The Dominican Republic national football team () represents the Dominican Republic in men's international football, which is governed by the Federación Dominicana de Fútbol () founded in 1953. It has been an affiliate member of FIFA since 1958 and an affiliate member of CONCACAF since 1964. Regionally, it is an affiliate member of CFU in the Caribbean Zone.
The Dominican Republic has never participated in the FIFA World Cup, but has qualified once for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2025, and has also participated four times in League B of the CONCACAF Nations League.
As of June 5th 2025, the Dominican Republic is currently ranked 139th 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.
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 1986 they had their best result in the Central American and Caribbean games finishing 3rd
thumb|150px|right|[[Miguel Lloyd played numerous games for the Dominican Republic]]
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.
In 2024, Dominicans Republic won all of their 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B matches against Bermuda, Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda which sees them promoted to League A as group leaders and also qualifying to the nations first continent tournament in their history, the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Team image
Kit sponsorship
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Kit supplier
! Period || 1953
|-
| Drako || 2006
|-
| Umbro || 2007–2010
|-
| Adidas || 2011–2013
|-
| Walon || 2014–2016
|-
| None || 2017–2018
|-
| Macron
| 2019–2024
|-
| Silver Sport
| 2024–present
|}
Home stadium
The Dominican Republic national team uses the following stadiums for their home games:
Cibao FC Stadium,
Felix Sanchez Stadium, and
Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal.
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.
2025
2026
Coaching staff
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="color:#FFFFFF;background:darkblue"|Position
!style="color:#FFFFFF;background:darkblue"|Name
!style="color:#FFFFFF;background:darkblue"|Nationality
|-
| Head coach
| Marcelo Neveleff
|
|-
| Assistant coach
| Inaki Goikoetxea
|
|-
| Assistant coach
| Juan Francisco Roldán
|
|-
| Goalkeeper trainer
| Dani Gimenez
|
|-
| Fitness trainer
| Juan Manuel Alcedo
|
|-
| Athletic trainer
| Juanma Alcedo
|
|-
|}
Coaching history
- Fortunato Quispe Mendoza (1967–1974)
- Carlos Cabañés (1975)
- Décio Leite Leal (1986–1989)
- Bernhard Zgoll (1991–1992)
- Manfred Höner (1993–1994)
- Juan Carretero (1995–1999)
- Juan Emilio Mojica (2000–2002)
- 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)
- Orlando Capellino (2017–2019)
- David González (2019–2020)
- Jacques Passy (2020–2021)
- Iñaki Bea (2022)
- Walter Benítez (2022–2023)
- Marcelo Neveleff (2023–present)
Players
Current squad
The following players have been called up for the friendly match against Panama on 3 June 2026.
Caps and goals are correct as of 29 March 2026, after the match against Cuba.
Recent callups
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months and are still available for selection.
<!--Sorted by position, most recent call-up, caps, goals and last name.-->
;Notes
- <sup>INJ</sup> = Withdrew due to injury
- <sup>PRE</sup> = Preliminary squad
- <sup>RET</sup> = Retired from the national team
- <sup>SUS</sup> = Serving suspension
- <sup>WD</sup> = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.
Records
:Players in bold are still active with the Dominican Republic.
