Alianza F.C. is a professional football club based in Panama City, Panama. Since 1999, it competes in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top tier of Panamanian football. The club was founded in 1963, and still owned by the Cardenas family.
| Full name | Asociación Cívica, Social y Deportiva Alianza Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Pericos Los Verdolagas | |||
| Founded | 2 March 1963 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Javier Cruz Panama City | |||
| Capacity | 700 | |||
| Chairman | Rubén Cárdenas | |||
| Manager | Eduameth Nimbley | |||
| League | Liga Panameña de Fútbol | |||
| 2023 LPF (A) | 6th | |||
| Website | https://alianzafc.net/ | |||
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History
editAlianza F.C. was founded on 2 March 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 football.[1]
The club was supported by various benefactors such as the local police, Don Justiniano Cardenas, and the Espivak Company during its early decades. In 1980, the club was chosen among other eight clubs to participate in the first professional football league in Panama, which was called the Liga Superior de Fútbol de Panamá.
As of 1989, the club joined to Anaprof's non-amateur football tournaments, which was interrupted by the disunity that arose in the local football environment, and was forced to compete in the so-called Linfuna League. After two seasons, the club returned to the Primera A of ANAPROF, where they 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.
Support
editDuring the mid-90s, the team was based in Chilibre, Panama City´s northern area, playing home matches at El Camping Resort football field. By the mid-2000s, the team left the area to play matches at different venues causing a lack of identity, low fan support base and heavily criticized by media. By 2012 the team start playing home matches at Luis Cascarita Tapia stadium looking to gain more fan support from the Juan Diaz neighborhood, Panama City´s east side. Since 2018 the team has heavily marketed on the neighborhood to gain new supporters and attracting kids to their youth teams.
Kits
editKit suppliers and shirt sponsors
edit| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt main sponsor | Shirt sub sponsor |
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| 2016–2019 | Cerveza Balboa Cemento Interoceanico |
Bering Motors | |
| 2020-2021 | CliniLab Panamerican Network |
None | |
| 2021 - 2022 | CliniLab |
Gaps | |
| 2022- Present | ShowTime CliniLab |
None |
Previous Kits
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2017-2018 Home Jersey |
2017-2018 Away Jersey |
Honours
edit- Primera A: 1
- 1999
- Anaprof: 2
Players
editCurrent squad
edit- As of Apertura 2024 [2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Records
editAll-time scorer is César "El Bombo" Medina.
Notable players
editHistorical list of coaches
editLeroy Foster (Feb 2003 – Oct 2003)[3]
Rubén Cárdenas (Oct 2003–)
Elkin Ortiz Castaño (Aug 2011 – May 2012)[8]
References
edit- ^ La Historia del Alianza Archived 2015-09-16 at the Wayback Machine – Alianza (in Spanish)
- ^ "Primer Equipo" (in Spanish). alianzafc. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Técnico Foster estará con Alianza Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – Panamá América (in Spanish)
- ^ El Alianza con técnico tico Archived 2008-06-30 at the Wayback Machine – PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
- ^ “Tátara” Guevara habló sobre su presente en Alianza Archived 2016-04-09 at the Wayback Machine – Panamá América (in Spanish)
- ^ Mendieta será técnico del Alianza F.C. Archived 2016-04-12 at the Wayback Machine – La Estrella (in Spanish)
- ^ Alianza despide técnico Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
- ^ Conferencia de Prensa Apertura 2011 – Alianza (in Spanish)
- ^ Ortiz, nuevo técnico del Alianza Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ El Alianza con nuevo técnico, se fue Ortíz y vuelve Pérez Porras Archived 2016-04-09 at the Wayback Machine – RPC (in Spanish)
- ^ Tico Foster regresa al Alianza FC Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – Crítica (in Spanish)
- ^ Juan Lopera debuta en el Alianza con triunfo ante el Árabe Unido Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – Cable Onda Sports
- ^ El Alianza confirma la salida del técnico Juan P. Lopera Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine – RPC (in Spanish)