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 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 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 was the first time any Dominican Republic team qualified for a FIFA World Cup at any age level or gender. 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, the Dominican Republic lost 6–0 against the United States. The Dominican players became Concacaf Runners-up.
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 recordYearResultPosition 1962Did not enter 1964 1970 1973 1974Group stage11th of 12300318 1976Second round7th of 156105731 1978First round11th of 132002014 1980Group stage14th of 18310226 1982Did not enter 1984 1986Did not qualify 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2018Group stage9th of 3453022310 2020Cancelled 2022Runners-up2nd of 20421186 2024Group stage10th of 12300327TotalRunners-up7/292671184382
U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup FIFA U-20 World Cup recordYearRoundPosition 1977Did not qualify 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2023Group stage23rd3003111 2025Did not qualify 2027To be determinedTotalGroup stage1/253003111
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.
2022
2023
Current squad The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played in May 2023.
Caps and goals correct as of 22 April 2023, after the match against Iraq.
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
See also Dominican Republic national football team Dominican Republic national under-23 football team
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