{"id":107436,"date":"2026-02-09T04:58:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/cibao-fc-vs-pantoja-ldf-classic-defines-matchday-5-of-the-playoffs-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T04:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:58:40","slug":"cibao-fc-vs-pantoja-ldf-classic-defines-matchday-5-of-the-playoffs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/cibao-fc-vs-pantoja-ldf-classic-defines-matchday-5-of-the-playoffs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cibao FC vs Pantoja: LDF Classic defines Matchday 5 of the Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cl\u00e1sico Cibao FC vs. Pantoja: Stellar Duel in the LDF<\/h2>\n\nThe Classic of Classics of the Dominican Republic Football League (LDF) promises strong emotions on matchday 5 of the Liguilla. Cibao FC will face Club Atl\u00e9tico Pantoja on Sunday at 3:30 in the afternoon at the Panamericano stadium, in an event dedicated to Dr. Jos\u00e9 Rafael Abinader.\n\nThe standings table shows Cibao FC sharing the top spot with Delfines del Este and Moca FC, all with 7 points. Pantoja is in fourth position, tied with Salcedo FC. The top four advance to the semifinals.\n\nCibao FC presents a record of two wins, one draw and one defeat, with 7 goals for and 5 against. Pantoja arrives with one win, two draws and one defeat, totaling 5 goals for and 3 against.\n\nCibao FC and Pantoja are the only clubs with more than one title in the LDF since its inception in 2015.\n\nCibao FC, with five titles, is the defending champion, while Pantoja has won the championship twice.\n\nIn the regular season, Pantoja led the table with 43 points, followed by Cibao FC with 41.\n\nIn matchday 4, Cibao FC, 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 were included in the Team of the Week for matchday 4.\n\n\u00c1ngel P\u00e9rez leads Cibao FC&#8217;s goalscoring chart with 8 goals, followed by Edwarlyn Reyes with 6 and Rivaldo Correa with 5.\n\nCarlos Sarante is Pantoja&#8217;s top scorer with 6 goals.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Matches of the Day<\/h2>\n\n\nThe 5th day of the Liguilla starts on Saturday with two matches. Moca FC visits Universidad O&amp;M at the Panamericano stadium at 3:30 in the afternoon. At the same time, Salcedo FC receives Delfines del Este at the Domingo Polonia stadium.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cl\u00e1sico Cibao FC vs. Pantoja: Stellar Duel in the LDF The Classic of Classics of the Dominican Republic Football League (LDF) promises strong emotions on matchday 5 of the Liguilla. Cibao FC will face Club Atl\u00e9tico Pantoja on Sunday at 3:30 in the afternoon at the Panamericano stadium, in an event dedicated to Dr. Jos\u00e9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1548,2123,1549,4745],"class_list":{"0":"post-107436","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\/107436","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=107436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}