Dominican Republic national football team

Dominican Republic
Nickname(s)	Los Quisqueyanos; (The Quisqueyanos);
Association	Federación Dominicana de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Marcelo Neveleff
Captain	Jonathan Faña
Most caps	Miguel Lloyd (48)
Top scorer	Jonathan Faña (24)
Home stadium	Estadio Cibao FC; Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez
FIFA code	DOM
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	151 1 (6 April 2023)[1]
Highest	78 (October 2013)
Lowest	190 (December 2009)
First international
	Dominican Republic 0–8 Haiti ; (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; 21 May 1967)
Biggest win
	Dominican Republic 17–0 British Virgin Islands ; (San Cristobal, Dominican Republic; 14 October 2010)
Biggest defeat
	Trinidad and Tobago 9–0 Dominican Republic ; (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; 8 October 2008)

The Dominican Republic national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de República Dominicana) represents the Dominican Republic in men's international football, and is governed by the Dominican Football Federation. The team is a member of the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF, the governing body of football in North and Central America and the Caribbean.

As of 23 June 2022, the Dominican Republic is currently ranked 151st in the FIFA World Rankings. As is the case in many other Caribbean nations, association football has not traditionally been the most popular sport in the Dominican Republic. Interest in baseball diverts away from football and contributes to the country's lack of success in any major football tournament qualification. As of 2022, the Dominican Republic has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, nor the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In spite of this, the country's youth soccer team has enjoyed recent success, qualifying for both the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2024 Olympic football tournaments.

History

The Dominican Football Federation was founded in 1953 and joined FIFA in 1959. The national team played their first games in May 1967 – a two-legged qualifier against Haiti for a place in the football at the 1968 Summer Olympics of Mexico. The first leg was played at home on 21 May and Haiti won 8–0. The second leg in Haiti was won by the hosts 6–0 on 27 May, as Haiti went through 14–0 on aggregate.

The Dominican Republic did not play another match until March 1970, when they entered at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama. They were placed in a group with Puerto Rico and Venezuela. The Dominican Republic lost 5–0 to Venezuela on 4 March, then gained their first ever win on 6 March by beating Puerto Rico 5–0. They did not advance to the next round.

In 1971 the Dominican Republic entered the 1971 Pan American Games in Colombia and were drawn in a group against the Bahamas and Canada. They lost 4–2 to the Bahamas on 31 July and 4–0 to Canada on 2 August and were knocked out.

The team did not play again until 16 December 1973, when they lost 1–0 away to Venezuela. In 1974 the Dominican Republic held the Central American and Caribbean Games, and lost their first match 3–2 to Bermuda on 28 February. On 2 March the team lost 1–0 to Mexico, before beating the Bahamas 2–0 on 4 March. In the final group game on 8 March the Dominican Republic lost 3–2 to Panama and were knocked out.[2]

In 2012 the Dominicans were able to qualify for the 2012 Caribbean Cup. On 7 December they beat hosts Antigua and Barbuda 2–1 but fell 2–1 against Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2022

2 June Nations League	Belize	0–2	Dominican Republic	Belmopan, Belize
16:00 UTC−6		Report	López 20' Romero 67'	Stadium: FFB Stadium Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)

5 June Nations League	Dominican Republic	2–3	French Guiana	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
19:00 UTC−4	Romero 20' López 51'	Report	Sarrucco 16' Baal 71' Abelinti 78'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

10 June Nations League	Dominican Republic	1–1	Guatemala	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
19:00 UTC−4	Lorenzo 12'	Report	Santis 26'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

13 June Nations League	Guatemala	2–0	Dominican Republic	Guatemala City, Guatemala
18:00 UTC−6	Méndez 32', 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

22 September Friendly	Puerto Rico	Cancelled	Dominican Republic	Westchester, United States
UTC−4				Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium

15 November Friendly	Dominican Republic	2–4	Cuba	Santiago, Dominican Republic
19:00 UTC−4	Vásquez 29' Reyes 70' (pen.)		Flores 32' Pozo-Venta 66' Cavafe 76' Hernández 88'	Stadium: Estadio Cibao

