Dominican Republic national under-23 football team

The Dominican Republic national under-23 football team represents the Dominican Republic in tournaments and friendly matches at the under-23 level. They qualified to compete in their first CONCACAF qualifier for the Olympics in 2020, which was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak in Mexico and around the world.^[1][2] The tournament was later held in March 2021, and the Dominican national U23 team finished last in their group. However, Dominican Republic U20 reached the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship final which qualified the nation to the 2024 Summer Olympics for the first time in their history.^[3]

Dominican Republic Olympic

Nickname(s)	Los Quisqueyanos
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Ibai Gómez
First colors Second colors
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 2024)
Best result	Group stage (2024)
CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2020)
Best result	Group stage (2020)

Summer Olympics record

Rules

• 1996–present: under-23 national teams (with three 'no age limit' players allowed, after an agreement between FIFA and OIC)

Note

• No tournament held in 1932

Olympic Games record
Year	Host	Round	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900	Paris	Did not qualify
1904	St. Louis
1908	London
1912	Stockholm
1920	Antwerp
1924	Paris
1928	Amsterdam
1936	Berlin
1948	London
1952	Helsinki
1956	Melbourne
1960	Rome
1964	Tokyo
1968	Mexico City
1972	Munich
1976	Montreal
1980	Moscow
1984	Los Angeles
1988	Seoul
1992	Barcelona
1996	Atlanta
2000	Sydney
2004	Athens
2008	Beijing
2012	London
2016	Rio de Janeiro
2020	Tokyo
2024	Paris	Group stage	12th	3	0	2	1	2	4
2028	Los Angeles	To be determined
2032	Brisbane
Total			1/30	3	0	2	1	2	4

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Results and fixtures

2024

Paraguay  v  Dominican Republic

23 March Friendly	Paraguay	2–0	Dominican Republic	Asunción, Paraguay
19:30	F. Cardozo 8' Román 70'			Stadium: Estadio Tigo La Huerta Referee: Juan Jara (Paraguay)

Paraguay  v  Dominican Republic

26 March Friendly	Paraguay	1–2	Dominican Republic	Asunción, Paraguay
19:30	Fernández 73'	Report	Lemaire 17' Ureña 30'	Stadium: Estadio Tigo La Huerta

France  v  Dominican Republic

11 July Friendly	France	7–0	Dominican Republic	Toulon, France
21:15	Millot 10' Lacazette 28' 45+3' Olise 51' 56' Akliouche 80' Cherki 85'			Stadium: Stade Mayol

Egypt  v  Dominican Republic

24 July Olympics GS	Egypt	0–0	Dominican Republic	Nantes, France
17:00				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Dominican Republic  v  Spain

27 July Olympics GS	Dominican Republic	1-3	Spain	Bordeaux, France
15:00	Montes de Oca 38'		Fermin 24' Álex Baena 55' Miguel Gutierrez Ortega 70'	Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux

Dominican Republic  v  Uzbekistan

30 July Olympics GS	Dominican Republic	1-1	Uzbekistan	Paris, France
15:00	Rafael núñez 51'		Odilov 58'	Stadium: Parc des Princes

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 Olympic Games.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Xavier Valdez	(2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Houston Dynamo
13	1GK	Enrique Bösl	(2004-02-07) 7 February 2004 (age 20)	2	0	FC Ingolstadt II
2	2DF	Francisco Marizán	(2006-03-28) 28 March 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Volendam U21
4	2DF	Edgar Pujol	(2004-08-07) 7 August 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Real Madrid Castilla
5	2DF	Luiyi de Lucas*	(1994-08-31) 31 August 1994 (age 30)	0	0	AEL Limassol
12	2DF	Joao Urbáez	(2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Leganés B
16	2DF	Nelson Lemaire	(2001-10-19) 19 October 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Union SG U23
6	3MF	Heinz Mörschel*	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Unattached
8	3MF	Ángel Montes de Oca	(2001-02-18) 18 February 2001 (age 23)	1	0	Cibao
14	3MF	Omar de la Cruz	(2001-08-26) 26 August 2001 (age 23)	6	0	Patriotas
15	3MF	Fabian Messina	(2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 22)	5	0	Unattached
3	4FW	Josué Báez	(2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 (age 22)	4	0	O&M
7	4FW	Oscar Ureña	(2003-05-31) 31 May 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Girona
9	4FW	Rafael Núñez	(2002-01-25) 25 January 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Elche Ilicitano
10	4FW	Edison Azcona	(2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 20)	4	1	Las Vegas Lights
11	4FW	Peter González	(2002-07-25) 25 July 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Getafe
17	4FW	José de León	(2004-03-02) 2 March 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Alavés B
18	4FW	Nowend Lorenzo	(2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Osasuna B

* Overage player.

Unenrolled alternate players

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
20	1GK	Anthony Núñez	(2005-10-14) 14 October 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Mansfield Town Reserves
22	2DF	Thomas Jungbauer	(2005-07-30) 30 July 2005 (age 19)	3	0	Dynamo Ceske Budejovice B

Latest call ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Junior Firpo*	(1996-08-22) 22 August 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Leeds United	2024 Olympic GamesWD
DF	Israel Boatwright	(2005-06-02) 2 June 2005 (age 19)	3	0	Inter Miami	2024 Olympic GamesPRE
MF	Isaac Báez	(2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 (age 22)	3	0	O&M	2024 Olympic GamesPRE
MF	Yordy Álvarez	(2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 18)	1	9	Atlántico	vs.  Paraguay, 26 March 2024
MF	David Rodríguez		0	0	Cerro Porteño U23	vs.  Paraguay, 26 March 2024
FW	Dorny Romero*	(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26)	3	0	Aktobe	2024 Olympic GamesPRE
FW	Edarlyn Reyes*	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Elimai	2024 Olympic GamesPRE
FW	Mariano Díaz*	(1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Unattached	2024 Olympic GamesPRE
FW	Derek Cuevas	(2004-01-07) 7 January 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Carolina Core	2024 Olympic GamesPRE
FW	Oliver Schmidhauser	(2004-06-02) 2 June 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Unattached	vs.  Paraguay, 26 March 2024
FW	Alessandro Ovalle	(2005-12-19) 19 December 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Sampdoria Primavera	vs.  Paraguay, 26 March 2024
FW	Yan Friessner	(2006-03-18) 18 March 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Rot-Weiss Essen U19	vs.  Paraguay, 26 March 2024
PRE Part of the preliminary squad INJ Player injured WD Player withdrew for non-injury related reasons

* Overage player.

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
2024	Luiyi de Lucas (DF)	Junior Firpo (DF)	Heinz Mörschel (MF)

References

1. "Due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic across the world, Concacaf has elected to suspend all of its competitions set to take place over the next 30 days, including the 2020 Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship, from March 20 – April 1 in Guadalajara, Mexico". Retrieved September 14, 2020.
2. "The 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship is the latest soccer tournament affected by coronavirus, with Concacaf announcing the tournament's postponement Friday morning". Retrieved September 14, 2020.
3. "USA, Dominican Republic book Paris 2024 Olympic berths after reaching CONCACAF Under-20 Championship final". International Olympic Committee. July 19, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
4. "Conoce la lista preliminar de convocados para nuestro sueño olímpico 2024. ¡Paris está cada vez más cerca!" [Find out the preliminary list of those called up for our 2024 Olympic dream. Paris is getting closer!]. Twitter (in Spanish). Dominican Football Federation. June 12, 2024.