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Dominican Republic
Nickname(s)	Las Quisqueyanas (The Quisqueyanas)
Association	Dominican Football Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)
Head coach	Henry Parra
Captain	Vanessa Kara
Top scorer	Betzaida Ubri (15)
FIFA code	DOM
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	107 (15 March 2024)
Highest	81 (March 2009)
Lowest	113 (December 2021)
First international
	Dominican Republic 2–2 Saint Lucia ; (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 10 July 2002)
Biggest win
	Dominican Republic 17–0 British Virgin Islands ; (Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic; 5 October 2007)
Biggest defeat
	United States 14–0 Dominican Republic ; (Vancouver, Canada; 20 January 2012)
CONCACAF W Championship / CONCACAF W Gold Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2024)
Best result	Group stage

The Dominican Republic women's national football team (Spanish: Selección femenina de fútbol de República Dominicana) represents the Dominican Republic in international women's football. The team is governed by the Dominican Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Dominicana de Fútbol) and competes in CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American, and Caribbean Association Football) women's competitions.

History edit

The beginning edit

The Dominican team played its first international match in 2002 against Saint Lucia as a part of the CFU qualifying tournament for the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. in which the Dominican Republic draw Saint Lucia 2–2. on matchday two the team faced the Bahamian Team achieving their first-ever win with a score of three to nil. they lost their last game to Haiti conceding two goals to end third after Saint Lucia surpass them on superior goal difference. one year after, the team entered the CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification for the first time with the Dominican republic hosting Haiti for two-legged matches in the Estadio Panamericano. in which it suffered a 2–10 aggregate defeat against the inaugural CFU women's Caribbean Cup Champions Haiti. after the first match's seven-nil loss, the Dominicans fought well in their second-leg game losing 2–3 in a match where they lead the halftime 2–1.

Improvement edit

the 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Qualifying marked an improvement as the Dominican Republic topped the first round Group A undefeated, advancing to the second round they been drawn together with the Host Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. Los Quisqueyanos kicked their second round with a two-nil win against Suriname. losing to the Tobagonian team to end second after Trinidad and Tobago, which qualified for the final tournament. the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification saw a better performance from the team. as they won their first game four to nil against the U.S. Virgin Islands, their second match was a historical moment for the women's football in the Dominican Republic, as the National team trashed the British Virgin Islands by a scoreline never before seen in the entire CONCACAF region for international football. The margin of 17 clear goals, while keeping a clean sheet, is unrivaled in football in the history of the game across the CONCACAF region in all international competitions.^[2] with their final and decisive match against Cuba. the team dominated the first half scoring the first goal however Cuba Managed to score the equalizer and a last-minute goal to eliminate the Dominicans. 2011 marked history for the Dominican team as they qualified for their first CONCACAF tournament (2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament) after finishing top of the group B undefeated beating Dominica, Bermuda and Trinidad and Tobago. qualifying for the first continental tournament, Dominican Republic was drawn with the world's most successful team the United States. Mexico and Cuba. the team opened its tournament with a 0–14 loss against the United States which is the biggest defeat the team has received in its history. losing the two other matches the Dominican Republic finished last. in the last years, the Dominican team maintains a good performance, the team entered several tournaments including the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championships qualification, and CONCACAF W championship qualification finishing second.

Results and fixtures edit

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

Legend

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2023 edit

6 April Friendly	Panama	1–0	Dominican Republic	Panama City, Panama
20:00 UTC−5	Jaén 67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández

9 April Friendly	Panama	4–3	Dominican Republic	Panama City, Panama
	Cox 10' Cedeno 57' Hernández 88' Riley 90+2'		Kara 12' Asenjo 65', 80'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández

13 July Friendly	Puerto Rico	1–1	Dominican Republic	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
19:00 UTC−4	Rodríguez 90+1'	Report	Marte 55'	Stadium: Mayagüez Athletics Stadium

16 July Friendly	Puerto Rico	0–0	Dominican Republic	TBC, Puerto Rico
--:-- UTC−4

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification League B	Bermuda	2–0	Dominican Republic	Devonshire Parish
17:00 17:00 (UTC−3)	Masters 10', 45+1'	Report		Stadium: National Sports Centre Referee: Karen Hernandez (Mexico)^{[citation needed]}

26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification League B	Dominican Republic	3–0	Barbados	Santo Domingo
19:00 19:00 (UTC−4)	Torreira 39' Reed 53' Kara 55'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)^{[citation needed]}

