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Dominican Republic
Shirt badge/Association crest
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 Steady (7 February 2019)
Highest 78 (October 2013)
Lowest 190 (December 2009)
Elo ranking
Current 143 Increase 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] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) 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

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

2023

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

  • Bolivia Fortunato Quispe Mendoza (1968–1974)
  • Cuba Carlos Cabañés (1975)
  • Germany Bernhard Zgoll (1992)
  • Dominican Republic Juan Carretero (1996)
  • Dominican Republic Juan Emilio Mojica (2000–2002)
  • Dominican Republic Santiago Morel (2002)
  • Spain Carmelo Oliva (2003)
  • Cuba William Bennett (2004–2005)
  • Serbia Ljubomir Crnokrak (2005–2007)
  • Dominican Republic Juan Emilio Mojica (2008–2009)
  • Cuba Clemente Domingo Hernández (2010–2014)
  • Colombia José Eugenio Hernández (2015)
  • Dominican Republic Juan Emilio Mojica (2015)
  • Spain Roberto Díaz Bernabé (2015–2016)
  • Dominican Republic Juan Emilio Mojica (2017)
  • Uruguay Orlando Capellino (2017–2019)
  • Spain David González (2019–2020)
  • Mexico Jacques Passy (2020–2021)
  • Spain 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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Baroni, AlessandroAlessandro Baroni (1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 (age 24) 1 0 Dominican Republic O&M
1GK Bello, OmryOmry Bello (2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 20) 1 0 Dominican Republic O&M

2DF García, CésarCésar García (1993-03-13) 13 March 1993 (age 31) 43 2 Bolivia Real Santa Cruz
2DF Díaz, IsmaelIsmael Díaz (1990-08-21) 21 August 1990 (age 33) 27 1 Dominican Republic Cibao
2DF Trinidad, ErnestoErnesto Trinidad (1996-01-02) 2 January 1996 (age 28) 3 0 Dominican Republic Moca
2DF López, BrianBrian López (1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 24) 1 0 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja
2DF Made, JaysonJayson Made (2001-09-07) 7 September 2001 (age 22) 0 0 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja
2DF Melo, YoanYoan Melo (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Dominican Republic Jarabacoa
2DF Rossell, CarlosCarlos Rossell (1993-06-13) 13 June 1993 (age 30) 1 0 Dominican Republic Moca
2DF Tineo, JacksonJackson Tineo (1992-11-01) 1 November 1992 (age 31) 1 0 Dominican Republic O&M

3MF Vásquez, RonaldoRonaldo Vásquez (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 24) 25 3 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja
3MF López, Jean CarlosJean Carlos López (1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 30) 42 5 Dominican Republic Cibao
3MF Jiménez, AlexanderAlexander Jiménez (1997-08-27) 27 August 1997 (age 26) 6 0 Dominican Republic Vega Real
3MF Rosado, RobertRobert Rosado (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 28) 1 0 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja
3MF Leonardo Flores, DanielDaniel Leonardo Flores (2000-11-11) 11 November 2000 (age 23) 1 0 Dominican Republic Jarabacoa
3MF Mensù, Diefry SandyDiefry Sandy Mensù (2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 (age 19) 2 0 Dominican Republic 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 Bolivia Always Ready
4FW Romero, DornyDorny Romero (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26) 21 6 Bolivia Always Ready
4FW Japa, ErickErick Japa (1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 24) 5 0 Dominican Republic Cibao
4FW Azcona, EdisonEdison Azcona (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 20) 3 0 United States Inter Miami FC
4FW de Peña Rosario, Guillermo RonaldoGuillermo Ronaldo de Peña Rosario (2003-07-22) 22 July 2003 (age 20) 2 0 Dominican Republic

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

DF Bonnín, TanoTano Bonnín (1990-06-30) 30 June 1990 (age 33) 20 1 Italy Vibonese vs.  Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF Martínez, Carlos JulioCarlos Julio Martínez (1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 30) 20 0 Poland Miedź Legnica vs.  Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF Natalucci, AntonioAntonio Natalucci (2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 23) 7 0 Italy Monopoli vs.  Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF Rodríguez, MannyManny Rodríguez (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 25) 5 1 Spain SD Logroñés vs.  Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF Schoissengeyr, ChristianChristian Schoissengeyr (1994-10-18) 18 October 1994 (age 29) 3 0 Slovenia Domžale vs.  Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF Urbáez, JoaoJoao Urbáez (2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 21) 3 0 Spain Alcorcón B vs.  Guatemala, 13 June 2022
DF Jiménez, ÁlexÁlex Jiménez (2002-01-13) 13 January 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Spain San Cristóbal Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
DF Quezada, LuismiLuismi Quezada (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Uzbekistan Surkhon Termez Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
DF Schwieren, ChristianChristian Schwieren (2003-02-09) 9 February 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Unattached Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022

