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 (103) | ||
| Top scorer | Juan Barrera (26) | ||
| Home stadium | Estadio Nacional de Fútbol | ||
| FIFA code | NCA | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 133 (3 April 2025) | ||
| 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) | ||
| CCCF Championship | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1941) | ||
| Best result | Third place (1951) | ||
Medal record | |||
The Nicaragua national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Nicaragua) represents Nicaragua in men's international football and is controlled by the Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol (English: 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. 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.