Dominican Republic national football team

Dominican Republic
Nickname(s)	Los Quisqueyanos
Association	Federación Dominicana de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Juan Emilio Mojica
Captain	Kerbi Rodriguez
Home stadium	Estadio Félix Sánchez
FIFA code	DOM
FIFA ranking	184
Highest FIFA ranking	116 (May 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking	188 (September 2006)
Elo ranking	178
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Dominican Republic 1 - 0 Cuba ; (Dutch Guiana (Surinam); May 14, 1949)
Biggest win
	Dominican Republic 6 - 0 Anguilla ; (Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.; March 21, 2004)
Biggest defeat
	Trinidad and Tobago 9 - 0 Dominican Republic ; (Port of Spain, T&T; October 8, 2008)

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The Dominican Republic national football team is the national team of Dominican Republic and is controlled by the Federación Dominicana de Fútbol. Football is not the most popular sport in the country, losing out to baseball by a large margin. Lack of interest compared to baseball and frequent exclusion from most regional competitions has made the Dominican Republic national football team one of the weakest in CONCACAF.

[edit] History

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.

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 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.

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 to 1990 - Did not enter
1994 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] CONCACAF Nations Cup record

1963 to 1976 - Did not enter
1977 - Did not qualify
1981 to 1989 - Did not enter

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Fixtures and Results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
8 October 2008	Friendly	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	0:9 (0:4)	Dominican Republic
26 March 2008	2010 World Cup Qualifier	Bayamon	Puerto Rico	0:1 (aet)	Dominican Republic
28 February 2008	Friendly	San Cristobal	Dominican Republic	0:2 (0:2)	Haiti
27 February 2008	Friendly	San Cristobal	Dominican Republic	1:2 (1:1)	Haiti	Manuel Perez 12'

[edit] Squads

Friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago on 8 October 2008 at Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain.
Head coach: Juan Emilio Mojica

Jimmy Bautista
Rafael Flores
Federico Peralta Rodriguez (own goal: 54') (-58')
Jerson Luna Garcia (+58')
Manuel Peña (-74')
Eric Lopez (+74')
Josan Diaz (-83')
Yan Carlos Sierra (+83')

2010 World Cup Qualifier match against Puerto Rico on 26 March 2008 at Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon.
Head coach: Juan Emilio Mojica

Miguel Lloyd (GK) (captain)
Edward Acevedo Cruz
Yan Carlos Berroa
Ernesto Jimenez (yellow card: 19')
Johan Lora (yellow card: 14')
Yohan Kely Viola (-53')
Darly Batista (+53')

[edit] International players

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Miguel Lloyd Troncoso	23 October 1982	6	0	W Connection
	GK	Miguel Odaliz Báez	29 September 1983	2	0	Club Sportivo Cerrito
	FW	Luis Omar Sanchez	30 July 1981	16	3	CRKSV Jong Colombia
	DF	Ramon Mariano	13 August 1977	12	2	Gigantes de Carolina
	FW	Jonathan Fana Frias	11 April 1987	5	5	W Connection
	FW	Juan Rene Santos Contreras	13 March 1984	5	2	Asker Fotball
10	MF	Wally David Contreras	20 December 1981	4	0	Gigantes de Carolina
	MF	Edwards Vinicio Espinal	14 November 1982	2	0	Portosummaga
	MF	Luis Radhames Vásquez	15 March 1983	2	1	Friska Viljor
17	FW	Kerbi Rodríguez	1 June 1989	3	1	FK Crvenka
2	DF	Edward Acevedo Cruz	10 December 1985	1	0	FK Crvenka
7	FW	Yohan Kely Viola	21 October 1981	1	0	Biaschesi
6	MF	Johan Lora	20 October 1982	1	0	Lincoln University
5	DF	Ernesto Jiménez	28 June 1989	1	0	All Boys
	GK	Francisco Orlando Morales	13 February 1978	0	0	Juventud Independiente
	FW	Elpys José Espinal	14 November 1982	0	0	Rovigo Calcio
	MF	Ricardo García	28 September 1983	0	0	GC Biaschesi
	DF	Manauri Medina	1 December 1986	0	0	SC Rapperswil-Jona
	MF	Vladimir Peralta	12 January 1988	0	0	Concordia Basel
	MF	Javier Santana	16 October 1988	0	0	FC Schaffhausen
	MF	Fernando Casanova	30 October 1988	0	0	Tompkins Cortland Community College
	FW	Rubén Díaz	Unknown	0	0	University of Mobile
	MF	John Suárez	Unknown	0	0	Penn State York
15		Gonzalo Frechilla	8 August 1990	0	0	Nueva Chicago
	MF	Henry Alexander Díaz	8 February 1991	0	0	Austria Salzburg
	FW	Chenito Cruz-Jimenez	31 August 1992	0	0	SV Velo
	FW	Kevin Guillermo Almosny	22 February 1993	0	0	Club Atlético Tigre