18 November Friendly	Dominican Republic	1–1	Cuba	San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
19:00 UTC−4	Romero 33'		Palma 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Panamericano

2023

24 March Nations League	French Guiana	1–1	Dominican Republic	Remire-Montjoly, French Guiana
18:30 UTC−3	Legrand 86'	Report	Heredia 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama Referee: Ricangel de Leça (Aruba)

27 March Nations League	Dominican Republic	2–0	Belize	San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
18:00 UTC−4	Reyes 13' Lorenzo 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Panamericano Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

16 June Friendly	Chile	v	Dominican Republic	Viña del Mar, Chile
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Sausalito

Coaching staff

Role	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Marcelo Neveleff	Argentina
Assistant coach	Inaki Goikoetxea	Spain
Assistant coach	Juan Francisco Roldán	Guatemala
Goalkeeper trainer	Dani Gimenez	Spain
Fitness trainer	Juan Manuel Alcedo	Spain
Athletic trainer	Juanma Alcedo	Spain

Coaching history

Fortunato Quispe Mendoza (1968–1974)
Carlos Cabañés (1975)
Bernhard Zgoll (1992)
Juan Carretero (1996)
Juan Emilio Mojica (2000–2002)
Santiago Morel (2002)
Carmelo Oliva (2003)
William Bennett (2004–2005)
Ljubomir Crnokrak (2005–2007)
Juan Emilio Mojica (2008–2009)
Clemente Domingo Hernández (2010–2014)
José Eugenio Hernández (2015)
Juan Emilio Mojica (2015)
Roberto Díaz Bernabé (2015–2016)
Juan Emilio Mojica (2017)
Orlando Capellino (2017–2019)
David González (2019–2020)
Jacques Passy (2020–2021)
Iñaki Bea (2022)
Marcelo Neveleff (2023–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations matches against French Guiana and Belize on 24 and 28 March 2023 respectively.[3]

Caps and goals are correct as of 23 March 2023, after the match against Belize[4]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Miguel Lloyd	(1982-10-23) 23 October 1982	48	0	Cibao
1GK	Johan Guzmán	(1997-07-03) 3 July 1997	5	0	Guijuelo
1GK	Antonio Santurro	(1992-02-29) 29 February 1992	5	0	Parma

2DF	César García	(1993-03-13) 13 March 1993	45	2	Real Santa Cruz
2DF	Ismael Díaz	(1990-08-21) 21 August 1990	29	1	Cibao
2DF	Brian López	(1999-11-20) 20 November 1999	3	0	Real Santa Cruz
2DF	Yoan Melo	(1995-03-28) 28 March 1995	3	0	Jarabacoa
2DF	Carlos Rossell	(1993-06-13) 13 June 1993	2	0	Moca
2DF	Joao Urbáez	(2002-07-24) 24 July 2002	3	0	Alcorcón B
2DF	Kelvin Durán	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994	1	0	Moca
2DF	Jackson Tineo	(1992-11-01) 1 November 1992	1	0	O&M
2DF	Israel Boatwright	(2006-06-02) 2 June 2006	0	0	Inter Miami

3MF	Jean Carlos López	(1993-11-09) 9 November 1993	44	5	Cibao
3MF	Carlos Heredia	(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998	15	2	Cibao
3MF	Gerard Lavergne	(1999-01-25) 25 January 1999	11	0	Atlético Pantoja
3MF	Fabian Messina	(2002-09-16) 16 September 2002	6	0	FSV Frankfurt
3MF	Rafael Núñez	(2002-01-25) 25 January 2002	4	0	Almería B
3MF	Edison Azcona	(2003-11-21) 21 November 2003	3	0	Inter Miami
3MF	Richard Dabas	(1994-08-04) 4 August 1994	3	0	Moca
3MF	Daniel Flores	(2000-11-11) 11 November 2000	3	0	Jarabacoa
3MF	Carlos Ventura	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997	3	0	Mazarrón

