Men's association football team representing Nicaragua
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Nicaragua women's national football team.
Nicaragua
Nickname(s)
La Azul y Blanco (The Blue and White) Los Pinoleros (The Pinoleros)
Association
Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol (FENIFUT)
Confederation
CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation
UNCAF (Central America)
Head coach
Marco Antonio Figueroa
Captain
Juan Barrera
Most caps
Josué Quijano (92)
Top scorer
Juan Barrera (24)
Home stadium
Estadio Nacional de Fútbol
FIFA code
NCA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current
135 1 (4 April 2024)[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)
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup
Appearances
5 (first in 1963)
Best result
Sixth place (1967)
Medal record
CCCF Championship
1951 Panama
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 their first qualification into 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 victory against Guatemala in the fifth place match in the 2009 Nations Cup.[3] However, the team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup.
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.
^"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^"Nicaragua shocks Guatemala 2–0 to claim last berth in CONCACAF Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
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Global Information
1 (4 April 2024)[1]
El Salvador 9–0 Nicaragua 
Turks and Caicos Islands 0–7 Nicaragua 
Honduras 10–0 Nicaragua 
Curaçao 11–1 Nicaragua 
