Alianza F.C. (Panama)

Alianza F.C. is a professional soccer club based in Panama City, Panama. Since 1999, it competes in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top tier of Panamanian football. The club was founded in 1963, and still owned by the Cardenas family.

Alianza
Full nameAsociación Cívica, Social y Deportiva Alianza Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Los Pericos
Los Verdolagas
FoundedMarch 2, 1963
GroundEstadio Javier Cruz
Panama City
Capacity700
ChairmanRubén Cárdenas
ManagerJair Palacios
LeagueLiga Panameña de Fútbol
WebsiteClub website

History

Alianza F.C. was founded on March 2, 1963 by a group of 12 young players that had represented Panama in the first CONCACAF Youth Championship. That date makes them the second oldest club in modern Panamanian soccer.[1]

The club was supported by various benefactors such as the local police, Don Justiniano Cardenas, and the Espivak Company during its early decades. In 1980, the club was chosen among other eight clubs to participate in the first professional soccer league in Panama, which was called the Liga Superior de Fútbol de Panamá.

As of 1989, the club joined to Anaprof's non-amateur football tournaments, which was interrupted by the disunity that arose in the local football environment, and was forced to compete in the so-called Linfuna League. After two seasons, the club returned to the Primera A of ANAPROF, where won promotion two seasons afterwards after beating Atletico Guadalupe 1–0. In 2003, they enjoyed their best season ever, reaching the Clausura finals before losing 5-1 to Tauro FC.

The club has always placed a strong emphasis on youth teams, competing at the U-12, U-14, U-15, U-16, and U-19 levels.

Support

During mid 90s team was based on Chilibre, Panama City´s northern area playing home matches at El Camping Resort soccer field, by mid 2000s the team left the area to play matches at different venues causing a lack of identity, low fan support base and heavily criticized by media. By 2012 the team start playing home matches at Luis Cascarita Tapia stadium looking to gain more fan support from the Juan Diaz neighborhood, Panama City´s east side. Since 2018 the team has heavily marketed on the neighborhood to gain new supporters and attracting kids to their youth teams.

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor Shirt sub sponsor
2016–2019 Cerveza Balboa
Cemento Interoceanico		 Bering Motors
2020-2021 CliniLab
Panamerican Network		 None
2021 - Present CliniLab
 Gaps

Previous Kits
2017-2018 Home Jersey
2017-2018 Away Jersey

Honours
1999
Clausura 2003

Players

Current squad
  • As of Apertura 2021 [2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  PAN Alváro Montenegro
2 DF  PAN Rolando Rodríguez
3 DF  PAN Eduardo Mena
4 DF  PAN Eduardo Anderson
5 DF  PAN Abdiel Sealy
6 MF  PAN Manuel Axel Rodríguez
7 MF  PAN Jordan Girón
8 MF  PAN Francisco Bethancourt
9 FW  ISL Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
10 MF  PAN Maikell Díaz
11 FW  PAN Enrico Small
12 DF  COL Jesús Cano
13 DF  PAN Edwin Gómez
14 FW  PAN Fernando Guerrero Arroyo
16 MF  PAN Rudy Yearwood
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  PAN Jovani Welch
18 DF  COL Jhon Trujillo
19 MF  PAN Santiago Salinas
20 MF  PAN Ricauter Barsallo
21 DF  COL Camilo Villegas
23 FW  PAN Azarías Londoño
24 FW  PAN César Medina
25 FW  PAN Alcides Díaz
27 FW  PAN Ansony Frías
28 MF  PAN Jhon Jairo Álvarado
30 GK  PAN Kevin Melgar
31 DF  PAN Alvin Mendoza
34 FW  PAN Jahir Alvarado
37 MF  PAN David Checa
41 FW  PAN Heuyín Guardia
88 GK  PAN Guillermo Murillo

Records

All time scorer is César el "Bombo" Medina.

Notable Players

Historical list of coaches
  • Leroy Foster (Feb 2003 – Oct 2003)[3]
  • Rubén Cárdenas (Oct 2003–)
  • Leroy Foster (Jun 2007–)[4]
  • Rubén Cárdenas (2007)
  • Rubén "Tátara" Guevara (Jun 2008 – Oct 08)[5]
  • Rubén Cárdenas
  • Víctor René Mendieta (Jul 2009 – Oct 09)[6]
  • Carlos Pérez Porras (Dec 2009 – Feb 11)
  • Leroy Foster (2010)
  • Ángelo Luis Evans (Feb 2011 – July 11)[7]
  • Elkin Ortiz Castaño (Aug 2011 – May 2012)[8]
  • Rubén Octavio Cárdenas (June 2012 – Dec 2012)
  • Elkin Ortiz Castaño (Dec 2012 – Oct 13)[9]
  • Carlos Pérez Porras (Oct 2013 – Sep 14)[10]
  • Leroy Foster (Jun 2014 – Aug 14)[11]
  • Juan Pablo Lopera (Sep 2014 – Sep 2015)[12]
  • Rubén Cárdenas (Sep 2015–2019)[13]
  • Cecilio Garcés (2019– March 2021)
  • Jair Palacios (March 2021 - Present)

References
  1. La Historia del Alianza – Alianza (in Spanish)
  2. "Primer Equipo" (in Spanish). alianzafc. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  3. Técnico Foster estará con Alianza – Panamá América (in Spanish)
  4. El Alianza con técnico tico – PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
  5. “Tátara” Guevara habló sobre su presente en Alianza – Panamá América (in Spanish)
  6. Mendieta será técnico del Alianza F.C. – La Estrella (in Spanish)
  7. Alianza despide técnico – PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
  8. Conferencia de Prensa Apertura 2011 – Alianza (in Spanish)
  9. Ortiz, nuevo técnico del Alianza – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  10. El Alianza con nuevo técnico, se fue Ortíz y vuelve Pérez Porras – RPC (in Spanish)
  11. Tico Foster regresa al Alianza FC – Crítica (in Spanish)
  12. Juan Lopera debuta en el Alianza con triunfo ante el Árabe Unido Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – Cable Onda Sports
  13. El Alianza confirma la salida del técnico Juan P. Lopera – RPC (in Spanish)
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