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Dominican Republic national under-20 football team

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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 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.

Team history

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2022

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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

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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

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CONCACAF U-20 Championship

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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 11th of 13 2 0 0 2 0 14
United States 1980 Group Stage 14th 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 Tobago 2001
Panama United States 2003
Honduras United States 2005
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
Mexico 2024 Group Stage 10th of 12 3 0 0 3 2 7
Total Runner-up 7/29 26 7 1 18 43 82

U-20 World Cup

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FIFA U-20 World Cup

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FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 did not qualify
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017
Poland 2019
Indonesia 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Argentina 2023 Group Stage 23rd 3 0 0 3 1 11
Chile 2025 did not qualify
Total Group stage 1/24 3 0 0 3 1 11

Fixtures and recent results

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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

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26 June 2022 (2022-06-26) 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship El Salvador  4–5  Dominican Republic Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa
18:30
Report
Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

2023

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21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) 2023 FIFA U20 WC GS Nigeria  2–1  Dominican Republic Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
15:00 Report Azcona 23' (pen.) Attendance: 21,647
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) 2023 FIFA U20 WC GS Dominican Republic  0–3  Italy Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
15:00 Report
Attendance: 6,709
Referee: Mohamed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

Current squad

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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. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Omry Bello (2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 21) 12 0 Dominican Republic O&M
1GK Xavier Valdez (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 (age 20) 4 0 United States Houston Dynamo
1GK Enrique Bösl (2004-02-07) 7 February 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Germany FC Ingolstadt

2DF Kleffer Martes (2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 21) 12 1 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja
2DF Sebastián Mañón (2003-02-13) 13 February 2003 (age 21) 12 0 United States Dartmouth Big Green
2DF Alfeni Tamárez (2005-06-14) 14 June 2005 (age 19) 11 1 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja
2DF Guillermo de Peña (2003-07-22) 22 July 2003 (age 21) 8 1 Dominican Republic Moca
2DF Israel Boatwright (2005-06-02) 2 June 2005 (age 19) 6 2 United States Inter Miami
2DF Alex Ciriaco (2004-03-21) 21 March 2004 (age 20) 2 0 Finland Ilves

3MF Yordy Álvarez (2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 18) 12 1 Dominican Republic Atlántico
3MF Jason Yambatis (2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 (age 21) 7 3 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja
3MF Steven Martínez (2003-09-10) 10 September 2003 (age 21) 7 1 Dominican Republic Atlético Vega Real
3MF Miguel Vásquez (2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 (age 20) 3 0 Dominican Republic Atlántico

4FW Anyelo Gómez (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 21) 12 1 Dominican Republic Jarabacoa
4FW Bryan More (2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 (age 21) 11 2 Dominican Republic Atlético Vega Real
4FW Edison Azcona (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 20) 9 4 United States Inter Miami
4FW Derek Cuevas (2004-01-07) 7 January 2004 (age 20) 2 1 Spain Barcelona
4FW Yunior Peralta (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Dominican Republic Cibao
4FW Oliver Schmidhauser (2004-06-02) 2 June 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Germany RB Leipzig
4FW Alejandro Martín Sapeg (2006-02-16) 16 February 2006 (age 18) 0 0 Spain Rayo Ciudad Alcobendas

Recent call-ups

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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. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Charbel Wehbe (2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 20) 4 0 Spain Real Oviedo 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
DF Thomas Jungbauer (2005-07-30) 30 July 2005 (age 19) 7 0 Italy SPAL 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

MF Fabian Messina (2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 22) 2 0 Germany FSV Frankfurt Friendly International
MF Annier Rojas (2003-10-16) 16 October 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
MF Simón Veras (2003-03-19) 19 March 2003 (age 21) 3 0 Dominican Republic Moca FC 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
MF Alejandro Martinez (2004-06-02) 2 June 2004 (age 20) 3 1 Dominican Republic Delfines del Este FC 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

FW Diefri Sandy (2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 (age 20) 6 3 Bolivia Royal Pari 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
FW Adhonys Vargas (2004-02-12) 12 February 2004 (age 20) 4 1 Dominican Republic Atlético Vega Real 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
FW Luis Francisco (2004-03-26) 26 March 2004 (age 20) 4 0 Dominican Republic Delfines del Este FC 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  4. ^ "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.