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

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.

History

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

Estadio Cibao FC

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

Squad

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

Technical staff

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

Championships

Runner-up

National Cup

International achievements

References

  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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