Chepo F.C.

Chepo
Full name Chepo Fútbol Club
Nickname(s) Los Naranjas
Los Tigrillos
Founded 1999
Dissolved 2016
Ground Estadio Óscar Sumán Carrillo
Panama City, Panama
Chairman Peter Johnson
League Liga Panameña de Fútbol

Chepo F.C. was a Panamanian football team playing at the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. 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 Román 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 Fútbol one day. They started playing in the Liga Distritorial de Fútbol de Panamá (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 Fútbol after beating Pan de Azúcar 2–1.[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. Atlético Veragüense.

Honours

2006
2003

Year-by-year results

Liga Panameña de Fútbol

Season Position League Record Play-offs Top Scorer Notes
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 −9 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.

No. Position Player
Panama GK Eliecer Powell
Panama GK César Samudio
Panama GK Carlos Valdés
Panama DF Yordy Meléndez
Panama DF Ricardo Romero
Panama DF Luis Alberto Mendoza
Panama DF Alberto Vargas
Colombia DF Esteven Muñoz
Panama MF Ismael Menal
Colombia MF Anderson Lobón
Colombia MF David Pérez
Panama MF Daniel Cortina
No. Position Player
Panama MF John Paulo González
Colombia MF Carlos Ferreyra
Panama MF Julio Rosales
Panama MF Julio Castillo
Panama MF Pedro Jacinto Medina
Panama MF Julian Fernández O.
Panama FW Romario Piggott
Panama FW Yuriel Prestán
Panama FW José Luis González
Colombia FW Nelson Ortiz
Panama FW Bernardo Palma II

Retired numbers

77 – Panama Jonathan Rodríguez, midfielder, 2006–09 (posthumous honour)[7]

Historical list of coaches

References

  1. 1 2 Chepo F.C.: talento y sangre nueva – Crítica (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Los rostros de la esperanza
  3. ↑ Historia – Chepo FC (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ FESTEJO: CHEPO VENCIó 2–1 A PAN DE AZúCAR Ascenso inesperado – Crítica (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ El Chepo FC busca hacer historia – PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ RPCTV.com Chepo FC es reemplazado (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Resolucion de Duelo Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ Jorge Santos nuevo técnico del Chepo – PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)


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