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	Iñaki Bea
Captain	Tano Bonnin
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	156 (10 February 2022)
Highest	78 (October 2013)
Lowest	190 (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. The Dominican Republic has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals.

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 Trindad 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.

2021[]

24 March WC 1st Round Qualifying	Dominican Republic	1–0	Dominica	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
19:00 UTC−4	F. Núñez 52'	Report		Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)

27 March WC 1st Round Qualifying	Anguilla	0–6	Dominican Republic	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
18:00 UTC−4		Report	Romero 22' (pen.), 27' Lorenzo 25', 46' Peralta 67' Espinal 76'	Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium Referee: Rubiel Vázquez (United States)

4 June WC 1st Round Qualifying	Dominican Republic	1–1	Barbados	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
19:00 UTC−4	Rodríguez 90+2'	Report	Reid-Stephen 42'	Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium Referee: Germán Stanley Martínez Miranda (El Salvador)

8 June WC 1st Round Qualifying	Panama	3–0	Dominican Republic	Panama City, Panama
20:00 UTC−5	Godoy 8' Bárcenas 67' Waterman 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Panamá Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

Coaching history[]

Fortunato Quispe Mendoza (1968–1974)
(1975)
Bernhard Zgoll (1992)
(1996)
Juan Emilio Mojica (2000–2002)
(2002)
(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)
(2015–2016)
Juan Emilio Mojica (2017)
Orlando Capellino (2017–2019)
David González (2019–2020)
Jacques Passy (2020–2021)
Iñaki Bea (2022–)

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following 24 players were called up for training sessions in Murcia, Spain from 21 to 27 March 2022.^[4]

Caps and goals are correct as of 8 June 2021, after the match against Panama

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Rafael Díaz	(1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 30)	5	0	Monterey Bay
1GK	Johan Guzmán	(1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 24)	2	0	Guijuelo
1GK		(1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 22)	0	0	Delfines del Este

2DF	Carlos Julio Martínez	(1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 28)	13	0	Miedź Legnica
2DF	Antonio Natalucci	(2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 21)	3	0	Monopoli
2DF	Álex Jiménez	(2002-01-13) 13 January 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Sant Andreu
2DF	Christian Schoissengeyr	(1994-10-18) 18 October 1994 (age 27)	0	0	Austria Wien
2DF		(2003-02-09) 9 February 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Bayer Leverkusen U19
2DF		(2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Alcorcón B
2DF	Luismi Quezada	(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 26)	0	0	Surkhon Termez

3MF	Ronaldo Vásquez	(1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 22)	19	2	Atlético Pantoja
3MF	Carlos Heredia	(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998 (age 23)	11	1	Cibao
3MF	Gerard Lavergne	(1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 23)	9	0	Atlético Pantoja
3MF	Edison Azcona	(2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 18)	2	0	Inter Miami
3MF	Luis Coordes	(1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 23)	1	0	VfB Stuttgart II
3MF		(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 24)	1	0	Mazarrón
3MF		(2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 16)	0	0	Delfines del Este
3MF		(1997-08-27) 27 August 1997 (age 24)	0	0	Vega Real
3MF		(2003-02-18) 18 February 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Cibao
3MF	Rafael Núñez	(2002-01-25) 25 January 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Almería B

4FW	Edarlyn Reyes	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 24)	15	0	Emirates
4FW	Nowend Lorenzo	(2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 19)	5	2	Subiza
4FW	Gianluigi Sueva	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Potenza
4FW		(2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Middlesbrough Reserves

Recent callups[]

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Miguel Lloyd	(1982-10-23) 23 October 1982 (age 39)	48	0	Cibao	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
GK	Odalis Báez	(1983-09-29) 29 September 1983 (age 38)	7	0	Atlético Pantoja	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
GK	Alessandro Baroni	(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 (age 22)	0	0	O&M	v. Barbados, 4 June 2021 ^PRE

DF	Ismael Díaz	(1990-08-21) 21 August 1990 (age 31)	26	1	Cibao	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
DF	Tano Bonnín	(1990-06-30) 30 June 1990 (age 31)	17	1	Hércules	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
DF	Enmy Peña	(1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 29)	15	2	Valletta	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
DF	Luiyi de Lucas	(1994-08-31) 31 August 1994 (age 27)	8	0	Haka	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
DF	Andrea Bosco	(1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 26)	4	0	Pineto	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
DF	Brian López	(1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 22)	3	0		v. Panama, 8 June 2021
DF		(1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 (age 27)	1	0	Moca	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
DF	Ernesto Trinidad	(1996-01-02) 2 January 1996 (age 26)	6	0	Atlético Pantoja	v. Barbados, 4 June 2021 ^PRE
DF	Hansley Martínez	(1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 (age 31)	33	0	Atlético Pantoja	v. Anguilla, 27 March 2021
DF	Benjamín Núñez	(1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 26)	3	0	Ceuta	v. Dominica, 24 March 2021
DF		(1994-03-12) 12 March 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Atlántico	v. Dominica, 24 March 2021 ^PRE

