Nicaragua national under-20 football team

Nicaragua Under 20
Nickname(s)	Los Pinoleros, Albiazules
Association	Nicaraguan Football Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Jaime Ruiz
FIFA code	NCA
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Costa Rica 1 - 5 Nicaragua ; (Panama City, Panama; March 5, 1962)
Biggest win
	Nicaragua 8 - 0 U.S. Virgin Islands ; (Managua, Nicaragua; February 15, 2020)
Biggest defeat
	El Salvador 8 - 0 Nicaragua ; (Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 17, 1982); Costa Rica 8 - 0 Nicaragua ; (Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 19, 1982); Records for competitive; matches only.

The Nicaragua national under-20 football team, more commonly known as La Azulita, is controlled by Nicaraguan Football Federation and represents Nicaragua in international Under 20 or youth football competitions.

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record[edit]

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled
2023	Did not qualify
2025	Did not qualify
Total	0/24	0	0	0	0	0	0

UNCAF preliminary round[edit]

Year	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1995	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	Withdrew
1998	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
2001	4/4	3	1	0	2	4	8	Did not qualify
2003	5/5	4	0	1	3	3	18	Did not qualify
2005	5/5	4	0	0	4	3	11	Did not qualify
2007	3/3	2	0	0	2	4	11	Did not qualify
/ 2009	3/3	2	0	0	2	0	11	Did not qualify
/ 2011	3/3	2	0	0	2	0	5
/ 2013	2/3	2	1	0	1	3	3	Qualified
	7/9	19	2	1	16	17	67

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship[edit]

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1962	Round 1	4	0	2	2	2	12
1964	Round 1	4	0	2	2	1	7
1970	Did not participate
1973	Round 1	2	0	1	1	1	8
1974	Round 1	3	1	0	2	3	5
1976	Second round	5	1	1	3	4	12
1978	Did not participate
1980	Did not participate
1982	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	18
1984	Did not participate
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994	Round 1	2	0	0	2	1	8
1996	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	12
1998	Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Round 1	2	0	0	2	1	8
Total	1 Round 2	28	2	6	20	16	90

Fixtures and results[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.^[1]
Match dates: 18 June – 3 July 2022
Caps and goals correct as of: 25 June 2022
Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Miguel Rodríguez	(2003-06-13) 13 June 2003 (age 20)	3	0	Deportivo Ocotal
1GK	César Salandía	(2004-06-13) 13 June 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Real Estelí

2DF	Cristhian Herrera	(2004-03-22) 22 March 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Real Estelí
2DF	Jermar López	(2003-09-26) 26 September 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Unknown
2DF	Dylan Pineda	(2004-05-03) 3 May 2004 (age 19)	3	0	Diriangén
2DF	Joel Soto	(2003-03-11) 11 March 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Diriangén
2DF	Kurt Thomas	(2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 (age 20)	3	0	Juventus

3MF	Keylon Batiz	(2004-02-01) 1 February 2004 (age 20)	3	3	Real Estelí
3MF	Joarlyn Caldera	(2004-08-15) 15 August 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Real Estelí
3MF	Fredman Kirklan	(2004-10-09) 9 October 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Real Estelí
3MF	Freddy Ortiz	(2005-11-22) 22 November 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Servette
3MF	José Israel Reyes	(2003-01-22) 22 January 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Guadalupe
3MF	Osmin Salinas	(2004-02-03) 3 February 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Real Estelí
3MF	Óscar Soto	(2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Managua
3MF	Widman Talavera	(2003-01-12) 12 January 2003 (age 21)	3	3	Real Estelí

4FW	Jareck Cáceres	(2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 (age 21)	3	3	UNAN Managua
4FW	Manuel Gutiérrez	(2003-08-14) 14 August 2003 (age 20)	2	2	Free agent
4FW	Carlos Pérez	(2003-10-09) 9 October 2003 (age 20)	0	0	San Carlos
4FW	Ocnarpz Rodríguez	(2004-09-22) 22 September 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Real Estelí
4FW	Anyelo Velásquez	(2004-12-22) 22 December 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Diriangén

Current technical staff[edit]

Head coach: Jaime Ruiz
Assistant coach: Tyron Acevedo
Goalkeeper coach: Carlos Mendieta
Doctor: Curpertino Borrell

References[edit]

^ "Esta es la lista oficial del Director Técnico Jaime Ruiz, para disputar los 8vos de final del Premundial U20 de Concacaf". Fenifut Nicaragua - Facebook. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

External links[edit]

FENIFUT – Nicaraguan Football Federation

[1] "Esta es la lista oficial del Director Técnico Jaime Ruiz, para disputar los 8vos de final del Premundial U20 de Concacaf". Fenifut Nicaragua - Facebook. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

[1]

v t e National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.