Dominican Republic national football team facts for kids
Nickname(s) | Los Quisqueyanos (The Quisqueyanos) |
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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 |
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FIFA code | DOM | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 154 ![]() |
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Highest | 76 (October 2013) | ||
Lowest | 189 (December 2009) | ||
Elo ranking | |||
Current | 143 ![]() |
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Highest | 139 (7 December 2012) | ||
Lowest | 188 (early 1993) | ||
First international | |||
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Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
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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.
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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.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2023
Friendly 16 June | Chile ![]() |
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Viña del Mar, Chile | ||
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https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/06/17/world/friendlies/chile/dominican-republic/4073578/ | Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina) |
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2023–24 Nations League 8 September | Dominican Republic ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||
19:00 UTC−4 | https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=712926 | Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Patrick Senecharles (Haiti) |
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2023–24 Nations League 11 September | Dominican Republic ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||
19:00 UTC−4 | https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=712939 | Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica) |
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2023–24 Nations League 13 October | Barbados ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
Wildey, Barbados | ||
20:00 UTC−4 | https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=712961 | Stadium: Wildey Turf Referee: Benjamin Whitty (Cayman Islands) |
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2023–24 Nations League 16 October | Dominican Republic ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
Santiago, Dominican Republic | ||
22:00 UTC−4 | https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=712973 | Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States) |
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2023–24 Nations League 17 November | Montserrat ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Plymouth, Montserrat | ||
15:00 UTC−4 | https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=712988 | Stadium: Blakes Estate Stadium Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba) |
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2023–24 Nations League 21 November | Nicaragua ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Managua, Nicaragua | ||
20:00 UTC−6 | https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=712997 | Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: Ignacio Fuentes (Guatemala) |
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2024
Friendly 22 March | Dominican Republic ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | ||
20:00 UTC−4 | https://it.soccerway.com/matches/2024/03/23/world/friendlies/dominican-republic/aruba/4320206/ | Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC |
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Friendly 26 March | Peru ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
Lima, Peru | ||
20:00 UTC−4 |
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https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/697144/dominican-republic-peru | Stadium: Estadio Monumental Referee: Braulio Da Silva Machado (Brazil) |
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2026 World Cup qualification 5 June | Jamaica ![]() |
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2026 World Cup qualification 10 June | Dominican Republic ![]() |
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2025
2026 World Cup qualification 5 June | Guatemala ![]() |
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2026 World Cup qualification 9 June | Dominican Republic ![]() |
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Coaching staff
Role | Name | Nationality |
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Head coach | Marcelo Neveleff | ![]() |
Assistant coach | Inaki Goikoetxea | ![]() |
Assistant coach | Juan Francisco Roldán | ![]() |
Goalkeeper trainer | Dani Gimenez | ![]() |
Fitness trainer | Juan Manuel Alcedo | ![]() |
Athletic trainer | Juanma Alcedo | ![]() |
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.