4FW	Dorny Romero	(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998	23	6	Always Ready
4FW	Edarlyn Reyes	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997	20	2	Always Ready
4FW	Nowend Lorenzo	(2002-11-02) 2 November 2002	11	4	Izarra
4FW	Erick Japa	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999	7	0	Cibao

Recent callups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Alessandro Baroni	(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999	1	0	O&M	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022
GK	Omry Bello	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003	1	0	O&M	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022

DF	Ernesto Trinidad	(1996-01-02) 2 January 1996	3	0	Moca	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022
DF	Jayson Made	(2001-09-07) 7 September 2001	0	0	Atlético Pantoja	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022
DF	Tano Bonnín	(1990-06-30) 30 June 1990	20	1	Vibonese	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF	Carlos Julio Martínez	(1994-02-04) 4 February 1994	20	0	Miedź Legnica	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF	Antonio Natalucci	(2000-08-01) 1 August 2000	7	0	Cibao	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF	Manny Rodríguez	(1998-05-23) 23 May 1998	5	1	Logroñés	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF	Christian Schoissengeyr	(1994-10-18) 18 October 1994	3	0	Free agent	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022

MF	Ronaldo Vásquez	(1999-06-30) 30 June 1999	25	3	Atlético Pantoja	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022
MF	Alexander Jiménez	(1997-08-27) 27 August 1997	6	0	Vega Real	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022
MF	Robert Rosado	(1995-07-15) 15 July 1995	1	0	Atlético Pantoja	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022
MF	Diefry Sandy Mensù	(2004-06-21) 21 June 2004	2	0	Cibao	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022
MF	Kelvin Martínez	(1997-09-11) 11 September 1997	0	0	Jarabacoa	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022

FW	Guillermo de Peña	(2003-07-22) 22 July 2003	2	0	Moca	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022
FW	Gianluigi Sueva	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001	4	0	Olbia	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
FW	Alberto Baldé	(2002-03-21) 21 March 2002	2	0	Portadown	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
Notes ^INJ = Withdrew due to injury ^PRE = Preliminary squad ^RET = Retired from the national team ^SUS = Serving suspension ^WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Records

Unofficial records

As of 20 November 2022

Players in bold are still active with the Dominican Republic.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Miguel Lloyd	48	0	2004–present
2	Rafael Flores	47	0	2008–present
3	Jonathan Faña	47	24	2006–2022
4	César García	45	2	2010–present
4	Jean Carlos López	44	4	2010–present
6	Domingo Peralta	43	13	2010-2021
7	Kerbi Rodríguez	38	10	2006–2015
8	Hansley Martínez	33	0	2011–2021
9	Erick Ozuna	30	9	2008–2019
10	Edipo Rodríguez	28	6	2014–2019

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Jonathan Faña	24	47	0.51	2006–2022
2	Domingo Peralta	13	40	0.33	2010–2021
3	Kerbi Rodríguez	10	38	0.26	2006–2015
4	Darly Batista	9	18	0.5	2006–2019
4	Erick Ozuna	9	30	0.3	2010–2019
6	Inoel Navarro	7	16	0.44	2010–2015
6	Omar Zapata	7	18	0.39	1992–2004
8	Edipo Rodríguez	6	28	0.21	2014–2019
8	Dorny Romero	6	21	0.3	2019–present
9	Luís Espinal	5	9	0.56	2016–2019
9	Jean Carlos López	5	44	0.12	2013–present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Not a FIFA member								Not a FIFA member
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962	Did not enter								Did not enter
1966
1970
1974
1978	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	0	6
1982	Did not enter								Declined participation
1986
1990
1994	Did not qualify								2	0	1	1	2	3
1998									6	3	1	2	9	16
2002									4	2	0	2	6	5
2006									4	1	1	2	6	6
2010									1	0	0	1	0	1
2014									8	4	2	2	18	8
2018									2	0	0	2	1	5
2022									4	2	1	1	8	4
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total		0/22							33	12	6	15	50	54

CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Did not enter								Did not enter
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
1977	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	0	6
1981	Did not enter								Did not enter
1985
1989
1991	Did not qualify								5	1	2	2	5	13
1993									2	1	0	1	5	4
1996									3	1	0	2	4	6
1998	Did not enter								Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify								3	1	1	1	2	4
2002									2	1	0	1	4	4
2003									5	2	0	3	12	9
2005	Did not enter								Did not enter
2007
2009
2011	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	17	1
2013									9	4	3	2	14	10
2015									6	2	1	3	15	11
2017									6	3	0	3	7	9
2019									4	2	0	2	9	4
2021									6	2	1	3	5	5
2023									6	2	2	2	8	7
Total		0/27							61	23	10	28	107	93

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2019−20	B	B	6	2	1	3	5	5		22nd
2022–23	B	D	6	2	2	2	8	7		22nd
Total			12	4	3	5	13	12	22nd

CONCACAF Nations League history
First match	Montserrat 2–1 Dominican Republic (7 September 2019; Lookout, Montserrat)
Biggest win	Dominican Republic 3–0 Saint Lucia (12 October 2019; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
Biggest defeat	El Salvador 2–0 Dominican Republic (19 November 2019; San Salvador, El Salvador) Guatemala 2–0 Dominican Republic (13 June 2022; Guatemala City, Guatemala)
Best result	—
Worst result	—

CFU Caribbean Cup

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
CFU Championship & Caribbean Cup record									Qualification record
1978	Did not enter								Did not enter
1979
1981
1983
1985
1988
1989
1990
1991	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	1	11	2	1	1	0	4	2
1992	Did not enter								Did not enter
1993	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	5	4
1994									1	0	0	1	0	1
1995									3	1	0	2	4	6
1996									2	0	1	1	1	7
1997	Withdrew								Withdrew
1998	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	3	6
1999									3	1	1	1	2	4
2001									2	1	0	1	4	4
2005	Withdrew								Withdrew
2007	Withdrew								6	3	0	3	12	11
2008	Did not enter								Did not enter
2010	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	17	1
2012	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	3	5	6	4	2	0	11	5
2014	Did not qualify								6	2	1	3	15	11
2017	Did not qualify								6	3	0	3	7	9
Total	Group stage	2/25	6	1	1	4	4	16	43	19	6	18	85	71

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not enter
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971	Preliminary round	12th	3	0	0	3	2	12
1975	Did not enter
1979	Preliminary round	12th	2	0	0	2	0	7
1983	Did not enter
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003	Preliminary round	8th	3	0	1	2	2	10
2007	Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify
2015
2019
2023	Qualified
Total	Preliminary round	4/19	8	0	1	7	4	29

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
"Dominican Republic - List of International Matches". Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
"Convocatoria para duelos de Liga de Naciones ante Guayana Francesa y Belice". Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
"Repubblica Dominicana vs. Belize - 28 marzo 2023 - Soccerway".

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
Dominican Republic FIFA profile

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[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[2] "Dominican Republic - List of International Matches". Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[3] "Convocatoria para duelos de Liga de Naciones ante Guayana Francesa y Belice". Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.

[4] "Repubblica Dominicana vs. Belize - 28 marzo 2023 - Soccerway".

Dominican Republic national football team
General	Dominican Football Federation History Managers
Venues	Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Estadio Cibao FC
Players	Footballer records
Performances	Caribbean Cup CONCACAF Nations League
Other Dominican teams	U23 U20 U17 Women's U23 U20 U17

National and regional football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Martin³ Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American region, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full or associate CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

National sports teams of the Dominican Republic
Badminton Baseball M W Basketball M M-U19 M-U17 W Beach handball M W Field hockey M W Handball M W Football M M-U20 W Rugby union Softball M W Tennis M W Volleyball M W W-U23 W-U20 W-U18
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