Tauro F.C.

Tauro

Full name	Asociacion Deportiva Tauro Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Los Toros de Pedregal El Más Laureado
Founded	1984
Ground	Estadio Rommel Fernández Panama City, Panama
Capacity	32,000
Chairman	Robert Zauner
Manager	Rolando Palma
League	Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2014 (A)	6th
Home colours Away colours

Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league.

Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven times.

History

The team was founded by Italian industrialist, Giancarlo Gronchi on 22 September 1984.^[1] The team's colours are black and white because it is said that Gronchi was a fan of Italian football team Juventus and wanted to have a similar uniform as the Italian side.

Prior to the creation of ANAPROF in 1988, Tauro participated in the ADECOPA and in the Liga Distritorial de Chepo (Chepo League). This was the league for teams in the eastern portion of the Panamá Province. Tauro was also one of the founding teams of ANAPROF in 1987.

Rivalries

Tauro and Plaza Amador have been continuous rivals since ANAPROF started in 1988. They're both from Panama City itself, but do not play in the same stadium. The rivalry is referred to as "El Clásico" in Panama.

Honors

• Liga Panameña de Fútbol: 12 (record)

1989, 1991, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, Apertura 2003, Clausura 2003, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2007, Apertura 2010, Clausura 2012, Apertura 2013.

Runner-up (8): 1990, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2000–01, Clausura 2002, 2008 (A), 2008 (C), Apertura 2009.

Players

Current squad

• For Apertura 2015

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Varcan Sterling 2 DF Leonel Parris 3 DF Luis Moreno 4 MF Manuel Vargas 5 MF Alejandro Vélez 6 MF Juan de Dios Pérez 10 MF Amir Waithe 11 MF Romario Piggott 13 MF Hécgar Murillo 14 DF Algish Dixon 15 FW Israel Sanjúr 17 MF Amilkar Martínez 19 DF Omar Córdoba 20 FW Jorman Aguilar 21 MF Carlos Sierra

No. Position Player 22 DF José Pinzón 24 FW Rubén Barrow 25 DF Jan Carlos Vargas 26 MF Santiago Cedeño GK Jaime de Gracia GK Kevin Melgar DF Jesús Araya DF Jomar Díaz DF Luis Henríquez DF Reinel Herrera MF Adalberto Carrasquilla MF Eliecer Domínguez MF Vidal González MF Richard Ibargüen FW Edwin Aguilar

International

2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts DC United 4 4 0 0 6 1 +5 12 Waterhouse 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6 Tauro 4 0 0 4 2 9 −7 0

DC TAU WAT DC United — 2–0 1–0 Tauro 0–1 — 1–2 Waterhouse 1–2 4–1 —

Tauro v Waterhouse

August 7, 2014 22:00

Tauro	1–2	Waterhouse
Rentería  86'	Report	Campbell  2' Earle  19'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City Referee: Oscar Moncada (Honduras)

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Waterhouse v Tauro

August 28, 2014 20:00

Waterhouse	4–1	Tauro
Anderson  13', 55' Samuels  34' Williams  90+5'	Report	Garcés  64'

Independence Park, Kingston Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

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DC United v Tauro

September 24, 2014 20:00

DC United	2–0	Tauro
Pontius  48' Johnson  55'	Report

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

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Tauro v DC United

October 21, 2014 20:00

Tauro	0–1	DC United
	Report	Shanosky  24'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Personnel

Board of directors

Position	Name
President	Robert Zauner
Vice-president	Moises Zebede
Secretary	Carlos Martans
Treasurer	Alejandro Pino
Fiscal	Luis Moreno

Management

Position	Name
Manager	Jorge Dely Valdés
Assistant Manager	Jose A. Poyatos
Physical Trainer	Julio Toral
Goalkeeping Coach	Martín Viveros
Physiotherapist	Ernesto Tuñón
Physiotherapist	Larisa Pérez
Utility Management	Eduviges de la Flor
Utility Assistant	Heriberto Martínez

Historical list of coaches

Christian Saborío (1988) Miguel Ángel Mansilla (1988–89) Miguel Ángel Mansilla (1991–93) José Andrade (1994) Miguel Ángel Mansilla (1994–99) José Alfredo Poyatos (2000) Gonzalo Soto (July 2002 – Apr 2004)[2] José Alfredo Poyatos (Apr 2004–)[3] Thomas Kempe (Jul 2006 – Oct 2006)[4] Rubén "El Tátara" Guevara (Oct 2006)[5] Miguel Ángel Mansilla (2007–08)

Gonzalo Soto (2008–10) Christian Saborío Juan Carlos Cubillas (April 2010 – Nov 11)[6] Sergio Angulo (Dec 2011 – April 12)[7] Gonzalo Soto (May 2012 – Nov 12)[8] Rolando "El Ñato" Palma (Dec 2012 – Aug 14) Jorge Dely Valdés (Aug 2014 – Dec 14)[9] José Alfredo Poyatos (Jan 2015 – March 15)[10] Mike Stump (March 2015 – May 15)[11] Jorge Dely Valdés (May 2015 – Oct 15)[12] Rolando "El Ñato" Palma (Oct 2015–)[13]

References

1. Plaza Amador y Tauro llegan en su mejor momento al clásico – La Estrella (Spanish)
2. Soto quiere triunfar con Tauro F.C – Panamá América (Spanish)
3. Alfredo Poyatos dirigirá al Tauro en lo que resta del torneo – La Prensa (Spanish)
4. ANAPROF: THOMAS KEMPE ES EL NUEVO ENTRENADOR Un Tauro con estilo alemán – Crítica (Spanish)
5. Técnico del Tauro se marchó – Panamá América (Spanish)
6. No hay fracaso, según Cubillas – La Prensa (Spanish)
7. Tauro presenta a Sergio Angulo como nuevo técnico – PanamaFutbol (Spanish)
8. Colombiano Gonzalo Soto vuelve al banquillo del Tauro – Telemetro (Spanish)
9. "Palma resigns, Jorge Dely Valdes new Tauro coach". 8 August 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
10. Alfredo Poyatos debutó con victoria en pretemporada del Tauro – Somos Lasele (Spanish)
11. Mike Stump nuevo técnico del Tauro – RPC (Spanish)
12. Tauro FC se encomienda a Jorge Dely – Crítica (Spanish)
13. Jorge Dely Valdés sale del Tauro, Rolando Palma regresa – RPC (Spanish)

External links

• Official site
• Non-Official site (Página realizada en su momento por el periodista panameño Adán De Gracia E.)
• Tauro FC Page-ANAPROF Site