Nicaragua national football team

Nicaragua

Nickname(s)

La Azul y Blanco (The Blue and White)
Los Pinoleros
Albiazules

Association

Nicaraguan Football Federation

Confederation

CONCACAF (North America)

Sub-confederation

UNCAF (Central America)

Head coach

Henry Duarte

Captain

Juan Barrera

Most caps

David Solórzano (49)

Top scorer

Emilio Palacios (11)

Home stadium

Nicaragua National Football Stadium

FIFA code

NCA

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

8 (24 November 2016)

Highest

92 (December 2015)

Lowest

193 (May 2001)

Elo ranking

Current

155 (June 2015)

Highest

83 (May 1941)

Lowest

197 (April 2002)

First international

El Salvador 9–0 Nicaragua

(El Salvador; 1 May 1929)

Biggest win

Nicaragua 5–0 Anguilla

(Managua, Nicaragua; 23 March 2015)

Nicaragua 5–0 Cuba

(Managua, Nicaragua; 8 December 2015)

Biggest defeat

Brazil 14–0 Nicaragua

(Mexico; 17 October 1975)

CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup

Appearances

3 (first in 1963)

Best result

6th, 1967

The Nicaragua national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Nicaragua) is the national team of Nicaragua and is controlled by the Nicaraguan Football Federation. Nicaragua achieved its first qualification to a major international competition in 2009, when it qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup after a 2–0 win over Guatemala in the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup.^[1]

Due to American influence throughout the country's history, baseball has more of a following as both a pursuit and spectator event in Nicaragua than football.

History

Nicaragua travelled to El Salvador for their first ever international, losing 9–0 to the hosts on 1 May 1929. They did not play another match for over twelve years, until the qualifying group for the 1941 CCCF Championship in Costa Rica. They lost all 4 games: 7–2 to the hosts Costa Rica on 10 May, 8–0 to El Salvador on 13 May, 9–1 to the Netherlands Antilles on 15 May and 5–2 to Panama on 18 May. Therefore, Nicaragua finished bottom of the group and did not make the final group.^[2]

FIFA World Cup record

The Nicaraguan national football team has never qualified for the World Cup. Their last attempt was for the 2018 World Cup, when they lost 3–4 in the third round to Jamaica.

1930 to 1990 – Did not enter
1994 to 2018 – Did not qualify

CONCACAF Championship record

In 1963 Nicaragua participated in the first CONCACAF Championship which included all countries of the region, North America, Central America and the Caribbean. During 1963 to 1971 only 5 championships were played. Nicaragua achieving only a sixth-place finish in 1967. From 1973 to 1989 no championship was played. The CONCACAF proclaimed champion of the region for the country that achieved the first place in qualifying to the FIFA World Cup. In 1990, CONCACAF again created a tournament as its showpiece event to crown the regional champion of the CONCACAF. The event was named the CONCACAF Gold Cup, with the USA hosting the first competition in 1991. However Nicaragua have only qualified once since the gold cup format started with a group stage finish in 2009.

Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1963	Round 1	4	0	0	4	2	15
1965	Did not qualify
1967	Sixth Place	5	0	1	4	3	12
1969	Did not enter
1971	Did not qualify
1973	Did not qualify
1977	Did not enter
1981
1985
1989
1991	Did not qualify
1993
1996
1998
2000
2002
2003
2005
2007
2009	Round 1	3	0	0	3	0	8
2011	Did not qualify
2013
2015
Total	3/22	12	0	1	11	5	35

Other tournament records

Copa Centroamericana

The tournament has been held since 1991 as the UNCAF Nations Cup and serves as a qualifying event for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The competition was re-branded as the Copa Centroamericana from the 2011 edition. Nicaragua has participated in all of the tournaments and has managed to get up to Fifth place in 2009.

Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Preliminary round	2	0	0	2	2	5
1993	Preliminary round	2	0	0	2	0	8
1995	Preliminary round	2	0	0	2	0	7
1997	First round	2	0	0	2	2	11
1999	First round	2	0	0	2	0	2
2001	First round	3	0	0	3	2	19
2003	Sixth Place	5	1	0	4	1	11
2005	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	2	9
2007	Sixth Place	4	1	0	3	6	14
2009	Fifth Place	4	1	2	1	5	6
2011	Sixth Place	4	0	1	3	2	7
2013	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	2	5
2014	Sixth Place	3	0	0	3	0	6
Total	Fifth Place	39	4	4	31	24	110

Central American and Caribbean Games

1930 – Did not qualify
1935 – Did not qualify
1938 – Did not qualify
1946 – Did not qualify
1950 – Group Stage
1954 – Did not qualify
1959 – Did not qualify
1962 – Did not qualify
1966 – Did not qualify
1970 – Group Stage
1974 – Quarter Final
1978 – Group Stage
1982 – Group Stage
1986 – Did not qualify
1990 – Did not qualify
1993 – Did not qualify
1998 – Quarter Final
2002 –Quarter Final
2006 – Did not qualify
2010 – Did not qualify
2014– Did not qualify

CCCF Championship record

The Nicaragua national football team have competed in the CCCF Championship in six occasions. Nicaragua won third place at the 1951 CCCF Championship.

Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1941	Fifth place	4	0	0	4	5	29
1943	Fourth Place	6	0	0	6	7	39
1946	Sixth Place	5	1	0	4	5	31
1948	Did not enter
1951	Third Place	4	0	0	4	4	22
1953	Sixth Place	6	1	0	5	4	18
1955	Did not enter
1957	Did not enter
1960	Did not enter
1961	Ninth Place	3	0	0	3	3	18
Total	6/10	28	2	0	26	28	157

Pan American Games record

1951 to 1971 – Did not enter
1975 – Round 1
1979 to 1987 – Did not enter
1991 – Round 1
1995 to 2015 – Did not Qualify

Central American Games

1973 – Silver Medal
1977 – Bronze Medal
1986 – Bronze Medal
1990 – Bronze Medal
1994 – Round 1
1997 – Round 1
2001 – Round 1
2013 – Round 1

Personnel

Current staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Henry Duarte
Assistant Coach	Ivan Rodriguez
Physical Coordinator	TBD

Schedule and results

The following is Nicaragua's schedule and results for the 2015 season.

Key

Win Draw Loss

2015

23 March 2018 FIFA WCQ – First Round	Nicaragua	5–0	Anguilla	Managua, Nicaragua
18:00 (UTC−6)	Galeano 12' Copete 25', 39' Barrera 37' Lazo 63'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)		Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium Attendance: 4,214 Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

29 March 2018 FIFA WCQ – First Round	Anguilla	0–3	Nicaragua	The Valley, Anguilla
17:00 (UTC−4)		Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Leguias 22', 67' Barrera 45+1'	Stadium: Ronald Webster Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

7 June 2018 FIFA WCQ – Second Round	Nicaragua	1–0	Suriname	Managua, Nicaragua
18:00 (UTC–6)	Chavarría 44'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)		Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium Attendance: 8,010 Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

16 June 2018 FIFA WCQ – Second Round	Suriname	1–3	Nicaragua	Paramaribo, Suriname
16:30 (UTC–3)	Fer 3'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Leguias 27' Rosas 51' Chavarría 90+3'	Stadium: André Kamperveen Stadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Leon Clarke (Saint Lucia)

4 September 2018 FIFA WCQ – Third Round	Jamaica	2–3	Nicaragua	Kingston, Jamaica
20:00 (UTC-5)	Mattocks 69' Mariappa 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Rosas 5' (pen.) Chavarría 8' Galeano 48'	Stadium: Independence Park Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)

8 September 2018 FIFA WCQ – Third Round	Nicaragua	0–2	Jamaica	Managua, Nicaragua
19:30 (UTC-6)		Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Mattocks 13' Dawkins 89'	Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

23 September Friendly	Cuba	0–1	Nicaragua	Havana, Cuba
		Report	Rosas 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Pedro Marrero

25 September Friendly	Cuba	1–1	Nicaragua	Havana, Cuba
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Pedro Marrero

13 October Friendly	Trinidad and Tobago	0–0	Nicaragua	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
19:00		Report		Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium

8 December Friendly	Nicaragua	5–0	Cuba	Managua, Nicaragua
	Barrera 19', 69' Cuadra 51' Leguias 57' Pavón 78'			Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium

12 December Friendly	Nicaragua	1–0	Cuba	Esteli, Nicaragua
	Garcia 90+2'			Stadium: Estadio Independencia

15 December Friendly	Costa Rica	1–0	Nicaragua	Liberia, Costa Rica
18:00 (UTC−6)	Waston 59'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño Attendance: 3.800 Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

2016

27 January Friendly	Nicaragua	1–3	Honduras	Managua, Nicaragua
19:00 (UTC−6)	Leguías 14'	Report	Méndez 57' Alvarado 83' (pen.) Casco 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Oscar Davila (Nicaragua)

9 March Friendly	Nicaragua	1–1	El Salvador	Managua, Nicaragua
19:30 (UTC−6)	Copete 28'	Report	Morán 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium Referee: Oscar Davila (Nicaragua)

15 March Friendly	Nicaragua	1–0	Panama	Managua, Nicaragua
19:30 (UTC−6)	Galeano 48' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)

24 August Friendly	Honduras	1–0	Nicaragua	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
15:00 (UTC−6)	Elis 29'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 0

