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 28 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (13 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 CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup recordQualification recordYearResultPositionSquad 1963Group stage8th3003116SquadQualified automatically 1965Did not enterDid not enter 1967Did not qualify4 1 2 1 4 4 1969Round-robin6th5014310Squad2 1 1 0 3 2 1971Did not qualify2 0 1 1 0 1 1973Did not enterDid not enter 1977WithdrewWithdrew 1981Did not enterDid not enter1985WithdrewWithdrew1989Did not qualify4 2 1 1 4 6 1991Group stage8th3003312Squad4 4 0 0 13 2 1993Third place3rd5122610Squad5 4 1 0 10 1 1996Did not qualify3 2 0 1 4 3 1998Fourth place4th521254Squad7 5 2 0 18 5 2000Group stage12th200203Squad5 5 0 0 12 4 2002Did not qualify3 2 0 1 4 3 2003Quarter-finals7th310226Squad6 4 2 0 17 4 2005Quarter-finals8th4112810Squad108 2 0 38 5 2007Did not qualify3 2 0 1 7 2 2009Group stage10th310212Squad5 4 1 0 11 2 2011Quarter-finals5th430172Squad5 4 1 0 12 3 2013Did not qualify3 0 1 2 1 3 2015Runners-up2nd641186Squad4 2 2 0 6 1 2017Runners-up2nd632174Squad4 2 1 1 7 5 2019Semi-finals4th522166Squad4 3 0 1 123 2021Quarter-finals7th420243Squad6510211 2023Semi-finals3rd5311115Squad413075 2025Group stage9th310236Squad62 2 266TotalRunners-up16/286624113175105—9963241221771
Match overview TournamentRoundOpponentScoreVenue 1963Group stage0–6San Salvador0–81–2 1969Final round0–3San José0–22–30–01–2 1991Group stage1–4Los Angeles0–52–3 1993Group stage0–1Dallas3–11–1Semi-finals1–6Mexico CityThird place match1–1 1998Group stage0–0Miami3–2Los Angeles2–0Semi-finals0–1 Third place match0–1 2000Group stage0–1Miami0–2 2003Group stage0–12–0Quarter-finals0–5Mexico City 2005Group stage4–3Carson3–3Los Angeles0–1HoustonQuarter-finals1–3Foxborough 2009Group stage0–1Carson0–1Columbus1–0Miami 2011Group stage4–0Carson2–0Miami1–0HarrisonQuarter-finals0–2Washington, D.C. 2015Group stage2–2Carson1–0Houston1–0TorontoQuarter-finals1–0BaltimoreSemi-finals2–1AtlantaFinal1–3Philadelphia 2017Group stage2–0San Diego0–0Denver1–1San AntonioQuarter-finals2–1GlendaleSemi-finals1–0PasadenaFinal1–2Santa Clara 2019Group stage3–2Kingston0–0Houston1–1Los AngelesQuarter-finals1–0PhiladelphiaSemi-finals1–3Nashville 2021Group stage2–0Orlando2–10–1Quarter-finals0–1Arlington 2023Group stage1–1Chicago4–1St. Louis5–0Santa ClaraQuarter-finals1–0CincinnatiSemi-finals0–3Paradise 2025Group stage0–1Carson2–1San Jose1–4Austin
Record players
RankPlayerMatchesGold Cups1Kemar Lawrence222015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 20232Andre Blake212017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 20253Damion Lowe192017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 20254Je-Vaughn Watson172011, 2015, 2017 and 20195Jermaine Taylor162005, 2011, 2015 and 20176Alvas Powell152015, 2017, 2019 and 20217Darren Mattocks142015, 2017 and 2019Shamar Nicholson142017, 2019, 2021 and 2023Leon Bailey142019, 2021, 2023 and 202510Andy Williams131998, 2000, 2003 and 2005Cory Burke132017, 2021 and 2023
Top goalscorers Darren Mattocks is Jamaica's leading top scorer at continental championships, and scored in the 2015 final against Mexico.
RankPlayerGoalsGold Cups1Darren Mattocks52015 (2), 2017 (2) and 20192Andy Williams31998, 2003 and 2005Demar Phillips32011Shamar Nicholson32019 (2) and 20215Roderick Reid21991Hector Wright21991 and 1993Devon Jarrett21993Paul Davis21993Paul Hall21998Ricardo Fuller22005Jermaine Hue22005Luton Shelton22005 and 2011Ryan Johnson22011Giles Barnes22015Garath McCleary22015Romario Williams22017Dever Orgill22019Damion Lowe22019 and 2023Cory Burke22021 and 2023Demarai Gray22023Leon Bailey22023 and 2025Amari'i Bell22023 and 2025Jon Russell22023 and 2025
See also Jamaica at the Copa América Jamaica at the FIFA World Cup
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