MF Heredia, CarlosCarlos Heredia (1998-09-28) 28 September 1998 (age 25) 13 1 Dominican Republic Cibao vs.  Guatemala, 13 June 2022
MF Lavergne, GerardGerard Lavergne (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25) 11 0 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja vs.  Guatemala, 13 June 2022
MF Messina, FabianFabian Messina (2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 21) 4 0 Germany FSV Frankfurt vs.  Guatemala, 13 June 2022
MF Martínez, KelvinKelvin Martínez (1997-09-11) 11 September 1997 (age 26) 0 0 Dominican Republic Jarabacoa vs.  Guatemala, 13 June 2022
MF Núñez, RafaelRafael Núñez (2002-01-25) 25 January 2002 (age 22) 3 0 Spain Almería B Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
MF Coordes, LuisLuis Coordes (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 25) 1 0 Germany FC Teutonia Ottensen Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
MF Ventura, CarlosCarlos Ventura (1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 26) 1 0 Spain Mazarrón Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
MF Álvarez, YordyYordy Álvarez (2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 18) 0 0 Dominican Republic Delfines del Este Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022
MF Montes de Oca, AngelAngel Montes de Oca (2003-02-18) 18 February 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Dominican Republic Cibao Training sessions, 21–27 March 2022

FW Lorenzo, NowendNowend Lorenzo (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 21) 9 3 Spain Izarra vs.  Guatemala, 13 June 2022
FW Sueva, GianluigiGianluigi Sueva (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) 4 0 Italy Olbia vs.  Guatemala, 13 June 2022
FW Baldé, AlbertoAlberto Baldé (2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 22) 2 0 Northern Ireland 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
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
Erick Ozuna 9 30 0.3 2010–2019
6 Inoel Navarro 7 16 0.44 2010–2015
Omar Zapata 7 18 0.39 1992–2004
8 Edipo Rodríguez 6 28 0.21 2014–2019
Dorny Romero 6 20 0.3 2019–present
9 Luís Espinal 5 9 0.56 2016–2019
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
Uruguay 1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962 Did not enter Did not enter
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 6
Spain 1982 Did not enter Declined participation
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 3
France 1998 6 3 1 2 9 16
South Korea Japan 2002 4 2 0 2 6 5
Germany 2006 4 1 1 2 6 6
South Africa 2010 1 0 0 1 0 1
Brazil 2014 8 4 2 2 18 8
Russia 2018 2 0 0 2 1 5
Qatar 2022 4 2 1 1 8 4
Canada Mexico United States 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
El Salvador 1963 Did not enter Did not enter
Guatemala 1965
Honduras 1967
Costa Rica 1969
Trinidad and Tobago 1971
Haiti 1973
Mexico 1977 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 6
Honduras 1981 Did not enter Did not enter
1985
1989
United States 1991 Did not qualify 5 1 2 2 5 13
United States Mexico 1993 2 1 0 1 5 4
United States 1996 3 1 0 2 4 6
United States 1998 Did not enter Did not enter
United States 2000 Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 2 4
United States 2002 2 1 0 1 4 4
United States Mexico 2003 5 2 0 3 12 9
United States 2005 Did not enter Did not enter
United States 2007
United States 2009
United States 2011 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 17 1
United States 2013 9 4 3 2 14 10
United States Canada 2015 6 2 1 3 15 11
United States 2017 6 3 0 3 7 9
Costa Rica Jamaica United States 2019 4 2 0 2 9 4
United States 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
United States 2019−20 B B 6 2 1 3 5 5 Same position 22nd
2022–23 B D To be determined
Total 6 2 1 3 5 5 22nd

CFU Caribbean Cup

CFU Championship & Caribbean Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Trinidad and Tobago 1978 Did not enter Did not enter
Suriname 1979
Puerto Rico 1981
French Guiana 1983
Barbados 1985
Martinique 1988
Barbados 1989
Trinidad and Tobago 1990
Jamaica 1991 Group stage 8th 3 0 1 2 1 11 2 1 1 0 4 2
Trinidad and Tobago 1992 Did not enter Did not enter
Jamaica 1993 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 5 4
Trinidad and Tobago 1994 1 0 0 1 0 1
Cayman Islands Jamaica 1995 3 1 0 2 4 6
Trinidad and Tobago 1996 2 0 1 1 1 7
Antigua and Barbuda Saint Kitts and Nevis 1997 Withdrew Withdrew
Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago 1998 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 3 6
Trinidad and Tobago 1999 3 1 1 1 2 4
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 2 1 0 1 4 4
Barbados 2005 Withdrew Withdrew
Trinidad and Tobago 2007 6 3 0 3 12 11
Jamaica 2008 Did not enter Did not enter
Martinique 2010 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 17 1
Antigua and Barbuda 2012 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 3 5 6 4 2 0 11 5
Jamaica 2014 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 15 11
Martinique 2017 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
Argentina 1951 Did not enter
Mexico 1955
United States 1959
Brazil 1963
Canada 1967
Colombia 1971 Preliminary round 12th 3 0 0 3 2 12
Mexico 1975 Did not enter
Puerto Rico 1979 Preliminary round 12th 2 0 0 2 0 7
Venezuela 1983 Did not enter
United States 1987
Cuba 1991
Argentina 1995
Canada 1999
Dominican Republic 2003 Preliminary round 8th 3 0 1 2 2 10
Brazil 2007 Did not enter
Mexico 2011 Did not qualify
Canada 2015
Peru 2019
Chile 2023 qualify
Total Preliminary round 4/19 8 0 1 7 4 29

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Selección de fútbol de la República Dominicana para niños

  • Dominican Republic national under-20 football team
  • Dominican Republic national under-17 football team
  • Football in the Dominican Republic
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