Atlántico FC

Atlántico Fútbol Club is a Dominican professional football team based in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, founded in 2015. The team plays in the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol.

Atlántico Fútbol Club

Full name	Atlántico Futbol Club
Nickname(s)	La Máquina Azul
Founded	2015 (2015)
Ground	Estadio Leonel Plácido, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Rubén D. García
Manager	Vacant
League	Liga Dominicana de Fútbol
2021	9th
Home colours Away colours

History

Founder Ruben Garcia decided to found the club in 2014 giving a perspective of football to the Puerto Plata as it is a town where the sport is not very popular. Part of the team's leaders are Arturo Heinsen team manager, Segundo Polanco, Fernando Ortega Zeller and his brother Gustavo Eduardo Zeller who have invested so that this team grows and is one of the best in the LDF Banco Popular.

Debut

The Atlantic FC debut as a visitor in the Dominican Football League on March 8, 2015, facing Club Barcelona Atlético, played at the Estadio De Fútbol Panamericano Parque Del Este, a result that ended 1–0 in favor of the locals.

First Goal Cry of the Club

The first goal of the history of the Atlantic FC in the Dominican Football League was scored by the Venezuelan Jorge Marquez Gomez on March 14, 2015 in a match corresponding to the second date of the league, the goal would reach the 75th minute since The penalty point, which was successfully charged by Marquez and gave the tie to the club, the game ended with a result of 1–1 against Atletico San Cristobal FC.

Atlantico FC was the first Dominican soccer club that participated on a CFU Club Championship, on February 24, 2016, against W Connection from the TT Pro League.

Stadium

• Estadio Leonel Plácido: 2015–

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Accomplishments

• Liga Dominicana de Fútbol:

Champions: 2017

Runners-up: 2015

Players

Current roster

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	VEN	Geancarlos Martínez
2	DF	ARG	Victoriano Fragola
3	DF	PAR	José Fleitas
5	DF	DOM	Anthony Santos
6	MF	HAI	Saint Fort
7	MF	DOM	Adrián Salcedo
8	DF	DOM	Johnny Martínez (captain)
11	FW	ARG	Iván Zerda
13	DF	HAI	Wilson Michel

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	DOM	Cristopher Espuny
20	MF	DOM	Guillermo Lahoz
25	MF	DOM	Robinson Aquino
—	GK	DOM	Tim Pallaks
—	GK	DOM	José Polanco
—	DF	DOM	Breily Polanco
—	FW	PER	Jhimy Chavez
17	MF	DOM	Starlin Collante
—	MF	DOM	Anderson Marcelin

Current staff

• Head Coach: Jean Carlos Güell
• Sporting Director: Roberto Fernández Saralegui
• Trainer: Francisco Martinez Castro
• Physical trainer: Ariel Ventura

External links

• Atlántico FC overview (archived 1 July 2015)
• Listindiario – Atlántico FC. Archived 2021-04-20 at the Wayback Machine.