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Tauro F.C.
The Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional soccer club based in the district of Pedregal east of Panama City, Panama. It was founded on 22 September 1984 and has participated in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol, Panamanian Football League (LPF) since 1988. Its founder, Giancarlo Gronchi, was a fan of Juventus and for that reason the colours of the club and uniform are black and white. They have won thirteen championships between 1989 and 2017, making them the most successful club in the league. Their traditional rival has been Plaza Amador, ever since the founding of the Liga Panameña de Fútbol, LPF, originally as the Asociación Nacional Pro Fútbol (ANAPROF), in 1988. Their meetings are known as the "El Clásico" in Panama. History Tauro FC's origins date to 1984, when tannery owner Giancarlo Gronchi, an immigrant from Italy, decided to create an internal football league for his company. From that came the idea of forming a company team. At that time, there were leagues forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Rommel Fernández
The Estadio Olímpico Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, named after the Panamanian football star Rommel Fernández (1966–1993), is a multi-purpose stadium in Panama City. It is used for different sports, but mainly football (soccer) games. It was inaugurated February 6, 1970, and was designed to accommodate the XI Central American and Caribbean Games in 1970. Through further reforms, the stadium reached its current capacity of 32,000 spectators all seated, the largest stadium in Panama. It is part of Sports City Irving Saladino. History Early history On April 4, 1976, it marked the debut of the Panama national team to make the run to the 1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names, quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It wa ... in Argentina. In Estadio Revolución, they took on Costa Rica and won su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Cubillas
Juan Carlos Cubillas (born 20 October 1971) is a retired Panamanian football midfielder. He is currently the manager of Panama U-17. Club career Cubillas spent the majority of his career with local side Tauro. In summer 2005, he went to play alongside compatriot Ángel Luis Rodríguez for Ecuadoran second division team Santa Rita. International career Cubillas made his debut for Panama in a June 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Belize and has earned a total of 53 caps, scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in 15 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. His final international was a February 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala. International goals :''Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.'' Managerial career Cubillas was named manager of Tauro in April 2010, but was replaced by Rolando Palma in November 2011. He took charge of Plaza Amador in January 2012 but was already dismissed in February 2012. In February 2014 Cubillas was ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ANAPROF 2008 (Apertura)
In Panamanian football, the ANAPROF Apertura 2008 season (''officially "Torneo Apertura 2008"'') started on February 22, 2008. On May 31, 2008, the Apertura 2008 finalized with San Francisco F.C. crowned five time ANAPROF champion after beating Tauro F.C. 3–1. Changes for Apertura 2008 *The league was split into two groups for the regular season with a 4-team playoff after the season was completed. The semifinals are two-leg playoffs, and the final is a single match. The 4 teams qualified for the playoff are decided based in an aggregate table. *Group A is integrated by Atlético Chiriquí, Atletico Veragüense, San Francisco F.C., Plaza Amador and Municipal Chorrillo and Group B is integrated by Tauro F.C., Arabe Unido, Chepo F.C., Sporting San Miguelito and Alianza. *The last team in the general standings will play a playoff against the champion of Primera A instead of facing direct relegation. *The total numbers of games was reduced to 13 game weeks because the Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |