{"id":107301,"date":"2026-02-08T04:57:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/cibao-fc-vs-pantoja-ldf-classic-closes-playday-5-of-liguilla\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T04:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:57:23","slug":"cibao-fc-vs-pantoja-ldf-classic-closes-playday-5-of-liguilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/cibao-fc-vs-pantoja-ldf-classic-closes-playday-5-of-liguilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Cibao FC vs. Pantoja: LDF Classic Closes Playday 5 of Liguilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Classic of Classics in the LDF: Cibao FC vs. Atl\u00e9tico Pantoja<\/h2>\n\nThe anticipated match between Cibao FC and Club Atl\u00e9tico Pantoja will mark the closing of matchday 5 of the Liguilla in the Dominican Republic Football League (LDF). The match will be played on Sunday at 3:30 in the afternoon at the Panamericano stadium, an event dedicated to Dr. Jos\u00e9 Rafael Abinader.\n\nCibao FC arrives at this crucial date sharing the top of the table with Delfines del Este and Moca FC, all with 7 accumulated points.\n\nFor his part, Pantoja is in fourth position, tied with Salcedo FC. It is important to remember that the top four teams advance to the semifinals.\n\nThe orange eleven has demonstrated its strength with two victories, a draw and a defeat, scoring 7 goals and receiving 5, resulting in a positive balance of +2.\n\nAtl\u00e9tico Pantoja comes to the match with one victory, two draws and one defeat, totaling five points. They have scored 5 goals and conceded 3, maintaining a balance of +2.\n\nCibao FC and Pantoja are the only clubs with multiple titles in the LDF since its inception in 2015.\n\nCibao FC has been champion five times and currently holds the title, while Pantoja has lifted the cup twice.\n\nIn the regular season, both teams stood out, with Pantoja leading the table with 43 points and Cibao FC in second place with 41.\n\nIn matchday 4, the team led by Junior Scheldeur defeated Universidad O&amp;M with a score of 4-2, thanks to a brace by Rivaldo Correa and goals from Omar De la Cruz and Julio C\u00e9sar Murillo.\n\nRivaldo Correa, Omar De la Cruz and Julio C\u00e9sar Murillo, along with Ernesto \u201cChe\u201d Trinidad, were included in the Ideal Eleven of matchday 4.\n\n\u00c1ngel P\u00e9rez leads the Cibao FC&#8217;s top scorer table with 8 goals, followed by Edwarlyn Reyes with 6, Rivaldo Correa with 5, Julio C\u00e9sar Murillo and Carlos \u201cCaballo\u201d Ventura with 3 each. Wilman Modesta, Javier Roces, Walter Acu\u00f1a, Juli\u00e1n G\u00f3mez and Leonardo Villalba have also contributed with goals. Gabriel Peguero, Yunior Peralta, Cesar\u00edn Ortiz, Gonzalo Alarc\u00f3n, Eli\u00e1n L\u00f3pez and Omar De la Cruz complete the list of scorers.\n\nIn goal, Cibao FC has Miguel Lloyd, Edwin \u201cGato\u201d Fr\u00edas and Eli\u00e1n Beras.\n\nCarlos Sarante is Pantoja&#8217;s top scorer with 6 goals, followed by Luis Espinal with 5, Fabricio Moreno and Gerard Lavergne with 3 each, and Yordi \u00c1lvarez and Edison Guerrero with 2. Jos\u00e9 Jaquez, Ismael \u201cPinta\u201d D\u00edaz and Jeremy B\u00e1ez have also scored.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Matches of the Day<\/h2>\n\n\nMatchday 5 of the Liguilla will begin on Saturday with two matches. Moca FC will face Universidad O&amp;M at the Panamericano stadium at 3:30 in the afternoon. At the same time, Salcedo FC will host Delfines del Este at the Domingo Polonia stadium.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classic of Classics in the LDF: Cibao FC vs. Atl\u00e9tico Pantoja The anticipated match between Cibao FC and Club Atl\u00e9tico Pantoja will mark the closing of matchday 5 of the Liguilla in the Dominican Republic Football League (LDF). The match will be played on Sunday at 3:30 in the afternoon at the Panamericano stadium, an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1548,2123,1549,4745],"class_list":{"0":"post-107301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-cibao-fc","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ldf","11":"tag-pantoja"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}