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Dominican Republic

Nickname(s)

Los Quisqueyanos
(The Quisqueyanos)

Association

Federación Dominicana de Fútbol

Confederation

CONCACAF (North America)

Sub-confederation

CFU (Caribbean)

Head coach

Wálter Benítez

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

154

(7 February 2019)

Highest

78 (October 2013)

Lowest

190 (December 2009)

Elo ranking

Current

143

7 (3 March 2019)

Highest

139 (7 December 2012)

Lowest

188 (early 1993)

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. The Dominican Republic is one of the few Caribbean nations where football is not the most popular sport. As a result, the Dominican Republic's most popular sport is baseball, which diverts away from many football talents and contributes to its lack of success in any major tournament qualification. As of 2022, the Dominican Republic has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, nor the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

History
Results and fixtures
- 2022
- 2023
Coaching staff
- Coaching history
Players
- Current squad
- Recent callups
Records
- Most appearances
- Top goalscorers
Competitive record
See also

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.

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.

2022

Nations League 2 June	Belize	0–2	Dominican Republic	Belmopan, Belize
16:00 UTC−6		https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626376	López 20' Romero 67'	Stadium: FFB Stadium Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)

Nations League 5 June	Dominican Republic	2–3	French Guiana	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
19:00 UTC−4	Romero 20' López 51'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626303	Sarrucco 16' Baal 71' Abelinti 78'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

Nations League 10 June	Dominican Republic	1–1	Guatemala	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
19:00 UTC−4	Lorenzo 12'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626323	Santis 26'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

Nations League 13 June	Guatemala	2–0	Dominican Republic	Guatemala City, Guatemala
18:00 UTC−6	Méndez 32', 78' (pen.)	https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626341		Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

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

Friendly 15 November	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

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

2023

Nations League 24 March	French Guiana	v	Dominican Republic	Cayenne, French Guiana
				Stadium: Stade Georges-Chaumet

Nations League 27 March	Dominican Republic	v	Belize	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez

Coaching staff

Role	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Iñaki Bea	Spain
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–)

Players

Current squad

The following 19 players were called up for the friendly matches against Cuba on 15 and 18 November 2022.

Caps and goals are correct as of 19 November 2022, after the second match against Cuba

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Baroni, AlessandroAlessandro Baroni	(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 (age 24)	1	0	O&M
1GK	Bello, OmryOmry Bello	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 20)	1	0	O&M

2DF	García, CésarCésar García	(1993-03-13) 13 March 1993 (age 30)	43	2	Real Santa Cruz
2DF	Díaz, IsmaelIsmael Díaz	(1990-08-21) 21 August 1990 (age 33)	27	1	Cibao
2DF	Trinidad, ErnestoErnesto Trinidad	(1996-01-02) 2 January 1996 (age 27)	3	0	Moca
2DF	López, BrianBrian López	(1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 24)	1	0	Atlético Pantoja
2DF	Made, JaysonJayson Made	(2001-09-07) 7 September 2001 (age 22)	0	0	Atlético Pantoja
2DF	Melo, YoanYoan Melo	(1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 28)	1	0	Jarabacoa
2DF	Rossell, CarlosCarlos Rossell	(1993-06-13) 13 June 1993 (age 30)	1	0	Moca
2DF	Tineo, JacksonJackson Tineo	(1992-11-01) 1 November 1992 (age 31)	1	0	O&M

3MF	Vásquez, RonaldoRonaldo Vásquez	(1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 24)	25	3	Atlético Pantoja
3MF	López, Jean CarlosJean Carlos López	(1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 30)	42	5	Cibao
3MF	Jiménez, AlexanderAlexander Jiménez	(1997-08-27) 27 August 1997 (age 26)	6	0	Vega Real
3MF	Rosado, RobertRobert Rosado	(1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 28)	1	0	Atlético Pantoja
3MF	Leonardo Flores, DanielDaniel Leonardo Flores	(2000-11-11) 11 November 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Jarabacoa
3MF	Mensù, Diefry SandyDiefry Sandy Mensù	(2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Cibao

