Río Abajo F.C.

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Río Abajo Fútbol Club is a Panamanian football team playing in the Liga Nacional de Ascenso.

Río Abajo
Full nameRío Abajo Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Alto Voltaje (High Voltage)
Founded1987
GroundCancha Luis E. Tapia
Panama City, Panamá
Capacity1,000
ChairmanMario Rodríguez
ManagerRubén Guevara
LeagueLiga Nacional de Ascenso

The team is based in Panama City and represents Río Abajo neighborhood.

History

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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 consecutive seasons. 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

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2008, 2009, 2011–12

Historical list of coaches

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References

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  1. ^ Río Abajo vence al CAI y sube a la LPF Archived 2024-06-09 at the Wayback Machine – RPC (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Ganar o descenso para Río Abajo Archived 2016-09-25 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Parra, al rescate del Río Abajo Archived 2016-04-08 at the Wayback Machine – Crítica (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Juan Pablo Lopera nuevo DT. de Río Abajo Archived 2015-06-11 at the Wayback Machine – Somos Lasele (in Spanish)
  5. ^ ‘Tátara’ regresa al Río Abajo Archived 2023-06-02 at the Wayback Machine – Crítica (in Spanish)