Chepo F.C.
Full name | Chepo FĂștbol Club | ||
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Nickname(s) |
Los Naranjas Los Tigrillos | ||
Founded | 1999 | ||
Dissolved | 2016 | ||
Ground |
Estadio Ăscar SumĂĄn Carrillo Panama City, Panama | ||
Chairman | Peter Johnson | ||
League | Liga Panameña de FĂștbol | ||
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Chepo F.C. was a Panamanian football team playing at the Liga Panameña de FĂștbol. The team folded by mid 2016 due to financial reasons, It was based in Chepo.
Chepo was known for its youth system[1] of whom have emerged many future promises of Panamanian football, among those are: Armando Gun, Gabriel Torres, Eduardo Jiménez, José Calderón and Romån Torres, all of whom have represented Panama.[2]
History
Proyecto 2000
Chepo FC was founded in 1999 under the name of Proyecto 2000,[1] where it gathered young players from around the country aspiring to win a ticket to the Liga Panameña de FĂștbol one day. They started playing in the Liga Distritorial de FĂștbol de PanamĂĄ (Lidifutpa).[3]
In 2000 the team was renamed Chepo FC due to expansion and participated in 2003 in Primera A.
In 2006 the team gained promotion from Primera A to the Liga Panameña de FĂștbol after beating Pan de AzĂșcar 2â1.[4] They have not been very successful at the highest level and only reached the semi-finals of the 2008 Apertura season.[5]
By may 2016 main sponsor retired support to the club and entered on a severe economic crisis causing the team to fold[6], it was replaced by Liga Nacional de Ascenso runner-up S.D. AtlĂ©tico VeragĂŒense.
Honours
- Primera A: 1
- 2003
Year-by-year results
Liga Panameña de FĂștbol
Season | Position | League Record | Play-offs | Top Scorer | Notes | ||||||||
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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 | â9 | 17 | Could not qualify | Gabriel Torres | 5 |
Players
Current squad
- For Clausura 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Retired numbers
77 â Jonathan RodrĂguez, midfielder, 2006â09 (posthumous honour)[7]
Historical list of coaches
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References
- 1 2 Chepo F.C.: talento y sangre nueva â CrĂtica (in Spanish)
- â Los rostros de la esperanza
- â Historia â Chepo FC (in Spanish)
- â FESTEJO: CHEPO VENCIĂł 2â1 A PAN DE AZĂșCAR Ascenso inesperado â CrĂtica (in Spanish)
- â El Chepo FC busca hacer historia â PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
- â RPCTV.com Chepo FC es reemplazado (in Spanish)
- â Resolucion de Duelo Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- â Jorge Santos nuevo tĂ©cnico del Chepo â PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
External links
- (in Spanish) Official website