Nicaragua national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Nicaragua women's national football team.

The Nicaragua national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Nicaragua) represents Nicaragua in men's international football and is controlled by the Nicaraguan Football Federation. Nicaragua achieved its first qualification to a major international competition in 2009, as they qualified for the 2009 Gold Cup as the last entrant from Central America, after a 2–0 win over Guatemala in the fifth place match in the 2009 Nations Cup.^[3] However, the team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup.

Nicaragua

Nickname(s)	La Azul y Blanco (The Blue and White) Los Pinoleros (The Pinoleros)
Association	Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	UNCAF (Central America)
Head coach	Marco Antonio Figueroa
Captain	Juan Barrera
Most caps	Josué Quijano (79)
Top scorer	Juan Barrera (23)
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional de Fútbol
FIFA code	NCA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	142 (22 December 2022)^[1]
Highest	92 (December 2015)
Lowest	193 (May 2001)
First international
El Salvador 9–0 Nicaragua  (San Salvador, El Salvador; 1 May 1929)
Biggest win
Turks and Caicos Islands 0–7 Nicaragua  (San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic; 27 March 2021)
Biggest defeat
Honduras 10–0 Nicaragua  (San José, Costa Rica; 13 March 1946)  Curaçao 11–1 Nicaragua  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 2 March 1950)
Gold Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1963)
Best result	Sixth place (1967)
Medal record CCCF Championship 1951 Panama Team

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 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Schedule and results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2022

Nicaragua   v   Belize

29 January Friendly	Nicaragua	4–0	Belize	Managua, Nicaragua
19:00 (UTC−6)	Bonilla   19' Barrera   28' Moldskred   50' Ayerdis   87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: Ricardo Mendoza (Nicaragua)

Nicaragua   v   Belize

1 February Friendly	Nicaragua	1–1	Belize	Managua, Nicaragua
19:00 (UTC−6)	Gállego   65'	Report	McCaulay   76'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: Félix Mojica (Nicaragua)

Necaxa   v   Nicaragua

22 March Unofficial friendly	Necaxa	1–1	Nicaragua	Aguascalientes, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio Victoria

Puebla   v   Nicaragua

24 March Unofficial friendly	Puebla	3–1	Nicaragua	Puebla, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Atlético San Luis   v   Nicaragua

27 March Unofficial friendly	Atlético San Luis	2–2	Nicaragua	San Luis Potosí, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras

Nicaragua   v   Trinidad and Tobago

3 June 2022–23 Nations League	Nicaragua	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago	Managua, Nicaragua
20:00 UTC−6	Quijano   45+1' Bonilla   78'	Report	Reyes   46' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   v   Nicaragua

6 June 2022–23 Nations League	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2–2	Nicaragua	Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
15:00 UTC−4	Solomon   3' Anderson   45+5'	Report	Bonilla   22' Moldskred   41'	Stadium: Arnos Vale Stadium Referee: Benjamin Whitty (Cayman Islands)

Bahamas   v   Nicaragua

10 June 2022–23 Nations League	Bahamas	0–2	Nicaragua	Nassau, Bahamas
17:00 UTC−4		Report	Moreno   40' Moldskred   90+1'	Stadium: Thomas Robinson Stadium Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)

Nicaragua   v   Bahamas

13 June 2022–23 Nations League	Nicaragua	4–0	Bahamas	Managua, Nicaragua
18:00 UTC−6	Barrera   19' Moreno   34', 45' Smith   74'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

Suriname   v   Nicaragua

22 September Friendly	Suriname	2–1	Nicaragua	Almere, Netherlands
20:00 UTC+2	Te Vrede   25' Hilterman   90'	Report	Quijano   88'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Nicaragua   v   Ghana

27 September Friendly	Nicaragua	0–1	Ghana	Lorca, Spain
20:00 UTC+2		Report	Fatawu   35'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)

Qatar   v   Nicaragua

13 October Friendly	Qatar	2–1	Nicaragua	Marbella, Spain
20:00 UTC+2	Afif   45' (pen.) Muntari   70'	Report	Galeano   75' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

