Club Deportivo Árabe Unido

Árabe Unido
Full name Club Deportivo Árabe Unido
Nickname(s) El Expreso Azul (The Blue Express)
Los Árabes (The Arabs)
DAU
La Furia colonense (The Fury from Colón)
Founded April 28, 1994
Ground Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
Colón, Panama
Ground Capacity 4,000
Chairman Pedro Gordon
Manager Sergio Guzmán
League Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2015(C) 1st

Club Deportivo Árabe Unido is a professional football club located in Colón, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top tier of the Panamanian football pyramid.

The club plays its games in Estadio Armando Dely Valdés.

History

Founded only in 1994,[1] Árabe Unido has won 10 Liga Panameña de Fútbol championships since 1998, the second highest total of any team since 1988. The club has also finished second 5 times since 1998.

They won the 2015 Clausura title after beating CA Independiente 2-1 in the season's final[2] and three years after winning the 2012 championship.[3]

Honours

National Titles

1998–99, Apertura 2001, Clausura 2001, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2004, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2008, Apertura 2009, Clausura 2010, Apertura 2012, 2015 Clausura, 2015 Apertura


1994–95, 1995–96

International Titles

Runners-up (1): 2002

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

1996 – Qualifying stage (Central Zone)
2003 – First Round
2009–10 – Quarter-finals
2010–11 – Group Stage
2013–14 – Quarter-finals

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
1 Dominican Republic GK Miguel Lloyd
2 Panama DF Rigoberto Niño
3 Panama DF Fidel Cesar
4 Panama DF Eladio Mitre
5 Panama DF Jordy Meléndez
7 Colombia FW Francisco Villalba
8 Panama MF Ángel Patrick
9 Panama FW Abdiel Arroyo
10 Panama FW Renán Addles
11 Panama FW Enrico Small
12 Panama MF José González
13 Panama MF Gabriel Pino
16 Panama MF Leslie Heraldez
No. Position Player
18 Panama MF Daniel López
20 Panama MF Gabriel Chiari
25 Panama MF Abdiel Macea
28 Panama MF Édgar Joel Bárcenas
29 Panama DF Daniel Ortíz
30 Panama MF Josimar Gómez
39 Panama MF Luis Cañate
40 Panama DF Chin Hormechea
65 Panama MF Luis Pereira
69 Panama MF Jean Cedeño
70 Panama DF Eddie Roberts
Panama FW Armando Polo
Panama MF Armando Cooper
Panama DF Luis Fraiz

Historical list of coaches
  • Colombia Wilman Conde (Dec 2010–Jun 11)[5]
  • Costa Rica Carlos Pérez Porras (June 2011–Nov 11)[6]
  • Colombia Jair Palacios (Dec 2011–Aug 14)[7]
  • Panama Julio Dely Valdés (Aug 2014–Dec 14)[8]
  • Colombia Alfonso de Moya (Jan 2015–15)[9]
  • Colombia Sergio Guzmán (Feb 2015–)[10]

References

  1. ↑ Árabe Unido - CONCACAF
  2. ↑ El Deportivo Árabe Unido es campeón del Torneo Clausura 2015 - Somos Lasele (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Árabe Unido gana 4-1 a Chepo y se proclama campeón de la LPF - Telemetro (Spanish)
  4. ↑ "Jugadores" (in Spanish). arabeunido.com. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  5. ↑ Wilman Conde, nuevo DT del Árabe - La Estrella (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Carlos Pérez Porras y sus retos con el Árabe Unido - Crítica (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Jair Palacios nuevo técnico del Árabe Unido - PanamaFutbol (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Julio Dely Valdés, nuevo técnico del Árabe Unido de Colón - La Prensa (Spanish)
  9. ↑ Alfonzo De Moya es el nuevo Director Técnico del Árabe Unido - Árabe Unido (Spanish)
  10. ↑ Colombiano Juan Guzmán nuevo DT del Árabe Unido de Colón - RPC (Spanish)

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