Club Deportivo Árabe Unido

Árabe Unido

Full name	Club Deportivo Arabe Unido
Nickname(s)	La furia colonense Los árabes DAU
Founded	April 28, 1994
Ground	Estadio Armando Dely Valdes Colón, Panama (Capacity: 4,000)
Chairman	Pedro Gordon
Manager	Richard Parra
League	Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2009 (A) I	7th
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Árabe Unido is a professional soccer club located in Colón, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the highest soccer league in Panama. The club plays its games in Estadio Armando Dely Valdes. DAU has won 5 Liga Panameña de Fútbol championships since 1998, the fourth highest total of any team since 1988. The club has also finished second 3 times since 1998.

The club was founded by an Arab-Panamanian Gerardo Sabat and was originally named Club Atlético Argentina from 1990-1994. But from 1994 the name was changed to Club Deportivo Árabe Unido in order to represent all Arab Panamanians.

Current squad

1 C.Bejarano 8 N.Carroll 6 A.Veléz 18 A.Rodriguez 16 V.Mendieta 13 J.Justavino 10 O.Rodriguez

Arabe Unido Squad in the Liga Panameña de Futbol Season

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 1 GK Carlos Bejarano 2 DF Harold Cummings 3 DF Marvin Mitchell 6 MF Alejandro Veléz 8 DF Nahil Carroll 9 FW Manuel Mosquera 10 FW Orlando Rodríguez 11 MF Armando Cooper 13 MF José Justavino 14 DF David Daniels 15 MF Francisco Castañeda 16 FW Victor Rene Mendieta 18 MF Angel Luis Rodriguez

No. Position Player 20 FW Luis Gondola 20 MF Jair Medina 22 DF Enrique Lee 23 MF Camilo Aguirre 24 DF Andres Santamaria 25 GK Rigoberto Menchu 27 DF Fidel Macmur 28 DF Omar Camargo 31 MF Eric Davis 33 MF Jose Gómez 33 MF Mauricio Gonzales DF Erick Davis FW Publio Rodríguez

Honours

National Titles

• Liga Panameña de Fútbol: 6

1998-99, 2001, 2004, 2008 (C), 2009 (A II), 2010 (C)

Runners-up (3): 1997-98, 2002, 2007 (C)

• LINFUNA: 2 (record)

1994-95, 1995-96

International Titles

• Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 0

Runners-up (1): 2002

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance

1996 - Qualifying stage (Central Zone)

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1 appearance

2003 - First Round

• CONCACAF Champions League: 2 appearances

2009-10 - Quarter-Finals

2010-11 - Group Stage

Coaches

• Eliazar Herrera (1998-99)
• Richard Parra (2001-)
• Julio Gómez (2004)
• José Ramón Vecino Fernández (2005-06)
• Wiston Cifuentes (2006)

See also

• (Spanish) Official site