History
The Nicaragua national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Nicaragua) represents Nicaragua in men's international football, and is governed by the Nicaraguan Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol), the governing body for football in Nicaragua founded in 1931. It has been a full member of FIFA since 1950, is a founding member of CONCACAF which was founded in 1961, and is also a member of UNCAF in the Central American Zone. From 1938 to 1961, the team was a member of CCCF, the former governing body of football in Central America and Caribbean and a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF. Nicaragua was also a member of PFC, the former unified confederation of the Americas.
Nicaragua has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but has participated five times in CONCACAF's premier continental competition, finishing sixth place in the 1967 CONCACAF Championship. The team has participated twice in League A and three times in League B of the CONCACAF Nations League.
In subcontinental competitions, the team finished as third place in the 1957 CCCF Championship, and also finished as fifth place three times in the Copa Centroamericana.
Nicaragua's debut in international competition was in the 1941 CCCF Championship, and the team's first appearance in World Cup qualifiers was for 1994 CONCACAF qualification.
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Nicaragua traveled 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.
Recent times
After qualifying for the 2019 Gold Cup on the back of finishing ninth in Nations League qualifying, they would go on to finish bottom of the group with losses to Costa Rica, Haiti and Bermuda.
Nicaragua qualified directly for the 2023 Gold Cup and was promoted to Nations League A as group winners in Nations League B but was disqualified on 12 June 2023 for fielding an ineligible player. As a result, they were replaced in the Gold Cup and League A by Trinidad and Tobago, who was the best second-place team overall in League B and must stay in Nations League B.
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Squad
| # | Goalkeepers | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Mayorga | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Adonis Pineda | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Alyer Lopez | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Alonso Vega Carmona Jason | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Parker Darryl | 0 | 0 |
| # | Defenders | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Steven Caceres | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Marvin Fletes | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Justing Cano | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Emmanuel Gomez | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Ramon Hernandez Melvin | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Juan Perez | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Christian Reyes | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Anyelo Velasquez | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson Rivera Stuart | 0 | 0 |
| # | Midfielders | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Joab Gutierrez | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Oscar Acevedo | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Montes Jacob | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Juan Barrera | 7 | 1 |
| 14 | Kadeem Cole | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jason Coronel | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Osmin Salinas | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Zamora | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Josiel Martinez Evert | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Jonathan Moncada | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Oliver Orozco | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Ramon Estrada | 0 | 0 |
| Lenner Moses | 0 | 0 |
| # | Forwards | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Jorge Garcia | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Ariagner Smith | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Edgar Castillo | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Efrain Mejia | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Jose Moreno Ciorciari Jaime | 5 | 4 |
| 10 | Byron Bonilla | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Oliver Bello | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Bancy Hernandez | 7 | 3 |
| 13 | Widman Talavera | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Raheem Cole | 0 | 0 |
| Andres Martinez Jose | 0 | 0 |
