Chepo F.C.

Chepo
Full name Chepo Fútbol Club
Nickname(s) Los Naranjas
Los Tigrillos
Founded 1999
Ground Estadio Prof. Javier Cruz
Panama City, Panama
Capacity 2,400
Chairman England Peter Johnson
Manager Panama Felipe Fuentes
League Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2013 (A) 4th

Chepo F.C. is a Panamanian football team playing at the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in Chepo. It was founded in 1999 under the name of Proyecto 2000 where it gathered young players from around the country aspiring to win a ticket to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol one day. In 2000 the team was renamed Chepo F.C. due to expansion and participated in 2003 in Primera A.

In 2006 the team gained promotion from Primera A to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol after beating Pan de Azúcar 2-1.

Chepo is known for its fairly young squad of whom have emerged many future promises of Panamanian football, among those are: Armando Gun, Gabriel Torres, Celso Polo, Eduardo Jiménez, José Calderón, Tomas Dun, Eduardo Ponce and Román Torres, all of whom have represented Panama in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2003 and 2005. The preliminary round of the U-17 World Cup, 50% of the player in the roster played in Chepo[1] .

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
1 Panama GK José Calderón
7 Panama MF Julio Castillo
21 Panama MF Pedro Jacinto Medina
27 Panama FW Bernardo Palma II
50 Panama FW Romario Piggott
Colombia GK Diego Cruz
Panama DF Yordy Meléndez
Panama DF Ricardo Romero
Panama DF Luis Alberto Mendoza
Panama DF Alberto Vargas
Colombia DF Esteven Muñoz
Panama MF Ismael Menal
No. Position Player
Colombia MF Anderson Lobón
Colombia MF David Pérez
Panama MF Daniel Cortina
Panama MF John Paulo Gonzalez
Colombia MF Carlos Ferreyra
Panama MF Julio Rosales
Panama MF Julian Fernandez O.
Panama MF Ricardo Romero
Panama FW Yuriel Prestan
Panama FW José Luis Gonzalez
Colombia FW Nelson Ortiz

Retired numbers

77 Panama Jonathan Rodríguez, midfielder, 2006–09 (posthumous honour)[2]

Honours

2006
2003

Year-by-year results

Liga Panameña de Fútbol

Season Position League Record Play-offs Top Scorer Notes
P W T L F A +/- Pts Player G
2007 (A) 5/10 18 8 4 6 27 27 0 28 Could not qualify Gabriel Torres 11 Did not qualify because of goal differential
2007 (C) 7/10 18 6 5 7 23 21 +2 23 Could not qualify Gabriel Torres 9 Gabriel Torres was top-scorer of the season
2008 (A) 3/10 15 6 5 4 21 14 +7 23 Semi-Finals Carlos Martinez 5
2008 (C) 4/10 20 9 5 6 36 26 +10 32 Semi-Finals Luis Jaramillo 14
2009 (A) I 5/10 18 10 2 6 37 24 +13 32 Could not qualify Luis Jaramillo 11 Did not qualify because of goal differential
2009 (A) II 8/10 18 3 8 7 16 25 -9 17 Could not qualify Gabriel Torres 5

Coaches

 
Name Nationality Years
Felipe Fuentes Panama ????–09
Víctor René Mendieta Panama ????
Cesar Morales and
Frank Lozada (interim)
Panama 2010–April 10
April 2010–June 10
Michael Stump United States June 2010
Felipe Fuentes Panama 2011
Michael Stump United States Jan 2012–April 13
Felipe Fuentes Panama July 2013–

References

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