Dominican Republic women's national football team

Dominican Republic
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Las Quisqueyanas (The Quisqueyanas)
AssociationDominican Football Federation
ConfederationCONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)
Head coachHenry Parra
CaptainVanessa Kara
Top scorerBetzaida Ubri (15)
FIFA codeDOM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 106 Increase 3 (25 August 2023)[1]
Highest81 (March 2009)
Lowest113 (December 2021)
First international
 Dominican Republic 2–2 Saint Lucia 
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 10 July 2002)
Biggest win
 Dominican Republic 17–0 British Virgin Islands 
(Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic; 5 October 2007)
Biggest defeat
 United States 14–0 Dominican Republic 
(Vancouver, Canada; 20 January 2012)

The Dominican Republic women's national football team (Spanish: Selección femenina de fútbol de República Dominicana) represents the Dominican Republic in international women's football. The team is governed by the Dominican Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Dominicana de Fútbol) and competes in CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American, and Caribbean Association Football) women's competitions.

History

The beginning

The Dominican team played its first international match in 2002 against Saint Lucia as a part of the CFU qualifying tournament for the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. in which the Dominican Republic draw Saint Lucia 2–2. on matchday two the team faced the Bahamian Team achieving their first-ever win with a score of three to nil. they lost their last game to Haiti conceding two goals to end third after Saint Lucia surpass them on superior goal difference. one year after, the team entered the CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification for the first time with the Dominican republic hosting Haiti for two-legged matches in the Estadio Panamericano. in which it suffered a 2–10 aggregate defeat against the inaugural CFU women's Caribbean Cup Champions Haiti. after the first match's seven-nil loss, the Dominicans fought well in their second-leg game losing 2–3 in a match where they lead the halftime 2–1.

Improvement

the 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Qualifying marked an improvement as the Dominican Republic topped the first round Group A undefeated, advancing to the second round they been drawn together with the Host Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. Los Quisqueyanos kicked their second round with a two-nil win against Suriname. losing to the Tobagonian team to end second after Trinidad and Tobago, which qualified for the final tournament. the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification saw a better performance from the team. as they won their first game four to nil against the U.S. Virgin Islands, their second match was a historical moment for the women's football in the Dominican Republic, as the National team trashed the British Virgin Islands by a scoreline never before seen in the entire CONCACAF region for international football. The margin of 17 clear goals, while keeping a clean sheet, is unrivaled in football in the history of the game across the CONCACAF region in all international competitions.[2] with their final and decisive match against Cuba. the team dominated the first half scoring the first goal however Cuba Managed to score the equalizer and a last-minute goal to eliminate the Dominicans. 2011 marked history for the Dominican team as they qualified for their first CONCACAF tournament (2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament) after finishing top of the group B undefeated beating Dominica, Bermuda and Trinidad and Tobago. qualifying for the first continental tournament, Dominican Republic was drawn with the world's most successful team the United States. Mexico and Cuba. the team opened its tournament with a 0–14 loss against the United States which is the biggest defeat the team has received in its history. losing the two other matches the Dominican Republic finished last. in the last years, the Dominican team maintains a good performance, the team entered several tournaments including the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championships qualification, and CONCACAF W championship qualification finishing second.

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.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

9 April Friendly Panama  4–3  Dominican Republic Panama City, Panama
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
13 July Friendly Puerto Rico  1–1  Dominican Republic Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
19:00 UTC−4
  • Rodríguez 90+1'
Report
Stadium: Mayagüez Athletics Stadium
16 July Friendly Puerto Rico  0–0  Dominican Republic TBC, Puerto Rico
--:-- UTC−4
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification League B Bermuda  2–0  Dominican Republic Devonshire Parish
17:00
17:00 (UTC−3)
  • Masters 10', 45+1'
Report Stadium: National Sports Centre
Referee: Karen Hernandez (Mexico)[citation needed]
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification League B Dominican Republic  3–0  Barbados Santo Domingo
19:00
19:00 (UTC−4)
Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)[citation needed]

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 19 September 2023.[3][4]
Role Name
Head coach Henry Parra
Assistant coach Manuela Lareo
Assistant coach Luís "Bolocho" Lluberes
GK Coach Juan David Cruz
Physical Coach Yinson Pulgarín

Manager history

Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Winning % Notes Ref.
Spain Jose Rubio 2021–2022 0 0 0 0 0%

(If statistics are unavailable, display former coaches in bulleted list form)

