Dominican Republic - List of Champions

Football was introduced to the Dominican Republic by fugitives of the Spanish Civil War. The first two clubs founded in the country were El Pindu and El Cóndor. El Cóndor reportedly were national champions for 15 years. The Federación Dominicana de Fútbol was founded in 1953 and joined FIFA in 1958. Other clubs to be founded in the first decades of football on the Dominican Republic include España Franquista, El Español, El Iberia, El Sporting and El Oriental. Religous orders (Augustinians, Jesuits and Salesians) also were involved in football activities. After the arrival, in 1965, of Bolivian football coach Prof. Fortunato Quispe Mendoza, a number of football schools were founded and the sport spread beyond the capital Santo Domingo. In 1975 universities were banned from playing in the national first division and cup; at the time the top level included 5 teams from academic institutions, including the dominating team of the UCMM.

Campeonato Nacional
1970       not known                       [*1]
1971       not known                       [*2]
1972     UCMM (Santiago de los Caballeros) [*3]
1973     UCMM (Santiago de los Caballeros)
1974     UCMM (Santiago de los Caballeros) [unbeaten]
1975       not known
1976     Moca
1977       not known
1978     FC Don Bosco (Moca)
1979-90    not known
1991     Bancredicard (Santo Domino) 
1992       not known 
1993       not known 
1994     Bancredicard (Santo Domingo)     bt  Baninter (Jarabacoa)
1995       not known 
1996       not known 
1997     FC Santos (San Cristóbal) 
1998       no competition 
1999     FC Don Bosco (Moca) 
2000/01  CD Pantoja (Pantoja)    [32nd edition]
2001/02    unknown
2002/03  CD Pantoja (Pantoja) (or Domingo Savio (La Vega)?)
2003/04  Casa de España          [35th edition]
2005     Jarabacoa               [36th edition]
2006     La Vega                 [37th edition]

NB: in 2002/03 and 2003/04 this competition served as second level to
    the Liga Mayor (see below); the 2005 edition also was played without
    clubs from the 2004/05 Liga Mayor (apart from the relegated teams
    Jarabacoa and Domingo Savio (La Vega)); as the Liga Mayor was not
    held from 2004/05 to 2007, the Campeonato Nacional was the highest
    level competition organised in 2005 and 2006, although the 2006 
    edition (still) did not feature the top clubs from the Liga Mayor
    2004/05), nor were its winners promoted to the Liga Mayor 2007, 
    which did feature (as promoted teams compared to 2004/05) the top-3
    of the Campeonato Nacional 2003/04 and the winners and the fourth
    placed club of the Campeonato Nacional 2005...

[*1] there were teams from: Moca, San Francisco de Macoris, Haina,
     San Cristobal, Santo Domingo, UASD and San Pedro de Macoris.
[*2] there were 12 teams in the league 1971:
     UCMM, Moca, La Vega, Villa Tapia, Haina, UASD, España, Refor, 
     San Pedro de Macoris, UNPHU, La Aurora, San Francisco de Macoris.
[*3] UCMM (later renamed PUCMM) lost the cup final

NB: Moca finished 4th in 1972, 2nd in 1973 and 3rd in 1975.

NB: in 1941, a club called Sosua-Puerto Plata was founded by Arthur
    Kirchheimer, a German Jew from Hamburg who had fled for the nazis

The following teams won at least one championship, years unknown:
  Metaldom (Santo Domingo)
  UMD
  El Cóndor (Santo Domingo)

Abbreviations:
UASD  = Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
UCMM  = Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra de Santiago de los Caballeros
UMD   = Universidad Mundial Dominicana (Santo Domingo).
UNPHU = Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (Santo Domingo)

Liga Mayor

Ed. Season   Champions
 1  2001/02  Baninter (Jarabacoa)
 2  2002/03  Baninter (Jarabacoa)
    2003/04    no competition
 3  2004/05  CD Pantoja (Pantoja) 
    2005/06    no competition
 4  2007     Barcelona FC (Santo Domingo)
    2007/08    no competition
 5  2009     CD Pantoja (Pantoja)  
 6  2010     Don Bosco (Moca)     
 7  2011/12  CD Pantoja (Pantoja)  
 8  2012/13  Don Bosco (Moca)     

Number of Wins (8)

 3 CD Pantoja (Pantoja) 

 2 Baninter (Jarabacoa)
   Don Bosco (Moca)     

 1 Barcelona FC (Santo Domingo)

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Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 14 Mar 2013