Cibao FC

Cibao FC

Full name	Cibao Fútbol Club
Founded	2015 (2015)
Stadium	Estadio Cibao FC Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Manuel Estrella
Manager	Joaquín Sánchez
League	Liga Dominicana de Fútbol
2016	Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, 2nd
Website	Club website
Home colours

Cibao Fútbol Club is a Dominican professional football team based in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, founded in 2015. The team plays 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.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Luiyi de Lucas 3 DF César García 3 DF Carlos Espinal 4 MF Richard Dabas 5 DF José Tafarel Ferreira FP 6 DF Óscar Florencio 7 FW Babalito FP 8 DF Paulson Pierre FP 9 FW José Manuel Jáquez 10 MF Charles Hérold Jr. FP 12 GK Juan Pablo Domínguez FP 13 MF Rafael Flores (captain) 15 DF Rhonard García

No. Position Player 17 MF Guillermo La Hoz 18 MF Gerard Lavergne 19 FW Joseph Gómez 20 DF Edward Acevedo 21 MF Jesús Meza FP 22 DF Ernesto Trinidad 23 FW Dorny Romero 25 GK Fernando Madera 26 FW Jean Carlos Almánzar 27 FW Heuri Polanco FW Jostin Daly FP FW Víctor Núñez

Remarks:
^FP These players are registered as foreign players.

Staff

• Joaquín Sánchez – Head coach
• Jon López Saenz – Trainer
• Sainvilus Scheldeur Junior – Trainer
• Royer Parra – Goalkeeper trainer

Stadium

Estadio Cibao FC is a football stadium in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, not to be confused with el Estadio Cibao, which is the home stadium for Santiago's baseball team las Águilas Cibaeñas. It is currently used for football matches and hosts the home games of Cibao FC of the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol. The stadium holds 10,000 spectators.

Achievements

• 2016 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol season Runner-up
• Copa Dominicana de Fútbol Champions 2015, 2016

References

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)