Football World Cup 1998 / Jamaica

The Jamaican national soccer team took part in the 1998 soccer world championship in France for the first and only time in a world championship.

qualification

For the complete qualification of the North, Central American and Caribbean Zone ( CONCACAF ) see Qualification for the Soccer World Cup 1998 .

Preliminary round

Caribbean 4

Barbados	-	Jamaica	0: 1
Jamaica	-	Barbados	2-0

Semi-final round

Group 3

rank	country	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Jamaica	6th	12: 3	13
2.	Mexico	6th	14: 6	12
3.	Honduras	6th	18:11	10
4th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	6th	6:30	0

Jamaica	-	Honduras	3-0
St. Vincent	-	Jamaica	1: 2
Mexico	-	Jamaica	2: 1
Honduras	-	Jamaica	1: 1
Jamaica	-	St. Vincent	5-0
Jamaica	-	Mexico	1-0

Final round

rank	country	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Mexico	10	23: 7	18th
2.	United States	10	17: 9	17th
3.	Jamaica	10	7:12	14th
4th	Costa Rica	10	13:12	12
5.	El Salvador	10	11:16	10
6th	Canada	10	5:20	6th

Jamaica	-	United States	0-0
Mexico	-	Jamaica	6-0
Canada	-	Jamaica	0-0
Costa Rica	-	Jamaica	3: 1
Jamaica	-	El Salvador	1-0
Jamaica	-	Canada	1-0
Jamaica	-	Costa Rica	1-0
United States	-	Jamaica	1: 1
El Salvador	-	Jamaica	2: 2
Jamaica	-	Mexico	0-0

Contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	Sp.	goal	red	G / R	yellow
goalkeeper
1	Warren Barrett	Violet Kickers	07/09/1970	2	0	0	0	0
13	Aaron Lawrence	Reno FC	08/11/1970	1	0	0	0	0
14th	Donovan Ricketts	Wadadah FC	07/06/1977	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
21st	Durrant Brown	Wadadah FC	07/08/1964	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Linval Dixon	Hazard United	09/14/1971	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Ricardo Gardner	Harbor View FC	09/25/1978	3	0	0	0	0
5	Ian Goodison	Olympic Gardens	11/21/1972	3	0	0	0	0
12	Dean Sewell	Constant Spring	04/13/1972	0	0	0	0	0
19th	Frank Sinclair	Chelsea FC	December 3rd, 1971	3	0	0	0	0
midfield
7th	Peter Cargill	Harbor View FC	03/02/1964	2	0	0	0	1
3	Christopher Dawes	Galaxy United	05/31/1975	2	0	0	0	1
16	Robert Earle	Wimbledon FC	01/27/1965	3	1	0	0	0
2	Stephen Malcolm	Seba United	02/05/1970	2	0	0	0	1
20th	Darryl Powell	Derby County	January 15, 1971	2	0	0	1	0
6th	Fitzroy Simpson	Portsmouth FC	02/26/1970	3	0	0	0	0
11	Theodore Whitmore	Seba United	08/05/1972	3	2	0	0	0
9	Andy Williams	Real Mona	09/23/1977	1	0	0	0	0
attack
10	Walter Boyd	Arnett Gardens FC	01/01/1972	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Deon Burton	Derby County	10/25/1976	3	0	0	0	1
18th	Marcus Gayle	Wimbledon FC	09/27/1970	1	0	0	0	0
22nd	Paul Hall	Portsmouth FC	07/03/1972	3	0	0	0	0
17th	Onandi Lowe	Harbor View FC	12/02/1973	2	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Rene Simoes		December 15, 1952

Games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	7-0	9
2	Croatia	4: 2	6th
3	Jamaica	3: 9	3
4th	Japan	1: 4	0

June 14, 1998 in Lens
Jamaica	-	Croatia	1: 3 (1: 1)
June 21, 1998 in Paris
Argentina	-	Jamaica	5: 0 (1: 0)
June 26, 1998 in Lyon
Japan	-	Jamaica	1: 2 (0: 1)

Game statistics

Jamaica - Croatia

Jamaica - Croatia
1: 3 (1: 1)
Date: Sunday 14 June Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert (Lens)	Referee: Spectators: 38,058 spectators
Lineup Jamaica	Lineup Croatia
Warren Barrett Ian Goodison Ricardo Gardner Frank Sinclair Fitzroy Simpson Peter Cargill Theodore Whitmore Robert Earle Onandi Lowe Deon Burton Paul Hall	Drazen Ladić Zvonimir Soldo Robert Jarni Dario Simić Igor Stimac Slaven Bilić Zvonimir Boban Mario Stanić Aljosa Asanović Robert Prosinecki Davor Suker
Gates
0: 1 Mario Stanić 27. 1: 1 Robert Earle 45. 1: 2 Robert Prosinecki 53. 1: 3 before Suker 69.
Substitutions
69. Darryl Powell for Peter Cargill 74. Andrew Williams for Robert Earle 81. Walter Boyd for Paul Hall	74. Goran Vlaović for Dario Simić

Argentina - Jamaica

Argentina - Jamaica
5: 0 (1: 0)
Date: Sunday 21 June Stadium: Stade de France (Paris)	Referee: Marc Batta (France) Spectators: 49,300
Lineup Argentina	Lineup Jamaica
Carlos Angel Roa Roberto Ayala Jose Chamot Roberto Sensini Javier Zanetti Matias Almeyda Diego Simeone Ariel Ortega Juan Sebastian Veron Claudio Lopez Gabriel Batistuta	Warren Barrett Ian Goodison Ricardo Gardner Frank Sinclair Stephen Malcolm Christopher Dawes Fitzroy Simpson Theodore Whitmore Darryl Powell Deon Burton Paul Hall
Gates
1: 0 Ariel Ortega 32. 2: 0 Ariel Ortega 55. 3: 0 Gabriel Batistuta 73. 4: 0 Gabriel Batistuta 79. 5: 0 Gabriel Batistuta 83. (penalty)
Substitutions
25. Nelson Vivas for Roberto Sensini 75. Marcelo Gallardo for Claudio Lopez 80. Hector Pineda for Diego Simeone	46. Peter Cargill for Deon Burton 62. Walter Boyd for Stephen Malcolm 73. Robert Earle for Theodore Whitmore

Japan - Jamaica

Japan - Jamaica
1: 2 (0: 1)
Date: Friday, June 26th Stadium: Stade Municipal de Gerland (Lyon)	Referee: Spectators: 43,000
Lineup Japan	Lineup Jamaica
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi Masami Ihara Norio Omura Yutaka Akita Akira Narahashi Hidetoshi Nakata Hiroshi Nanami Motohiro Yamaguchi Naoki Soma Shoji Jo Masashi Nakayama	Aaron Lawrence Stephen Malcolm Frank Sinclair Ian Goodison Onandi Lowe Theodore Whitmore Fitzroy Simpson Christopher Dawes Ricardo Gardner Paul Hall Marcus Gayle
Gates
0-1 Theodore Whitmore 39. 0-2 Theodore Whitmore 54. 1-2 Masashi Nakayama 75.
Substitutions
58. Takashi Hirano for Norio Omura 58. Wagner Lopes for Shoji Jo 78. Shinji Ono for Hiroshi Nanami	72. Walter Boyd for Paul Hall 80. Deon Burton for Marcus Gayle 91. Robert Earle for Fitzroy Simpson