Founding Women's football in Jamaica started with the founding of the Jamaican Women's Football association (founded by Andrea Lewis, its first president) in 1987.
1990s On 17 April 1991 the team competed in its first international match against
Haiti, which they lost 1–0. In August 1994, the Reggae Girlz were defeated 10–0 by the
United States. In 2011, due to over three years of inactivity, Jamaica was not ranked in the
FIFA Women's World Rankings. In April 2014,
Cedella Marley was named the team's official ambassador and helped the team with their fundraising efforts. On 24 June 2014, the team launched the fundraising campaign "Strike Hard for the Reggae Girlz!" to raise $50,000 to pay for practices, travel expenses, housing, nutrition, and equipment in preparation for the
2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship where they hoped to secure a spot at the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. In July 2014, it was announced that Jamaica was looking for players with Jamaican heritage in countries as far as the United Kingdom in order to improve their squad for the 2014 Women Caribbean Cup in Trinidad and Tobago. The team again went unranked by FIFA in June 2017. In May 2018, Jamaica began the first round of
Caribbean Zone qualifying, this was the first time the team had assembled in two years. Jamaica won their group and advanced to the final round of Caribbean Zone qualifying. They hosted the final round tournament and won all four games securing their spot at the
2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship. The same year, Jamaica competed in the
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. In the group stage, they had a record of one win and two losses, but did not advance to the knockout round. In their final group match against Cuba, Jamaica won 9–0. As a result of Costa Rica losing their final group match, Jamaica finished second in their group and advanced to the semi-finals where they would face the number one ranked
United States. The US defeated Jamaica 6–0, in the semi-final. Jamaica won the third place match against
Panama on penalty kicks, securing a spot at the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Jamaica is the first Caribbean nation to ever qualify for a Women's World Cup and became the first Caribbean country to have both
men's and women's teams to participate in men's and women's World Cup. Interestingly, its male counterparts also qualified to the only
FIFA World Cup also in France. Jamaica placed in Group C with Italy, Australia and Brazil, and was considered as an underdog, being rated the lowest in the group. Eventually, they finished last in the group after losing all matches but scored a historic lone goal by
Havana Solaun.
2020s After several coaching changes,
Lorne Donaldson was named head coach in 2022. In July 2022, Jamaica qualified for their 2nd World Cup, which is a historic feat, considering its men's counterparts have been unable to do the same. On 29 July 2023, Jamaica had its first Women's World Cup win, which was against Panama. On 2 August 2023, Jamaica drew 0–0 against Brazil, successfully reaching the knockout rounds for the first time; this made Jamaica the first Caribbean country to reach the knockout rounds in any Women's World Cup. In October 2023, the players released a joint statement outlining that no players would take part in the planned World Cup qualifying fixtures. The reasons stated were lack of communication, missing payments and general mistreatment. == Kit ==