Club Deportivo Universitario

Panamanian football club

Football club

Full name

Club Deportivo Universitario

Nickname(s)

La "U"
Universitarios

Founded

1974 as Chorrillo FC

Ground

Estadio Universitario
Penonomé, Panama

Capacity

1,000

Chairman

Manuel E. Arias

Manager

Jose Anthony Torres

League

Liga Panameña de Fútbol

2023 (A)

Champions (4th after regular season)

Home colours

Away colours

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]

Honours

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
- Champions (3): 2011 (A), 2014 (C), 2017 (A)
- Runners-up (2): 2011 (C), 2009 (A)
Primera A
- Champions (1): 2000–01
- Runners-up (1): 1998

Players

Current squad

As of June 2024

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	COL	Esteban Giraldo
2	DF	PAN	Samuel Batchelor
3	DF	PAN	Samuel Batchelor
4	MF	PAN	Luis Dean
6	MF	PAN	Rolando Botello
7	MF	PAN	Ricardo Castillo
8	MF	PAN	Joel Guevara
10	MF	PAN	Luis Canate
11	FW	COL	Juan Vasquez
12	GK	PAN	Ariel De la Cruz
14	MF	PAN	Enrique Machacen
15	MF	PAN	Nicolas Wood
16	DF	PAN	Alejandro Yearwood


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	PAN	Andrick Edwards
19	DF	PAN	Felix General
21	DF	PAN	Osvaldo Valencia
22	FW	PAN	Julian Rodriguez
24	FW	PAN	Randy Rangel
26	DF	PAN	Luis Gonzalez
27	MF	PAN	Eric Moreno
39	FW	PAN	Dilan Herbert
40	MF	PAN	Eduardo Jiménez
43	MF	PAN	Pablo Penalba
50	FW	PAN	Roberto Reina
89	GK	PAN	Joseph Esquina

Notable players

See also: Category:Club Deportivo Universitario players

Historical list of coaches

Carlos García Cantarero (2005–2007)
Carlos Flores (2008)
José Alfredo Poyatos (Jan 2009–Dec 09)
Félix Quiñones (Dec 2009–June 10)^[6]
Miguel Mansilla (June 2010–June 11)^[7]
Luis Maughn (June 2011–Aug 13)^[8]
José Alfredo Poyatos (Aug 2013–Dec 13)^[9]
César "Chino" Morales (Dec 2013–Feb 14)
Julio Medina III (Feb 2014–May 15)
Mike Stump (May 2015–)^[10]

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

References

^ 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)
^ Chorrillo y Pan de Azúcar definen su ascenso hoy – Crítica (in Spanish)
^ Chorrillo FC vence al Plaza Amador y es campeón del Apertura 2011 – FEPAFUT (in Spanish)
^ Chorrillo campeón del Clausura 2014 Archived 2020-10-23 at the Wayback Machine – TVN-2 (in Spanish)
^ plus.es – Videos de fútbol Archived 2007-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ Colombiano Quiñones será el nuevo técnico del Chorrillo FC – La Prensa (in Spanish)
^ Mansilla se pone el overol – La Prensa (in Spanish)
^ Chorrillo FC presenta a Luis Maughn como nuevo técnico – La Prensa (in Spanish)
^ Alfredo Poyatos, nuevo técnico del Chorrillo, renuncia Maughn – RPC (in Spanish)
^ Mike Stump es el nuevo técnico de Chorrillo FC – El Siglo (in Spanish)