Club Deportivo Universitario
Full nameClub Deportivo Universitario
Nickname(s)La "U"
Universitarios
Founded1974 as Chorrillo FC
GroundEstadio Universitario
Penonomé, Panama
Capacity1,000
ChairmanManuel E. Arias
ManagerJulio Medina III
LeagueLiga Panameña de Fútbol
2017 (A)Champions (4th after regular season)

Club Deportivo Universitario (formerly Chorrillo F.C.) is a Panamanian football team playing in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the highest level of football in Panama.

It is based in Penonomé, Coclé Province, and is the first panamanian team to play on a privately owned stadium facility.

History

Chorrillo FC was founded in 1974 to prevent youngsters from becoming involved in criminal activities.[1] They won promotion to the top fight for the first time in 2001 by beating Pan de Azúcar 2–1 in a promotion playoff. This was their second serious attempt at promotion, the first ending in a loss on penalties to Municipal de Colón.[2]

The club won its first title in Apertura 2011, beating Plaza Amador 4–1.[3] In May 2014 they won the 2014 Clausura title.[4] They won another title in Clausura 2014, and later in Apertura 2017, as well as twice finishing runners-up.

In 2018, financial problems forced Chorillo FC to merge with CD Centenario and Panama City's Universidad Latina, the new name agreed is Club Deportivo Universitario. Parts of the agreement included that the team will be relocated to Penonomé on the Province of Coclé from Panama City´s El Chorrillo neighborhood, a construction of the new stadium that would be completed on late March 2019 and relocate/lease CD Centenario team from Penonomé to Colón Province as New York FC/Centenario.

Crest

The El Chorrillo district was heavily bombard by the United States Army during Operation Just Cause. The club adopted the phoenix emblem to symbolize the district's recovery.[5]

Municipal Chorrillo's old crest

Honours

Players

Current squad

  • As of September 2021

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 Colombia COL Aldair Arnedo
2 DF Panama PAN Carlos Escobar
3 DF Colombia COL Javier Gondola
4 DF Panama PAN Edgardo Fariña
5 DF Panama PAN Luis Aspedilla
6 MF Colombia COL New Mena
7 FW Panama PAN Yair Rentería
8 MF Colombia COL Joel Guevara
9 FW Panama PAN Abdel Aguilar
10 MF Panama PAN Jamel González
11 MF Panama PAN Luis Cañate
12 GK Panama PAN Ariel De la Cruz
13 FW Panama PAN Everardo Rose
14 MF Panama PAN Jean Montenegro
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Panama PAN Lilio Mena
18 FW Panama PAN Eduardo Aparicio
21 DF Panama PAN Osvaldo Valencia
22 MF Panama PAN Mario Carmona
24 MF Panama PAN Carlos Gutiérrez
26 FW Panama PAN Ernesto Sinclair
27 DF Panama PAN Iván Anderson
29 DF Panama PAN Román Torres
30 FW Panama PAN Fernando Gordón
32 MF Panama PAN Marlon Navas
36 MF Panama PAN Eduardo Jiménez
45 MF Panama PAN Héctor Ríos
99 FW Panama PAN Jeremy Pinzon
- FW Uruguay URU Felipe Villalba

Notable players

Historical list of coaches

  • Colombia Óscar Upegui (June 2018 - September 2018)
  • Panama Julio Medina III (September 2018 - December 2018)
  • Argentina Gustavo Onaindia (December 2018 - March 2019)
  • Panama Donaldo González (March 2019 - June 2019)
  • Argentina Leonardo Pipino (June 2019 - October 2019)
  • Colombia Richard Parra (October 2019 - December 2019)
  • Panama Gary Stempel (January 2020 - February 2022)

References

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