4FW	Faña, JonathanJonathan Faña ^RET	(1987-04-11) 11 April 1987 (age 36)	47	24	Retired
4FW	Reyes, EdarlynEdarlyn Reyes	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 26)	18	1	Always Ready
4FW	Romero, DornyDorny Romero	(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 25)	21	6	Always Ready
4FW	Japa, ErickErick Japa	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 24)	5	0	Cibao
4FW	Azcona, EdisonEdison Azcona	(2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 20)	3	0	Inter Miami FC
4FW	de Peña Rosario, Guillermo RonaldoGuillermo Ronaldo de Peña Rosario	(2003-07-22) 22 July 2003 (age 20)	2	0

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	Lloyd, MiguelMiguel Lloyd	(1982-10-23) 23 October 1982 (age 41)	48	0	Cibao	vs. Guatemala, 10 June 2022
GK	Guzmán, JohanJohan Guzmán	(1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 26)	5	0	Guijuelo	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
GK	Santurro, AntonioAntonio Santurro	(1992-02-29) 29 February 1992 (age 31)	3	0	Parma	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
GK	Díaz, RafaelRafael Díaz	(1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 32)	5	0	Monterey Bay	Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
GK	Campana, DaniloDanilo Campana	(1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 24)	0	0	Delfines del Este	Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022

DF	Bonnín, TanoTano Bonnín	(1990-06-30) 30 June 1990 (age 33)	20	1	Vibonese	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF	Martínez, Carlos JulioCarlos Julio Martínez	(1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 29)	20	0	Miedź Legnica	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF	Natalucci, AntonioAntonio Natalucci	(2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 23)	7	0	Monopoli	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF	Rodríguez, MannyManny Rodríguez	(1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 25)	5	1	SD Logroñés	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF	Schoissengeyr, ChristianChristian Schoissengeyr	(1994-10-18) 18 October 1994 (age 29)	3	0	Domžale	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF	Urbáez, JoaoJoao Urbáez	(2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 21)	3	0	Alcorcón B	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF	Jiménez, ÁlexÁlex Jiménez	(2002-01-13) 13 January 2002 (age 21)	1	0	San Cristóbal	Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
DF	Quezada, LuismiLuismi Quezada	(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 27)	0	0	Surkhon Termez	Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
DF	Schwieren, ChristianChristian Schwieren	(2003-02-09) 9 February 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Unattached	Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022

MF	Heredia, CarlosCarlos Heredia	(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998 (age 25)	13	1	Cibao	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
MF	Lavergne, GerardGerard Lavergne	(1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 24)	11	0	Atlético Pantoja	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
MF	Messina, FabianFabian Messina	(2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 21)	4	0	FSV Frankfurt	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
MF	Martínez, KelvinKelvin Martínez	(1997-09-11) 11 September 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Jarabacoa	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
MF	Núñez, RafaelRafael Núñez	(2002-01-25) 25 January 2002 (age 21)	3	0	Almería B	Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
MF	Coordes, LuisLuis Coordes	(1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 24)	1	0	FC Teutonia Ottensen	Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
MF	Ventura, CarlosCarlos Ventura	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 26)	1	0	Mazarrón	Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
MF	Álvarez, YordyYordy Álvarez	(2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Delfines del Este	Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
MF	Montes de Oca, AngelAngel Montes de Oca	(2003-02-18) 18 February 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Cibao	Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022

FW	Lorenzo, NowendNowend Lorenzo	(2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 21)	9	3	Izarra	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
FW	Sueva, GianluigiGianluigi Sueva	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 22)	4	0	Olbia	vs. Guatemala, 13 June 2022
FW	Baldé, AlbertoAlberto Baldé	(2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 21)	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

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	Domingo Peralta	43	13	2010–2021
4	César García	43	2	2010–present
6	Jean Carlos López	42	5	2013–present
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	20	0.3	2019–present
9	Luís Espinal	5	9	0.56	2016–2019
9	Jean Carlos López	5	42	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		0/23							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
Total		0/26							55	21	8	26	99	86

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	To be determined
Total			6	2	1	3	5	5	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)
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	qualify
Total	Preliminary round	4/19	8	0	1	7	4	29