C.D. Árabe Unido
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Club Deportivo Árabe Unido is a professional football club located in Colón, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top tier of the Panamanian football pyramid. The club plays its games in Estadio Armando Dely Valdés.
Its name, Árabe Unido, means "Arab United" in English, is emphasised from its original Arab root of the club.
History
The club has been one of the most successful in Panama in recent years, winning 15 titles (more than any other team since 1998) and finishing second five times.
It was founded in 1990 by Arab immigrants to Panama, under the name of Club Atlético Argentina, and experienced immediate success. After climbing the Panamanian league system, in 1994 they took advantage of a split in Panama's governing body to move into the top division. What happened was that a rival league (LINFUNA) formed in opposition to the older, existing top flight (ANAPROF). Árabe Unido was almost immediately successful in LINFUNA, winning both championships that the splinter league held in 1994 and 1995.[1]
Their success continued once they re-entered ANAPROF; at that time, Tauro FC was the dominant team in the league and would win three championships in four years between 1996 and 2000. The only club to break that string was Árabe Unido, which won the 1998–99 title by beating Tauro 3–0 in the playoff final.
After the league switched to the Aprtura/Clausura format in the 2001 season, Los Arabes really began winning titles. The original plan was for the winners of the Apertura to meet the Clausura in a "Grand Final" that would determine the year's champion. Árabe rendered this unnecessary by winning both tournaments. They claimed a third straight championship in Apertura 2002, although they did lose that year's grand final to Plaza Amador.
El Expreso Azul (as fans also called Árabe Unido) would go on to add further honors by sweeping the 2003 season, then winning back to back titles in Clausura 2008 and Apertura 2009. They have also won titles in Clausura 2010, Apertura 2012, Clausura 2015, Apertura 2015, and most recently Apertura 2016.l[2]
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Honours
National titles
- Liga Panameña de Fútbol: (13)
- 1998–99, 2001 Apertura, 2001 Clausura, 2002 Apertura, 2004 Apertura, 2004 Clausura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2010 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2015 Clausura, 2015 Apertura, 2016 Apertura
- LINFUNA: 2 (Record)
International titles
- UNCAF Interclub Cup: 0
- Runners-up (1): 2002
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2 appearance
- 1996 – Qualifying stage (Central Zone)
- 2003 – First Round
- CONCACAF League: 2 appearances
- CONCACAF Champions League: 5 appearances
Players
Current squad
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Retired numbers
21 — Template:Flagicon Amílcar Henríquez, midfielder (2003–08), (2014),(2016–2017) — posthumous honour.
Historical list of coaches
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- Template:Flagicon Eliazar Herrera (1998–99)
- Template:Flagicon Richard Parra (2001–03)
- Template:Flagicon Jairo Silva (2003–04)
- Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Gómez Cáceres (2004)
- Template:Flagicon Ramón Vecinos (2005–06)
- Template:Flagicon Wiston Cifuentes (2006)
- Template:Flagicon José Alfredo Poyatos (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Richard Parra (Aug 2009 – Nov 10)
- Template:Flagicon Wilman Conde (Dec 2010 – June 11)[3]
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Pérez Porras (June 2011 – Nov 11)[4]
- Template:Flagicon Jair Palacios (Dec 2011 – Aug 14)[5]
- Template:Flagicon Julio Dely Valdés (August 2014 – Dec 2014)[6]
- Template:Flagicon Alfonso de Moya (Jan 2015–15)[7]
- Template:Flagicon Sergio Guzmán (February 2015 – December 2017)[8]
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Ruiz (January 2018 – September 2018)
- Template:Flagicon José Ricardo "Chicho" Pérez (September 2018 – June 2019)
- Template:Flagicon Alejandro Mejía (June 2019 – September 2019)
- Template:Flagicon Sergio Guzmán (September 2019 – August 2021)
- Template:Flagicon Sergio Angulo (August 2021–present)
- Template:Flagicon Julio Dely Valdés ( - August 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Alberto Nino Valencia (August 2023 - March 2024)
- Template:Flagicon Francisco Perlo (March 2024 -)
References
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- ↑ Árabe Unido Template:Webarchive – CONCACAF
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- ↑ Wilman Conde, nuevo DT del Árabe – La Estrella Template:In lang
- ↑ Carlos Pérez Porras y sus retos con el Árabe Unido – Crítica Template:In lang
- ↑ Jair Palacios nuevo técnico del Árabe Unido Template:Webarchive – PanamaFutbol Template:In lang
- ↑ Julio Dely Valdés, nuevo técnico del Árabe Unido de Colón – La Prensa Template:In lang
- ↑ Alfonzo De Moya es el nuevo Director Técnico del Árabe Unido Template:Webarchive – Árabe Unido Template:In lang
- ↑ Colombiano Juan Guzmán nuevo DT del Árabe Unido de Colón – RPC Template:In lang
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External links
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