Nicaraguan national soccer team
Association | Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol | ||
confederacy | CONCACAF | ||
Head coach | Henry Duarte (since 2014) | ||
Record scorer | Juan Barrera (17) | ||
Record player | Josué Quijano (64) | ||
Home stadium | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol | ||
FIFA code | NCA | ||
FIFA rank | 151. (1051 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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Balance sheet | |||
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126 games 16 wins 10 draws 100 losses |
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First international match El Salvador 9-0 Nicaragua ( El Salvador ; May 1, 1929 )
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Biggest wins Nicaragua 5-0 Anguilla ( Managua , Nicaragua ; March 23, 2015 ) Nicaragua 5-0 Cuba ( Managua , Nicaragua ; December 8, 2015 )
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Biggest defeat Honduras 10-0 Nicaragua ( San José , Costa Rica ; March 13, 1946 )
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Successes in tournaments | |||
North and Central American Championship | |||
Participation in the finals | 5 ( first : 1963 ) | ||
Best results | 6th place in 1967 | ||
(As of February 25, 2020) |
The Nicaraguan national soccer team is the national soccer team of the Central American state of Nicaragua . It is one of the most unsuccessful football teams in Central America. So far, the team has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer World Cup . The first qualification for the CONCACAF Gold Cup was achieved in 2009, for qualification the 5th place at the UNCAF Nations Cup 2009 was enough. Qualification was also successful in 2017, but all games in the group stage were lost.
World Cup qualification
As part of the qualification for the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa, the team met in the first round of the CONCACAF zone against the national team of the Netherlands Antilles , which was 21 places below Nicaragua in the FIFA world rankings . After Nicaragua had already lost all three previous encounters against the Netherlands Antilles, the two qualifying games in February 2008 were lost 1-0 at home in Diriamba and 2-0 away. Thus, the selection was eliminated in the first round.
Tournaments
World Championship
- 1930 to 1990 - did not participate
- 1994 - In qualifying for the 1994 World Cup , they were eliminated in the central zone of the 1st round with 0-0 and 0-2 against Honduras .
- 1998 - In qualifying for the 1998 World Cup in France , they met Guatemala in the central zone of the preliminary round and lost with 0: 1 and 1: 2.
- 2002 - In qualifying for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea , the draw was drawn in the central zone 2 of the 1st round against Panama and Honduras . But was eliminated after 4 defeats as bottom of the group.
- 2006 - In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Germany , they met St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2nd round and were eliminated 2: 2 and 1: 4.
- 2010 - In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , the Netherlands Antilles played in the first round and were eliminated there with 0: 1 and 0: 2.
- 2014 - In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil , Panama and Dominica were played in the 2nd round . After 2 wins out of 4 games you were eliminated as second in the group.
- 2018 - In qualifying , the team beat Anguilla 5-0 and 3-0 in the first round in March 2015 and met Suriname in the second round . There they qualified 1-0 and 3-1 for the third round, in which they were eliminated 3-2 and 0-2 against Jamaica .
CONCACAF championship
CONCACAF Nations Cup
From 1973 the tournament also served as a World Cup qualifier.
- 1963 - preliminary round
- 1965 - did not qualify
- 1967 - 6th place
- 1969 - did not take part
- 1971 to 1989 - did not participate
CONCACAF Gold Cup
- 1991 - did not participate
- 1993 - did not qualify
- 1996 - did not participate
- 1998 to 2007 - not qualified
- 2009 - preliminary round
- 2011 to 2015 - not qualified
- 2017 - preliminary round
- 2019 - preliminary round
- 2021 - did not qualify
UNCAF Nations Cup
- 1991 - did not participate
- 1993 - did not qualify
- 1995 - did not participate
- 1997 - preliminary round
- 1999 - preliminary round
- 2001 - preliminary round
- 2003 - 6th place
- 2005 - preliminary round
- 2007 - 6th place
- 2009 - 5th place
Central American Championship
The Central American Football Championship is the successor to the UNCAF Nations Cup.
Trainer
- Mauricio Cruz (1993-2001)
- Maurizio Battistini (2002-2004)
- Marcelo Zuleta (2005-2006)
- Carlos de Toro (2006-2007)
- Mauricio Cruz (2008)
- Ramón Olivas (2008-2009)
- Enrique Llena (2010-2014)
- Javier Londoño (2014)
- Henry Duarte (since 2014)
Record holder
Status: February 25, 2020, source: rsssf.com
Record player
rank | Surname | Calls | Gates | position | Period |
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1. | Josué Quijano | 64 | 1 | Defense | 2011– |
2. | Juan Barrera | 58 | 17th | attack | 2009– |
3. | Manuel Rosas | 53 | 2 | Defense | 2013– |
4th | David Solorzano | 49 | 1 | Defense / midfield | 1999-2014 |
5. | Carlos Alonso | 37 | 0 | Defense | 2000-2010 |
Marlon Andrés López Moreno | 37 | 0 | midfield | 2015– | |
Carlos Chavarria Rodriguez | 37 | 10 | attack | 2013– | |
8th. | Luis Fernando Copete | 34 | 3 | attack | 2014– |
9. | Justo Lorente Collado | 33 | 0 | goal | 2013– |
Denis Espinoza | 33 | 1 | goal | 2004-2013 |
Record goal scorers
rank | Surname | Gates | Calls | Period |
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1. | Juan Barrera | 17th | 58 | 2009– |
2. | Emilio Palacios | 11 | 26th | 2001-2009 |
3. | Carlos Chavarria Rodriguez | 10 | 37 | 2013– |
4th | Raúl Leguias | 8th | 23 | 2010-2016 |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Matches counted by FIFA
- ↑ Luis Fernando Passo Alpuin: Nicaragua - Record International Players ( English ) rsssf.com. April 30, 2020. Accessed May 5, 2020.