Most appearances
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=30px|Rank
! style="width:150px;"|Player
!width=50px|Caps
!width=50px|Goals
! style="width:100px;"|Career
|-
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|Jean Carlos López
|70
|7
|2013–present
|-
|2
|style="text-align: left;" |César García
|57
|4
|2010–2024
|-
|rowspan=2|3
|style="text-align: left;"|Miguel Lloyd
|53
|0
|2004–present
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Ronaldo Vásquez
|53
|7
|2017–present
|-
|5
|style="text-align: left;"|Dorny Romero
|49
|28
|2017–present
|-
|6
|style="text-align: left;"|Rafael Flores
|48
|0
|2008–2021
|-
|7
|style="text-align: left;"|Jonathan Faña
|47
|24
|2006–2022
|-
|8
|style="text-align: left;"|Domingo Peralta
|44
|14
|2010–2021
|-
|9
|style="text-align: left;"| Edarlyn Reyes
|42
|5
|2018–present
|-
|10
|style="text-align: left;"|Kerbi Rodríguez
|38
|10
|2006–2015
|-
|}
Top goalscorers
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=30px|Rank
! style="width:150px;"|Player
!width=50px|Goals
!width=50px|Caps
!width=50px|Ratio
! style="width:100px;"|Career
|-
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|Dorny Romero
|28
|49
|
|2019–present
|-
|2
|style="text-align: left;"|Jonathan Faña
|24
|47
|
|2006–2022
|-
|3
|style="text-align: left;"|Domingo Peralta
|14
|44
|
|2010–2021
|-
|4
|style="text-align: left;"|Dinardo Rodríguez
|11
|15
|
|1989–2001
|-
|5
|style="text-align: left;"|Kerbi Rodríguez
|10
|38
|
|2006–2015
|-
|rowspan=3|6
|style="text-align: left;"|Darly Batista
|9
|18
|
|2006–2019
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Heinz Mörschel
|9
|23
|
|2023–present
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Erick Ozuna
|9
|30
|
|2010–2019
|-
|rowspan=4|9
|style="text-align: left;"|Inoel Navarro
|7
|16
|
|2010–2015
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Omar Zapata
|7
|18
|
|1992–2004
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Ronaldo Vásquez
|7
|53
|
|2017–present
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Jean Carlos López
|7
|70
|
|2013–present
|-
|}
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=9|FIFA World Cup
!rowspan=28|
!colspan=6|Qualification
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
|-
| 1930 to 1958
| colspan=8|Not a FIFA member
| colspan=6|Not a FIFA member
|-
| 1962 to 1974
| colspan=8|Did not enter
| colspan=6|Did not enter
|-
| 1978
| colspan=8|Did not qualify
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 6
|-
| 1982 to 1990
| colspan=8|Did not enter
| colspan=6|Declined participation
|-
| 1994
| colspan=8 rowspan=9|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
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 5
|-
| 2030
| colspan=8|To be determined
| colspan=6|To be determined
|-
| 2034
| colspan=8|To be determined
| colspan=6|To be determined
|-
!Total
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!37
!14
!6
!17
!61
!59
|}
CONCACAF Gold Cup
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record
!width=1% rowspan=31|
!colspan=6|Qualification record
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
|-
| 1963
|colspan=8 rowspan=6|Did not enter
|colspan=6 rowspan=6|Did not enter
|-
| 1965
|-
| 1967
|-
| 1969
|-
| 1971
|-
| 1973
|-
| 1977
|colspan=8|Did not qualify
|2
|0
|0
|2
|0
|6
|-
| 1981
|colspan=8 rowspan=3|Did not enter
|colspan=6 rowspan=3|Did not enter
|-
| 1985
|-
| 1989
|-
| 1991
|colspan=8 rowspan=3|Did not qualify
|5
|1
|2
|2
|5
|13
|-
| 1993
|2
|1
|0
|1
|5
|4
|-
| 1996
|3
|1
|0
|2
|4
|6
|-
| 1998
|colspan=8|Did not enter
|colspan=6 |Did not enter
|-
| 2000
|colspan=8 rowspan=3|Did not qualify
|3
|1
|1
|1
|2
|4
|-
| 2002
|2
|1
|0
|1
|4
|4
|-
| 2003
|5
|2
|0
|3
|12
|9
|-
| 2005
|colspan=8 rowspan=3|Did not enter