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Odaliana Gómez (2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 19) 4 0 United States Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
12 1GK Mirda Minyety (2003-03-30) 30 March 2003 (age 20) 0 0 Dominican Republic 5 de Abril
1GK Nathalie Martinez caps= {caps} Dominican Republic

3 2DF Lynette Ureña (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 23) 5 0 United States Eagle FC
2DF Keisla Gil United States
5 2DF Nadia Colón (2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 (age 21) 4 0 United States Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
20 2DF Brianne Reed (1994-05-02) 2 May 1994 (age 29) 8 0 Australia South Melbourne
6 2DF Yomerci Brito (2001-08-11) 11 August 2001 (age 22) 0 0 Dominican Republic 5 de Abril
2DF Paola Then United States
19 2DF Gabriella Cuevas (1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 30) 8 1 Poland UKS SMS Łódź

11 3MF Jazlyn Moya (1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 26) 5 0 United States Eagle FC
3MF Kharina Diaz
3MF Liliane Clase (2003-07-29) 29 July 2003 (age 20) 6 0 United States Angelina Roadrunners
3MF Emma Ostrpolsky
7 3MF Winibian Peralta (1997-03-19) 19 March 1997 (age 26) 17 0 Costa Rica Municipal Pérez Zeledón
3MF Jaylen Vallecillo

4FW Maria Torreira
14 4FW Lucía Marte (captain) (1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 (age 26) 6 0 England Watford
10 4FW Vanessa Kara (1996-11-27) 27 November 1996 (age 26) 8 5 Unattached
13 4FW Cheila Acosta (1999-11-06) 6 November 1999 (age 23) 0 0 Dominican Republic Bob Soccer School
18 3MF Claudia Alcántara (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 23) 0 0 Dominican Republic Santa Fe
3MF Alyssa Oviedo

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Dominican Republic squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

DF Alexa Pacheco (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 20) 3 0 United States Goldey–Beacom Lightning v.  Panama, 6 April 2023
DF Gabriella Marte (2003-01-27) 27 January 2003 (age 20) 6 0 United States Hofstra Pride v.  Panama, 6 April 2020
DF Juliette Barbush (2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 19) 0 0 United States Kennesaw State Owls v.  Panama, 6 April 2023

MF Jazlyn Oviedo (2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 (age 21) 11 1 United States Vermont Catamounts v.  Panama, 6 April 2023

FW Mía Asenjo (2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 (age 20) 1 1 United States UCF Knights v.  Panama, 6 April 2023
FW Kathrynn González (2000-07-12) 12 July 2000 (age 23) 3 1 Denmark Thisted v.  Panama, 6 April 2023
FW Yoana Peralta (1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 (age 24) 1 0 Unattached v.  Panama, 6 April 2023

Records

As of 30 November 2022

*Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
China 1991 did not enter
Sweden 1995
United States 1999
United States 2003 did not qualify
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015
France 2019
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 to be determined
Total - - - - - - -
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record Qualifying record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
United States 1996 did not enter 1995 FIFA WWC
Australia 2000 1999 FIFA WWC
Greece 2004 did not qualify 2 0 0 2 2 10
China 2008 3 2 0 1 22 2
United Kingdom 2012 6 3 0 3 5 27
Brazil 2016 2 1 0 1 11 6
Japan 2020 4 2 2 0 4 0
France 2024 to be determined
Total - - - - - - - - 17 8 2 7 44 45
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF W Championship

CONCACAF W Championship record Qualification record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
Haiti 1991 did not enter did not enter
United States 1993
Canada 1994
Canada 1998
United States 2000
United StatesCanada 2002 did not qualify 3 1 1 1 5 4
United States 2006 5 4 0 1 13 9
Mexico 2010 2 1 0 1 4 3
United States 2014 2014 Caribbean Cup
United States 2018 4 2 1 1 7 5
Mexico 2022 4 3 0 1 15 5
Total - - - - - - - 18 11 2 5 44 26
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
Canada 1999 did not enter
Dominican Republic 2003
Brazil 2007
Mexico 2011 did not qualify
Canada 2015
Peru 2019
Total - - - - - - -
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
Puerto Rico 2010 did not enter
Mexico 2014 Group stage 3 0 0 3 3 13
Colombia 2018 did not enter
El Salvador 2023 to be determined
Total Group stage 3 0 0 3 3 13
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CFU Women's Caribbean Cup

CFU Women's Caribbean Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
Haiti 2000 did not enter
Trinidad and Tobago 2014 First round 2 1 0 1 7 7
Total First round 2 1 0 1 7 7
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

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