Dominican Republic national under-20 football team

The Dominican Republic national under-20 football team is the association football team that represents the Dominican Republic at the under-20 level.

Dominican Republic U-20
AssociationFederación Dominicana de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachWalter Benitez
FIFA codeDOM
First colours
Second colours
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1974)
Best resultRunners-up (2022)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2023)
Best resultTBD (2023)

Team history

2022

At the 2022 Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship held in Honduras from June 18 to July 3, 2022, the Dominican Republic U20 team made history by clinching berths in the 2023 FIFA Men’s Under-20 World Cup in Indonesia after eliminating Jamaica with a 1-0 win in the quarterfinal. It is the first time any Dominican Republic team has qualified for a FIFA World Cup at any age level or gender.[1] In the semifinal match, the Dominican team defeated Guatemala 4-2 in a penalty shootout after a 2-2, securing a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympic games in Paris.[2]

Competitive record

CONCACAF U-20 Championship
CONCACAF U-20 Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Panama 1962 Did not enter
Guatemala 1964
Cuba 1970
Mexico 1973
Canada 1974 Group Stage 11th of 12 3 0 0 3 1 8
Puerto Rico 1976 Second round 7th of 15 6 1 0 5 7 31
Honduras 1978 First round 13th of 13 2 0 0 2 0 14
United States 1980 Group Stage 15th of 18 3 1 0 2 2 6
Guatemala 1982 Did not enter
Trinidad and Tobago 1984
Trinidad and Tobago 1986 Did not qualify
Guatemala 1988
Guatemala 1990
Canada 1992
Honduras 1994
Mexico 1996
Guatemala
Trinidad and Tobago 1998
Canada
Trinidad and Tobago2001
Panama
United States 2003
Honduras
United States2005
Mexico
Panama 2007
Trinidad and Tobago 2009
Guatemala 2011
Mexico 2013
Jamaica 2015
Costa Rica 2017
United States 2018 Group Stage 9th of 34 5 3 0 2 23 10
Honduras 2020 Cancelled
Honduras 2022 Runner-up 2nd of 20 4 2 1 1 8 6
TotalRunner-up6/282371154175

U-20 World Cup

Will participate for the first time in 2023.

Fixtures and recent results

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

2022
26 June 2022 (2022-06-26) 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship El Salvador  4–5  Dominican Republic Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa
18:30
  • Gil 9', 37' (pen.)
  • Arévalo 43'
  • Esquivel 57' (pen.)
 Report
  • Boatwright 6'
  • Gomez 13'
  • Montes de Oca 47', 60'
  • Azcona 78' (pen.)
 Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)
29 June 2022 (2022-06-29) 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Dominican Republic  1–0  Jamaica Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
17:00 Montes de Oca 10' Report Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
1 July 2022 (2022-07-01) 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Dominican Republic  2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		  Guatemala San Pedro Sula, Honduras
20:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Morazán
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
Penalties
  • Jungbauer soccer ball with check mark
  • Montes de Oca soccer ball with red X
  • Azcona soccer ball with check mark
  • De Peña soccer ball with check mark
  • María soccer ball with check mark

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played in May 2023.[3]

Caps and goals correct as of 22 April 2023, after the match against Iraq.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Omry Bello (2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 12 0 Dominican Republic O&M
1GK Xavier Valdez (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 4 0 United States Houston Dynamo
1GK Enrique Bösl (2004-02-07) 7 February 2004 1 0 Germany FC Ingolstadt
2DF Kleffer Martes (2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 12 1 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja
2DF Sebastián Mañón (2003-02-13) 13 February 2003 12 0 United States Dartmouth Big Green
2DF Alfeni Tamárez (2005-06-14) 14 June 2005 11 1 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja
2DF Guillermo de Peña (2003-07-22) 22 July 2003 8 1 Dominican Republic Moca
2DF Israel Boatwright (2005-06-02) 2 June 2005 6 2 United States Inter Miami
2DF Alex Ciriaco (2004-03-21) 21 March 2004 2 0 Finland Ilves
3MF Ángel Montes De Oca (2003-02-18) 18 February 2003 12 4 Dominican Republic Cibao
3MF Yordy Álvarez (2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 12 1 Dominican Republic Atlántico
3MF Jason Yambatis (2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 7 3 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja
3MF Steven Martínez (2003-09-10) 10 September 2003 7 1 Dominican Republic Atlético Vega Real
3MF Miguel Vásquez (2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 3 0 Dominican Republic Atlántico
4FW Anyelo Gómez (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 12 1 Dominican Republic Jarabacoa
4FW Bryan More (2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 11 2 Dominican Republic Atlético Vega Real
4FW Edison Azcona (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 9 4 United States Inter Miami
4FW Derek Cuevas (2004-01-07) 7 January 2004 2 1 Spain Barcelona
4FW Yunior Peralta (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 1 0 Dominican Republic Cibao
4FW Oliver Schmidhauser (2004-06-02) 2 June 2004 1 0 Germany RB Leipzig
4FW Alejandro Martín Sapeg (2006-02-16) 16 February 2006 0 0 Spain Rayo Ciudad Alcobendas

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Dominican Republic under-20 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Charbel Wehbe (2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 0 0 Spain Real Oviedo 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
DF Thomas Jungbauer (2005-07-30) 30 July 2005 0 0 Italy SPAL 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
MF Annier Rojas (2003-10-16) 16 October 2003 0 0 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
FW Diefri Sandy (2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 4 1 Dominican Republic Cibao 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
FW Adhonys Vargas (2004-02-12) 12 February 2004 4 1 Dominican Republic Atlético Vega Real 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
FW Luis Francisco (2004-03-26) 26 March 2004 4 0 Unknown 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

See also

References
  1. "Dominican Republic make history, Moreno a hero for Guatemala". 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. "Dominican Republic outlast Guatemala to reach Paris 2024". 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  3. "La Sub-20 de República Dominicana llegó a Buenos Aires para el mundial" (in Spanish). Federación Dominicana de Fútbol. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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