2019 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol

The 2019 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol (known as the LDF Banco Popular for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of professional football in the Dominican Republic. The season started on 30 March 2019.^[1]

Liga Dominicana de Fútbol

Season	2019
Champions	Atlético Pantoja
Matches played	122
Goals scored	270 (2.21 per match)
← 2018 2020 →

Format

The 2019 tournament of the Liga Dominicana de Futbol will start with 12 teams. The event will be developed with a new format, each of the twelve clubs can have up to 6 foreign players on their payroll.

The new format includes an "Apertura" and a "Clausura" tournament, both will be played one round and has been agreed with the twelve clubs and also with CONCACAF. The "Apertura" will have a semifinal with the four best teams and then a final, as well as the "Clausura".

Then the champion of each tournament will compete to win the qualification to the CONCACAF championship tournament. Another club will qualify for the CONCACAF tournament, accumulating the most points in both tournaments.

Apertura

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cibao (Q)	10	8	2	0	22	5	+17	26	Advance to Playoffs
2	Jarabacoa (Q)	10	5	3	2	11	6	+5	18
3	Atlético Pantoja (Q)	10	5	2	3	19	9	+10	17
4	Moca (Q)	10	4	4	2	8	5	+3	16
5	Atlético Vega Real	10	4	3	3	12	15	−3	15
6	Universidad O&M	10	3	4	3	15	9	+6	13
7	Atlético San Francisco	10	1	7	2	9	11	−2	10
8	Atlántico	10	0	8	2	8	11	−3	8
9	Barcelona Atlético	10	2	2	6	8	19	−11	8
10	Delfines del Este	10	1	4	5	10	17	−7	7
11	Atlético San Cristóbal	10	2	1	7	8	23	−15	7
12	Inter RD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Did not enter

Source: Soccerway
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Regular season results

Home \ Away	ATL	ASC	ASF	AVR	CIB	CAP	CBA	DDE	IRD	JAR	MOC	UOM
Atlántico FC	—	—	0–0	—	1–1	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–1
Atlético San Cristóbal	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	2–1	2–1	—	0–2	—	0–1
Atlético de San Francisco	—	2–0	—	1–1	—	—	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	—	—
Atlético Vega Real	2–2	2–1	—	—	—	—	1–0	2–1	—	1–0	—	—
Cibao FC	—	8–2	2–0	4–1	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	0–0	—
Club Atlético Pantoja	—	2–0	1–1	4–1	—	—	4–0	—	—	1–2	1–2	—
Club Barcelona Atlético	1–1	—	—	—	0–1	—	—	2–1	—	1–2	2–0	0–6
Delfines del Este FC	3–2	—	—	—	0–2	0–3	—	—	—	—	1–1	1–1
Inter RD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jarabacoa FC	2–0	—	—	—	0–1	—	—	1–1	—	—	1–0	0–0
Moca FC	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–0
Universidad O&M F.C.	—	—	4–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Final
	4	Moca	0	1	1
	1	Cibao	2	1	3
								1	Cibao	0 (0)
								3	Atlético Pantoja (a.e.t.), (p)	0 (3)
	3	Atlético Pantoja (a.e.t.), (p)	1	0	1 (3)
	2	Jarabacoa	1	0	1 (2)

Clausura

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cibao (Q)	10	7	1	2	17	10	+7	22	Advance to Playoffs
2	Atlético Vega Real (Q)	10	5	3	2	16	7	+9	18
3	Atlético San Cristóbal (Q)	10	5	3	2	13	10	+3	18
4	Atlántico (Q)	10	4	4	2	10	8	+2	16
5	Delfines del Este	10	4	3	3	10	7	+3	15
6	Jarabacoa	10	4	3	3	10	9	+1	15
7	Atlético Pantoja	10	4	2	4	12	9	+3	14
8	Moca	10	3	5	2	9	10	−1	13[a]
9	Universidad O&M	10	3	2	5	10	12	−2	11
10	Atlético San Francisco	10	2	2	6	6	16	−10	8
11	Barcelona Atlético	10	0	0	10	4	19	−15	0
12	Inter RD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Did not enter

Source: Soccerway
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Moca were deducted 1 point.

Regular season results

Home \ Away	ATL	ASC	ASF	AVR	CIB	CAP	CBA	DDE	IRD	JAR	MOC	UOM
Atlántico FC	—	2–0	—	0–3	—	—	2–0	0–0	—	2–2	1–1	—
Atlético San Cristóbal	—	—	2–0	2–3	2–2	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–1	—
Atlético de San Francisco	0–1	—	—	—	0–2	1–1	—	—	—	—	1–0	1–1
Atlético Vega Real	—	—	5–1	—	1–2	0–0	—	—	—	—	1–1	1–0
Cibao FC	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	2–0	2–1	—	2–0	—	1–3
Club Atlético Pantoja	0–1	—	—	—	1–2	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	2–0
Club Barcelona Atlético	—	1–2	1–2	0–2	—	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	—
Delfines del Este FC	—	0–1	1–0	0–0	—	—	2–0	—	—	2–0	—	—
Inter RD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jarabacoa FC	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	—	2–1	2–0	—	—	—	—	—
Moca FC	—	—	—	—	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	—	0–0	—	—
Universidad O&M F.C.	1–1	0–1	—	—	—	—	2–1	1–2	—	1–0	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Final
	4	Atlántico	0	0	0
	1	Cibao	1	1	2
								1	Cibao	3
								3	Atlético San Cristóbal	0
	3	Atlético San Cristóbal	3	2	5
	2	Atlético Vega Real	2	1	3

Grand final

Played between champions of Apertura and Clausura.

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09)

Atlético Pantoja	1–2	Cibao
	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Carlos Mateo

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23)

Cibao	0–1	Atlético Pantoja
	Report
Penalties
	2–4

Estadio Cibao FC, Santiago de los Caballeros

Referee: Randy Encarnación Solano

Atlético Pantoja qualifies for 2020 Caribbean Club Championship.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cibao (Q)	20	15	3	2	39	15	+24	48	Caribbean Club Championship[a]
2	Atlético Vega Real	20	9	6	5	28	22	+6	33
3	Jarabacoa	20	9	6	5	21	15	+6	33
4	Atlético Pantoja (Q)	20	9	4	7	31	18	+13	31	Caribbean Club Championship[b]
5	Moca	20	7	9	4	17	15	+2	29[c]
6	Atlético San Cristóbal	20	7	4	9	21	33	−12	25
7	Universidad O&M	20	6	6	8	25	21	+4	24
8	Atlántico	20	4	12	4	18	19	−1	24
9	Delfines del Este	20	5	7	8	20	24	−4	22
10	Atlético San Francisco	20	3	9	8	15	27	−12	18
11	Barcelona Atlético	20	2	2	16	12	38	−26	8
12	Inter RD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Did not enter

Source: Soccerway Soccerway
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. As aggregate table best team not yet qualified.
2. As grand final winners.
3. Moca were deducted 1 point.