C.D. Plaza Amador

Plaza Amador is a Panamanian football club based in Panama City, that currently plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is one of the oldest teams in Panama.

Plaza Amador
Full nameClub Deportivo Plaza Amador
Nickname(s)Los Leones
El Equipo del Pueblo
La Plaza
FoundedApril 25, 1955 (1955-04-25)
GroundEstadio Maracaná,
Panama City, Panama
Capacity6,000
ChairmanGian Castillero
Manager Jorge Dely Valdes
LeagueLiga Panameña de Fútbol

History

C.D Plaza Amador was founded in 1955 by Panamanian sports legend León Cocoliso Tejada (1927–1982). Under Tejada's leadership, the club relied heavily on developing and training players (rather than high-profile signings). After Tejada's's death, new directors Andrés Villa, Daniel Vàsquez and Enrique Cajar led the club back to the highest level of Panamanian football. They won the district title, the COPA JVC, and in 1988 claimed their first ever ANAPROF championship. Amador proceeded to win titles in 1990 and 1992. After a long drought, they claimed victory in Apertura 2002 (as well as that year's grand final), Clausura 2005 (as well as that year's grand final), and Clausura 2016.

Emblems
Plaza Amador's old crest

The club's colors are the three colors of the Panamanian flag: red, white and blue. Plaza Amador was named after the square plaza located in the Amador neighborhood of El Chorrillo borough.

Players

Current squad

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 Saúl Espinosa
2 DF  PAN Guillermo Benítez
4 DF  PAN Jose Rivas
5 MF  PAN Daniel Aparicio
6 MF  PAN Joel Lara
7 MF  PAN Ángel Orelien
8 MF  PAN Rodolfo Vega
9 FW  PAN Ángel Sánchez
10 MF  PAN Ricardo Buitrago
11 FW  PAN Jorge Méndez
13 GK  PAN Marcos Allen
14 MF  PAN Abdul Knight
17 MF  PAN Jesús González
18 GK  PAN Jaime De Gracia
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  PAN José Murillo
21 DF  PAN Samir Ramírez
22 FW  PAN Jeremy Pinzón
23 DF  PAN Emanuel Chanis
24 MF  PAN Manuel Gamboa
23 DF  PAN Emmanuel Chanis
24 MF  PAN Luis Hurtado
28 FW  PAN Ovidio Lopez
44 FW  PAN Didier Dawson
47 MF  PAN Omar Valencia
50 MF  PAN Anel Rojas
60 DF  PAN Omar Alba
81 FW  PAN Ricardo Clarke
99 FW  PAN Leonel Tejada

Notable players

Honours
1988, 1990, 1992, 2002, 2005, 2016 Clausura, APERTURA 2021
  • Copa JVC: 1
1986


International Participations
Main article: Panamanian football clubs in CONCACAF competitions
2016-17 – Group Stage
2017 – Semifinals
1988 : Preliminary Round
1989 : Second Round
1991 : First Round
1993 : First Round
2001 : First Round
2004 : Quarterfinals
2006 : First Round

Historical list of coaches
  • Milton Palacios (1991)
  • Carlos Collazo (1992–1993)
  • Ricardo Buitrago (1996)
  • Américo Bravo (–Aug 02)[1]
  • Sergio Giovagnolli (Sept 2002–??)
  • Fernando Arnulfo Bolívar (2005)
  • Ricardo Buitrago (2005)
  • Mauricio Álvarez (Jan 2006–)[2]
  • Jair Palacios
  • Leopoldo Lee (–Jan 10)
  • Marcos Casagrande (Jan 2010 – Jan 10)[3]
  • Jair Palacios (Feb 2010 – Aug 10)
  • Rubén Guevara (Aug 2010 – Aug 11)[4]
  • Marcelo Javier Ainstein (Aug 2011 – Apr 12)[5]
  • Juan Carlos Cubillas (Jan 2012 – Feb 12)[6]
  • Leonicio de la Flor (May 2012 – Dec 12)[7]
  • Carlos García Cantarero (Jan 2013 – March 13)
  • Richard Parra (March 2013 – May 13)[8]
  • Mike Stump (May 2013 – Nov 2014)[9]
  • Juan Carlos García (Jan 2015 – Dec 2015)
  • Jair Palacios (Jan 2016 - 2017)
  • Juan Carlos García (Nov 2017 – Nov 2018)
  • Javier Álvarez Arteaga (Dec 2018 - July 2019)
  • Mike Stump (July 2019 – 2020)
  • Jorge Dely Valdes (Oct 2020 - Current)

References
  1. Américo Bravo dejó al Plaza Archived 2016-09-25 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  2. Técnico colombiano dirigirá al campeón Plaza Amador – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. Leopoldo Lee renuncia como técnico del Plaza – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  4. Ruben "Tatara" Guevara nuevo director técnico de Plaza Amador Archived 2016-07-18 at archive.today – DiarioPro (in Spanish)
  5. Junta directiva acepta renuncia de Ruben "Tatara" Guevara Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – Plaza Amador (in Spanish)
  6. Juan Carlos Cubilla es el nuevo técnico del Plaza Amador – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  7. Plaza Amador con nuevo técnico: Leonicio De La Flor – RPC (in Spanish)
  8. Richard Parra nuevo técnico del Plaza Amador – Panama Futbol (in Spanish)
  9. Plaza Amador con nuevo director tecnico Archived 2016-04-15 at the Wayback Machine – Plaza Amador (in Spanish)
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