- Dominican Republic national football team
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Dominican Republic 
Nickname(s) Los Quisqueyanos Association Dominican Football Federation Sub-confederation CFU (Caribbean) Confederation CONCACAF
(North America)Head coach Clemente Domingo Hernández Captain Kelvin Severino Home stadium Estadio Félix Sánchez FIFA code DOM FIFA ranking 128 Highest FIFA ranking 116 (May 1996) Lowest FIFA ranking 190 (December 2009) Elo ranking 168 Highest Elo ranking 162 (November 2002) Lowest Elo ranking 183+ (late 1995) 
Home coloursAway coloursFirst international 
Dominican Republic 0–8 Haiti 
(Dominican Republic; May 21, 1967)Biggest win Dom. Rep. 17–0 British Virgin Isles. 
(San Cristobal, Dom. Rep.; October 14, 2010)Biggest defeat 
Trinidad & Tobago 9–0 Dom. Rep.
(Port of Spain, T&T; October 8, 2008)The Dominican Republic national football team is the national team of Dominican Republic and is controlled by the Dominican Football Federation. Football is not the most popular sport in the country, losing out to baseball by a large margin. Lack of a football culture, especially when compared to the national sport of baseball, and frequent exclusion from most regional competitions has made the Dominican Republic national football team one of the weakest in CONCACAF.
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History
In 1925, José Domínguez Soto, from "Atlético Escolar Pindú" club, formed a soccer team that had some friendly matches against teams from Jamaica and Curacao in 1926, in Santo Domingo.
In August 1937, Cóndor, a club from La Vega, won the soccer competition at first National Olympic Games, in Santo Domingo. This tournament was disputed by five teams (Pindú, Cóndor, Cibao, Vega Real, and San Francisco de Macorís). Cóndor reportedly was national champion for 15 years.
In 1941, a club called Sosua–Puerto Plata was founded by Arthur Kirchheimer, a German Jew from Hamburg who had fled Germany from the Nazis.
The Dominican football federation was founded in 1953 and joined FIFA in 1959. During this phase, Spaniards priests, members of religious orders also took part in the game. The Augustinians, Jesuits and Salesians all played, and made their mark on the Dominican soccer league, adding to support needed by the sport.
It was not until 1965 that football reached the schools and playing grounds of the Dominican Republic, thanks in the main to the efforts of Fortunato Quispe Mendoza, from Bolivia. From an infrastructure standpoint, it was also Mendoza who established the various playing categories and set up the country's first division championship in 1970.
In 1978, the Dominican federation contracted Argentinian Jorge Rolando Bauger, who had played soccer in the French professional leagues, and had become a licensed soccer coach. Since then, he proved to be one the key components in the continued development of the sport. When his contract with the Federation ended in 1985, he founded his own soccer school. Bauger is also recognized for his involvement in the television broadcasts of the World Cup games since 1986, where his explanations to a less knowledgeable audience broadened the scope of people who watch football.
With the work of the Federation, and the efforts of dedicated people like Quispe and Bauger, soccer in the Dominican Republic began to build a solid foundation.
In spite of these efforts, today football remains the country's fifth most popular sport. As well as being a relatively new discipline for the Dominicans, efforts to nurture the sport have not been helped by the lack of success of the national team, who have still to qualify for any tournament of significance at either senior or youth level, and a national league that struggles to attract a viewing audience or fan base.
Competition records
World Cup record
- 1930 to 1974 – Did not enter
- 1978 – Did not qualify
- 1982 to 1990 – Did not enter
- 1994 to 2014 – Did not qualify
CONCACAF Nations Cup record
- 1963 to 1976 – Did not enter
- 1977 – Did not qualify
- 1981 to 1989 – Did not enter
Gold Cup record
- 1991 to 1996 – Did not qualify
- 1998 – Withdrew
- 2000 to 2003 – Did not qualify
- 2005 – Withdrew
- 2007 – Withdrew During Qualifying
- 2009 – Did not compete
- 2011 – 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
Central American and Caribbean Games record
- 1930 to 1966 – Did not compete
- 1970 – Round 1
- 1974 – Round 1
- 1978 – Round 1
- 1982 – Did not compete
- 1986 – Third place match
- 1990 – Round 2
- 1993 to 1998 – Did not compete
- 2002 – Round 1
- 2006 – Did not qualify
- 2010 - Did not compete
National team fixtures and results
Date Tournament Location Home Team Score Away Team DR Scorers 15 November 2011 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 
George Town Cayman Islands1:1 (0:1) Dominican RepublicCesar Garcia 
41'11 November 2011 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification San Cristóbal Dominican Republic4:0 (2:0) Cayman IslandsInoel Navarro 15', Erick Ozuna 38', Kerbi Rodriguez 63', Jack Michel Morillo 79'11 October 2011 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 
Paramaribo Suriname1:3 (0:1) Dominican RepublicJonathan Faña 9', Erick Ozuna 47', 75'7 October 2011 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification San Cristóbal Dominican Republic1:2 (0:1) 
El SalvadorErick Ozuna 54'6 September 2011 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification San Cristóbal Dominican Republic1:1 (0:1) SurinameErick Ozuna 68'2 September 2011 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification San Salvador El Salvador3:2 (0:0) Dominican RepublicJohan Cruz 65', Domingo Peralta 89'21 August 2011 Friendly San Cristóbal Dominican Republic1:0 (1:0) 
CuraçaoFernando Casanova 29'20 August 2011 Friendly San Cristóbal Dominican Republic1:0 (0:0) CuraçaoJohan Cruz 70'10 July 2011 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification San Cristóbal Dominican Republic4:0 (3:0) 
AnguillaInoel Navarro 18', 42', Jhoan Sanchez 27', Jonathan Faña 58'8 July 2011 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification San Cristóbal Anguilla0:2 (0:2) Dominican RepublicDomingo Peralta 8', Jonathan Faña 42'17 October 2010 2010 Caribbean Championship San Cristóbal Dominican Republic0:1 (0:0) 
Dominica14 October 2010 2010 Caribbean Championship San Cristóbal Dominican Republic17:0 (4:0) British Virgin IslandsDarly Batista 5', 67', 68', 72', 79'
Inoel Navarro 26', 47', 81', Domingo Peralta 22', 43', 77'
Erick Ozuna 82', 90', Omar Reynoso 61', 73'
Kelvin Severino 64', Gonzalo Frechilla 91'Current squad
The following players played in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
# Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Miguel Lloyd 23 October 1982 17 0 W Connection12 GK Wellington Agramonte 12 February 1989 6 0 San Cristobal FC2 DF Johan Cruz 8 October 1987 12 2 Pantoja3 DF César García 13 March 1993 12 1 SDB Jarabacoa4 DF Rafael Ramírez 13 January 1986 10 0 Pantoja5 DF Yoan Manuel Peña 24 September 1987 3 0 Nagua FC17 DF Cesar Ledesma 4 June 1990 4 0 
FC Biel-Bienne20 DF Ernesto Jimenez 28 June 1989 2 0 
San Diego Toreros6 MF Kelvin Severino 9 June 1981 22 4 Pantoja7 MF Kerbi Rodriguez 1 June 1989 16 2 
FK Modriča8 MF Inoel Navarro 28 July 1987 11 6 Pantoja13 MF Rafael Flores 24 April 1991 8 0 Pantoja14 MF Edwards Vinicio Espinal 14 November 1982 4 0 
Pro Vercelli15 MF Francisco Ubiera 21 August 1990 5 0 Florida Tech Panthers16 MF Fernando Casanova 30 October 1988 6 1 Ithaca College Bombers18 MF Hansley Martinez 3 March 1991 6 0 San Cristobal FC21 MF Jimmy Reyes 17 January 1989 3 0 Pantoja23 MF Jack Michel Morillo 24 October 1986 2 1 Pantoja9 FW Jonathan Faña 11 April 1987 17 8 Puerto Rico Islanders11 FW Domingo Peralta 28 July 1986 12 7 Moca FC19 FW Erick Ozuna 5 October 1990 10 9 Club Barcelona AtléticoCoaches
Clemente Domingo Hernández (2010–): 7-3-2- Juan Emilio Mojica (2008–2010): 0-4-0
Ljubomir Crnokrak (2005–2007): 2-5-0- William Bennett (2003-2005): 2-3-0
Bernard Eqoll (1992)
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