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The Nicaragua national football team represents Nicaragua in men's international football and is controlled by the Nicaraguan Football Federation. Nicaragua achieved their first qualification into a major international competition in 2009, as they qualified for the 2009 Gold Cup as the last entrant from Central America, after a 2–0 victory against Guatemala in the fifth place match in the 2009 Nations Cup. However, the team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup.
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- ↑ Cuba's preliminary squad for CONCACAF Gold Cup announced Radio Havana Cuba. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
