Dominican Republic national football team

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.^[2] In 1986 they had their best result in the Central American and Caribbean games finishing 3rd

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.

The Dominican Republic national team uses the following stadiums for their home games: Cibao FC Stadium, Felix Sanchez Stadium, and Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

Dominican Republic  v  Bermuda

19 November 2024-25 CONCACAF Nations League B	Dominican Republic	6–1	Bermuda	Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
	Romero 33', 69', 90', 90+4' J. López 75' Mörschel 87'		Parfitt 45+2'	Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC Referee: José García Meléndez (El Salvador)

2025

Puerto Rico  v  Dominican Republic

21 March Friendly	Puerto Rico	2–2	Dominican Republic	Bayamon, Puerto Rico
8:00 EST (UTC−4)	Rivera 21' Sulia 90+3'	Report	Dollenmayer 45+3' Vásquez 58'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel Attendance: 12,500

Dominican Republic  v  Puerto Rico

25 March Friendly	Dominican Republic	2–0	Puerto Rico	Santiago, Dominican Republic
8:00 EST (UTC−4)	Díaz 20' Firpo 85' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC

Guatemala  v  Dominican Republic

6 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Guatemala	4–2	Dominican Republic	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Santis 6' 59' 62', Samayoa 53'		Romero 16',Morschel 136',	Stadium: Estadio Cementos Progreso Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. (United States)

Dominican Republic  v  Dominica

10 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Dominican Republic	5–0	Dominica	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	Romero 16', Kaparos 33', Dollenmayer 39', Reyes 44', González 89'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

Mexico  v  Dominican Republic

14 June 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup	Mexico	3–2	Dominican Republic	Inglewood, United States
19:15 UTC−7	Ed. Álvarez 44' Jiménez 47' Montes 53'	Report	González 51' Azcona 67'	Stadium: SoFi Stadium Attendance: 54,309 Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Costa Rica  v  Dominican Republic

18 June 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup	Costa Rica	2–1	Dominican Republic	Arlington, United States
18:00 UTC−5	Ugalde 44' (pen.) Alcócer 85'	Report	Joao Urbáez 16'	Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 34,015 Referee: Lukasz Szpala (United States)

Dominican Republic  v  Suriname

22 June 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup	Dominican Republic	0–0	Suriname	Arlington, United States
21:00 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 20,918 Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Jordan  v  Dominican Republic

9 September Friendly	Jordan	3–0	Dominican Republic	Amman, Jordan
20:00 UTC+3	Olwan 7' Sadeh 48' Abu Zaryq 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Amman International Stadium

Uruguay  v  Dominican Republic

10 October Friendly	Uruguay	1–0	Dominican Republic	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20:45 UTC+8	Laquintana 60'	Report		Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali (Malaysia)

Dominican Republic  v  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

12 November 2025–26 CONCACAF Series	Dominican Republic	2–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Santiago, Dominican Republic
20:00 UTC−4	Mörschel 17',Japa 57'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC

Dominican Republic  v  Martinique

18 November 2025–26 CONCACAF Series	Dominican Republic	0–0	Martinique	Santiago, Dominican Republic
19:30 UTC−4				Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC

2026

Dominican Republic  v  El Salvador

26 March 2025–26 CONCACAF Series	Dominican Republic	2–2	El Salvador	Santiago, Dominican Republic
20:00 UTC−4	Firpo 15' Romero 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Ordaz 62', 78'	Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)

Dominican Republic  v  Cuba

29 March 2025–26 CONCACAF Series	Dominican Republic	1–1	Cuba	Santiago, Dominican Republic
18:00 UTC−4	Romero 53'	Report	D. Reyes 51'	Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC Referee: Roger Mélendez (Nicaragua)

Panama  v  Dominican Republic

3 June Friendly	Panama	v	Dominican Republic	Panama City, Panama
17:45 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández

As of 29 March 2026^[4]

Players in bold are still active with the Dominican Republic.

• 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