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Cibao FC

Cibao Fútbol Club is a Dominican professional football team based in Santiago de los Caballeros. Founded in 2015, the team competes in the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol.

Cibao FC
Full nameCibao Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)La Bestia Naranja (The Orange Beast)
Short nameCibao FC
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
StadiumEstadio Cibao FC
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
ChairmanManuel Estrella
Manager[1]
LeagueLiga Dominicana de Fútbol
2023 Champions
WebsiteClub website

History edit

Cibao Futbol Club was founded on January 1, 2015, ahead of the inaugural season of the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol. The club built a new stadium, Estadio Cibao FC, that opened on March 8, 2015.

Cibao FC partnered with the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra and the ARMID Foundation to build the stadium and form a development academy. The Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra contributed 26,187 square meters of land for the construction of the stadium. The ARMID-Foundation Real Madrid Foundation used these facilities to establish the first Real Madrid Foundation's Tecnification School in Latin America, which will be responsible for giving sports and academic training to children and adolescents.[1]

On May 21, 2017, the team won the 2017 Caribbean Club Championship by defeating San Juan Jabloteh in the final, becoming the first team from the Dominican Republic to be crowned Caribbean club champions and the first to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League,[2] the team played against Guadalajara in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.[3]

Stadium edit

Estadio Cibao FC edit

Estadio Cibao FC Is a football stadium located in Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra campus, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. It is currently used for football matches and hosts the home games of Cibao FC of the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol. The stadium holds 8,000 spectators.

Players and staff edit

Squad edit

Cibao FC roster 2022 [4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   DOM Miguel Lloyd
35 GK   DOM Enzo Guzmán
45 GK   DOM Edwin Frías
3 DF   COL Jefry Holguín
4 DF   DOM Oscar Florencio
5 DF   DOM Ismael Díaz
12 DF   DOM Adrián Salcedo
13 MF   COL Dairin Gonzalez
6 MF   DOM Yohan Parra
9 MF   DOM Jose Jaquez Jr
7 MF   ARG Lihué Prichoda
7 MF   HAI Herold Charles
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF   DOM Carlos Heredia Fontana
16 MF   DOM Esmailin Segura
22 MF   DOM Christopher Espunny
24 MF   DOM Angel Montes de Oca
26 MF   DOM Welkin Luis
27 MF   DOM Lucas Bretón
30 MF   COL Juan Díaz
9 FW   DOM Erik Japa
14 FW   DOM Jean Carlos López
15 DF   COL Erick Moreno
23 FW   URU Christian Rodrigo Alba Nievas
21 FW   DOM Lean Torres

Technical staff edit

Role Name Nationality
Head coach Jorge Alfosno   Argentina
Assistant coach Scheldeur Jr Sainvilus   Haiti
Goalkeeper trainer Yova Velazquez   Venezuela
Athletic trainer Maximiliano Alonso   Argentina

Honours edit

Championships edit

Runner-up edit

National Cup edit

International achievements edit

References edit

  1. ^ Vicioso, Dolores. "Real Madrid and Carol Morgan to train in football". DR1.com. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ Marshall, Tom. "Cibao FC to make CONCACAF Champions League knockout debut". ESPN. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. ^ Deportes, ESPN. "Chivas derrotó a domicilio al Cibao en Concachampions".
  4. ^ Cibao FC. "Plantilla Cibao FC 2022".

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