Tauro F.C.

Tauro

Full name	Tauro Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Los Toros de Pedregal El Más Laureado
Founded	1984
Ground	Estadio Rommel Fernández Panama City, Panama
Ground Capacity	32,000
Chairman	Gianpaolo Gronchi
Manager	Rolando Palma
League	Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2013 (C)	1st Playoffs: Semifinals
Home colours Away colours

Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven times. The team's colours are black and white because it is said that its founder, Giancarlo Gronchi, was a fan of Italian football team Juventus and wanted to have a similar uniform as the Italian side.

Tauro and Plaza Amador have been continuous rivals since ANAPROF started in 1988. They're both from Panama City itself, but do not play in the same stadium. The rivalry is referred to as "El Clásico" in Panama.

History

The team was founded by Italian industrialist, Giancarlo Gronchi.

Prior to the creation of ANAPROF in 1988, Tauro participated in the ADECOPA and in the Liga Distritorial de Chepo (Chepo League). This was the league for teams in the eastern portion of the Panamá Province. Tauro was also one of the founding teams of ANAPROF in 1987.

Current squad

First team squad, as of December 18, 2012 ^[1] 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 GK Jony Yepes 2 DF José Marmolejo 3 DF Luis Moreno 4 MF Manuel Vargas 6 MF Juan Pérez 7 FW Edwin Aguilar 8 DF Leonel Parris 9 FW Luis Rentería

No. Position Player 10 FW Marcos Sánchez 11 MF Manuel Asprilla 14 DF Eduardo Dasent 17 MF Rubén Martínez 23 DF Jean McLean 28 MF Rolando Botello 30 FW Ervin Zorrilla

Personnel

Board of directors

Position	Name
President	Gianpaolo Gronchi
Vice-president	Moises Zebede
Secretary	Carlos Martans
Treasurer	Alejandro Linares
Fiscal	Luis Moreno

Management

Position	Name
Manager	Juan Carlos Cubilla
Assistant Manager	Rolando Palma
Reserve Manager	Ernesto Downer
Physical Trainer	Gustavo Miranda
Goalkeeping Coach	John Carlos Castro
Physiotherapist	Luis Quiñonez
Utility Management	Eduviges de la Flor

Honors

• Liga Panameña de Fútbol: 12 (record)

1989, 1991, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–2000, Apertura 2003, Clausura 2003, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2007, Apertura 2010, Clausura 2012, Apertura 2013.

Runner-up (8): 1990, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2000–01, Clausura 2002, 2008 (A), 2008 (C), Apertura 2009.

List of coaches

• Miguel Mansilla (1989–1999, 2007-2008)
• José Andrade (1994)
• José Alfredo Poyatos (2000)
• Thomas Kempe (2006)
• Rubén Guevara (2006)
• Gonzalo Soto (2008–10)
• Christian Saborío
• Juan Carlos Cubilla (2010– Nov 2011)
• Sergio Angulo (Dec 2011-April 2012)
• Gonzalo Soto (May 2012- Nov 2012)
• Rolando El Ñato Palma (Dec 2012-)

References

External links

• Official site
• Non-Official site (Página realizada en su momento por el periodista panameño Adán De Gracia E.)
• Tauro FC Page-ANAPROF Site