Unión Deportivo Universitario

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Club Deportivo Universitario
Chorrillo FC.png
Full nameClub Deportivo Universitario
Nickname(s)La "U"
Universitarios
Founded1974 as Chorrillo FC
2018 as U.D. Universitario
Ground
Penonomé, Panama
Capacity1,000
Chairman
ManagerJulio Medina III
LeagueLiga Panameña de Fútbol
2017 (A)Champions (4th after regular season)

Club Deportivo Universitario (formerly Chorrillo F.C.) is a Panamanian football team playing in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the highest level of football in Panama.

It is based in Penonomé, Coclé Province, and is the first panamanian team to play on a privately owned stadium facility.

History[]

Chorrillo FC was founded in 1974 to prevent youngsters from becoming involved in criminal activities.[1] They won promotion to the top fight for the first time in by beating Pan de Azúcar 2–1 in a promotion playoff. This was their second serious attempt at promotion, the first ending in a loss on penalties to Municipal de Colón.[2]

The club won its first title in Apertura 2011, beating Plaza Amador 4–1.[3] In May 2014 they won the 2014 Clausura title.[4] They won another title in Clausura 2014, and later in Apertura 2017, as well as twice finishing runners-up.

In 2018, financial problems forced Chorillo FC to merge with and Panama City's Universidad Latina, the new name agreed is Club Deportivo Universitario. Parts of the agreement included that the team will be relocated to Penonomé on the Province of Coclé from Panama City´s El Chorrillo neighborhood, a construction of the new stadium that would be completed on late March 2019 and relocate/lease CD Centenario team from Penonomé to Colón Province as New York FC/Centenario.

Crest[]

The El Chorrillo district was heavily bombard by the United States Army during Operation Just Cause. The club adopted the phoenix emblem to symbolize the district's recovery.[5]

Municipal Chorrillo's old crest

Honours[]

2011 (A), 2014 (C), 2017 (A)
Runners-up (2): 2011 (C), 2009 (A)
  • Primera A: 1
Runners-up (1):

Players[]

Current squad[]

  • As of September 2021

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 Panama PAN
2 DF Panama PAN
3 DF Colombia COL
4 DF Argentina ARG
5 MF Panama PAN
6 DF Panama PAN
7 MF Panama PAN
8 MF Colombia COL
9 FW Panama PAN
10 MF Panama PAN
11 MF Panama PAN
12 GK Panama PAN José Guerra
13 FW Panama PAN
14 MF Panama PAN
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Panama PAN
18 FW Panama PAN
21 DF Panama PAN
22 DF Panama PAN Sergio Ramírez
24 MF Panama PAN
26 FW Panama PAN Ernesto Sinclair
27 DF Panama PAN Iván Anderson
29 DF Panama PAN Román Torres
30 FW Panama PAN
32 MF Panama PAN
37 FW Panama PAN
70 GK Panama PAN
99 FW Panama PAN Joseph Cox
- DF Panama PAN Jesús Gil

Notable players[]

See also: Category:Chorrillo F.C. players

Historical list of coaches[]

References[]

  1. ^ La previa de la Gran Final de la LPF: Chorrillo FC vs Plaza Amador Archived 2016-04-21 at archive.today – Diario Pro (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Chorrillo y Pan de Azúcar definen su ascenso hoy – Crítica (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Chorrillo FC vence al Plaza Amador y es campeón del Apertura 2011 – FEPAFUT (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Chorrillo campeón del Clausura 2014 – TVN-2 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ plus.es – Videos de fútbol Archived 2007-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Colombiano Quiñones será el nuevo técnico del Chorrillo FC – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Mansilla se pone el overol – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Chorrillo FC presenta a Luis Maughn como nuevo técnico – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Alfredo Poyatos, nuevo técnico del Chorrillo, renuncia Maughn – RPC (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Mike Stump es el nuevo técnico de Chorrillo FC – El Siglo (in Spanish)

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