- Tauro F.C.
Football club infobox
clubname = Tauro FC
fullname = Tauro Fútbol Club
nickname = "Los toros de Pedregal"
founded =1984
ground =Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi Panama City, Panama
capacity = 1,000 | chairman = flagicon|ItalyGianpaolo Gronchi
manager = flagicon|UruguayMiguel Angel Mansilla
league =ANAPROF
season = 2008 Apertura
position = Runner-up
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leftarm2=00BFFF|body2=00BFFF|rightarm2=00BFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFTauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in
Panama City ,Panama that plays inANAPROF , the topPanamanian football league. Tauro has won 7ANAPROF Championships since1988 , the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second 6 times. The team plays its games atEstadio Giancarlo Gronchi also known as "La Pedregaleña" inPanama City . The team's colors areblack andwhite because it is said that its founder,Giancarlo Gronchi , was a fan of Italian football teamJuventus and wanted to have a similar uniform as the Italian side.Tauro and
Plaza Amador have been continuous rivals sinceANAPROF started in1988 . They're both fromPanama City itself, but do not play in the same stadium. The rivalry is referred to as "El Clásico" inPanama .History
The team was founded thanks to the efforts of Italian industrialist,
Giancarlo Gronchi .Prior to the creation of
ANAPROF in1988 , Tauro participated in theADECOPA and in theLiga Distritorial de Chepo (Chepo League). This was the league for teams in the eastern portion of the Panamanaian Province. Tauro was also one of the founding teams ofANAPROF in1987 .Current squad
Management
Honours
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ANAPROF : 7 ("record"):* Winners: 1989; 1991; 1996-97; 1997-98, 1999-2000; 2003; 2007 (A):* Runner-up (6): 1990; 1994-95; 1998-99; 2000-01; 2006; 2008 (A)External links
* [http://www.taurofc.com Official site]
* [http://www.geocities.com/taurofc/ Non-Official site] (Página realizada en su momento por el periodista panameño Adán De Gracia E.)
* [http://www.anaprof.com.pa/teampg.asp?name_team=Tauro%20fc Tauro FC Page-ANAPROF Site]
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