Cibao FC

Cibao FC
Full name	Cibao Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	La Bestia Naranja (The Orange Beast)
Short name	Cibao FC
Founded	2015; 9 years ago
Stadium	Estadio Cibao FC; Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Chairman	Manuel Estrella
Manager	Scheldeur Sainvilus
League	Liga Dominicana de Fútbol
2024	1st, Liguilla (Season ongoing)
Website	www.cibaofc.com
	Home colours
	Home colours

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

The 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. On 29 July 2023, the venue hosted a Liga Dominicana de Fútbol game between Cibao FC and Atlético Vega Real. 2,800 people attended the game. It was the best-attended Liga Dominicana de Fútbol match in 2023.

Players and staff

Squad

Cibao FC roster 2024 ^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	DOM	Miguel Lloyd
2	DF	DOM	Jairo Bueno
3	DF	COL	Julio Murillo
4	DF	DOM	Oscar Florencio
5	DF	DOM	Josue Nunez
7	DF	DOM	Yunior Peralta
8	DF	DOM	Michael Sambataro
9	MF	COL	Rivaldo Correa
10	MF	HAI	Herold Charles
11	DF	DOM	Luismi Quezada
13	DF	DOM	Dairin Gonzales
17	FW	DOM	Edwarlyn Reyez
18	MF	DOM	Jesus Rosa
19	MF	DOM	Wilman Modesta


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	DOM	Jose Barreto
21	MF	DOM	Lean Torres
22	MF	DOM	Ernesto Trinidad
24	MF	DOM	Angel Montes de Oca
27	MF	DOM	Lucas Bretón
28	MF	DOM	Carlos Heredia Fontana
29	DF	DOM	Victor Taveras
30	MF	COL	Juan David Diaz
32	FW	DOM	Dariel Rosario
33	MF	URU	Facundo Guichon
34	MF	DOM	Javier Roces
45	GK	DOM	Edwin Frias

Technical staff

Role	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Gabriel Martínez Poch	Argentina
Assistant coach	Scheldeur Jr Sainvilus	Haiti
Goalkeeper trainer	Yova Velazquez	Venezuela
Athletic trainer	Maximiliano Alonso	Argentina