31 August Friendly	Nicaragua	0–0	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Managua, Nicaragua
18:30 (UTC−6)		Report		Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium Referee: Oscar Davila (Nicaragua)

Current squad

The following 25 players were selected for the Friendly vs Saint Kitts and Nevis in 31 August 2016.
Caps and goals updated as of August 31, 2016 after the game against Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Justo Lorente	(1994-02-27) February 27, 1994	16	0	Real Estelí F.C.
1GK	Róger Sánchez	(1992-06-12) June 12, 1992	0	0	UNAN Managua
1GK	Diedrich Téllez	(1984-10-31) October 31, 1984	4	0	Juventus Managua

2DF	Jason Casco	(1990-02-13) February 13, 1990	16	0	Real Estelí F.C.
2DF	Luis Fernando Copete	(1989-02-12) February 12, 1989	17	3	Real Estelí F.C.
2DF	Oscar López	(1992-02-27) February 27, 1992	3	0	Managua F.C.
2DF	Francisco Paz	(1986-08-07) August 7, 1986	1	0	Real Estelí F.C.
2DF	Josué Quijano	(1991-03-10) March 10, 1991	33	1	Real Estelí F.C.
2DF	Manuel Rosas Arreola	(1983-10-14) October 14, 1983	19	2	Real Estelí F.C.
2DF	Axel Silva	(1993-01-04) January 4, 1993	1	0	Managua F.C.
2DF	Erick Téllez	(1989-01-28) January 28, 1989	16	0	Diriangén FC
2DF	Bismarck Veliz	(1993-09-10) September 10, 1993	6	0	Chinandega FC

3MF	Jason Coronel	(1993-10-06) October 6, 1993	4	0	Diriangén FC
3MF	Norlan Cuadra	(1988-07-10) July 10, 1988	9	1	Deportivo Walter Ferretti
3MF	Bryan Garcia	(1995-05-25) May 25, 1995	6	1	Real Estelí F.C.
3MF	Marlon López	(1992-11-02) November 2, 1992	12	0	Real Estelí F.C.
3MF	Jonathan Moncada	(1998-01-03) January 3, 1998	0	0	Real Estelí F.C.
3MF	Maykel Montiel	(1993-01-27) January 27, 1993	4	0	UNAN Managua
3MF	Luis Peralta	(1988-10-12) October 12, 1988	9	0	Deportivo Walter Ferretti
3MF	Nahúm Peralta	(1994-10-21) October 21, 1994	1	0	Real Estelí F.C.
3MF	Elvis Pinel	(1992-03-22) March 22, 1992	18	1	Real Estelí F.C.

4FW	Luis Fernando Coronel	(1997-02-25) February 25, 1997	2	0	Diriangén FC
4FW	Luis Galeano	(1991-10-15) October 15, 1991	9	3	Real Estelí F.C.
4FW	Norfran Lazo	(1990-09-08) September 8, 1990	11	1	Managua F.C.
4FW	Daniel Reyes	(1990-07-21) July 21, 1990	13	1	UNAN Managua

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Nicaragua squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Dember Fox Braker		0	0	Bóer F.C.	v. Honduras, August 24, 2016
GK	Esdras Gonzales		0	0	Managua F.C.	v. Honduras, January 27, 2016
GK	Henry Maradiaga	(1990-02-05) February 5, 1990	0	0	Real Estelí F.C.	v. Panama, March 15, 2016
GK	Erling Mendez	(1992-03-20) March 20, 1992	0	0	Managua F.C.	v. Trinidad and Tobago, October 13, 2015
GK	Jadzeel Mendoza	(1993-12-19) December 19, 1993	0	0	Juventus Managua	v. Panama, March 15, 2016

DF	Oscar Acevedo		0	0	Real Estelí F.C.	v. Honduras, August 24, 2016
DF	Ervin Aguirre	(1991-03-17) March 17, 1991	1	0	Juventus Managua	v. Honduras, August 24, 2016
DF	Rigoberto Fuentes		0	0	Diriangén FC	v. Honduras, August 24, 2016
DF	Jessie López	(1990-03-15) March 15, 1990	3	0	Deportivo Walter Ferretti	v. Panama, March 15, 2016
DF	Alejandro Tapia	(1993-03-28) March 28, 1993	6	0	Deportivo Walter Ferretti	v. Trinidad and Tobago, October 13, 2015
DF	Jason Ingram	(1997-08-20) August 20, 1997	0	0	Real Estelí F.C.	v. Honduras, August 24, 2016