Iran   v   Nicaragua

10 November Friendly	Iran	1–0	Nicaragua	Tehran, Iran
19:00 UTC+3:30	Torabi   15'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Golmorad Saadollah (Tajikistan)

Nicaragua   v   El Salvador

16 November Friendly	Nicaragua	1–0	El Salvador	Managua, Nicaragua
20:00 UTC−6	Bonilla   83' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)

Guatemala   v   Nicaragua

19 November Friendly	Guatemala	3–1	Nicaragua	Carson, United States
19:00 UTC−8	Lom   45+3' (pen.), 63' Santis   48'	Report	Moreno   74'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

2023

Nicaragua   v   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

24 March 2022–23 Nations League	Nicaragua	v	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Managua, Nicaragua
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol

Trinidad and Tobago   v   Nicaragua

27 March 2022–23 Nations League	Trinidad and Tobago	v	Nicaragua	Trinidad and Tobago
		Report

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Marco Antonio Figueroa
Technical director	Roger Rodriguez
Assistant coach	Tyron Acevedo
Goalkeeping coach	Carlos Mendieta
Physical coordinator	Jaime Ruiz
Doctor	Dr. Cupertino Borrell
Physiotherapist	Zamir Cerna
Team coordinator	Cesar Castro Trinidad
Team coordinator	Nestor Diaz (Nicaragua)|Nestor Diaz

Coaching history

•   José "Chingolo" Rodríguez (Unknown)
•   Omar Zambrana (Unknown)
•   Octavio Edmundo Salas Urbina (1941–1943)
•   Eduardo Kosovic (1943)
•   José Antonio Pipa Cordero (1947)
•   Santiago Bonilla (1952–1953)
•   Ferenc Mészáros (1961)
•   Carlos Ruiz (1961–1962)
•   Santiago Berrini (1965–1967)
•   Livio Bendaña Espinoza (1967–1969)
•   Omar Muraco (1969–1970)
•   Salvador Dubois Leiva (1977)
•   Orlando Casares (1980–1981)
•   Ján Fülöp (1984–1986)
•   Salvador Dubois Leiva (1991–1992)
•   Mauricio Cruz Jiron (1993–2001)
•   Florencio Levia (2001–2002)
•   Maurizio Battistini (2003–2004)
•   Marcelo Javier Zuleta (2005)
•   Carlos De Toro (2007–2008)
•   Mauricio Cruz Jiron (2008)
•   Ramón Otoniel Olivas (2008–2009)
•   Enrique Llena (2010–2014)
•   Javier Londono (2014)
•   Henry Duarte (2014–2020)
•   Juan Vita (2020–2022)
•   Marco Antonio Figueroa (2022–)

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the Friendly match.^[6]
• Match dates: 19 November 2022
• Opposition:   Guatemala
• Caps and goals correct as of: 17 November 2022, after the match against   El Salvador.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Douglas Forvis	(1992-05-17) 17 May 1992 (age 30)	7	0	Real Estelí
	1GK	Denver Fox	(1997-11-22) 22 November 1997 (age 25)	2	0	Real Sociedad
	2DF	Óscar Acevedo	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 25)	8	0	Real Estelí
	2DF	Mario Dávila	(1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 25)	2	0	Diriangén
	2DF	Marvin Fletes	(1997-11-12) 12 November 1997 (age 25)	15	1	Real Estelí
	2DF	Francisco Flores	(1988-04-02) 2 April 1988 (age 34)	24	0	Diriangén
	2DF	Melvin Hernández	(1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 28)	6	0	UNAN Managua
	2DF	Joel Obando	(2000-11-20) 20 November 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Real Estelí
	2DF	Erick Téllez	(1989-11-28) 28 November 1989 (age 33)	28	0	Diriangén
	2DF	Francisco Vallecillo	(2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Juventus
	3MF	Agenor Báez	(1997-12-18) 18 December 1997 (age 25)	3	0	Managua
	3MF	Matías Belli Moldskred	(1997-08-12) 12 August 1997 (age 25)	12	4	Sandnes
	3MF	Jason Coronel	(1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 29)	16	0	Diriangén
	3MF	Harold Medina	(2002-01-30) 30 January 2002 (age 20)	7	0	Real Estelí
	3MF	Jonathan Moncada	(1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 (age 25)	10	0	Walter Ferretti
	3MF	Widman Talavera	(2003-01-12) 12 January 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Real Estelí
	4FW	Abner Acuña	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 25)	6	0	Diriangén
	4FW	Byron Bonilla	(1993-08-30) 30 August 1993 (age 29)	27	6	Cartaginés
	4FW	Henry García	(1991-08-03) 3 August 1991 (age 31)	21	0	Real Estelí
	4FW	Brayan López	(1990-06-03) 3 June 1990 (age 32)	8	0	Sporting
	4FW	Jaime Moreno	(1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 27)	27	7	Sol de América