MF	Rafael Flores	(1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 30)	47	0	Moca	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
MF	Jean Carlos López	(1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 28)	37	3	Cibao	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
MF	Wilman Modesta	(1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 26)	20	1	O&M	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
MF	Manny Rodríguez	(1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 23)	3	1	Rayo Majadahonda	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
MF	Rudolf González	(1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 (age 23)	7	1	Bonner SC	v. Barbados, 4 June 2021 ^PRE
MF	Richard Dabas	(1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 27)	14	0	Moca	v. Anguilla, 27 March 2021
MF	Gabriel Núñez	(1994-01-24) 24 January 1994 (age 28)	2	0	Cibao	v. Anguilla, 27 March 2021

FW	Domingo Peralta	(1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 35)	43	14	O&M	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
FW	Dorny Romero	(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 24)	14	3	Real Santa Cruz	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
FW	Fran Núñez	(1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 26)	8	2	Melilla	v. Panama, 8 June 2021
FW	Luis Espinal	(1994-02-20) 20 February 1994 (age 28)	9	5	Moca	v. Anguilla, 27 March 2021
FW		(2000-12-07) 7 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Vega Real	v. Dominica, 24 March 2021 ^PRE
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 10 June 2021

Players in bold are still active with Dominican Republic.

Most appearances[]

Miguel Lloyd is Dominican Republic's most capped player with 48 appearances.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Miguel Lloyd	48	0	2004–present
2	Rafael Flores	47	0	2008–present
3	Jonathan Faña	45	24	2006–2016
4	Domingo Peralta	43	13	2010–present
5	César García	40	2	2010–present
6	Kerbi Rodríguez	38	10	2006–2015
7	Jean Carlos López	37	3	2013–present
8	Hansley Martínez	33	0	2011–present
9	Erick Ozuna	30	9	2010–present
10	Edipo Rodríguez	28	6	2014–present

Top goalscorers[]

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

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Jonathan Faña	24	45	0.53	2006–2016
2	Domingo Peralta	13	40	0.33	2010–present
3	Kerbi Rodríguez	10	38	0.26	2006–2015
4	Darly Batista	9	18	0.5	2006–present
4	Erick Ozuna	9	30	0.3	2010–present
6	Inoel Navarro	7	16	0.44	2010–2015
6		7	18	0.39	1992–2004
8	Edipo Rodríguez	6	28	0.21	2014–present
9	Luís Espinal	5	9	0.56	2016–present
10	Dinardo Rodríguez	4	9	0.44	1991–2001
		4	12	0.33	2001–2012
		4	23	0.17	2004–2012

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
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
Total		0/26							55	21	8	26	99	86

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	To be determined
Total			6	2	1	3	5	5	22nd

CONCACAF Nations League history
First match	Montserrat 2–1 Dominican Republic (7 September 2019; Lookout, Montserrat)
Biggest win	Dominican Republic 3–0 Saint Lucia (12 October 2019; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
Biggest defeat	El Salvador 2–0 Dominican Republic (19 November 2019; San Salvador, El Salvador)
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	8th	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	5	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	8th	3	0	1	2	2	10
2007	Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify
2015
2019
Total	Preliminary round	3/18	8	0	1	7	4	29

Head-to-head record[]

As of 27 March 2021^[5]

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Anguilla	6	5	1	0	28	0
Antigua and Barbuda	7	3	3	1	9	5
Aruba	3	2	1	0	8	5
Bahamas	2	1	0	1	4	4
Barbados	3	3	0	0	6	1
Belize	2	0	0	2	1	5
Bermuda	5	1	0	4	5	9
Bonaire	1	1	0	0	5	0
British Virgin Islands	4	3	1	0	21	1
Cayman Islands	5	3	1	1	12	2
Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	0	4
Cuba	3	0	0	3	1	8
Curaçao^[a]	7	3	1	3	7	8
Dominica	3	2	0	1	3	2
El Salvador	7	2	0	5	5	11
French Guiana	1	1	0	0	2	1
Guadeloupe	2	1	0	1	2	3
Guyana	3	0	0	3	2	10
Haiti	20	3	2	15	14	58
Honduras	1	0	0	1	0	2
Indonesia (Sub-23)	1	0	1	0	1	1
Jamaica	2	0	0	2	1	3
Martinique	3	0	1	2	2	9
Montserrat	4	2	2	2	7	3
Nicaragua	2	2	0	0	4	0
Panama	6	0	1	5	4	11
Puerto Rico	13	7	2	4	22	10
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	1	1	1	5	5
Saint Lucia	6	3	1	2	9	4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	0	0	2	1	3
Serbia	1	0	1	0	0	0
Suriname	2	1	1	0	4	2
Trinidad and Tobago	9	0	0	9	2	40
Turks and Caicos Islands	1	1	0	0	4	0
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1	0	4
U.S. Virgin Islands	3	3	0	0	17	3
Venezuela	3	0	0	3	1	11
Total	138	48	21	71	206	244

^ Includes matches against Netherlands Antilles.

References[]

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ "Dominican Republic - List of International Matches".
^ "Sedofútbol absoluta se reunirá en España con 24 jugadores" (in Spanish). Dominican Football Federation. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Dominican Republic". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

External links[]

Official website (in Spanish)
Dominican Republic FIFA profile

[6] Includes matches against Netherlands Antilles.

[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-2] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[3] "Dominican Republic - List of International Matches".

[4] "Sedofútbol absoluta se reunirá en España con 24 jugadores" (in Spanish). Dominican Football Federation. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

[5] "World Football Elo Ratings: Dominican Republic". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Martin³ Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
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