Atlético Pantoja

Club Atlético Pantoja was born from the a group of mostly Argentinian immigrants, led by Eduardo Macchiavello. It started in 1999, when this group met to play football at the ROWE Laboratory, located in the popular neighborhood of Pantoja in the city of Santo Domingo.

This group became larger, adding Dominicans and other nationalities. In 2001 they were invited to play a veteran tournament organized by the Dominican Football Federation. This is how the Deportivo Pantoja Fútbol Club is born.

This club became the champion of the tournament of veterans. The club went on to participate in the Third Dominican Division.

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

The newly promoted Pantoja again became champion of the Second Division league, a team made up mostly by veterans. This team had achieved the feat of "champion" three consecutive times, managing to arrive to the maximum category of soccer of the Dominican Republic, the First Division. 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 most winning clubs of the Dominican Republic. Atlético Pantoja became the first association football club from the Dominican Republic with 10,000 followers on Facebook, their most popular social media page.

• Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez: 2014–

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  CUB Sandy Sánchez 4 DF  COL César Mena 6 DF  ARG Francisco Ortega 7 FW  DOM Luis Espinal 8 MF  DOM Gerard Lavergne 9 FW  ARG Franco Pérez 10 FW  DOM Ronaldo Vásquez 11 FW  HAI Frantzety Herard 11 DF  DOM Pedro Martínez 13 GK  DOM Mario Marte 14 DF  DOM Jayson Made 16 MF  DOM Robert Rosado 19 MF  DOM Wilman Modesta 22 DF  DOM Ernesto Trinidad

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 GK  DOM Odalis Báez 25 GK  DOM Pascual Ramírez 26 DF  DOM Carlos Rossel — MF  DOM Lean Torres

• 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)