27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification League B	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–8	Dominican Republic	Kingstown
15:00 15:00 (UTC−4)		Report	Kara 1' Jackson 9', 40', 58' González 17', 33' Peralta 23' (pen.) Cabrera 87'	Stadium: Arnos Vale Stadium Referee: Kedeen Foster (Cayman Islands)

31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification League B	Dominican Republic	4–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Santo Domingo
	Jackson 2' Marte 18' Vallecillo 40' Cuevas 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Suleimy Linares Sáez (Cuba)

1 December 2023 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification League B

Barbados

1–7

Dominican Republic

5 December 2023 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification League B

Dominican Republic

2–0

Bermuda

2024 edit

17 February 2024 (2024-02-17) 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification	Guyana	0–1	Dominican Republic	Carson, United States
				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

20 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	United States	5–0	Dominican Republic	Carson, United States
22:15 (19:15 UTC−8)	Moultrie 7', 58' Williams 30' Nighswonger 86' (pen.) Morgan 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 3,242 Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)

23 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Dominican Republic	0–8	Mexico	Carson, United States
19:30 (16:30 UTC−8)		Report	Hernández 12' Ovalle 14', 27' (pen.) Luna 21' Bernal 44' Ordóñez 45+4' Casarez 70' Pelayo 90+3'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

26 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Argentina	3–0	Dominican Republic	Carson, United States
19:00 (16:00 UTC−8)	Ippólito 30' Dos Santos 76' Pereyra 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

Dominican Republic Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff edit

Current coaching staff edit

As of 19 September 2023.^[3]^[4]

Role	Name
Head coach	Henry Parra
Assistant coach	Manuela Lareo
Assistant coach	Luís "Bolocho" Lluberes
GK Coach	Juan David Cruz
Physical Coach	Yinson Pulgarín

Manager history edit

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning %	Notes	Ref.
Jose Rubio	2021–2022	0	0	0	0	0%

(If statistics are unavailable, display former coaches in bulleted list form)

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following 23 players were named to the roster for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup.^[5]
Caps, goals, and players' numbers accurate as of 5 December 2023 after match vs. Bermuda

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Odaliana Gómez	(2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 19)	6	0	FIU Panthers
12	1GK	Carolina Moreno	(2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 22)	1	0	Cibao
20	1GK	Paloma Peña	(2005-02-20) 20 February 2005 (age 19)	1	0	Florida Gators

2	2DF	Alexa Pacheco	(2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 21)	5	0	Goldey–Beacom Lightning
3	2DF	Stella Tapia	(2005-02-15) 15 February 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Michigan Wolverines
4	2DF	Giovanna Dionicio	(2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 (age 22)	10	1	Unattached
5	2DF	Nadia Colón	(2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 (age 21)	10	0	UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
16	2DF	Renata Mercedes	(2007-10-22) 22 October 2007 (age 16)	2	0	Taft Rhinos
18	2DF	Claudia Alcántara	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Fundación Eagles
19	2DF	Gabriella Cuevas	(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 30)	14	2	Unattached
22	2DF	Brianne Reed	(1994-05-02) 2 May 1994 (age 29)	14	1	Damaiense

7	3MF	Winibian Peralta	(1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 26)	20	2	Puerto Viejo
13	3MF	Keisla Gil	(2003-07-12) 12 July 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Central Methodist Eagles
14	3MF	Lucía Marte (captain)	(1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 (age 26)	12	4	Watford
21	3MF	Jaylen Vallecillo	(2006-04-23) 23 April 2006 (age 17)	6	1	East Meadow SC

6	4FW	Yomerci Brito	(2001-08-11) 11 August 2001 (age 22)	0	0	5 de Abril
8	4FW	Dahien Cabrera	(2000-08-15) 15 August 2000 (age 23)	2	1	Edward Waters Tigers
9	4FW	Mía Asenjo	(2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 (age 21)	4	4	UCF Knights
10	4FW	Vanessa Kara	(1996-11-27) 27 November 1996 (age 27)	10	5	Unattached
11	4FW	Alyssa Oviedo	(2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 23)	11	7	Unattached
15	4FW	Kathrynn González	(2000-07-12) 12 July 2000 (age 23)	6	4	FC Thy-Thisted Q
17	4FW	Jazmin Jackson	(2004-11-24) 24 November 2004 (age 19)	4	4	VCU Rams
23	4FW	Angelina Vargas	(2005-07-06) 6 July 2005 (age 18)	2	1	Brown Bears

Recent call-ups edit

The following players have also been called up to the Dominican Republic squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Mirda Minyety	(2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 20)	13	0	5 de Abril	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
GK	Nathalie Martínez	(2006-10-25) 25 October 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Atlántico	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE

DF	Gabriella Marte	(2003-01-27) 27 January 2003 (age 21)	6	0	Hofstra Pride	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
DF	Lynette Ureña	(2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 23)	5	0	Osijek	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
DF	Paola Then	(2004-04-15) 15 April 2004 (age 20)	0	0	St. Mary's Rattlers	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
DF	Juliette Barbush	(2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Kennesaw State Owls	v. Panama, 6 April 2023

MF	Winifer Santa	(1999-07-09) 9 July 1999 (age 24)	4	2	Torrelodones	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
MF	Yoana Peralta	(1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 25)	3	0	Unattached	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
MF	Emma Ostropolsky	(2005-08-20) 20 August 2005 (age 18)	1	0	Rayo Vallecano	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
MF	Isabella Ventura	(2006-11-14) 14 November 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Florida West F.C.	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
MF	Kharina Díaz	(2002-10-27) 27 October 2002 (age 21)	0	0	5 de Abril	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE

FW	Jazlyn Oviedo	(2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 (age 22)	11	1	Vermont Catamounts	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
FW	Liliane Clase	(2003-07-29) 29 July 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Texas Southern Tigers	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
FW	Ana Dayari Santos	(2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 (age 24)	4	3	Club Ñañas	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
FW	Jazlyn Santos	(1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 27)	4	0	Unattached	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
FW	Cheila Acosta	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Bob Soccer School	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
FW	Katherine Núñez	(2001-10-26) 26 October 2001 (age 22)	1	0	Cibao	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
FW	María Torreira	(2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Fundación Eagles	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
FW	Kiomy Luperón	(2003-09-09) 9 September 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification ^PRE
^PRE: Pre-called up. ^INE: Ineligible.

Records edit

As of 30 November 2022

*Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most capped players edit

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps	Goals

Top goalscorers edit

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps
1	Betzaida Ubri	2010–?	+12	?
2	Alyssa Oviedo	2018–present	+8	11
2	Yaqueisi Núñez	2011–?	+8	?
4	Elizabeth Martínez	2007–?	+6	?
5	Vanessa Kara	2021–present	+5	8
5	Ana Frías	2007–2012	+5	14
7	Manuela Lareo	2021–present	4	6
8	Dayari Balbuena	2019–present	+3	4
	Oliva Santana	2007–?		?
	Raynelsa Peralta	2007–?		?
	Yajaira Astacio	2007–?		?
	Yocelyn Rodríguez	2007–?		?

Competitive record edit

FIFA Women's World Cup edit

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	did not enter
1995
1999
2003	did not qualify
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games edit

Summer Olympics record									Qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1996	did not enter								1995 FIFA WWC
2000	did not enter								1999 FIFA WWC
2004	did not qualify								2	0	0	2	2	10
2008									3	2	0	1	22	2
2012									6	3	0	3	5	27
2016									2	1	0	1	11	6
2020									4	2	2	0	4	0
2024									to be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	8	2	7	44	45

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF W Championship edit

Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
CONCACAF W Championship record								Qualification record
1991	did not enter							did not enter
1993
1994
1998
2000
2002	did not qualify							3	1	1	1	5	4
2006								5	4	0	1	13	9
2010								2	1	0	1	4	3
2014								2014 Caribbean Cup
2018								4	2	1	1	7	5
2022								4	3	0	1	15	5
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	11	2	5	44	26

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF W Gold Cup edit

CONCACAF W Gold Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2024	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	16
Total	1/1	3	0	0	3	0	16

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games edit

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1999	did not enter
2003
2007
2011	did not qualify
2015
2019
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Central American and Caribbean Games edit

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2010	did not enter
2014	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	13
2018	did not enter
2023	to be determined
Total	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	13

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CFU Women's Caribbean Cup edit

CFU Women's Caribbean Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2000	did not enter
2014	First round	2	1	0	1	7	7
Total	First round	2	1	0	1	7	7

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References edit

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ "Digicel Caribbean Cup: Dominican Republic 17 vs BVI 0". news.jamaicans.com. jamarch. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
^ "Fedofútbol presentó a Henry Parra como su nuevo seleccionador nacional femenino" (in Spanish). Dominican Football Federation. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "Manuela Lareo se une al cuerpo técnico de la Absoluta Femenina" (in Spanish). Dominican Football Federation. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "Listas provisionales confirmadas para la Copa Oro Concacaf W 2024" (PDF). CONCACAF (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 November 2023.