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	Miguel Lloyd
Most caps	César García, Jean Carlos López (52)
Top scorer	Jonathan Faña (24)
Home stadium	Estadio Cibao FC; Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez
FIFA code	DOM
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	150 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest	76 (October 2013)
Lowest	189 (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 26 October 2023, the Dominican Republic is currently ranked 149th 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 football 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

2023

16 June Friendly	Chile	4–0	Dominican Republic	Viña del Mar, Chile
20:30 UTC−4	Brereton 11', 17', 25' Barticciotto 45' (pen.), 58'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)

8 September 2023–24 Nations League	Dominican Republic	0–2	Nicaragua	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
19:00 UTC−4		Report	Acevedo 38', 41'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Patrick Senecharles (Haiti)

11 September 2023–24 Nations League	Dominican Republic	3–0	Montserrat	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
19:00 UTC−4	Dorsett 3' (o.g.) Romero 25', 64'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

13 October 2023–24 Nations League	Barbados	0–5	Dominican Republic	Wildey, Barbados
20:00 UTC−4		Report	Romero 7' Reyes 21' Griffith 45' (o.g.) Mörschel 57' Alba 88'	Stadium: Wildey Turf Referee: Benjamin Whitty (Cayman Islands)

16 October 2023–24 Nations League	Dominican Republic	5–2	Barbados	Santiago, Dominican Republic
22:00 UTC−4	Alba 17' Romero 30', 48', 79' Mörschel 59'	Report	Gale 10' (pen.), 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

17 November 2023–24 Nations League	Montserrat	2–1	Dominican Republic	Plymouth, Montserrat
15:00 UTC−4	Barzey 37' Simon 57'	Report	Reyes 75'	Stadium: Blakes Estate Stadium Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

21 November 2023–24 Nations League	Nicaragua	0–0	Dominican Republic	Managua, Nicaragua
20:00 UTC−6		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: Ignacio Fuentes (Guatemala)

2024

22 March Friendly	Dominican Republic	2–0	Aruba	Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
20:00 UTC−4	Sambataro 61' Japa 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC

26 March Friendly	Peru	4–1	Dominican Republic	Lima, Peru
20:00 UTC−4	Peña 18' Castillo 45+1' Quispe 54' Paolo Guerrero 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Lopez 58'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Referee: Braulio Da Silva Machado (Brazil)

5 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Jamaica	v	Dominican Republic	Kingston, Jamaica
				Stadium: Independence Park

10 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Dominican Republic	v	British Virgin Islands	San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
				Stadium: Estadio Panamericano

2025

5 June 2026 World Cup qualification

Guatemala

v

Dominican Republic

9 June 2026 World Cup qualification

Dominican Republic

v

Dominica

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 (1967–1974)
Carlos Cabañés (1975)
Décio Leite Leal (1986-1989)
Bernhard Zgoll (1991-1992)
Manfred Höner (1993-1994)
Juan Carretero (1995-1999)
Juan Emilio Mojica (2000–2002)
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)
Orlando Capellino (2017–2019)
David González (2019–2020)
Jacques Passy (2020–2021)
Iñaki Bea (2022)
Walter Benítez (2022-2023)
Marcelo Neveleff (2023–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the friendlies against Aruba and Peru on 22 and 27 March 2024 respectively.[3][4][5]

Caps and goals are correct as of 27 March 2024, after the match against Peru.[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Miguel Lloyd	(1982-10-23) 23 October 1982	50	0	Cibao
12	1GK	Noam Baumann	(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996	2	0	OFI Crete
20	1GK	Xavier Valdez	(2003-11-23) 23 November 2003	5	0	Houston Dynamo FC

