Alianza F.C. (Panama)

Alianza F.C. is a professional soccer club located in Panama that plays in Liga Profesional de Fútbol the highest soccer league in Panama. They have played in the top flight since earning promotion there in 1998-99, with their best finish coming in the 2003 Clausura, where they were runners-up.

Alianza
Full nameAsociación Cívica, Social y Deportiva Alianza Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Los Pericos
Los Verdolagas
FoundedMarch 2, 1963
GroundEstadio Luis Ernesto "Cascarita" Tapia
Panama City
Capacity1,000
ChairmanRubén Cárdenas
ManagerÁngel Monares
LeagueLiga Panameña de Fútbol
2015 (C)6th

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. They reached Panama's premier division in 1989, lasting until 1993. They briefly joined LINFUNA a rogue league that rivaled ANAPROF.

After two seasons there, the club returned to the Primera A of ANAPROF where it then 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.

Honours
  • Primera A: 1
1999

Players

Current squad
  • As of Apertura 2015 [2]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Giovanni Gutiérrez
2 DF Cristian Vergara
3 DF Mauricio Castaño
5 DF Gerardo Negrete
6 MF Rudy Yearwood
7 MF Romeesh Ivey
8 MF Byron Oyaga
9 FW Ricauter Barsallo
10 MF José Muñoz
13 FW Josueth Holder
14 MF Keneth Chase
15 MF Jaime Girón
No. Position Player
16 DF Richard Peralta
17 MF Alfredo Warner
18 FW José Jules
21 DF Carlos Córdoba
22 MF José Mario Villarreal
24 FW César Augusto Medina
26 MF Alberto Quiñonez
26 MF Alexis Antaneda
27 DF Henry Nuñez
32 FW Rafael Tait
33 DF Alonso Goot

Records

All time scorer is César el "Bombo" Medina.

Notable Players

Historical list of coaches

References
  1. La Historia del Alianza – Alianza (in Spanish)
  2. "Primer Equipo" (in Spanish). alianzafc.net. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  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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