# 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. 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.

## 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1904 | St. Louis | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1908 | London | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1912 | Stockholm | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1920 | Antwerp | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1924 | Paris | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1928 | Amsterdam | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1936 | Berlin | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1948 | London | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1952 | Helsinki | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1956 | Melbourne | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1960 | Rome | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1964 | Tokyo | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1968 | Mexico City | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1972 | Munich | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1976 | Montreal | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1980 | Moscow | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1984 | Los Angeles | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1988 | Seoul | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1992 | Barcelona | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1996 | Atlanta | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | Sydney | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2004 | Athens | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2008 | Beijing | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | London | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2020 | Tokyo | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | Paris | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2028 | Los Angeles | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2032 | Brisbane | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | Total | | 1/30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
    *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

## Players
### Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 Olympic Games.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Xavier Valdez | (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Houston Dynamo |
| 13 | 1GK | Enrique Bösl | (2004-02-07) 7 February 2004 (age 21) | 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 24) | 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 23) | 4 | 0 | Elche Ilicitano |
| 10 | 4FW | Edison Azcona | (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 21) | 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 21) | 1 | 0 | Alavés B |
| 18 | 4FW | Nowend Lorenzo | (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 22) | 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 Games$^{WD}$ |
| DF | Israel Boatwright | (2005-06-02) 2 June 2005 (age 19) | 3 | 0 | Inter Miami | 2024 Olympic Games$^{PRE}$ |
| MF | Isaac Báez | (2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 (age 22) | 3 | 0 | O&M | 2024 Olympic Games$^{PRE}$ |
| MF | Yordy Álvarez | (2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 19) | 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 27) | 3 | 0 | Aktobe | 2024 Olympic Games$^{PRE}$ |
| FW | Edarlyn Reyes* | (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 27) | 2 | 0 | Elimai | 2024 Olympic Games$^{PRE}$ |
| FW | Mariano Díaz* | (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 31) | 0 | 0 | Unattached | 2024 Olympic Games$^{PRE}$ |
| FW | Derek Cuevas | (2004-01-07) 7 January 2004 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Carolina Core | 2024 Olympic Games$^{PRE}$ |
| 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 19) | 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) |