Unión Deportivo Universitario

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.

Club Deportivo Universitario
Full nameClub Deportivo Universitario
Nickname(s)La "U"
Universitarios
Founded1974 (1974)
GroundVirgilio Tejeira
Penonomé, Panama
Capacity1,000
ChairmanManuel E. Arias
ManagerJulio Medina III
LeagueLiga Panameña de Fútbol
2017 (A)Champions (4th after regular season)

It is based in the El Chorrillo neighborhood of Panama City, and is expected in March 2019 that the team will be entirely relocated to a privately owned stadium facility on Penonomé, Coclé Province.

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
2011 (A), 2014 (C), 2017 (A)
Runners-up (2): 2011 (C), 2009 (A)
  • Primera A: 1
2000–01
Runners-up (1): 1998

Players

Current squad
  • As of 2016

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 Junior Torres
2 DF José Manuel Marmolejo
3 DF Josué Flores
4 DF José Maughn
6 DF Edward Benítez
8 MF Caio José Milan
10 MF Javier Samaniego
12 GK Eliecer Powell
14 FW Humberto Ward
16 DF Alberto Fonseca
17 MF Rolando Rojas
No. Position Player
20 MF Luis Jaramillo
22 GK Jorge Henríquez
25 MF Guardia Carlos
29 DF Omar Camargo
30 DF Richard Dixon
60 GK Carlos Secaida
80 GK Atencio Ronald
DF Taylor Rice
MF Ricardo Jiménez

Notable Players

Historical list of coaches

References
  1. La previa de la Gran Final de la LPF: Chorrillo FC vs Plaza Amador Archived 2016-04-21 at Archive.today – Diario Pro (in Spanish)
  2. Chorrillo y Pan de Azúcar definen su ascenso hoy – Crítica (in Spanish)
  3. Chorrillo FC vence al Plaza Amador y es campeón del Apertura 2011 – FEPAFUT (in Spanish)
  4. Chorrillo campeón del Clausura 2014 – TVN-2 (in Spanish)
  5. plus.es – Videos de fútbol Archived 2007-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Colombiano Quiñones será el nuevo técnico del Chorrillo FC – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  7. Mansilla se pone el overol – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  8. Chorrillo FC presenta a Luis Maughn como nuevo técnico – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  9. Alfredo Poyatos, nuevo técnico del Chorrillo, renuncia Maughn – RPC (in Spanish)
  10. Mike Stump es el nuevo técnico de Chorrillo FC – El Siglo (in Spanish)
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