Dominican Republic national football team
The Dominican Republic national football team represents Dominican Republic in men's international football and it is governed by the Dominican Football Federation. The team are 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.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.
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.
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.
In 2012 the Dominicans were able to qualify for the 2012 Caribbean Cup. On December 7 they beat hosts Antigua and Barbuda 2–1 but fell 2–1 against Haiti and Trindad and Tobago.
Competition records
World Cup record
CONCACAF Nations Cup record
- 1963 to 1976 – Did enter
- 1977 – Did not qualify
- 1981 to 1989 – Did enter
Gold Cup record
- 1991 to 1996 – Did not qualify
- 1998 – Withdrew
- 2000 to 2003 – Did not qualify
- 2005 – Withdrew
- 2007 – Withdrew
- 2009 – Did not compete
- 2011 – Did not qualify
- 2013 – Did not qualify
- 2015 – Did not qualify
- 2017 – Did not qualify
- 2019 – Did not qualify
- 2021 – Did not qualify
Pan American Games record
- 1951 to 1967 – Did not compete
- 1971 – Round 1
- 1975 – Did not compete
- 1979 – Round 1
- 1983 to 1999 – Did not compete
- 2003 – Round 1
- 2007 – Did not qualify
- 2011 – Did not compete
- 2015 – Did not qualify
Central American and Caribbean Games record
- 1930 to 1966 – Did not compete
- 1970 – Round 1
- 1974 – Round 1
- 1978 – Did not compete
- 1982 – Did not compete
- 1986 – Round 2
- 1990 – Round 2
- 1993 to 1998 – Did not compete
- 2002 – Round 1
- 2006 – Did not qualify
- 2010 – Did not compete
- 2014 – Did not qualify
Caribbean Cup
Players
Current squad
The following footballers were called for two 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B matches against Saint Lucia and El Salvador on 16 and 19 November 2019, respectively.Caps and goals are correct as of 19 November 2019, subsequent to the match against the El Salvador
Recent callups
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.Notes:
- INJ Withdrew from squad due to injury
- PRE Preliminary squad
- SUS Suspended
- RET Retired from the national team
- WD Player withdrew from the squad for non-injury related reasons
Records
Most capped players
| # | Player | Careers | Caps | Goals | non-FIFA Caps | Total Caps |
| 1 | Jonathan Faña | 2006–Present | 37 | 19 | 8 | 45 |
| 2 | Dinardo Rodríguez | 1991–2001 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 35 |
| 3 | Miguel Lloyd | 2004–Present | 33 | 0 | 8 | 41 |
| 4 | Kerbi Rodríguez | 2006–Present | 33 | 8 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | Domingo Peralta | 2010–Present | 31 | 7 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Rafael Flores | 2008–Present | 30 | 0 | 11 | 41 |
| 7 | Hansley Martínez | 2010–Present | 26 | 0 | 7 | 33 |
| 8 | César García | 2010–Present | 25 | 2 | 8 | 33 |
| 9 | Kelvin Severino | 2004–2012 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Erick Ozuna | 2010–Present | 21 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
Top goalscorers
Only games against FIFA affiliated teams.| # | Player | Careers | Goals | Caps |
| 1 | Jonathan Faña | 2006–Present | 24 | 45 |
| 2 | Erick Ozuna | 2010–Present | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Darly Batista | 2006–Present | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Kerbi Rodríguez | 2006–Present | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Dinardo Rodríguez | 1991–2001 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Inoel Navarro | 2010–2015 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Domingo Peralta | 2010–Present | 7 | 31 |
| 8 | Omar Zapata | 1992–2004 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | Manuel Pérez | 2001–2012 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | Kelvin Severino | 2004–2012 | 4 | 22 |
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.2019
Records and statistics
| Rival | Fixtures | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 58 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 40 | |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 138 | 48 | 21 | 71 | 206 | 244 |
Managers
- / Fortunato Quispe Mendoza
- Carlos Cabañés
- Bernhard Zgoll
- Juan Carretero
- Juan Emilio Mojica
- Santiago Morel
- Carmelo Oliva : Inactive.
- William Bennett : 2 wins, 3 losses, no draws.
- Ljubomir Crnokrak : 2 wins, 5 losses, no draws.
- Juan Emilio Mojica : No wins, 4 losses, no draws
- Clemente Domingo Hernández : 13 wins, 6 losses, 4 draws.
- José Eugenio Hernández : 1 win, 1 loss, no draws.
- Juan Emilio Mojica
- Roberto Díaz Bernabé
- Juan Emilio Mojica
- Orlando Capellino
- David González