Chepo F.C.

Chepo F.C.
Chepo F.C.
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Full name Chepo Fútbol Club
Nickname(s) Los Naranjas
Los Tigrillos
Founded 1999
Ground Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernandez
Panama City, Panama
(Capacity: 800)
Chairman England Peter Johnson
Manager Panama Víctor René Mendieta
League Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2010 (C) 9th
Home colours
Away colours

Chepo F.C. is a Panamanian football team playing at the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in Chepo. It was founded in 1999 under the name of Proyecto 2000 where it gathered young players from around the country aspiring to win a ticket to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol one day. In 2000 the team was renamed Chepo F.C. due to expansion and participated in 2003 in Primera A.

In 2006 the team gained promotion from Primera A to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol after beating Pan de Azúcar 2-1.

Chepo is known for its fairly young squad of whom have emerged many future promises of Panamanian football, among those are:Armando Gun, Gabriel Torres, Celso Polo, Eduardo Jimenez, Jose Calderon, Tomas Dun, Eduardo Ponce and Roman Torres, all of whom have represented Panama in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2003 and 2005. The preliminary round of the U-17 World Cup, 50% of the player in the roster played in Chepo[1] .

Contents

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
1 Panama GK Guillermo Murrillo
2 Panama MF Ricardo Romero
3 Panama DF Armando Gun (captain)
4 Panama Abel Alfaro
6 Panama FW Celso Polo
7 Panama MF Santo de Gracia
8 Panama Cesar Aguilar
9 Panama FW Carlos Martinez
10 Panama MF Gerardo Barrios
11 Panama MF Ismael Menal
12 Panama MF Jose Luis González
No. Position Player
14 Panama FW Delano Welch
17 Panama MF Anibal Godoy
20 Panama MF Luis Jaramillo
21 Panama DF Carlos Rodríguez
23 Panama MF Juan de Gracia
24 Panama Iván González
25 Panama DF Antonio Salamin
28 Panama DF Alberto Quezada
60 Panama GK José Calderón
99 Panama FW Gabriel Torres

Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in football

77 – Panama Jonathan Rodríguez, midfielder, 2006-09 (posthumous honour)[2]

Honours

2006
2003

Year-by-year results

Liga Panameña de Fútbol

Season Position League Record Play-offs Top Scorer Notes
P W T L F A +/- Pts Player G
2007 (A) 5/10 18 8 4 6 27 27 0 28 Could not qualify Gabriel Torres 11 Did not qualify because of goal differential
2007 (C) 7/10 18 6 5 7 23 21 +2 23 Could not qualify Gabriel Torres 9 Gabriel Torres was top-scorer of the season
2008 (A) 3/10 15 6 5 4 21 14 +7 23 Semi-Finals Carlos Martinez 5
2008 (C) 4/10 20 9 5 6 36 26 +10 32 Semi-Finals Luis Jaramillo 14
2009 (A) I 5/10 18 10 2 6 37 24 +13 32 Could not qualify Luis Jaramillo 11 Did not qualify because of goal differential
2009 (A) II 8/10 18 3 8 7 16 25 -9 17 Could not qualify Gabriel Torres 5

Coaches

 
Name Nationality Years
Felipe Fuentes Panama -2009
Victor Rene Mendieta Panama 2010-April 2010
Cesar Morales and Frank Lozada (interim) Panama April 2010 - June 2010
Michael Stump United States June 2010-

References

  1. ^ Los rostros de la esperanza
  2. ^ Resolucion de Duelo

External links

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