Caps and goals are correct as of 27 March 2024, after the match against Peru.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Miguel Lloyd | 23 October 1982 | 50 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | GK | Noam Baumann | 10 April 1996 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
20 | GK | Xavier Valdez | 23 November 2003 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
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2 | DF | Brayan Ademán | 22 September 2002 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Brian López | 20 November 1999 | 9 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Miguel Ángel Beltré | 12 August 2003 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
11 | DF | Luismi Quezada | 11 February 1996 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
13 | DF | Michael Sambataro | 4 December 2002 | 7 | 1 | ![]() |
15 | DF | Kleffer Martes | 13 January 2003 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | DF | Charbel Wehbe | 8 May 2004 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | DF | Jeremy Báez | 21 November 1999 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
22 | DF | César García | 13 March 1993 | 52 | 2 | ![]() |
23 | DF | Luiyi de Lucas | 31 August 1994 | 16 | 0 | ![]() |
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3 | MF | Junior Firpo | 22 August 1996 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Daniel Leonardo Flores | 11 November 2000 | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Heinz Mörschel | 24 August 1997 | 8 | 2 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Ronaldo Vásquez | 30 June 1999 | 34 | 3 | ![]() |
14 | MF | Jean Carlos López | 9 November 1993 | 52 | 6 | ![]() |
21 | MF | Lucas Bretón | 20 November 2006 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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7 | FW | Luis Espinal | 20 February 1994 | 12 | 5 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Erick Japa | 6 April 1999 | 14 | 1 | ![]() |
16 | FW | Carlos Ventura | 24 August 1997 | 9 | 0 | ![]() |
19 | FW | Riki Alba | 2 March 1995 | 5 | 2 | ![]() |
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 |
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GK | Johan Guzmán | 3 July 1997 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Alexander Romero | 4 September 2002 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Ismael Díaz | 21 August 1990 | 32 | 1 | ![]() |
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DF | Ángel Melo | 28 March 1995 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Carlos Rossell | 13 June 1993 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Manny Rodríguez | 23 May 1998 | 7 | 1 | ![]() |
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DF | Alex Ciriaco | 21 March 2004 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Guillermo de Peña | 22 July 2003 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Fabian Messina | 16 September 2002 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Edison Azcona | 21 November 2003 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Carlos Heredia | 28 September 1998 | 15 | 2 | ![]() |
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MF | Arismendy Jiménez | 27 August 1997 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Jesús Rosa | 22 April 2001 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Ángel Montes de Oca | 18 February 2003 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Dorny Romero | 24 January 1998 | 30 | 12 | ![]() |
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FW | Edarlyn Reyes | 30 September 1997 | 26 | 4 | ![]() |
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FW | Nowend Lorenzo | 2 November 2002 | 17 | 4 | ![]() |
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FW | Juanca Pineda | 12 January 2000 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Ányelo Gómez | 2 January 2003 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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Records
- Players in bold are still active with the Dominican Republic.
Most appearances
Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
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1 | César García | 52 | 2 | 2010–present |
Jean Carlos López | 52 | 6 | 2013–present | |
3 | Miguel Lloyd | 50 | 0 | 2004–present |
4 | Jonathan Faña | 47 | 24 | 2006–2022 |
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 |
Ronaldo Vásquez | 32 | 3 | 2017–present |
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
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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 |
Erick Ozuna | 9 | 30 | 0.3 | 2010–2019 | |
7 | Inoel Navarro | 7 | 16 | 0.44 | 2010–2015 |
Omar Zapata | 7 | 18 | 0.39 | 1992–2004 | |
9 | Edipo Rodríguez | 6 | 28 | 0.21 | 2014–2019 |
Jean Carlos López | 6 | 52 | 0.12 | 2013–present |
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
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1930 to 1958 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | |||||||||||||
1962 to 1974 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
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Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1982 to 1990 | Did not enter | Declined participation | |||||||||||||
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | |||||||||
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | |||||||||
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||
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Total | 0/16 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 50 | 54 |
CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
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Did not qualify | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
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Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | |||||||||
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Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | ||||||||
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9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | |||||||||
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||
Total | 0/27 | 61 | 23 | 10 | 28 | 107 | 93 |
CONCACAF Nations League
CONCACAF Nations League record | ||||||||||
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Season | Division | Group | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | RK |
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B | B | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ![]() |
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B | D | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | ![]() |
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Total | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 22nd |
CONCACAF Nations League history | |
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First match | ![]() ![]() (7 September 2019; Lookout, Montserrat) |
Biggest win | ![]() ![]() (13 October 2023; Wildey, Barbados) |
Biggest defeat | ![]() ![]() (19 November 2019; San Salvador, El Salvador) ![]() ![]() (13 June 2022; Guatemala City, Guatemala) |
Best result | — |
Worst result | — |
CFU Caribbean Cup
Pan American Games
See also
In Spanish: Selección de fútbol de la República Dominicana para niños
- Dominican Republic national under-23 football team
- Dominican Republic national under-20 football team
- Dominican Republic national under-17 football team
- Football in the Dominican Republic