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| Full name | Asociación Cívica, Social y Deportiva Alianza Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Pericos Los Verdolagas | |||
| Founded | 2 March 1963 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Javier Cruz Panama City | |||
| Capacity | 700 | |||
| Chairman | Rubén Cárdenas | |||
| Manager | Eduameth Nimbley | |||
| League | Liga Panameña de Fútbol | |||
| 2024 LPF (A) | 6th | |||
| Website | alianzafc | |||
Alianza F.C. is a professionalfootball club based in Panama City, Panama. Since 1999, it competes inLiga Panameña de Fútbol, the top tier of Panamanian football. The club was founded in 1963, and still owned by the Cardenas family.
Alianza F.C. was founded on 2 March 1963 by a group of 12 young players that had represented Panama in the firstCONCACAF Youth Championship. That date makes them the second oldest club in modern Panamanian football.[1]
The club was supported by various benefactors such as the local police, Don Justiniano Cardenas, and the Espivak Company during its early decades. In 1980, the club was chosen among other eight clubs to participate in the first professional football league in Panama, which was called theLiga Superior de Fútbol de Panamá.
As of 1989, the club joined toAnaprof's non-amateur football tournaments, which was interrupted by the disunity that arose in the local football environment, and was forced to compete in the so-called Linfuna League. After two seasons, the club returned to thePrimera A of ANAPROF, where they won promotion two seasons afterwards after beatingAtletico Guadalupe 1–0. In 2003, they enjoyed their best season ever, reaching the Clausura finals before losing 5-1 to Tauro FC.
The club has always placed a strong emphasis on youth teams, competing at the U-12, U-14, U-15, U-16, and U-19 levels.
During the mid-90s, the team was based inChilibre, Panama City´s northern area, playing home matches atEl Camping Resort football field. By the mid-2000s, the team left the area to play matches at different venues causing a lack of identity, low fan support base and heavily criticized by media. By 2012 the team start playing home matches atLuisCascarita Tapia stadium looking to gain more fan support from theJuan Diaz neighborhood, Panama City´s east side. Since 2018 the team has heavily marketed on the neighborhood to gain new supporters and attracting kids to their youth teams.
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt main sponsor | Shirt sub sponsor |
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| 2016–2019 |  | Cerveza Balboa Cemento Interoceanico | Bering Motors |
| 2020-2021 |  | CliniLab Panamerican Network | None |
| 2021 - 2022 | .svg) | CliniLab | Gaps |
| 2022- Present | | ShowTime CliniLab | None |
      2017-2018 Home Jersey |  2017-2018 Away Jersey |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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All-time scorer is César "El Bombo" Medina.
Leroy Foster (Feb 2003 – Oct 2003)[3]
Rubén Cárdenas (Oct 2003–) Leroy Foster (Jun 2007–)[4] Rubén Cárdenas (2007)Rubén "Tátara" Guevara (Jun 2008 – Oct 08)[5] Rubén CárdenasVíctor René Mendieta (Jul 2009 – Oct 09)[6] Carlos Pérez Porras (Dec 2009 – Feb 11) Leroy Foster (2010) Ángelo Luis Evans (Feb 2011 – July 11)[7]
Elkin Ortiz Castaño (Aug 2011 – May 2012)[8] Rubén Octavio Cárdenas (June 2012 – Dec 2012) Elkin Ortiz Castaño (Dec 2012 – Oct 13)[9] Carlos Pérez Porras (Oct 2013 – Sep 14)[10] Leroy Foster (Jun 2014 – Aug 14)[11] Juan Pablo Lopera (Sep 2014 – Sep 2015)[12] Rubén Cárdenas (Sep 2015–2019)[13] Alberto ValenciaNino (2019) Cecilio Garcés (2019– March 2021) Jair Palacios (March 2021 - December 2023) Eduameth Nimbley (January 2024- November 2024) Alberto ValenciaNino (December 2024 - February 2025) Jair Palacios (February 2025 -Present)
