San Francisco F.C.

San Francisco Fútbol Club is a professional football team located in La Chorrera, Panamá, that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. The club plays its games in Estadio Agustín Sánchez. San Francisco have won 6 Liga Panameña de Fútbol championships, the second highest total of any team since 1988. The club has also finished second 4 times since 1988.

Origin & Name

San Francisco F.C. of The Chorrera formed in September 1971, to take part like team of football in the League Distritorial of Football of The Chorrera. However, the club was originally called Club Deportivo La Previsora and played in La Liga Distritorial de Fútbol de La Chorrera. Since, and in continuous form has taken part each year in the training of young sportsmen and collaborators in the development of the sport in The Chorrera. Thirty-eight (38) years of labor constant are what converts this club as the most traditional team inside the history of the football of the Chorrera region. The club's current name is derived from the patron saint of the La Chorrera District, Francis of Paola (San Francisco de Paula)

Honours

• Liga Panameña de Fútbol: 7

1994-95, 1995-96, 2006, 2007 (C), 2008 (A), 2009 (A), 2011 (C)

Runners-up (5): 1988, 1989, 2005, 2007 (A), 2010 (C)

Current squad

First team squad, as of August, 2011^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Personnel

Management

Notable coaches

• Edgardo Baldi (1979)
• Saúl Suárez (1988–90)
• Leopoldo Lee (1995–97)
• Gary Stempel (-2008) (2009–)
• Cristobal Maldonado (2009)

(2009)

• Ruben Guevara (2009)
• Leonardo Pipino (2010- presente)

References

External links

• (Spanish) Official website