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	Tano Bonnín
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	151 1 (21 September 2023)
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 13 September 2023, the Dominican Republic is currently ranked 152nd 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[3]

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.

Team image

Kit sponsorship

Kit supplier	Period
Umbro	2010–2011
Adidas	2011-2014
Walon	2014–2019
Macron	2019–present

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

2022

15 November Friendly	Dominican Republic	2–4	Cuba	Santiago, Dominican Republic
19:00 UTC−4	Vásquez 29' Reyes 70' (pen.)	Report	Flores 32' Pozo-Venta 66' Cavafe 76' Hernández 88'	Stadium: Estadio Cibao Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)

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

2023

24 March 2022–23 Nations League	French Guiana	1–1	Dominican Republic	Remire-Montjoly, French Guiana
18:30 UTC−3	Legrand 86'	Report	Heredia 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama Referee: Ricangel de Leça (Aruba)

27 March 2022–23 Nations League	Dominican Republic	2–0	Belize	San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
18:00 UTC−4	Reyes 13' Lorenzo 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Panamericano Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

16 June Friendly	Chile	5–0	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)

16 November 2023–24 Nations League	Montserrat	v	Dominican Republic	Montserrat
		Report

19 November 2023–24 Nations League	Nicaragua	v	Dominican Republic	Nicaragua
		Report

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 (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)
Marcelo Neveleff (2023–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League against Barbados on 12 and 15 October 2023 respectively.^[4]

Caps and goals are correct as of 15 October 2023, after the second match against Barbados^[5]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Miguel Lloyd	(1982-10-23) 23 October 1982 (age 40)	48	0	Cibao
1GK	Johan Guzmán	(1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 26)	6	0	Formentera
1GK	Xavier Valdez	(2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 (age 19)	4	0	Houston Dynamo 2

2DF	César García}	(1993-03-13) 13 March 1993 (age 30)	50	2	Oriente Petrolero
2DF	Luiyi de Lucas	(1994-08-31) 31 August 1994 (age 29)	13	0	Livingston
2DF	Brian López	(1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 23)	6	0	Real Santa Cruz
2DF	Manny Rodríguez	(1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 25)	7	1	Logroñés
2DF	Ángel Melo	(1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 28)	6	0	O&M
2DF	Michael Sambataro	(2002-12-04) 4 December 2002 (age 20)	4	0	Güemes
2DF	Jeremy Baez	(1999-11-21) 21 November 1999 (age 23)	3	0	Atlético Pantoja
2DF	Alex Ciriaco	(2004-03-21) 21 March 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Ilves Tampere

3MF	Jean Carlos López	(1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 29)	48	5	Cibao
3MF	Ronaldo Vásquez	(1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 24)	30	3	Atlético Pantoja
3MF	Edison Azcona	(2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 19)	7	0	Inter Miami
3MF	Daniel Leonardo Flores	(2000-11-11) 11 November 2000 (age 22)	7	0	Jarabacoa
3MF	Heinz Mörschel	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 26)	4	2	Újpest

4FW	Dorny Romero	(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 25)	28	12	Always Ready
4FW	Edarlyn Reyes	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 26)	25	3	Al-Ittihad Tripoli
4FW	Nowend Lorenzo	(2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 20)	16	4	Osasuna
4FW	Erick Japa Paniagua	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 24)	11	0	Cibao
4FW	Carlos Ventura	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 26)	5	0	Cibao
4FW	Juanca Pineda	(2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 (age 23)	3	0	Guadalajara
4FW	Riki Alba	(1995-03-02) 2 March 1995 (age 28)	2	2	Fredrikstad

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	Antonio Santurro	(1992-02-29) 29 February 1992 (age 31)	5	0	Unattached	vs. Belize, 27 March 2023
GK	Alessandro Baroni	(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 (age 24)	1	0	O&M	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022
GK	Omry Bello	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 20)	1	0	O&M	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022

DF	Ismael Díaz	(1990-08-21) 21 August 1990 (age 33)	30	1	Cibao	vs. Montserrat, 11 September 2023
DF	Guillermo de Peña	(2003-07-22) 22 July 2003 (age 20)	3	0	Moca	vs. Chile, 16 June 2023
DF	Kleffer Martes	(2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Atlético Pantoja	vs. Chile, 16 June 2023 ^WD
DF	Joao Urbáez	(2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 21)	3	0	Alcorcón B	vs. Belize, 27 March 2023
DF	Carlos Rossell	(1993-06-13) 13 June 1993 (age 30)	2	0	Moca	vs. Belize, 27 March 2023
DF	Kelvin Durán	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 29)	1	0	Moca	vs. Belize, 27 March 2023
DF	Jackson Tineo	(1992-11-01) 1 November 1992 (age 30)	1	0	O&M	vs. Belize, 27 March 2023
DF	Israel Boatwright	(2006-06-02) 2 June 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Inter Miami II	vs. Belize, 27 March 2023
DF	Ernesto Trinidad	(1996-01-02) 2 January 1996 (age 27)	3	0	Moca	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022
DF	Jayson Made	(2001-09-07) 7 September 2001 (age 22)	0	0	Atlético Pantoja	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022

MF	Carlos Heredia	(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998 (age 25)	15	2	Cibao	vs. Chile, 16 June 2023
MF	Arismendy Jiménez	(1997-08-27) 27 August 1997 (age 26)	6	0	Vega Real	vs. Chile, 16 June 2023
MF	Jesús Rosa	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 22)	1	0	Jarabacoa	vs. Chile, 16 June 2023
MF	Ángel Montes de Oca	(2003-02-18) 18 February 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Cibao	vs. Chile, 16 June 2023
MF	Gerard Lavergne	(1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 24)	11	0	Atlético Pantoja	vs. Belize, 27 March 2023
MF	Fabian Messina	(2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 21)	6	0	FSV Frankfurt	vs. Belize, 27 March 2023
MF	Rafael Núñez	(2002-01-25) 25 January 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Almería B	vs. Belize, 27 March 2023
MF	Richard Dabas	(1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 29)	3	0	Moca	vs. Belize, 27 March 2023
MF	Robert Rosado	(1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 28)	1	0	Atlético Pantoja	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022
MF	Diefry Sandy Mensù	(2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Cibao	vs. Cuba, 22 November 2022

FW	Luis Espinal	(1994-02-20) 20 February 1994 (age 29)	11	5	Atlético Pantoja	vs. Montserrat, 11 September 2023
FW	Ányelo Gómez	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 20)	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 16 June 2023^[6]

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	Jonathan Faña	47	24	2006–2022
2	Rafael Flores	47	0	2008–present
4	César García	46	2	2010–present
5	Jean Carlos López	44	4	2010–present
6	Domingo Peralta	43	13	2010-2021
7	Kerbi Rodríguez	38	10	2006–2015
8	Hansley Martínez	33	0	2011–2021
9	Ismael Díaz	31	1	2014–present
10	Erick Ozuna	30	9	2008–2019

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
	Dorny Romero	9	27	0.26	2019–present
	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
10	Luís Espinal	5	9	0.56	2016–2019
10	Jean Carlos López	5	47	0.11	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
2030	To be determined								To be determined
Total		0/22							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
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	6	2	2	2	8	7		22nd
Total			12	4	3	5	13	12	22nd

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. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "Dominican Republic - List of International Matches". Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ "Convocatoria Oct. 2023". Twitter (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=712973
^ "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)

[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-2] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

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

[4] "Convocatoria Oct. 2023". Twitter (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[5] ttps://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=712973

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

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