Río Abajo F.C.
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Full name | Río Abajo Fútbol Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Alto Voltaje (High Voltage) | ||
Founded | 1987 | ||
Ground | Cancha Luis E. Tapia Panama City, Panamá | ||
Capacity | 1,000 | ||
Chairman | Mario Rodríguez | ||
Manager | Rubén Guevara | ||
League | Liga Nacional de Ascenso | ||
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Río Abajo Fútbol Club is a Panamanian football team playing in the Liga Nacional de Ascenso.
The team is based in Panama City and represents Río Abajo neighborhood.
History
[edit]Río Abajo is the team that has won the most championships in the Liga Nacional de Ascenso with 3 titles, in 2008 and 2009 after defeating Orión twice 2–1 and 3–1 respectively. They have been defeated in the promotion playoff two years in a row. In 2008 they lost against Plaza Amador by a 3–2 aggregate score and on 2009 they were defeated by Alianza by 2–1 aggregate score.
In May 2012 they beat C.A.I. and got promoted to Liga Panameña de Fútbol.[1] They were relegated back to the second level in April 2014.[2]
Honours
[edit]Historical list of coaches
[edit]Rubén Guevara (2011 – Mar 13)
Richard Parra (Sept 2013 – Feb 14)[3]
Juan Pablo Lopera (Feb 2014–)[4]
Rubén Guevara (Aug 2014–)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Río Abajo vence al CAI y sube a la LPF Archived 2024-06-09 at the Wayback Machine – RPC (in Spanish)
- ^ Ganar o descenso para Río Abajo Archived 2016-09-25 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ Parra, al rescate del Río Abajo Archived 2016-04-08 at the Wayback Machine – Crítica (in Spanish)
- ^ Juan Pablo Lopera nuevo DT. de Río Abajo Archived 2015-06-11 at the Wayback Machine – Somos Lasele (in Spanish)
- ^ ‘Tátara’ regresa al Río Abajo Archived 2023-06-02 at the Wayback Machine – Crítica (in Spanish)