Club Deportivo Universitario (formerly Chorrillo F.C.) is a
Panama
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Liga Panameña de Fútbol
The Liga Panameña de Fútbol (LPF) ( en, Panamanian Football League) is the top division football league in Panama. Until 2009, the league was named ''Asociación Nacional Pro Fútbol (ANAPROF)''.
Competition format
The league's season is divide ...
, the highest level of football in Panama.
It is based in Penonomé,
Coclé Province
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, 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. 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.
The club won its first title in Apertura 2011, beating Plaza Amador 4–1. In May 2014 they won the 2014 Clausura title. 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
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, 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.
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The
El Chorrillo
El Chorrillo is a corregimiento within Panama City, in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 18,302 as of 2010.
History
It was founded April 29, 1915, and was originally populated by immigrants working on the construct ...
district was heavily bombard by the
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during
Operation Just Cause
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. The club adopted the
phoenix
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emblem to symbolize the district's recovery.
Honours
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Liga Panameña de Fútbol
The Liga Panameña de Fútbol (LPF) ( en, Panamanian Football League) is the top division football league in Panama. Until 2009, the league was named ''Asociación Nacional Pro Fútbol (ANAPROF)''.
Competition format
The league's season is divide ...
1998
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Miguel Mansilla
Miguel Ángel Mansilla Acuña (25 April 1953 – 26 June 2013) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Born in Cerro Largo, Mansilla came through the youth ranksJosé Alfredo Poyatos (Aug 2013–Dec 13)
* César "Chino" Morales (Dec 2013–Feb 14)
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Julio Medina III
Julio Antonio Medina Morales, also known as Julio Medina III (born 14 July 1976) is a retired football midfielder.
He currently manages Liga Panameña de Futbol team Chorrillo.
Club career
Nicknamed ''Puchito'', Medina started his career a ...
(Feb 2014–May 15)
* Mike Stump (May 2015–)Mike Stump es el nuevo técnico de Chorrillo FC nbsp;– El Siglo
* Óscar Upegui (June 2018 - September 2018)
* Julio Medina III (September 2018 - December 2018)
* Gustavo Onaindia (December 2018 - March 2019)
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Donaldo González
Donaldo González Barañano (born 27 November 1971 in Santiago de Veraguas) is a retired Panamanian football goalkeeper.
Club career
González had a six-year spell in Honduras with Olimpia and Marathón, where he played alongside compatriot ...
(March 2019 - June 2019)
* Leonardo Pipino (June 2019 - October 2019)
* Richard Parra (October 2019 - December 2019)
* Gary Stempel (January 2020 - February 2022)