Club Deportivo Plaza Amador

Club Deportivo Plaza Amador
Plaza Amador
Plaza Amador.jpg
Full name Club Deportivo Plaza Amador
Nickname(s) Los Leones
El Equipo del Pueblo
Founded April 25, 1955
Ground Estadio Javier Cruz,
Panama City, Panama
(Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman Panama Enrique Montenegro Jr.
Manager Colombia Jair Palacios
League Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2010 (C) 6th
Home colours
Away colours

Plaza Amador is a Panamanian soccer club, that currently plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is one of the oldest teams in Panama.

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History

The Social Club and Plaza Amador were founded in 1955 by a legendary figure of Panamanian sports, León Cocoliso Tejada (1927–1982), whom through the years developed a team designed to educate and train players that brought them and the team from inferior divisions up to the first division. After León's death, Andrés Villa, Daniel Vàsquez and Enrique Cajar gathered the colors of the club and returned it to the first division, where they won the distritorial championship, Copa JVC and the first ANAPROF championship.

Honours

  • Liga Panameña de Fútbol: 5
1988, 1990, 1992, 2002, 2005
Runners-up (2): 1995-96, 1999-00

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

1997 - Qualifying stage (Central Zone)

Emblems

Plaza Amador's old crest

The club's colors are the three colors of the Panamanian flag: red, white and blue. Plaza Amador was named after the first President of the Republic, Dr. Manuel Amador Guerrero.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
3 Panama DF Luis de Leon
4 Panama MF Wess Torres
5 Panama DF Jose Venegas
6 Panama DF Richard Dixon
7 Panama DF Miguel Olivares
8 Cameroon MF Guillaume Bengue
9 Panama FW Raul Moreno
10 Argentina FW Ariel Paoloni
11 Panama MF Davis Wallace
12 Panama DF Alonso Alleyne
13 Panama DF Ricardo Paschal
17 Panama MF Rodrigo Tello
No. Position Player
18 Panama MF Jean Carlos Cedeño
19 Panama FW Ernesto Lenis
20 Panama MF Ricardo Palomino
21 Panama MF Jonathan Bradwell
22 Colombia MF Dorian Lopez
25 Panama GK Gilmar Torres
29 Panama FW Anthony Basile
30 Panama MF José Abdul Pinto
38 Panama MF Arturo Tejada
77 Panama GK Andy Arrue
81 Panama FW Jimmy Duarte
Colombia MF Rotman González

Notable Coaches

  • El Salvador Milton Palacios (1991)
  • Colombia Carlos Collazos (1992–93)
  • Uruguay Américo Bravo (2002)
  • Argentina Sergio Giovagnolli (2002)
  • Panama Fernando Arnulfo Bolívar
  • Colombia Jair Palacios
  • Panama Ricardo Buitrago
  • Panama Leopoldo Lee (-Jan 2010)
  • Italy Marcos Casagrande (Jan 2010- Jan 2010)
  • Colombia Jair Palacios (Feb 2010-)

External links

v · d · eLiga Panameña de Fútbol • 2011 Apertura & 2012 Clausura
v · d · eANAPROF and Liga Panameña de Fútbol seasons
1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007(A) · 2007(C) · 2008(A) · 2008(C) · 2009(A) I · 2009(A) II · 2010(C) · 2010(A) · 2011(C) · 2011(A)


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