the finals. Jamaica finished as the runner-up in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which was its best performance in the competition; losing to Mexico.
Jamaica qualified once for the FIFA World Cup, in 1998. It is, along with United States, Honduras and Costa Rica, one of the rare teams from the CONCACAF region to draw against Mexico in the Estadio Azteca in a World Cup qualifier match.
Jamaica's first international appearance was against their Caribbean neighbours Haiti in 1925. They were invited to the French-speaking Caribbean island by Andre Chevalon, president of the United Sporting Society and it was for a three-match series between the 2 countries. Jamaica won all three games by 1–0, 2–1 and 3–0. The following year Jamaica hosted Haiti at Sabina Park and won by 6–0. Haiti remained frequent opponents and it was not until 1932 that their run of defeats was broken with a 4–1 home win in Port-au-Prince.
Between 1925 and when Jamaica gained its independence in 1962, Jamaica had regular games with Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Cuba and clubs like Racing and Violette from Haiti, Corinthians of Britain, Tigres from Argentina, and even a series of matches with a Caribbean All Stars team in 1952. The Caribbean All Star team included such notables as Michael (The Ruin) Kruin from Suriname and also representing Jamaica were Lindy Delapenha and Gillie Heron. The four games were shared equally with Jamaica winning the second 2–1 and the fourth 1–0 and the All Stars winning the first 5–1 and the third 1–0.
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