Atlético Pantoja

Full name	Club Atlético Pantoja
Nickname(s)	Los Guerreros (The Warriors)
Founded	1 February 1999; 25 years ago (1999-02-01)
Ground	Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez
Capacity	27,000
Manager	Jesús Quintero
League	Liga Dominicana de Fútbol
2024	N/A
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Pantoja is one of two professional football teams based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Founded in 1999, the team is currently playing in the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, the top division of Dominican football. Their crosstown counterparts and co-tenants at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez are O&M FC. ^[1]

History

Club Atlético Pantoja was born from a group comprised mostly of Argentinian immigrants, led by Eduardo Macchiavello. The club began playing amateur matches in 1999 at the ROWE Laboratory, located in the popular neighborhood of Pantoja in the city of Santo Domingo. ^[2]

In time, the group became larger by catering to local Dominicans and other nationalities. In 2001 they were invited to participate in a veteran tournament organized by the Dominican Football Federation, ultimately becoming the champions. The club went on to participate in the Third Dominican Division. ^[3]

Months later, the club became champion in its first participation in an official competition. This championship allowed them to ascend to the Second Division, which involved a greater challenge.

The newly promoted Club Atlético Pantoja again became champion of the Second Division league, a team made up mostly of veterans. This team had achieved the feat of "champion" three consecutive times, allowing them promotion to the maximum category of soccer in the Dominican Republic, Primera División de Republica Dominicana. This group would propose to reach another milestone, the title of First Division. From then a technical body was hired, in addition to adding young players as reinforcements. The fusion of youth and experience led the Club to reach the maximum laureate in Dominican football: the Primera División championship.

The club in a short time positioned itself as one of the winningest clubs from the Dominican Republic. The club has taken place in the CONCACAF Champions Cup (Formerly CONCACAF Champions League) a total of two times as of the 2024 season. ^[4] Atlético Pantoja became the first association football club from the Dominican Republic with 10,000 followers on Facebook, their most popular social media page.

Stadium

• Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez: 2014–

Achievements

Domestic

• Liga Dominicana de Fútbol: 3
  • 2015, Apertura 2019, Gran Final 2019
• Liga Mayor Coca-Cola: 3
  • 2004–05, 2009, 2011–12
• Campeonato Nacional: 2
  • 2000–01, 2002–03

Regional

• Caribbean Club Championship: 2
  • 2018
  • 2020

Current squad as of February 2024

Source: ^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   DOM Alessandro Baroni 3 DF   DOM Alex Amut 5 DF   DOM Pinta Diaz 6 MF   DOM Kelvin Martinez 7 FW   DOM Luis Espinal 8 MF   DOM Gerard Lavergne 9 FW   COL Leonardo Becerra 10 MF   CUB Aricheell Hernández 13 DF   DOM Pablo Rodriguez 14 DF   DOM Jayson Made 15 MF   COL Emerson Aponte 16 MF   DOM Robert Rosado 17 MF   DOM Ysaac Corcino 18 DF   DOM Jeremy Baez 19 FW   DOM Bryan More 20 MF   DOM Darlyn Valerio 21 FW   HAI Frantz Louka Bertrand 22 DF   DOM Ernesto Trinidad

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 GK   DOM Mario Marte 24 DF   DOM Kleffer Martes Delgado 25 GK   DOM Eliam Martinez 27 MF   DOM Kevin Aquino 29 DF   DOM Alfeni Tamarez

References

External links

• Balompiedominicano
• Federacion Dominicana De Futbol Archived 2010-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
• www.atleticopantoja.com.do
• Prensa Futbol Dominicano
• Fifa.com
• Futbol Total (archived 2 February 2017)