The Jamaica national under-20 football team is the national under-20

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team representing

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and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation. The team qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2001, and was second placed in the Pan American Games in 2007. It has also taken part in the

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship The CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is the second longest running international association football event in the North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, CONCACAF, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. Th ...

and the CFU U-20 Tournament.

Qualification history

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

: Qualified for

2001 FIFA World Youth Championship The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between 17 June and 8 July 2001. The 2001 championship was the 13th contested. The tournament took part in six cities, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, and Mar de ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

: Eliminated in CFU qualifying *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

: Eliminated 4th in Group B in CONCACAF Final round *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

: Eliminated 4th in Group 1 in CONCACAF Final round *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

: Eliminated 3rd in Group B in CONCACAF Final round *

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

: Eliminated 3rd in Group A in CONCACAF Final round *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

: Eliminated in quarterfinals in CONCACAF Final round *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

: Eliminated 4th in Group A in CONCACAF Final round *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

: Eliminated in CFU First round *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

: Eliminated 2nd in Group B in CONCACAF Final round *

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

: Cancelled due to COVID 19 *

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

: Eliminated in quarterfinals in CONCACAF Final round

Honors

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: **Runner-up (1):

Upcoming Schedule

Players

Current squad

* The following players were called up for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. * Match dates: 18 June – 3 July 2022 * Caps and goals correct as of: 26 June 2022, after match against * ''Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.''

Technical staff

* Head Coach: Marcell Gayle * Asst. Coach: Leecoft Lettman * Goalkeeper Coach: Andrew Sewell

Previous Results

The following is a list of matches played in the last 3 U-20 cycles as well as any games scheduled to take place in the future.

Previous U20 Players and staff

2018 CONCACAF Final Round squad

Squad named for final round. Stats as of November 4, 2018 following match versus Nicaragua u20s.

2016 player pool

These are the players called in training camp for the 2016 CFU First round, caps updated on January 1, 2016.

2015 CONCACAF U20 final squad

This is the list for the 2015 CONCACAF U20 Championships, caps updated on January 11, 2014.

2015 player pool

Former coaches

* 1999 Clovis DeOlivera * 2001 Clovis DeOlivera * 2003 Wendell Downswell * 2005 Wendell Downswell * 2007 Dr Dean Weatherly * 2009 Donovan Duckie * 2011 Walter Gama * 2013 Wendell Downswell * 2015

Theodore Whitmore Theodore Eccleston Whitmore, OD (born 5 August 1972) is a Jamaican former professional footballer. He is the former head coach of Jamaica national football team. Club career Whitmore attended St. James High School in Montego Bay, Jamaica. D ...

* 2020-2022 Jerome Waite * 2022- Marcell Gayle

Notable former players

* Ryan Thompson * Rudolph Austin * Ricky Sappleton *

Ricardo Fuller Ricardo Dwayne Fuller (born 31 October 1979) is a retired Jamaican professional footballer who played as a forward. Fuller started his football career with Jamaican side Tivoli Gardens, before he moved to England with Crystal Palace in February ...

* Shavar Thomas *

Khari Stephenson Khari Stephenson (; born 18 January 1981) is a Jamaican former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Youth and College A product of the Real Mona youth system, Stephenson played college soccer at Williams Co ...

Dane Richards Dane O'Brian Richards (born 14 December 1983) is a Jamaican former professional footballer, who played as a winger. He spent the majority of his career with Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls. Career Youth and college Richards was a ...

Dever Orgill Dever Akeem Orgill (born 8 March 1990) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for Bodrumspor. Club career Youth and amateur Born in Port Antonio, Orgill attended Titchfield High School where he was coached by Andrew Edwards, and pla ...

Dwayne Miller Dwayne St Aubyn Miller (born 14 July 1987) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He has won more than 30 caps for the Jamaica national football team. Miller was also part of the squad that reached the final and won th ...

O'Brian White O'Brian White (born 14 December 1985, in Ocho Rios) is a Jamaican former footballer who played as a forward. Career Youth and college White grew up in Jamaica before moving to Scarborough, Ontario in 2002 to live with his mother. He began pla ...

Luton Shelton Luton George Kieshawn Shelton (11 November 1985 – 22 January 2021) was a Jamaican professional footballer who played as a striker or winger. At the time of his death, he was the top scorer for the Jamaican national football team with 35 g ...

Omar Daley Omar Daley (born 25 April 1981) is a Jamaican footballer. He plays as a winger. He has also played for the Jamaica national team winning more than 50 caps. Daley was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He has played for Portmore United in his homeland ...

* Ricky Sappleton * Kieron Bernard *

Akeem Priestley Akeem Sayeed Priestley (born 13 April 1985) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for Canadian club Master's Futbol as a winger. Club career Priestley played his college career in the United States at Jacksonville University and als ...

Onandi Lowe Onandi Lowe (born 2 December 1974), also known as Nandi, is a Jamaican former international footballer who played in every outfield position, but was best known as a prolific forward. He spent some of his career in the top flight Jamaica Natio ...

* Jermaine Taylor

References

{{National sports teams of Jamaica Under-20 Caribbean national under-20 association football teams