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 FCIs 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. NationPlayer
1GK  DOMMiguel Lloyd
35GK  DOMEnzo Guzmán
45GK  DOMEdwin Frías
3DF  COLJefry Holguín
4DF  DOMOscar Florencio
5DF  DOMIsmael Díaz
12DF  DOMAdrián Salcedo
13MF  COLDairin Gonzalez
6MF  DOMYohan Parra
9MF  DOMJose Jaquez Jr
7MF  ARGLihué Prichoda
7MF  HAIHerold Charles
No.Pos. NationPlayer
28MF  DOMCarlos Heredia Fontana
16MF  DOMEsmailin Segura
22MF  DOMChristopher Espunny
24MF  DOMAngel Montes de Oca
26MF  DOMWelkin Luis
27MF  DOMLucas Bretón
30MF  COLJuan Díaz
9FW  DOMErik Japa
14FW  DOMJean Carlos López
15DF  COLErick Moreno
23FW  URUChristian Rodrigo Alba Nievas
21FW  DOMLean Torres

Technical staff edit

RoleNameNationality
Head coachJorge Alfosno  Argentina
Assistant coachScheldeur Jr Sainvilus  Haiti
Goalkeeper trainerYova Velazquez  Venezuela
Athletic trainerMaximiliano 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. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. 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". Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  4. ^ Cibao FC. "Plantilla Cibao FC 2022". Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

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