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Alyer López	(1999-05-16) 16 May 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Managua	v.   Iran, 10 November 2022
GK	César Salandia	(2004-06-13) 13 June 2004 (age 18)	1	0	Real Estelí	v.   Iran, 10 November 2022
GK	Denis Espinoza	(1983-08-25) 25 August 1983 (age 39)	39	1	Walter Ferretti	v.   Belize, 1 February 2022
DF	Cristian Gutiérrez	(1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 30)	18	0	Real Estelí	v.   Iran, 10 November 2022
DF	Jeffrey Chávez	(1997-02-10) 10 February 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Municipal Liberia	v.   Iran, 10 November 2022
DF	Josué Quijano	(1991-03-10) 10 March 1991 (age 31)	79	3	Real Estelí	v.   Qatar, 13 October 2022
DF	Henry Niño	(1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 25)	15	1	Chalatenango	v.   Ghana, 27 September 2022
DF	Christian Reyes	(1995-11-02) 2 November 1995 (age 27)	8	0	Pérez Zeledón	v.   Bahamas, 13 June 2022
DF	Jason Ingram	(1997-08-20) 20 August 1997 (age 25)	8	0	Santos de Guápiles	v.   Belize, 1 February 2022
DF	René Huete	(1995-06-05) 5 June 1995 (age 27)	4	0	Diriangén	v.   Belize, 1 February 2022
DF	Jason Castellón	(1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 30)	2	0	Walter Ferretti	v.   Belize, 1 February 2022
MF	Marlon López	(1992-11-02) 2 November 1992 (age 30)	37	0	Real Estelí	v.   El Salvador, 17 November 2022
MF	Waldner Vásquez	(2002-03-20) 20 March 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Managua	v.   El Salvador, 17 November 2022
MF	Ismael Mendieta	(2001-02-20) 20 February 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Walter Ferretti	v.   El Salvador, 17 November 2022
MF	Luis Galeano	(1991-10-15) 15 October 1991 (age 31)	32	5	Sébaco	v.   Iran, 10 November 2022
MF	Nahúm Peralta	(1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 (age 28)	3	0	Managua	v.   Iran, 10 November 2022
MF	Junior Arteaga	(1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Diriangén	v.   Iran, 10 November 2022
MF	Jeremy Cuarezma	(2000-05-28) 28 May 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Managua	v.   Iran, 10 November 2022
MF	Richard Rodríguez	(1992-07-13) 13 July 1992 (age 30)	19	1	Real Estelí	v.   Bahamas, 13 June 2022
MF	Pablo Gállego	(1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 29)	2	1	Resources Capital	v.   Belize, 1 February 2022
FW	Adrián Chavarría	(1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Juventus	v.   El Salvador, 17 November 2022
FW	Anderson Treminio	(1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 (age 25)	2	0	UNAN Managua	v.   Iran, 10 November 2022
FW	Cristian Flores	(1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 26)	1	1	Real Estelí	v.   Iran, 10 November 2022
FW	Keylon Batiz	(2004-02-01) 1 February 2004 (age 18)	0	0	Real Estelí	v.   Qatar, 13 October 2022
FW	Juan Barrera	(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 33)	73	23	Guastatoya	v.   Ghana, 27 September 2022
FW	Ariagner Smith	(1998-12-13) 13 December 1998 (age 24)	10	4	Panevėžys	v.   Ghana, 27 September 2022
FW	Bancy Hernández ^INJ	(2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 22)	3	0	Walter Ferretti	v.   Bahamas, 10 June 2022
FW	Brandon Ayerdis	(1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 23)	18	1	Real Estelí	v.   Belize, 1 February 2022
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^RET Player retired from the national team. ^SUS Player is serving suspension. ^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Records

As of 1 January 2023^[7]

Players in bold are still active with Nicaragua.

