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Nicaragua national football team

National Football Team
NameNicaragua
NicknameLa Azul y Blanco
Los Pinoleros
Albiazules
AssociationFederación Nicaragüense
de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachEnrique Llena
CaptainDenis Espinoza
Most capsCarlos Alonso (36)
Top scorerEmilio Palacios (11)
Home stadiumEstadio Cacique Diriangén
FIFA codeNCA
FIFA ranking155
Highest FIFA ranking132 (February 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking193 (May 2001)
Elo ranking182
World Cup Statistics
First internationalEl Salvador El Salvador 9 - 0 Nicaragua Nicaragua
(El Salvador; May 1, 1929)
Biggest winNicaragua Nicaragua 3 - 1 Guatemala Guatemala
(Panama; February 17, 1967)
Nicaragua Nicaragua 4 - 2 Belize Belize
(San Salvador, El Salvador; February 12, 2007)
Nicaragua Nicaragua 2 - 0 Guatemala Guatemala
(Tegucigalpa, Honduras; January 30, 2009)
Biggest defeatBrazil Brazil 14 - 0 Nicaragua Nicaragua
(Mexico; October 17, 1975)
Regional cup statistics
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances1
First apps.2009
Best resultGroup Stage

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The Nicaragua national football team is the national team of Nicaragua and is controlled by the Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol. It is among the weakest teams in Central America and achieved its first qualification to a major international competition in 2009, when they qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup after a 2-0 win over Guatemala in the UNCAF Nations Cup 2009.

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Gold Cup record : UNCAF Nations Cup record
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Costa Rica 1991 Preliminary round 2 0 0 2 2 5
Honduras 1993 Preliminary round 2 0 0 2 0 8
El Salvador 1995 Preliminary round 2 0 0 2 0 7
Guatemala 1997 First round 2 0 0 2 2 11
Costa Rica 1999 First round 2 0 0 2 0 2
Honduras 2001 First round 3 0 0 3 2 19
Panama 2003 Sixth Place 5 1 0 4 1 11
Guatemala 2005 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 2 9
El Salvador 2007 Sixth Place 4 1 0 3 6 14
Honduras 2009 Fifth Place 4 1 2 1 5 6

Current staff :
Head Coach Spain Enrique Llena
Assistant Coach Nicaragua Edward Urroz
2nd Assistant Coach Nicaragua TBA
GK Coach Nicaragua TBA
Physical Coordinator Nicaragua Tomas Traña
Medical Trainer Nicaragua TBA
Massage Therapist Nicaragua TBA
Trainer Nicaragua TBA

Upcoming games :

Last five match results :
Category Home Team Result Away Team Date Venue Scorers
2009 UNCAF Nations Cup Nicaragua 1 � 1 BZ 26 January 2009 Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa Nicaragua: Juan Barrera 7' Belize: Harrison Róchez 18'
2009 UNCAF Nations Cup Nicaragua 2 � 0 GT 29 January 2009 Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa Nicaragua: Wilson 39' & 85'
2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Nicaragua 0-2 Mexico 5 July 2009 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland Mexico: Noriega  
Barrera  
2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup GPE 2-0 Nicaragua 9 July 2009 Reliant Stadium, Houston Guadeloupe: Auvray  
Gotin  
2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup PA 4-0 Nicaragua 12 July 2009 University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Panama: Pérez  
Gómez  
Tejada    

Upcoming games :
Name From To
Nicaragua Octavio Edmundo Salas Urbina 1941 ?
Hungary Eduardo Kosovic 1941 ?
Argentina Omar Muraco 1969 1970
Nicaragua Omar Zambrana ? ?
Nicaragua Salvador Dubois Leiva 1991,1992
Nicaragua Mauricio Cruz Jiron 1993 2001
Italy Mauricio Battistini 2002 2004
Argentina Marcelo Javier Zuleta August 2005 September 2005
Argentina Carlos De Toro September 2007 December 2008
Nicaragua Mauricio Cruz Jiron December 2008 Ocotober 2008
Nicaragua Ramón Otoniel Olivas November 2008 December 2009
Spain Enrique Llena January 2010 -


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No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club

International association football

AsiaAFC � Asian Cup
AfricaCAF � Africa Cup of Nations
North, Central America and CaribbeanCONCACAF � Gold Cup
South AmericaCONMEBOL � Copa América
OceaniaOFC � Nations Cup
EuropeUEFA � European Championship
Non-FIFAN.F.-Board � Viva World Cup

National association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana* , Grenada, Guadeloupe*, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique* , Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint-Martin*, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten* , Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States



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