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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.
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.
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, the team played against Guadalajara in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.
Cibao FC este unul dintre cele mai de succes cluburi din Republica Dominicană, câștigând 11 campionate naționale, 7 Cupe ale Republicii Dominicane și 4 Cupe ale Ligii Dominicanes. Clubul a reprezentat, de asemenea, Republica Dominicană în competițiile continentale, inclusiv în Liga Campionilor CONCACAF.
Cibao FC joacă meciurile de acasă pe Estadio del Cibao, un stadion cu o capacitate de 10.000 de locuri. Stadionul a fost renovat în 2015 pentru a îndeplini cerințele FIFA.
Actualul președinte al clubului este Manuel Estrella, iar antrenorul principal este Jorge Alfonso. Dintre jucătorii notabili care au jucat pentru Cibao FC se numără Jonathan Faña, Domingo Peralta și Luis Cota.