Dominican Republic national under-20 football team

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Dominican Republic U-20
Association Federación Dominicana de Fútbol
Confederation CONCACAF
Head coachWalter Benitez
FIFA code DOM
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CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1974 )
Best resultRunners-up (2022)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2023 )
Best resultGroup Stage (2023)

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

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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 draw, securing a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympic games in Paris. In the final match, fortune was not on the side of the Dominican Republic when they lost 6–0 against the United States, even so, the sensation in the entire region about the Caribbean country was excellent because soccer is not the main sport in the Dominican Republic. It was a pleasant surprise for everyone to see the talent and potential of the Dominican players as they became Concacaf Runners-up. [2]

2023

The Dominican Under-20 Soccer Team settled on April 16 in Jerez, Spain, where they participated in the "Road to Youth World Cup" competition where they played three friendly matches against the U-20 teams of Brazil, Iraq and Uzbekistan as part of the final phase of their preparation for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

The Dominican Under-20 National Team participated in its first U-20 World Cup in 2023, a tournament that was held in Argentina. It would be placed in Group D along with historical teams such as Italy, Brazil and Nigeria. The Dominican Republic would have his debut on May 21 against Nigeria in the city of Mendoza, he would start winning with a goal of Edison Azcona at minute 21, later the African team would come back from the game ending this with a score of 2–1, despite the defeat the performance of the Dominican team was acceptable being a rookie team in the tournament and also considered as the weak team of the group. Their second commitment would be against the five-time world champion of the category, Brazil, in this match the superiority of the South American team would be notorious, defeating the Dominican team by a score of 6-0. This result forced the Dominican Republic to win on the last group date against Italy and wait for other results to qualify as one of the best third parties. However, the Dominican team succumbed to the Europeans and would be defeated 3–0, being eliminated in the first round in their first World Cup experience.

Competitive record

CONCACAF U-20 Championship

CONCACAF U-20 Championship record
YearResultPositionPldWDLGFGA
Flag of Panama.svg 1962 Did not enter
Flag of Guatemala.svg 1964
Flag of Cuba.svg 1970
Flag of Mexico.svg 1973
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1974 Group Stage11th of 12300318
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 1976 Second round7th of 156105731
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 1978 First round11th of 132002014
Flag of the United States.svg 1980 Group Stage14th of 18310226
Flag of Guatemala.svg 1982 Did not enter
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 1984
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 1986 Did not qualify
Flag of Guatemala.svg 1988
Flag of Guatemala.svg 1990
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1992
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 1994
Flag of Mexico.svg 1996
Flag of Guatemala.svg Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 1998
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 2001
Flag of Panama.svg Flag of the United States.svg 2003
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Flag of the United States.svg 2005
Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of Panama.svg 2007
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 2009
Flag of Guatemala.svg 2011
Flag of Mexico.svg 2013
Flag of Jamaica.svg 2015
Flag of Costa Rica.svg 2017
Flag of the United States.svg 2018 Group Stage9th of 3453022310
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 2020 Cancelled
Flag of Honduras.svg 2022 Runner-up2nd of 20421186
Flag of Mexico.svg 2024 Group Stage10th of 12300327
TotalRunner-up7/292671184382

U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
YearRoundPositionGPWDLGFGA
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg 1977 did not qualify
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg 1979
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1981
Flag of Mexico.svg 1983
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1985
Flag of Chile.svg 1987
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 1989
Flag of Portugal.svg 1991
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1993
Flag of Qatar.svg 1995
Flag of Malaysia.svg 1997
Flag of Nigeria.svg 1999
Flag of Argentina.svg 2001
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2003
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2005
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2007
Flag of Egypt.svg 2009
Flag of Colombia.svg 2011
Flag of Turkey.svg 2013
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2015
Flag of South Korea.svg 2017
Flag of Poland.svg 2019
Flag of Indonesia.svg 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [3]
Flag of Argentina.svg 2023 Group Stage23rd3003111
Flag of Chile.svg 2025 did not qualify
TotalGroup stage1/243003111

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  Flag of El Salvador.svg4–5Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa
18:30
Report
Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

2023

21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) 2023 FIFA U20 WC GS Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–1Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
15:00
Report Azcona Soccerball shade.svg23' (pen.)Attendance: 21,647
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) 2023 FIFA U20 WC GS Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg0–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
15:00 Report
Attendance: 6,709
Referee: Mohamed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played in May 2023. [4]

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

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1 GK Omry Bello (2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 21)120 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg O&M
1 GK Xavier Valdez (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 (age 20)40 Flag of the United States.svg Houston Dynamo
1 GK Enrique Bösl (2004-02-07) 7 February 2004 (age 20)10 Flag of Germany.svg FC Ingolstadt

2 DF Kleffer Martes (2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 21)121 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Atlético Pantoja
2 DF Sebastián Mañón (2003-02-13) 13 February 2003 (age 21)120 Flag of the United States.svg Dartmouth Big Green
2 DF Alfeni Tamárez (2005-06-14) 14 June 2005 (age 19)111 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Atlético Pantoja
2 DF Guillermo de Peña (2003-07-22) 22 July 2003 (age 21)81 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Moca
2 DF Israel Boatwright (2005-06-02) 2 June 2005 (age 19)62 Flag of the United States.svg Inter Miami
2 DF Alex Ciriaco (2004-03-21) 21 March 2004 (age 20)20 Flag of Finland.svg Ilves

3 MF Yordy Álvarez (2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 18)121 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Atlántico
3 MF Jason Yambatis (2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 (age 21)73 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Atlético Pantoja
3 MF Steven Martínez (2003-09-10) 10 September 2003 (age 21)71 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Atlético Vega Real
3 MF Miguel Vásquez (2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 (age 20)30 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Atlántico

4 FW Anyelo Gómez (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 21)121 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Jarabacoa
4 FW Bryan More (2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 (age 21)112 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Atlético Vega Real
4 FW Edison Azcona (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 20)94 Flag of the United States.svg Inter Miami
4 FW Derek Cuevas (2004-01-07) 7 January 2004 (age 20)21 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
4 FW Yunior Peralta (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 20)10 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Cibao
4 FW Oliver Schmidhauser (2004-06-02) 2 June 2004 (age 20)10 Flag of Germany.svg RB Leipzig
4 FW Alejandro Martín Sapeg (2006-02-16) 16 February 2006 (age 18)00 Flag of Spain.svg 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. Some of the following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup to go as sparring

Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClubLatest call-up
DF Charbel Wehbe (2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 20)40 Flag of Spain.svg Real Oviedo 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
DF Thomas Jungbauer (2005-07-30) 30 July 2005 (age 19)70 Flag of Italy.svg SPAL 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

MF Fabian Messina (2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 22)20 Flag of Germany.svg FSV Frankfurt Friendly International
MF Annier Rojas (2003-10-16) 16 October 2003 (age 21)10 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Atlético Pantoja 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
MF Simón Veras (2003-03-19) 19 March 2003 (age 21)30 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Moca FC 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
MF Alejandro Martinez (2004-06-02) 2 June 2004 (age 20)31 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Delfines del Este FC 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

FW Diefri Sandy (2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 (age 20)63 Flag of Bolivia.svg Royal Pari 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
FW Adhonys Vargas (2004-02-12) 12 February 2004 (age 20)41 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Atlético Vega Real 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
FW Luis Francisco (2004-03-26) 26 March 2004 (age 20)40 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Delfines del Este FC 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

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