C.D. Plaza Amador

Plaza Amador is a Panamanian football club based in Panama City, that currently plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is the oldest team in Panama.

Plaza Amador

Full name	Club Deportivo Plaza Amador
Nickname(s)	Los Leones (The Lions) El Equipo del Pueblo (The Team of the People) La Plaza (The Plaza)
Founded	April 25, 1955; 70 years ago (1955-04-25)
Ground	Estadio Maracaná
Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Gian Castillero
Manager	Jorge Dely Valdes
League	Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

C.D Plaza Amador was founded in 1955 by Panamanian sports legend León Cocoliso Tejada (1927–1982). Under Tejada's leadership, the club relied heavily on developing and training players (rather than high-profile signings). After Tejada's's death, new directors Andrés Villa, Daniel Vàsquez and Enrique Cajar led the club back to the highest level of Panamanian football. They won the district title, the COPA JVC, and in 1988 claimed their first ever ANAPROF championship. Amador proceeded to win titles in 1990 and 1992. After a long drought, they claimed victory in Apertura 2002 (as well as that year's grand final), Clausura 2005 (as well as that year's grand final), and Clausura 2016.

Emblems

Plaza Amador's old crest

The club's colors are the three colors of the Panamanian flag: red, white and blue. Plaza Amador was named after the square plaza located in the Amador neighborhood of El Chorrillo borough.

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  PAN Jaime De Gracia 2 DF  PAN José Matos 4 DF  PAN Jimar Sánchez 5 MF  PAN Daniel Aparicio 6 MF  PAN Joel Lara 7 FW  PAN Isidoro Hinestroza 8 MF  PAN Rodolfo Vega 9 FW  PAN Ángel Sánchez 10 MF  PAN Ricardo Buitrago 11 FW  PAN Ricardo Phillips 12 GK  PAN Miguel Pérez 14 MF  PAN Abdul Knight 15 DF  PAN Omar Valencia 17 DF  PAN Gerardo Negrete

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  PAN Alberto Quintero 20 FW  PAN Edgar Espinoza 21 MF  PAN Julio Domínguez 22 MF  PAN Juan González 24 DF  PAN Juan Jiménez 26 DF  PAN Jhonnathan García 29 FW  PAN Ovidio Lopez 39 MF  PAN Erick Register 42 GK  PAN Daniel Hughes 46 DF  PAN Derek Briceño 51 MF  PAN Anel Ryce 81 FW  PAN Ricardo Clarke 99 MF  PAN Romario Piggott

Notable players

See also: Category:C.D. Plaza Amador players

Honours

• Liga Panameña de Fútbol: 7

1988, 1990, 1992, 2002, 2005, 2016 Clausura, 2021 Apertura

• Copa JVC: 1

1986

International Participations

Main article: Panamanian football clubs in CONCACAF competitions

• CONCACAF Champions League: 1 appearance

2016-17 – Group Stage

• CONCACAF League: 1 appearance

2017 – Semifinals

• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup: 4 appearances

1988 : Preliminary Round

1989 : Second Round

1991 : First Round

1993 : First Round

• UNCAF Interclub Cup: 3 appearances

2001 : First Round

2004 : Quarterfinals

2006 : First Round

Historical list of coaches

• Milton Palacios (1991)
• Carlos Collazo (1992–1993)
• Ricardo Buitrago (1996)
• Américo Bravo (–Aug 02)^[1]
• Sergio Giovagnolli (Sept 2002–??)
• Fernando Arnulfo Bolívar (2005)
• Ricardo Buitrago (2005)
• Mauricio Álvarez (Jan 2006–)^[2]
• Jair Palacios
• Leopoldo Lee (–Jan 2010)
• Marcos Casagrande (Jan 2010)^[3]
• Jair Palacios (Feb 2010 – Aug 2010)
• Rubén Guevara (Aug 2010 – Aug 2011)^[4]
• Marcelo Javier Ainstein (Aug 2011 – Apr 2012)^[5]
• Juan Carlos Cubillas (Jan 2012 – Feb 2012)^[6]
• Leonicio de la Flor (May 2012 – Dec 2012)^[7]
• Carlos García Cantarero (Jan 2013 – Mar 2013)
• Richard Parra (Mar 2013 – May 13)^[8]
• Mike Stump (May 2013 – Nov 2014)^[9]
• Juan Carlos García (Jan 2015 – Dec 2015)
• Jair Palacios (Jan 2016 – Nov 2017)
• Juan Carlos García (Nov 2017 – Nov 2018)
• Javier Álvarez Arteaga (Dec 2018 – Jul 2019)
• Mike Stump (Jul 2019 – 2020)
• Jorge Dely Valdés (Oct 2020 – Current)
• Mario Méndez (December 2023-)