Nicaragua national football team
| Nickname(s) | La Azul y Blanco (The Blue and White) Los Pinoleros (The Pinoleros) | |||
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| Association | Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol (FENIFUT) | |||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | |||
| Sub-confederation | UNCAF (Central America) | |||
| Head coach | Vacant | |||
| Captain | Juan Barrera | |||
| Most caps | Josué Quijano (108) | |||
| Top scorer | Juan Barrera (26) | |||
| Home stadium | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol | |||
| FIFA code | NCA | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
| Current | 131 1 (19 January 2026) | |||
| 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) | |||
| CONCACAF Nations League | ||||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2019–20) | |||
| Best result | Group stage (2024–25) | |||
| CCCF Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1941) | |||
| Best result | Third place (1951) | |||
| Copa Centroamericana | ||||
| Appearances | 14 (first in 1991) | |||
| Best result | Fifth place (2005, 2009, 2017) | |||
Medal record | ||||
The Nicaragua national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Nicaragua) represents Nicaragua in men's international football, which is governed by the Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol (English: Nicaraguan Football Federation) founded in 1931. It has been an affiliate member of FIFA since 1950 and a founding affiliate member of CONCACAF since 1961. Regionally, it is an affiliate member of UNCAF in the Central American Zone.
Nicaragua has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but has participated five times in CONCACAF's premier continental competition, finishing sixth place in the 1967 CONCACAF Championship. It has participated three times in League B and once in League A of the CONCACAF Nations League.
Regionally, the team finished in third place in the CCCF Championship in 1957, and also finished in fifth place three times in the Copa Centroamericana.
Nicaragua's first appearance in international competition was in the 1941 CCCF Championship. Their first appearance in World Cup qualifiers was in the 1994 CONCACAF qualification.