C.D. Plaza Amador

Plaza Amador
Full name Club Deportivo Plaza Amador
Nickname(s) Los Leones
El Equipo del Pueblo
Founded April 25, 1955
Ground Estadio Maracaná,
Panama City, Panama
Ground Capacity 6,000
Chairman Gian Castillero
Manager Jair Palacios
League Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2016 (C) Champions

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

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

1988, 1990, 1992, 2002, 2005, 2016 Clausura

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

1997 – Qualifying stage (Central Zone)
2016–17 – TBD

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.

Players

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
Panama GK Eric Hughes
Panama GK Alexander Andreve
Panama DF Luis Mendoza
Panama DF Sergio Ortega
Colombia DF Ezequiel Palomeque
Spain DF Ismael Remacha
Colombia DF Ariel Bonilla
Panama DF Edwin Gómez
Panama MF Julio Castillo
Panama MF Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez
Panama MF Manuel Torres
Panama MF John Michael Pretelt
No. Position Player
Panama MF Josiel Núñez
Panama MF Jonathan Bonilla
Panama MF Jorge Enrique Salas
Panama MF Miguel Escobar
Panama FW José Luis Garcés
Panama FW José Murillo
Panama FW Omar Browne
Panama FW Fernando Mena
Panama FW Jorge Rodríguez
Panama FW Valentín Pimentel
Panama FW Ameth Ramírez

Historical list of coaches

  • El Salvador Milton Palacios (1991)
  • Colombia Carlos Collazo (1992–1993)
  • Panama Ricardo Buitrago (1996)
  • Costa RicaUruguay Américo Bravo (–Aug 02)[1]
  • Argentina Sergio Giovagnolli (Sept 2002–??)
  • Panama Fernando Arnulfo Bolívar (2005)
  • Panama Ricardo Buitrago (2005)
  • Colombia Mauricio Álvarez (Jan 2006–)[2]
  • Colombia Jair Palacios
  • Panama Leopoldo Lee (–Jan 10)

  • Italy Marcos Casagrande (Jan 2010 – Jan 10)[3]
  • Colombia Jair Palacios (Feb 2010 – Aug 10)
  • Panama Rubén Guevara (Aug 2010 – Aug 11)[4]
  • Argentina Marcelo Javier Ainstein (Aug 2011 – Apr 12)[5]
  • Panama Juan Carlos Cubillas (Jan 2012 – Feb 12)[6]
  • Panama Leonicio de la Flor (May 2012 – Dec 12)[7]
  • Spain Carlos García Cantarero (Jan 2013 – March 13)
  • Colombia Richard Parra (March 2013 – May 13)[8]
  • United States Mike Stump (May 2013 – Nov 14)[9]
  • Spain Juan Carlos García (Dec 2014–)[10]

References

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