Dominican_Republic_national_football_team

Dominican Republic national football team

Dominican Republic national football team

Men's national association football team representing the Dominican Republic


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.

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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.

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.[2]

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

16 June Friendly Chile  4–0  Dominican Republic Viña del Mar, Chile
20:30 UTC−4
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
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
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
Report
Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC
Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)
17 November 2023–24 Nations League Montserrat  2–1  Dominican Republic Plymouth, Montserrat
15:00 UTC−4
Report
Stadium: Blakes Estate Stadium
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

2024

26 March Friendly Peru  4–1  Dominican Republic Lima, Peru
20:00 UTC−4
Report
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: Braulio Da Silva Machado (Brazil)

2025

Coaching staff

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Coaching history

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the friendlies against Aruba and Peru on 22 and 27 March 2024 respectively.[3][4][5]

Caps and goals are correct as of 27 March 2024, after the match against Peru.[6]

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Recent callups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

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Records

As of 26 March 2024[7]
Players in bold are still active with the Dominican Republic.

Most appearances


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Top goalscorers

Jonathan Faña is Dominican Republic's top scorer with 24 goals.
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Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

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CONCACAF Gold Cup

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CONCACAF Nations League

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CFU Caribbean Cup

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Pan American Games

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See also


References

  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. "Dominican Republic - List of International Matches". Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. "Convocatoria Fech FIFA Marzo 2024". Instagram FEDOFUTBOL (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  4. "Dominican Republic". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

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