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The Country | The Road to FRANCE98 | The Team | Honours | Coach
Land area: 10 991 km² Population: 2 551 000 Capital: Kingston Main cities: Montego Bay, Portmore, Spanish Town System of government: Parlementary Monarchy Head of state: Prime Minister : Percival J. Patterson Currency: Jamaican Dollar Time difference: 6 hours ahead of Paris
CONCACAF, Final Group
2 March 97 Jamaica - USA 0-0 13 April 97 Mexico - Jamaica 6-0 29 April 97 Canada - Jamaica 0-0 11 May 97 Costa Rica - Jamaica 3-1 18 May 97 Jamaica - El Salvador 1-0 07 September 97 Jamaica - Canada 1-0 14 September 97 Jamaica - Costa Rica 1-0 03 October 97 USA - Jamaica 1-1 09 November 97 El Salvador - Jamaica 2-2 16 November 97 Jamaica - Mexico 0-0
- 14 points
- 7 goals scored
- 12 goals conceded
Goalkeeper : BARRETT (age 27, 117 caps) Defenders : BROWN (age 33, 110 caps)
DIXON (age 26, 88 caps)
GOODISON (age 24, 35 caps)
GARDENER (age 19, 16 caps)Midfielders : MALCOLM (age 27, 40 caps)
SIMPSON (age 22, 6 caps)
WHITMORE (age 26, 69 caps)
CARGILL (age 33, 59 caps)Strikers : BURTON (age 21, 6 caps)
HALL (age 22, 6 caps)
Number of players used during the qualifying rounds: 31
National team colours: yellow, black and green
FIFA ranking (on 19 November 1997): 39th
- World Cup: never participated
René SIMOES
René Simoes, a Brazilian, has led the Jamaican national team since 1994 with remarkable success. The " Reggae Boys " reached FRANCE 98 by qualifying firstly from the preliminary stages and then from the final qualifying rounds of the CONCACAF zone (twenty games in total). In true Brazilian fashion, Simoes team plays a stubbornly offensive game, in a 3-5-2 formation.
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