MF	Juan Barrera	(1989-03-02) March 2, 1989	32	6	C.S.D. Comunicaciones	v. Costa Rica, December 15, 2015
MF	Franklin López	(1982-08-16) August 16, 1982	21	0	Real Estelí F.C.	v. Trinidad and Tobago, October 13, 2015
MF	Carlos Membreño	(1988-12-19) December 19, 1988	3	0	Deportivo Walter Ferretti	v. Panama, March 15, 2016
MF	Bismarck Montiel		2	0	Managua F.C.	v. Panama, March 15, 2016
MF	Juan Carlos Rosales	(1991-12-18) December 18, 1991	2	0	UNAN Managua	v. Panama, March 15, 2016
MF	Alexis Somarriba	(1994-05-11) May 11, 1994	1	0	Managua F.C.	v. Honduras, August 24, 2016

FW	Daniel Cadena	(1987-02-09) February 9, 1987	7	0	Knattspyrnufélag Fjallabyggðar	v. Costa Rica, December 15, 2015
FW	Carlos Chavarría	(1994-05-02) May 2, 1994	15	3	Fútbol Alcobendas Sport	v. Panama, March 15, 2016
FW	Erick Lazo	(1990-02-15) February 15, 1990	1	0	Juventus Managua	v. Costa Rica, December 15, 2015
FW	Raúl Leguías	(1981-10-09) October 9, 1981	23	8	UNAN Managua	v. Panama, March 15, 2016
FW	Eulises Pavón	(1993-01-06) January 6, 1993	14	2	Deportivo Walter Ferretti	v. Honduras, August 24, 2016

Top ten appearances

#	Name	Career	Appearances
1	David Solórzano	1999–2014	49 (0)
2	Denis Espinoza	2004–2013	33 (1)
=	Josué Quijano	2011—	33 (1)
4	Juan Barrera	2009—	32 (6)
5	Carlos Alonso	1999–2011	29 (0)
=	Samuel Wilson	2001–2013	29 (4)
7	Emilio Palacios	2001–2009	26 (11)
=	Rudel Calero	2001–2011	26 (4)
9	Felix Zeledón	2009—	24 (1)
10	Raul Leguias	2011—	23 (8)

Note: Players in bold text are still active with Nicaragua. Last updated: August 31, 2016

Top ten goal scorers

#	Name	Career	Goals
1	Emilio Palacios	2001–2009	11
2	Raul Leguias	2011–	8
3	Juan Barrera	2009–	6
4	Samuel Wilson	2001–2013	4
=	Rudel Calero	2001–2011	4
6	Carlos Chavarría	2013–	3
=	Luis Galeano	2015–	3
=	Luis Fernando Copete	2014–	3
9	Axel Villanueva	2010–	2
=	Félix Rodríguez	2010–	2

Note: Players in bold text are still active with Nicaragua. Last updated: August 31, 2016.

Manager history

Name	Nation	From	To
Octavio Edmundo Salas Urbina	Nicaragua	1941	TBD
Eduardo Kosovic 'Edy'	Hungary	1941	TBD
Santiago Bonilla	Costa Rica	1952	1953
Carlos Ruiz	Nicaragua	1961	1962
Santiago Berrini	Argentina	1966	TBD
Ferenc Mészáros	Hungary	1967	TBD
Livio Bendaña Espinoza	Nicaragua	1967	1970
Salvador Dubois Leiva	Nicaragua	1977	1977
Jan Fulop	Czechoslovakia	1985	1986
Salvador Dubois Leiva	Nicaragua	1991	1992
Mauricio Cruz Jiron	Nicaragua	1993	June 2001
Florencio Levia	Nicaragua	June 2001	December 2002
Maurizio Battistini	Italy	February 2003	June 2004
Marcelo Javier Zuleta	Argentina	January 2005	September 2005
Carlos De Toro	Argentina	September 2007	October 2008
Mauricio Cruz Jiron	Nicaragua	October 2008	November 2008
Ramón Otoniel Olivas	Nicaragua	November 2008	December 2009
Enrique Llena	Spain	January 2010	November 2014
Javier Londono	Colombia	November 2014	December 2014
Henry Duarte	Costa Rica	December 2014	Present

Others

Omar Muraco
José "Chingolo" Rodríguez
Omar Zambrana

References

↑ "Nicaragua shocks Guatemala 2–0 to claim last berth in CONCACAF Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nica-intres.html

External links

A Picture of the Team
FENIFUT – Nicaraguan Football Federation
Nicaragua – List of International Matches at RSSSF.com (Last updated: 7 July 2004)

Football in Nicaragua

Nicaraguan Football Federation

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-23 U-20 U-17

League system

Domestic cups

Copa de Nicaragua

Awards

Footballer of the year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

National football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

North America	Canada Mexico United States

Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint-Martin³ Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Defunct	Netherlands Antilles

1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full or associate CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

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