Beginnings Dominica played its first international match in 1932, against
Martinique, a match that ended in a 1–0 victory. In the 1940s they participated in the 1948 Coupe des Caraibes, losing in the preliminaries against
Martinique 5–0 but qualified due to
Trinidad and Tobago's withdrawal. In the competition proper, Dominica again faced Martinique, losing 6–0 and being eliminated. In the 1960s and 1970s, Dominica played in several editions of the
Windward Islands Tournament, winning the competition in 1971 with two 3–0 victories over
Saint Vincent and
Grenada, and a 2–2 draw against
Saint Lucia. In the 1980s, Dominica regularly participated in the qualifying rounds of the
CFU Championship, although they were unable to make it into the tournament proper.
1990s After the creation of the
Caribbean Cup in 1989, Dominica was only able to qualify for the group stage in the
1994 edition. They could not get past the first phase, after losing to the hosts
Trinidad and Tobago 5–0 and
Guadeloupe 4–0. They were only able to draw 1–1 with
Barbados. They next qualified for the
1998 Caribbean Cup, being eliminated again in the first round, this time with three defeats against
Martinique 5–1,
Antigua and Barbuda 2–1 and
Trinidad and Tobago 8–0. Dominica has not managed to return to the final phase of the Caribbean Cup since. Dominica participated in World Cup qualification for the first time in the
1998 qualifiers beating
Antigua and Barbuda in the first round (3–3 in
Roseau and 1–3 in
St. John's) before losing in the second phase to
Barbados (1–0 in both
Roseau and
Bridgetown).
2000–present In the
2002 qualifiers, the
Pericos succumbed to
Haiti 7–1 on aggregate, and in the
2006 qualifiers, after beating
the Bahamas with an aggregate result of 4–2, the Dominicans faced the Mexican team that crushed them 10–0 in the first leg, then 8–0 at
Aguascalientes. The decade would end with an elimination at the hands of
Barbados, just like in 1996, this time as part of the
2010 qualifiers (1–1 in
Roseau and 0–1 in
Bridgetown). On 15 October 2010, Dominica achieved the greatest victory in its history, beating the
British Virgin Islands 10–0, with 5 goals from striker
Kurlson Benjamin - in the first qualifying round of the
2010 Caribbean Cup. The following year, in the
2014 World Cup qualifiers, Dominica was drawn against
Panama and
Nicaragua. They lost all four of their games, failing to score a goal and conceding 11. They were eliminated from
2018 World Cup qualification by
Canada, who beat them 6–0 over two legs. ==Results and fixtures==