| Clubname: | Cibao FC |
| Fullname: | Cibao Fútbol Club |
| Short Name: | Cibao FC |
| Nickname: | La Bestia Naranja (The Orange Beast) |
| Stadium: | Estadio Cibao FC Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic |
| Chairman: | Manuel Estrella |
| Manager: | Scheldeur Sainvilus |
| League: | Liga Dominicana de Fútbol |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Position: | 1st, Liguilla (Season ongoing) |
| Website: | http://www.cibaofc.com/ |
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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 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.
Cibao FC roster 2024 [4]
| Role | Name | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Gabriel Martínez Poch | |
| Assistant coach | Scheldeur Jr Sainvilus | |
| Goalkeeper trainer | Yova Velazquez | |
| Athletic trainer | Maximiliano Alonso | |