2	2DF	Brayan Ademán	(2002-09-22) 22 September 2002	2	0	Laredo
4	2DF	Brian López	(1999-11-20) 20 November 1999	9	0	Real Santa Cruz
5	2DF	Miguel Ángel Beltré	(2003-08-12) 12 August 2003	0	0	Azuqueca
11	2DF	Luismi Quezada	(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996	2	0	Cibao
13	2DF	Michael Sambataro	(2002-12-04) 4 December 2002	7	1	Cibao
15	2DF	Kleffer Martes	(2003-01-13) 13 January 2003	0	0	Atlético Pantoja
17	2DF	Charbel Wehbe	(2004-05-08) 8 May 2004	2	0	Real Oviedo Vetusta
18	2DF	Jeremy Báez	(1999-11-21) 21 November 1999	5	0	Atlético Pantoja
22	2DF	César García	(1993-03-13) 13 March 1993	52	2	Oriente Petrolero
23	2DF	Luiyi de Lucas	(1994-08-31) 31 August 1994	16	0	AEL Limassol

3	3MF	Junior Firpo	(1996-08-22) 22 August 1996	2	0	Leeds United
6	3MF	Daniel Leonardo Flores	(2000-11-11) 11 November 2000	10	0	Royal Pari
8	3MF	Heinz Mörschel	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997	8	2	Újpest
10	3MF	Ronaldo Vásquez	(1999-06-30) 30 June 1999	34	3	Guabirá
14	3MF	Jean Carlos López	(1993-11-09) 9 November 1993	52	6	Real Santa Cruz
21	3MF	Lucas Bretón	(2006-11-20) 20 November 2006	1	0	Cibao

7	4FW	Luis Espinal	(1994-02-20) 20 February 1994	12	5	Atlético Pantoja
9	4FW	Erick Japa	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999	14	1	Guabirá
16	4FW	Carlos Ventura	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997	9	0	Oriente Petrolero
19	4FW	Riki Alba	(1995-03-02) 2 March 1995	5	2	Las Vegas Lights FC

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	Johan Guzmán	(1997-07-03) 3 July 1997	6	0	Formentera	vs. Nicaragua, 21 November 2023

DF	Alexander Romero	(2002-09-04) 4 September 2002	0	0	O&M	vs. Aruba, 22 March 2024
DF	Ismael Díaz	(1990-08-21) 21 August 1990	32	1	Cibao	vs. Nicaragua, 21 November 2023
DF	Ángel Melo	(1995-03-28) 28 March 1995	7	0	O&M	vs. Nicaragua, 21 November 2023
DF	Carlos Rossell	(1993-06-13) 13 June 1993	3	0	Moca	vs. Nicaragua, 21 November 2023
DF	Manny Rodríguez	(1998-05-23) 23 May 1998	7	1	Logroñés	vs. Barbados, 16 October 2023
DF	Alex Ciriaco	(2004-03-21) 21 March 2004	0	0	Ilves Tampere	vs. Barbados, 16 October 2023
DF	Guillermo de Peña	(2003-07-22) 22 July 2003	3	0	Moca	vs. Chile, 16 June 2023

MF	Fabian Messina	(2002-09-16) 16 September 2002	6	0	FSV Frankfurt	vs. Nicaragua, 21 November 2023
MF	Edison Azcona	(2003-11-21) 21 November 2003	7	0	Las Vegas Lights	vs. Barbados, 16 October 2023
MF	Carlos Heredia	(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998	15	2	Cibao	vs. Chile, 16 June 2023
MF	Arismendy Jiménez	(1997-08-27) 27 August 1997	6	0	Vega Real	vs. Chile, 16 June 2023
MF	Jesús Rosa	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001	1	0	Jarabacoa	vs. Chile, 16 June 2023
MF	Ángel Montes de Oca	(2003-02-18) 18 February 2003	0	0	Cibao	vs. Chile, 16 June 2023

