A.F.C. Euro Kickers

Football club infobox
clubname = Euro Kickers


fullname = Asociación Fútbol Club Euro Kickers
nickname = "Los Vikingos"
founded = 1984-2002
ground = Estadio Rommel Fernandez
Panama City, Panama
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league = ANAPROF
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A.F.C. Euro Kickers was a Panamanian football team founded in 1984 and based on Panama City, Panama. The team was one of the six teams that founded ANAPROF and its founder was Dutchman Jan Bernard Domburg.

"Los Vikingos" obtained only one title in the 1993 season and two runner-ups in the 1991 and 1996-97 season. However they were relegated in the 2000-01 season and they played ones season in Primera A before they ceased to exist.

History

Euro Kickers was among the six team that founded the ANAPROF. Their first approximation to an ANAPROF Championship was in the 1991 season where they finished second to Tauro F.C.. However in the 1993 season they were crowned champions after finishing in front of Bravos de PROJUSA. Their last to a ANAPROF crown came in 1996-97 when they lost in the final to Tauro F.C. 1-0. After that started to have a drop in their level and soon were relegated in the 2000-01 season. They played a season in Primera A where they were relegated to Copa Rommel Fernandez and seized to exist in 2002.

Among the many notable that Euro Kickers had in its history, the most notable is Jose Ardines who was the clubs and ANAPROF's historical goalscorer were he scored more than 120 goals and won top-scorer of the season for six consecutive times from 1990 to 1996. Jose Ardines socred more than 200 goals in his profesional career.

Honours

*ANAPROF: 1 :* Winners: 1993:* Runners-up (2): 1991; 1996-97

Notable former players

*flagicon|Panama Felipe Baloy
*flagicon|Panama Ricardo Phillips
*flagicon|Panama Jose Ardines
*flagicon|Panama Orlando Muñoz
*flagicon|Panama Neftali Diaz

Trivia

*Current National Assembly president Pedro Miguel González Pinzón played for Euro Kickers in the early years of the league.

External links

*http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/panamachamp.html