Club Deportivo Plaza Amador

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Plaza Amador
Full name	Club Deportivo Plaza Amador
Nickname(s)	Los Leones (The Lions), El equipo del pueblo (the peoples team)
Founded	1955
Ground	Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama, Panama (Capacity 25,000)
Chairman	Juan Felipe De La Iglesia
Manager	Jair Palacios
League	ANAPROF
2007 Clausura	9th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Plaza Amador is a Panamanian soccer club, that currently plays in ANAPROF.

Contents 1 History 2 Honors 3 Performance in CONCACAF competitions 4 Emblems 5 Current squad 6 External links 7 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] Honors

• ANAPROF Champions: 5

1988, 1990, 1992, 2002, 2005

• ANAPROF Runner-up: 2

1995-96, 1999-2000

[edit] Performance in CONCACAF competitions

• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup (1 appearance)

1997 - Qualifying stage (Central Zone)

[edit] Emblems

The club's colors are the patrios colors, red, white and blue. Plaza Amador was named after the first President of the Republic, Dr. Manuel Amador Guerrero.

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Raul Ernesto Villarreal DF Jair Renteria 6 DF Gary Ramos DF Ramon Mancilla DF Rogelio Lawrence DF Javier Rodriguez 15 DF Alonso Alleyne 3 DF Joel Jimenez DF Richard Dixon 5 DF Cesar Blackman 10 MF Engie Mitre

No. Position Player MF Mario Young 21 MF Ricardo Buitrago 22 MF Jonathan Bramwell 23 MF Jean McClean MF Luizao 39 MF Felipe Olibardia MF Alberto Gonzalez MF Gino Walker MF Emilio Silver 8 FW Alfredo Hernandez 19 FW Jean Carlos Estribi

[edit] External links

• Official site

ANAPROF • 2008 Apertura & 2008 Clausura clubs v • d • e
Alianza | Árabe Unido | Atlético Chiriquí | Atlético Veragüense | Chepo | Plaza Amador | Chorrillo | San Francisco | Sporting San Miguelito | Tauro
ANAPROF Seasons v • d • e
1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994-1995 | 1995-1996 | 1996-1997 | 1997-1998 | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 | 2000-2001 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007(A) | 2007(C) | 2008(A) | 2008(C)
Primera A • 2008 clubs v • d • e
Atlético Nacional |Chorrillito | C.A.I. | Genesis | Orión | Pan de Azúcar | Paraiso | Rio Abajo
Primera A Seasons v • d • e
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008

[edit] References