FEDOFUTBOL — Federación Dominicana de Fútbol

What is FEDOFUTBOL?

The Federación Dominicana de Fútbol is the national association for football in the Dominican Republic. Its own site styles it Fedofutbol and FDF, and its published statutes carry the title “Estatutos Federación Dominicana de Fútbol”.^[3][8] FIFA’s directory lists it as the Dominican Republic Football Association, in the Concacaf confederation, with www.fedofutbol.do as its website.^[1]

The federation states its mission as “Fomentar, desarrollar, organizar y regular el desarrollo del fútbol a nivel nacional vía nuestras asociaciones miembro” — to promote, develop, organise and regulate football nationally through its member associations.^[4] Concacaf states that the federation “is working to build the game from the ground up.”^[2] The federation’s site carries the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, the women’s league (LIGAFEMDO) and the national teams, and publishes its statutes, audited financial statements, payroll and project reports under a transparency heading.^[3]

What does FEDOFUTBOL govern or do?

The federation registers clubs. Its site sets out the “procedimiento y documentos necesarios para la incorporación de un club deportivo o de fútbol”, a list of 15 documents that includes model statutes for football clubs and for general sports clubs, assembly papers and request forms.^[7]

Its permanent commissions and jurisdictional bodies, as the federation lists them, are an internal audit commission, a compliance commission, an electoral commission, a club licensing commission (Comisión Licencia de Clubes), a disciplinary commission, an ethics commission and an appeals commission.^[6] Refereeing sits with the federation: FIFA’s directory lists the chair of its referees committee, the head of its referees department and a referee coordinator, alongside a technical director.^[1]

The professional top flight is the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, whose president sits on the federation’s executive committee.^[5] Concacaf’s profile of the federation records “the Liga Dominicana de Futbol beginning play in 2015”.^[2]

When was FEDOFUTBOL founded and where is it based?

The federation is based in the national Olympic complex in Santo Domingo. FIFA gives its address as “Centro Olimpico Juan Pablo Duarte, Apartado postal 1953, 56000 Santo Domingo”.^[1] Concacaf gives the same complex, on Calle Humberto Gómez, Santo Domingo.^[2]

The federation’s confederation dates from 1961. Concacaf states that it “was established in 1961 from a vision of unity, officially formed through the merger of the North American Football Union (NAFU) and the Football Confederation of Central America and the Caribbean (CCCF)”, and that it now groups 41 member associations “from Canada in the north to Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana in the south”.^[9]

The present leadership was chosen for a fixed term: the federation lists its executive committee under the heading 2024–2028, headed by José Francisco Deschamps Cabral as president.^[5] FIFA’s directory lists Yelena Hazim Figuereo as general secretary.^[1]

How is FEDOFUTBOL recognised?

FIFA. FIFA’s member-association directory lists the Dominican Republic Football Association in the Concacaf confederation, with its officers, address and website.^[1]

Concacaf. Concacaf’s list of its 41 member associations includes the Dominican Republic, and its member-association profile names the Federación Dominicana de Fútbol with its Santo Domingo address.^[10][2] Concacaf was formed in 1961 by the merger of the North American union and the Football Confederation of Central America and the Caribbean.^[9]

National standing. The federation publishes its statutes on its own site, titled “Estatutos Federación Dominicana de Fútbol”, alongside audited financial statements, payroll and project reports and a policies-and-procedures section.^[8][3] FIFA and Concacaf both give its seat as the Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte in Santo Domingo.^[1][2] Its vision statement sets the goal of being “la federación modelo de la República Dominicana con los niveles de administración, transparencia y gobernanza más reconocidos del país”.^[4]

What does FEDOFUTBOL organise?

As the FIFA and Concacaf member for the Dominican Republic, the federation enters the country’s national teams in FIFA and Concacaf competitions, among them the FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the Concacaf Nations League, which its site lists among its competitions.^[3] FIFA’s directory lists head coaches of the men’s and women’s national teams.^[1] The 2026 World Cup (11 June–19 July 2026) is past.

Domestically, the federation’s site carries two leagues: the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol (LDF), with its schedule, standings and scorers, and the Liga Femenina de Fútbol (LIGAFEMDO).^[3][7] Concacaf dates the start of the LDF’s play to 2015.^[2] The LDF’s president holds a seat on the federation’s executive committee, so the professional league is represented inside the federation’s own governing body.^[5] Clubs that enter its competitions are incorporated through the federation’s club-registration procedure.^[7]

Who are its members?

The federation describes itself as working “vía nuestras asociaciones miembro” — through its member associations — and its site has a section for its provincial associations (asociaciones provinciales).^[4][7]

The composition of its executive committee for 2024–2028 shows how its members are represented. Beside the president, a vice-president, a treasurer and three ordinary members (vocales), it seats two “representante[s] de las asociaciones provinciales” — Ángela Bocio and Rubén Muñoz — and the “presidente de la Liga Dominicana de Fútbol”, Milton Ray Guevara.^[5] The provincial associations and the professional league thus each hold seats on the committee.

Clubs join through the federation’s incorporation procedure, which supplies model statutes for football clubs and for multi-sport clubs.^[7] At the continental level the federation is itself the member: Concacaf’s 41 members are national associations.^[10]