FW	Dorny Romero	(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998	30	12	Aktobe	vs. Aruba, 23 March 2024 ^WD
FW	Edarlyn Reyes	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997	26	4	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	vs. Nicaragua, 21 November 2023
FW	Nowend Lorenzo	(2002-11-02) 2 November 2002	17	4	Osasuna B	vs. Nicaragua, 21 November 2023
FW	Juanca Pineda	(2000-01-12) 12 January 2000	4	0	Guadalajara	vs. Nicaragua, 21 November 2023
FW	Ányelo Gómez	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003	0	0	Jarabacoa	vs. Chile, 16 June 2023 ^WD
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

As of 26 March 2024[7]

Players in bold are still active with the Dominican Republic.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	César García	52	2	2010–present
1	Jean Carlos López	52	6	2013–present
3	Miguel Lloyd	50	0	2004–present
4	Jonathan Faña	47	24	2006–2022
4	Rafael Flores	47	0	2008–2021
6	Domingo Peralta	43	13	2010–2021
7	Kerbi Rodríguez	38	10	2006–2015
8	Hansley Martínez	33	0	2011–2021
9	Ismael Díaz	32	1	2014–present
9	Ronaldo Vásquez	32	3	2017–present

Top goalscorers

Jonathan Faña is Dominican Republic's top scorer with 24 goals.

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	Dorny Romero	12	30	0.4	2019–present
4	Kerbi Rodríguez	10	38	0.26	2006–2015
5	Darly Batista	9	18	0.5	2006–2019
5	Erick Ozuna	9	30	0.3	2010–2019
7	Inoel Navarro	7	16	0.44	2010–2015
7	Omar Zapata	7	18	0.39	1992–2004
9	Edipo Rodríguez	6	28	0.21	2014–2019
9	Jean Carlos López	6	52	0.12	2013–present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup									Qualification
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pld	W	D	L	F	A
1930 to 1958	Not a FIFA member								Not a FIFA member
1962 to 1974	Did not enter								Did not enter
1978	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	0	6
1982 to 1990	Did not enter								Declined participation
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
2030
2034
Total		0/16							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
League										Finals
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	Finals	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2019–20	B	B	6	2	1	3	5	5		2021	Did not qualify
2022–23	B	D	6	2	2	2	8	7		2023
2023–24	B	B	6	3	1	2	14	6		2024
2024–25	B	To be determined								2025
Total	—	—	18	7	4	7	27	18	—	Total	0 Titles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

CONCACAF Nations League history
First match	Montserrat 2–1 Dominican Republic (7 September 2019; Lookout, Montserrat)
Biggest win	Barbados 0–5 Dominican Republic (13 October 2023; Wildey, Barbados)
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	6th	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	4	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	6th	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. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
"Dominican Republic - List of International Matches". Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
"Convocatoria Fech FIFA Marzo 2024". Instagram FEDOFUTBOL (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2024.
"Sedofútbol Absoluta y Sub-23 realizaron cambios en sus convocatorias para partidos de marzo" (in Spanish). Dominican Football Federation. 17 March 2024.
"República Dominicana Absoluta y Sub-23 ante Perú y Paraguay este martes" (in Spanish). Dominican Football Federation. 25 March 2024.
https://it.soccerway.com/matches/2024/03/27/world/friendlies/peru/dominican-republic/4309124/
"Dominican Republic". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
Dominican Republic – FIFA profile (archived 25 October 2007)

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[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

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

[3] "Convocatoria Fech FIFA Marzo 2024". Instagram FEDOFUTBOL (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[4] "Sedofútbol Absoluta y Sub-23 realizaron cambios en sus convocatorias para partidos de marzo" (in Spanish). Dominican Football Federation. 17 March 2024.

[5] "República Dominicana Absoluta y Sub-23 ante Perú y Paraguay este martes" (in Spanish). Dominican Football Federation. 25 March 2024.

[6] ttps://it.soccerway.com/matches/2024/03/27/world/friendlies/peru/dominican-republic/4309124/

[7] "Dominican Republic". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

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 Futsal Rugby union Softball M W Tennis M W Volleyball M W W-U23 W-U20 W-U18
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