Guy Oliver - Oliver's Almanack of World Football
Guy Oliver - Oliver's Almanack of World Football
Guy Oliver - Oliver's Almanack of World Football
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PA RT T W O – T H E N AT I O N S O F T H E W O R L D<br />
JAM – JAMAICA<br />
Jamaica confirmed their re-emergence as the pre-eminent football nation in the Caribbean when<br />
they retained the Digicel Caribbean Cup in Martinique at the end <strong>of</strong> 2010. It was the Reggae Boyz<br />
third triumph in five years and their fifth overall. As the holders they qualified automatically for<br />
the finals where they won all three group games in the Stade en Camee in Riviere-Pilote with a<br />
team based around a number <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essionals playing in Major League Soccer. New York Red<br />
Bulls’ Dane Richards put the Jamaicans ahead in the semi-final against Grenada although it took<br />
and extra-time winner from Jamaica based Troy Smith to see the Jamaicans through to a final<br />
against Guadeloupe. With their opponents playing in front <strong>of</strong> a partisan crowd in what practically<br />
amounted to a home fixture, Jamaica went ahead through Omar Cummings, fresh from his MLS<br />
triumph with Colorado Rapids, but they conceded soon after and it finished 1-1. In the penalty<br />
shoot-out Jamaica scored all five <strong>of</strong> theirs before Jean Luc Lambourde shot wide to hand the cup<br />
to the Reggae Boyz. There was no such joy in Caribbean Club Championship with Jamaican clubs<br />
concentrating instead on domestic football where Harbour View won the 2010 championship ahead<br />
<strong>of</strong> defending champions Tivoli Gardens whilst Boy’s Town beat Humble Lions 3-2 to win the Cup.<br />
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FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD<br />
1930-1962 DNE 1966-1970 DNQ 1974 DNE 1978 DNQ 1982 DNE 1986-1994 DNQ 1998 22 r1 2002-2010 DNQ<br />
JAMAICA FOOTBALL<br />
FEDERATION (JFF)<br />
20 St Lucia Crescent,<br />
Kingston 5<br />
� +1 876 9298036<br />
� +1 876 9290438<br />
� jamff@hotmail.com<br />
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FA 1910 CON 1961 FIFA 1962<br />
P Horace Burrell<br />
GS Horace Reid<br />
FIFA BIG COUNT 2006<br />
Total players 168 494<br />
% <strong>of</strong> population 6.11%<br />
Male 144 884<br />
Female 23 610<br />
Amateurs 18+ 11 974<br />
Youth under 18 13 060<br />
Unregistered 47 900<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals 270<br />
Referees 312<br />
Admin & coaches 4 725<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> clubs 270<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> teams 900<br />
Negril<br />
Black River<br />
FIFA/COCA-COLA WORLD RANKING<br />
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010<br />
80 96 56 32 39 33 41 48 53 51 46 49 42 57 97 65 81 58<br />
Montego<br />
Bay<br />
CARIBBEAN SEA<br />
Mandeville<br />
Port<br />
Kaiser<br />
May Pen<br />
2010 Hi/Lo<br />
Jan Feb Mar Mar Apr May Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 27<br />
81 78 77 78 79 81 83 82 76 79 82 58 116<br />
Linstead<br />
CARIBBEAN SEA<br />
Saint Ann’s<br />
Bay<br />
Ocho Rios<br />
Port<br />
Antonio<br />
Spanish Town<br />
Kingston<br />
Portmore<br />
Rocky<br />
Point<br />
20 km<br />
20 miles<br />
MAJOR CITIES/TOWNS<br />
Population<br />
1 Kingston 578 356<br />
2 Spanish Town 158 458<br />
3 Portmore 105 238<br />
4 Montego Bay 80 356<br />
5 Mandeville 48 300<br />
6 May Pen 44 345<br />
7 Old Harbour 28 079<br />
8 Linstead 22 292<br />
9 Savanna la Mar 19 408<br />
10 Half Way Tree 18 198<br />
11 Port Antonio 14 392<br />
12 Bog Walk 13 889<br />
13 Ewarton 13 807<br />
14 Saint Ann's Bay 13 671<br />
15 Constant Spring 12 585<br />
16 Morant Bay 10 200<br />
17 Hayes 9 798<br />
18 Ocho Rios 9 554<br />
19 Old Harbour Bay 8 537<br />
JAMAICA<br />
Capital Kingston Population 2 825 928 (138) % in cities 53%<br />
GDP per capita $8600 (115) Area km 2 10 991 km 2 (167) GMT + / - -5<br />
Neighbours (km) Coast 1022<br />
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