|colspan=6 rowspan=3|Did not enter
|-
| 2007
|-
| 2009
|-
| 2011
|colspan=8 rowspan=7|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
|-
| 2025
|Group stage
|12th
|3
|0
|1
|2
|3
|5
|6
|6
|0
|0
|27
|4
|-
!Total||Group stage||1/28||3||0||1||2||3||5||67||29||10||28||134||97
|}
CONCACAF Nations League
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="20" |CONCACAF Nations League record
|-
! colspan="10" |League
! rowspan="7" |
! colspan="9" |Finals
|-
!Season
!Division
!Group
! width="28" |
! width="28" |
! width="28" |
! width="28" |
! width="28" |
! width="28" |
! width="35" |
!Finals
!Result
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
|-
|2019–20
|B
|B
|6
|2
|1
|3
|5
|5
|
| 2021
| colspan="8" rowspan="4" |Ineligible
|-
|2022–23
|B
|D
|6
|2
|2
|2
|8
|7
|
| 2023
|-
|2023–24
|B
|B
|6
|3
|1
|2
|14
|6
|
| 2024
|-
|2024–25
|B
|D
|6
|6
|0
|0
|27
|4
|
| 2025
|-
!Total
!—
!—
!24
!13
!4
!7
!54
!22
!—
!Total
!0 Titles
!—
!—
!—
!—
!—
!—
!—
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
|-
!colspan=2|CONCACAF Nations League history
|-
!First match
| 2–1 <br>(7 September 2019; Lookout, Montserrat)
|-
!Biggest win
| 0–5 <br>(13 October 2023; Wildey, Barbados)<br> 0–5 <br>(12 October 2024; Devonshire Parish, Bermuda)<br> 5–0 <br>(15 October 2024; Devonshire Parish, Bermuda)<br> 1–6 <br>(16 November 2024; Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic)<br> 6–1 <br>(19 November 2024; Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic)
|-
!Biggest defeat
| 2–0 <br>(19 November 2019; San Salvador, El Salvador)<br /> 2–0 <br />(13 June 2022; Guatemala City, Guatemala)
|-
!Best result
|—
|-
!Worst result
|—
|}
CFU Caribbean Cup
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|CFU Championship & Caribbean Cup record
|rowspan=28|
!colspan=6|Qualification record
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!
!
!
!
!
!
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
|-
| 1978||colspan=8 rowspan=8|Did not enter
|colspan=6 rowspan=8|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||colspan=8|Did not enter
|colspan=6|Did not enter
|-
| 1993||colspan=8 rowspan=4|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||colspan=8|Withdrew
|colspan=6|Withdrew
|-
| 1998||colspan=8 rowspan=3|Did not qualify
||2||1||0||1||3||6
|-
| 1999
||3||1||1||1||2||4
|-
| 2001
||2||1||0||1||4||4
|-
| 2005||colspan=8 rowspan=2|Withdrew
|colspan=6|Withdrew
|-
| 2007
||6||3||0||3||12||11
|-
| 2008||colspan=8|Did not enter
|colspan=6|Did not enter
|-
| 2010||colspan=8|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||colspan=8 rowspan=2|Did not qualify
||6||2||1||3||15||11
|-
| 2017
||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
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=9|Pan American Games record
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!
!
!
!
!
!
|-
| 1951||colspan=8 rowspan=5|Did not enter
|-
| 1955
|-
| 1959
|-
| 1963
|-
| 1967
|-
| 1971||Preliminary round||12th||3||0||0||3||2||12
|-
| 1975||colspan=8|Did not enter
|-
| 1979||Preliminary round||12th||2||0||0||2||0||7
|-
| 1983||colspan=8 rowspan=5|Did not enter
|-
| 1987
|-
| 1991
|-
| 1995
|-
| 1999
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"| 2003||Preliminary round||6th||3||0||1||2||2||10
|-
| 2007||colspan=8|Did not enter
|-
| 2011||colspan=8 rowspan=3|Did not qualify
|-
| 2015
|-
| 2019
|-
| 2023||Group Stages||7th||3||0||1||2||0||6
|-
!Total||Preliminary round||4/19||11||0||2||9||5||35
|}
See also
- Dominican Republic national under-23 football team
- Dominican Republic national under-20 football team
- Dominican Republic national under-17 football team
- Football in the Dominican Republic
References
External links
- Dominican Republic – FIFA profile (archived 25 October 2007)