The Nicaragua national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Nicaragua) represents Nicaragua in men's international football and is controlled by the Nicaraguan Football Federation. Nicaragua achieved their first qualification into a major international competition in 2009, as they qualified for the 2009 Gold Cup as the last entrant from Central America, after a 2–0 victory against Guatemala in the fifth place match in the 2009 Nations Cup.^[2] However, the team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup.

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Nicaragua

Nickname(s)	La Azul y Blanco (The Blue and White) Los Pinoleros (The Pinoleros)
Association	Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol (FENIFUT)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	UNCAF (Central America)
Head coach	Marco Antonio Figueroa
Captain	Juan Barrera
Most caps	Josué Quijano (92)
Top scorer	Juan Barrera (24)
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional de Fútbol
FIFA code	NCA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	135 1 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest	92 (December 2015)
Lowest	193 (May 2001)
First international
El Salvador 9–0 Nicaragua  (San Salvador, El Salvador; 1 May 1929)
Biggest win
Turks and Caicos Islands 0–7 Nicaragua  (San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic; 27 March 2021)
Biggest defeat
Honduras 10–0 Nicaragua  (San José, Costa Rica; 13 March 1946)  Curaçao 11–1 Nicaragua  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 2 March 1950)
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1963)
Best result	Sixth place (1967)
Medal record CCCF Championship 1951 Panama Team

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Due to American influence throughout the country's history, baseball has more of a following as both a pursuit and spectator event in Nicaragua than football.

Nicaragua traveled to El Salvador for their first ever international, losing 9–0 to the hosts on 1 May 1929. They did not play another match for over twelve years, until the qualifying group for the 1941 CCCF Championship in Costa Rica. They lost all 4 games: 7–2 to the hosts Costa Rica on 10 May, 8–0 to El Salvador on 13 May, 9–1 to the Netherlands Antilles on 15 May and 5–2 to Panama on 18 May. Therefore, Nicaragua finished bottom of the group and did not make the final group.^[3]

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

Panama  v  Nicaragua

10 June Friendly	Panama	3–2	Nicaragua	Penonomé, Panama
19:00 UTC−5	Murillo 55', 81' Miller 84'	Report	Talavera 44' Acevedo 62'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario F.C. Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

Uruguay  v  Nicaragua

14 June Friendly	Uruguay	4–1	Nicaragua	Montevideo, Uruguay
20:30 UTC−3	Arezo 8' Zalazar 37', 82' Brian 56'	Report	Coronel 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Brazil)

Paraguay  v  Nicaragua

18 June Friendly	Paraguay	2–0	Nicaragua	Asunción, Paraguay
10:30 UTC−4	Almirón 62' Balbuena 78'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Referee: Gustavo Tejeda (Uruguay)

Dominican Republic  v  Nicaragua

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)

Nicaragua  v  Barbados

11 September 2023–24 Nations League	Nicaragua	5–1	Barbados	Managua, Nicaragua
20:00 UTC−6	Smith 11' Pérez 40' Moreno 45+1', 76' Montes 69'	Report	Gale 89'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

Montserrat  v  Nicaragua

13 October 2023–24 Nations League	Montserrat	0–3	Nicaragua	Wildey, Barbados
15:00 UTC−4		Report	Pérez 5' Medina 72' Montes 90+4'	Stadium: Wildey Turf Referee: Jorge Leira (Panama)

Nicaragua  v  Montserrat

16 October 2023–24 Nations League	Nicaragua	3–0	Montserrat	Managua, Nicaragua
20:00 UTC−6	Pérez 38' Coronel 43' Moldskred Belli 48'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: José Valladares (Honduras)

Barbados  v  Nicaragua

17 November 2023–24 Nations League	Barbados	0–4	Nicaragua	Wildey, Barbados
17:00 UTC−4		Report	Arteaga 22' (pen.) N. Rodríguez 43' L. Coronel 55' Montes 59'	Stadium: Wildey Turf Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)

Nicaragua  v  Dominican Republic

21 November 2023–24 Nations League	Nicaragua	0–0	Dominican Republic	Managua, Nicaragua
20:00 UTC−6		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: Ignacio Fuentes (Guatemala)

2024

Peru  v  Nicaragua

22 March Friendly	Peru	2–0	Nicaragua	Lima, Peru
20:30 UTC−5	Grimaldo 2' Lapadula 12'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Villanueva Referee: Paulo Cesar Zanovelli da Silva (Brazil)

Nicaragua  v  Cuba

26 March Friendly	Nicaragua	0–1	Cuba	Managua, Nicaragua
19:00 UTC−6		Report	Reyes 81'	Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium

Guatemala  v  Nicaragua

26 May Friendly	Guatemala	v	Nicaragua	San Jose, United States
17:00 UTC−7				Stadium: PayPal Park

Nicaragua  v  Montserrat

5 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Nicaragua	v	Montserrat	Nicaragua
TBD

Belize  v  Nicaragua

8 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Belize	v	Nicaragua	Belize
TBD

2025

Nicaragua  v  Guyana

6 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Nicaragua	v	Guyana	Nicaragua
TBD

Panama  v  Nicaragua

10 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Panama	v	Nicaragua	Panama
TBD

As of 22 March 2024^[7]

Players in bold are still active with Nicaragua.

As of 26 March 2024 after the match against  Cuba.^[9]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

More information Opponents, Pld ...

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Anguilla	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14
Argentina	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4
Bahamas	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Barbados	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8
Belize	13	5	4	4	20	14	+6
Bermuda	5	2	0	3	5	7	−2
Bolivia	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2
Canada	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Cayman Islands	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Colombia	1	0	0	1	2	7	−5
Costa Rica	19	1	1	17	10	72	−62
Cuba	14	4	3	7	16	25	−9
Curaçao[lower-alpha 1]	8	0	1	7	3	34	−31
Dominica	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9
Dominican Republic	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2
El Salvador	31	1	3	27	21	120	−99
Ghana	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Guadeloupe	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Guatemala	27	2	4	21	17	73	−56
Haiti	9	1	2	6	9	16	−7
Honduras	25	1	3	21	16	80	−64
Iran	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Jamaica	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1
Martinique	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9
Montserrat	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Panama	28	5	1	22	26	79	−53
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Peru	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Puerto Rico	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3
Qatar	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7	2	3	2	12	11	+1
Suriname	5	2	0	3	6	11	−5
Trinidad and Tobago	7	2	2	3	7	12	−5
Turks and Caicos Islands	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
United States	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3
Venezuela	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Total (39)	248	50	33	165	249	622	−373

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