Cibao FC

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Cibao FC

Full name	Cibao Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	La Bestia Naranja (The Orange Beast)
Short name	Cibao FC
Founded	2015; 9 years ago (2015)
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	http://www.cibaofc.com/
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.

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]

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.

Cibao FC roster 2024 ^[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 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

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

• 2018 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol
• 2021 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol
• 2022 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol
• 2023 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol
• 2024 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol

• 2016 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol Season Runner-up
• 2019 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol Runner-up

• Copa Dominicana de Futbol 2015 Winner
• Copa Dominicana de Futbol 2016 Winner

• Copa Dominico-Haitiana Champions 2016
• 2017 CFU Club Championship Winners
• 2022 Caribbean Club Championship Runner-up

• Official website (in Spanish)

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