Sporting San Miguelito

Academia de Futbol Sporting San Miguelito is a Panamanian professional football team playing in Liga Panameña de Fútbol (the highest level of Panamanian football). Founded in 1989, it is based in San Miguelito District of Panamá Province.

Sporting San Miguelito

Full name	Academia de Futbol Sporting San Miguelito
Nickname(s)	La Academia
Founded	1989; 36 years ago (1989)
Ground	Estadio Los Andes II San Miguelito, Panamá
Capacity	2,000
President	Raul Pineda
Manager	Jair Palacios
League	Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2022 (C)	Play-offs round, 2nd in Aggregate table
Website	www.sportingsm.com.pa
Home colours Away colours

History

Sporting '89

The club was founded in 1989 by Cesar Morales as a youth soccer academy called Sporting '89. In 1997 reached ANAPROF by winning to Chorrillo F.C. in a promotion playoff. Making their top tier debut on 19 July 1997 against Chiriquí F.C. (2-1 win)^[1]

Sporting Coclé

In the summer of 2002, the club was relocated to Antón, Province of Coclé changing its name to Sporting Coclé under Ruben Navarro management, citing the lack of youth development on San Miguelito District.^[2]

Sporting San Miguelito

Five years later (2007), they relocated back to San Miguelito and changed their name again, adopting the name of San Miguelito, which remains the club name today.
Starting in 2011–2012, San Miguelito became a title contender. They topped the table in the regular season of both Apertura 2011 and Clausura 2012 (although they were eliminated in the semifinals each time). Then, in Clausura 2013, they claimed their first title by defeating San Francisco 4-1 in the championship final. They also reached the finals of Apertura 2015. Since then, results have declined, although the club has as of yet evaded relegation.

Stadium

Luis E. Tapia Stadium artificial turf

Name	Location	Years
Estadio 28 de Diciembre	San Miguelito, Panamá	1997–2002 playing as Sporting Coclé
Estadio Javier Cruz	Panama City, Panamá	1999–2000
El Ciruelito	Antón, Cocle	2002–2005, playing as Sporting Coclé
Estadio Bernardo Gil	San Miguelito, Panamá	2005–2009
Estadio Luis E. Tapia	Panama City, Panamá	2010–2016
Cancha Oscar Sumán Carrillo	Panama City, Panamá	2017
Estadio Luis E. Tapia	Panama City, Panamá	2018–2021
Estadio Los Andes II	San Miguelito, Panamá	2022–present

Players

First-team squad

• As for 07 July 2024

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 Kevin Mosquera 2 DF  PAN Jael Garibaldi 3 MF  PAN Kadir Hurtado 4 DF  PAN Jesus Delgado 5 MF  PAN Pedro Jeanine 7 MF  PAN Alexis Corpas 8 FW  PAN Jameel Lynch 9 DF  PAN Rolando Gumbs 10 FW  PAN Gabriel Torres 11 FW  PAN Axel McKenzie 12 GK  PAN Jorginho Frias 14 FW  PAN Abdiel Rodriguez 15 MF  PAN Rolando Herrera 16 DF  PAN Aymar Cundumi

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  PAN Michael Casazola 18 MF  PAN Jose Marengo 20 FW  PAN Valentin Pimentel 21 DF  PAN Richard Peralta 22 MF  PAN Alberts Fruto 23 MF  PAN Osvaldo Lay 25 DF  PAN Rigoberto Nino 26 DF  PAN Chamir Dupuy 27 DF  PAN Rodrigo Tello 29 DF  PAN Samir Ramirez 33 MF  PAN Emerson Giron 35 FW  PAN Adan Henricks 48 DF  PAN Alexis Cedeno 51 DF  PAN Javier Tunon

Non-playing staff

Board of directors

Position	Name
President	Raul Pineda
Vice-president	Mario Corro
General Manager	David Castillo

Management hierarchy

Position	Name
Manager	Jair Palacios
Assistant manager	-
Physical trainer	-
Goalkeeping coach	-
Physiotherapist	-
Head doctor	-
Utility Assistant	-
Reserve Manager 1	-

Notable players

See also: Category:Sporting San Miguelito players

Historical list of coaches

• Víctor René Mendieta (1997)
• José Montenegro (-Jul 2002)^[3]
• Jairo Silva (July 2002 – 2003)^[4]
• Jair Palacios (July 2003–)^[5]
• Edgar López López (July 2008–08)^[6]
• Leonicio de la Flor
• Carlos Walcott (Oct 2009 – Nov 09)^[7]
• Fernando García Ramos (Nov 2009 – March 10)
• Percival Piggott (March 2010 – Nov 10)^[8]
• Richard Parra (Dec 2010 – Dec 11)
• Pacifico Girón (Jan 2012 – Sept 12)^[9]
• Mario Anthony Torres (Sept 2012–)^[10]
• Jair Palacios (Jan 2019–Present)
• César Eduardo Méndez (December 2020 - April 2021)
• Saúl Maldonado (April 2021 - November 2021)
• Felipe Borowsky (November 2021 - June 2023)
• David Dóniga (June 2023 - December 2023)
• Jair Palacios (December 2023 - November 2024)
• Cesar Aguilar (December 2024 - Present)

Honours

• Liga Panameña de Fútbol: 1

Clausura 2013

• Primera A: 1

1996–97