Most appearances

 

Josué Quijano is Nicaragua's most-capped player with 77 international appearances.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Josué Quijano	82	3	2011–present
2	Juan Barrera	74	23	2009–present
3	Manuel Rosas	60	2	2013–present
4	David Solórzano	49	1	1999–2014
5	Carlos Chavarría	44	11	2013–present
6	Marlon López	40	0	2014–present
7	Denis Espinoza	39	1	2004–present
8	Carlos Alonso	37	0	1999–2011
	Luis Copete	37	3	2014–present
10	Daniel Cadena	34	3	2014–present

Top goalscorers

 

Juan Barrera is Nicaragua's all-time top scorer with 23 goals.

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Juan Barrera	23	74	0.31	2009–2018
2	Emilio Palacios	11	26	0.42	2001–2009
	Carlos Chavarría	11	44	0.25	2013–present
4	Raúl Leguías	8	23	0.35	2011–2016
	Jaime Moreno	8	28	0.29	2016–present
6	Byron Bonilla	6	28	0.21	2016–present
	Luis Galeano	6	35	0.17	2015–present
8	Matias Belli Moldskred	4	13	0.31	2021–present
	Ariagner Smith	4	12	0.33	2017–present
	Rudel Calero	4	26	0.15	2001–2011

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

The Nicaragua national football team has never qualified for the World Cup. Their latest attempt was for the 2022 World Cup, when the side failed to advance from the first round.

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
1934
1938
1950	Did not enter									Declined participation
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	1	10
1998										2	0	0	2	1	3
2002										4	0	0	4	0	10
2006										2	0	1	1	3	6
2010										2	0	0	2	0	3
2014										4	2	0	2	5	7
2018										6	5	0	1	15	5
2022										3	2	0	1	10	1
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total	–	0/22	–	–	–	–	–	–		25	9	1	15	35	45

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Main article: Nicaragua at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Group stage	8th	4	0	0	4	2	15	Squad		Qualified automatically
1965	Did not qualify										2	1	0	1	2	4
1967	Sixth place	6th	5	0	1	4	3	12	Squad		2	1	0	1	4	4
1969	Did not enter										Did not enter
1971	Did not qualify										2	0	0	2	2	4
1973	Did not enter										Did not enter
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991	Did not qualify										2	0	0	2	2	5
1993											2	0	0	2	0	8
1996											2	0	0	2	0	7
1998											2	0	0	2	2	11
2000											2	0	0	2	0	2
2002											3	0	0	3	2	19
2003											5	1	0	4	1	11
2005											3	1	0	2	2	9
2007											4	1	0	3	6	14
2009	Group stage	11th	3	0	0	3	0	8	Squad		4	1	2	1	5	6
2011	Did not qualify										4	0	1	3	2	7
2013											3	0	1	2	2	5
2015											3	0	0	3	0	6
2017	Group stage	10th	3	0	0	3	1	7	Squad		7	2	1	4	9	9
2019	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	0	8	Squad		4	3	0	1	9	2
2021	Did not qualify										6	2	1	3	9	11
Total	Sixth place	5/30	18	0	1	17	6	50	—		62	13	6	43	59	144

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2019−20	B	D	6	2	1	3	9	11		23rd
2022–23	B	C	To be determined
Total			6	2	1	3	9	11	23rd

Copa Centroamericana

Copa Centroamericana record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Preliminary round	5th	2	0	0	2	2	5
1993	Preliminary round	5th	2	0	0	2	0	8
1995	Preliminary round	7th	2	0	0	2	0	7
1997	First round	6th	2	0	0	2	2	11
1999	First round	5th	2	0	0	2	0	2
2001	First round	7th	3	0	0	3	2	19
2003	Sixth place	6th	5	1	0	4	1	11
2005	Fifth place	5th	3	1	0	2	2	9
2007	Sixth place	6th	4	1	0	3	6	14
2009	Fifth place	5th	4	1	2	1	5	6
2011	Sixth place	6th	4	0	1	3	2	7
2013	Seventh place	7th	3	0	1	2	2	5
2014	Sixth place	6th	3	0	0	3	0	6
2017	Fifth place	5th	5	1	1	3	5	6
Total	Fifth place	14/14	44	5	5	34	29	116

CCCF Championship

CCCF Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1941	Fifth place	5th	4	0	0	4	5	29
1943	Fourth place	4th	6	0	0	6	7	39
1946	Sixth place	6th	5	1	0	4	5	31
1948	Did not enter
1951	Third place	3rd	4	0	0	4	4	22
1953	Sixth place	6th	6	1	0	5	4	18
1955	Did not enter
1957
1960
1961	Ninth place	9th	3	0	0	3	3	18
Total	Third place	6/10	28	2	0	26	28	157

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not enter
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975	Preliminary round	13th	3	0	0	3	2	23
1979	Did not enter
1983
1987
1991	Preliminary round	8th	3	0	0	3	1	20
1995	Did not qualify
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
Total	Preliminary round	2/18	6	0	0	6	3	43

Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not qualify
1935
1938
1946
1950	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	4	19
1954	Did not qualify
1959
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	2	6
1986	Did not qualify
1990
1993
1998	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	0	3	3	13
2002	Quarter-finals	8th	3	1	0	2	2	7
2006	Did not qualify
2010
2014
2018
Total	Quarter-finals	4/22	13	2	1	10	11	45

Central American Games

Central American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1973	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	4	3
1977	Third place	3rd	6	2	0	4	6	23
1986	Third place	3rd	3	0	2	1	1	5
1990	Third place	3rd	4	0	0	4	1	11
1994	Group stage	6th	2	0	0	2	0	17
1997	Group stage	6th	2	0	0	2	3	8
2001	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	5	8
2006	Not held
2010
2013	Group stage	7th	3	0	0	3	1	9
2017	Third place	3rd	4	1	2	1	2	1
Total	Runners-up	9/11	31	6	5	20	23	85

Head-to-head record

As of 19 November 2022 after the match against   Guatemala.^[8]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Anguilla	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14
Argentina	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4
Bahamas	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Barbados	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Belize	13	5	4	4	20	14	+6
Bermuda	5	2	0	3	5	7	−2
Bolivia	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2
Canada	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Cayman Islands	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Colombia	1	0	0	1	2	7	−5
Costa Rica	19	1	1	17	10	72	−62
Cuba	13	4	3	6	16	24	−8
Curaçao^[a]	8	0	1	7	3	34	−31
Dominica	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9
Dominican Republic	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
El Salvador	31	1	3	27	21	120	−99
Ghana	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Guadeloupe	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Guatemala	27	2	4	21	17	73	−56
Haiti	9	1	2	6	9	16	−7
Honduras	25	1	3	21	16	80	−64
Iran	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Jamaica	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1
Martinique	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9
Panama	27	5	1	21	24	76	−52
Puerto Rico	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3
Qatar	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2
Suriname	5	2	0	3	6	11	−5
Trinidad and Tobago	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5
Turks and Caicos Islands	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
United States	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Venezuela	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Total (35)	235	44	31	160	224	607	−383

1. Includes matches against   Netherlands Antilles.

See also

•  Association football portal
•  Nicaragua portal

• Nicaragua national under-20 football team
• List of football clubs in Nicaragua

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
2. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
3. . CONCACAF. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
4. "Nicaragua - List of International Matches". rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
5. "Bermuda downs Nicaragua to earn first ever Gold Cup victory". New Jersey: Gold Cup. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
6. "Convocatoria Oficial Para el Partido Amistoso vs Guatemala". FENIFUT Nicaragua - Twitter. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
7. Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando. "Nicaragua - Record International Players". RSSSF.
8. "World Football Elo Ratings: Nicaragua".

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicaragua national football team.

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Nicaragua FIFA profile
• Nicaragua – List of International Matches at RSSSF.com