{{short description|Panamanian association football team}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Chepo | image = Chepo FC.png | image_size = 175px | fullname = Chepo Fútbol Club | nickname = ''Los Naranjas''<br/>''Los Tigrillos'' | founded = 1999 | dissolved= 2016 | ground = Estadio Óscar Sumán Carrillo<br>Panama City, Panama | chairman = Peter Johnson | league = Liga Panameña de Fútbol | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_blackshoulders|pattern_ra1= | leftarm1=FF7F00|body1=FF7F00|rightarm1=FF7F00|shorts1=000000|socks1=FF7F00 | pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2= | leftarm2=00BFFF|body2=00BFFF|rightarm2=00BFFF|shorts2=191970|socks2=FF7F00 }}

'''Chepo F.C.''' was a Panamanian football team playing at the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. The team folded mid 2016. It was based in Chepo.

Chepo was known for its youth system<ref name=chepo>[http://portal.critica.com.pa/archivo/02152007/dep14.html Chepo F.C.: talento y sangre nueva] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120554/http://portal.critica.com.pa/archivo/02152007/dep14.html |date=2016-03-04 }}&nbsp;– Crítica {{in lang|es}}</ref> of whom have emerged many future promises of Panamanian football, among those are: Armando Gun, Gabriel Torres, Eduardo Jiménez, José Calderón and Román Torres, all of whom have represented Panama.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2006/10/16/hoy/deportes/765879.html |title=Los rostros de la esperanza |access-date=2009-03-06 |archive-date=2011-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718182454/http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2006/10/16/hoy/deportes/765879.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History== ===Proyecto 2000=== Chepo FC was founded in 1999 under the name of ''Proyecto 2000'',<ref name=chepo/> where it gathered young players from around the country aspiring to win a ticket to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol one day. They started playing in the Liga Distritorial de Fútbol de Panamá (Lidifutpa).<ref>[http://www.chepofc.com/historia.php Historia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091325/http://www.chepofc.com/historia.php |date=2016-03-04 }}&nbsp;– Chepo FC {{in lang|es}}</ref>

In 2000 the team was renamed ''Chepo FC'' due to expansion and participated in 2003 in Primera A.

In 2006 the team gained promotion from Primera A to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol after beating Pan de Azúcar 2–1.<ref>[http://portal.critica.com.pa/archivo/10062006/dep05.html FESTEJO: CHEPO VENCIó 2–1 A PAN DE AZúCAR Ascenso inesperado] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406152911/http://portal.critica.com.pa/archivo/10062006/dep05.html |date=2016-04-06 }}&nbsp;– Crítica {{in lang|es}}</ref> They have not been very successful at the highest level and only reached the semi-finals of the 2008 Apertura season.<ref>[http://panamafutbol.com/?p=7967 El Chepo FC busca hacer historia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050637/http://panamafutbol.com/?p=7967 |date=2016-03-04 }}&nbsp;– PanamaFutbol {{in lang|es}}</ref>

By May 2016 main sponsor retired support causing the team to fold,<ref>[http://www.rpctv.com/deportes/futbolnacional/Atletico-Veragunse-nuevo-inquilino-LPF_0_928107867.html RPCTV.com Chepo FC es reemplazado] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043815/http://www.rpctv.com/deportes/futbolnacional/Atletico-Veragunse-nuevo-inquilino-LPF_0_928107867.html |date=2017-10-12 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> it was replaced by Liga Nacional de Ascenso runner-up S.D. Atlético Veragüense.

==Honours== *'''Primera A: 1''' ::2006

*'''Copa Rommel Fernández: 1''' ::2003

==Year-by-year results==

===Liga Panameña de Fútbol=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Season !Position !colspan=8|League Record !Play-offs !colspan=2|Top Scorer !Notes |- ! ! !'''P''' !'''W''' !'''T''' !'''L''' !'''F''' !'''A''' !'''+/-''' !'''Pts''' ! !Player !G ! |- |2007 (A) |5/10 |18 |8 |4 |6 |27 |27 |0 |28 |''Could not qualify'' |Gabriel Torres |11 |Did not qualify because of goal differential |- |2007 (C) |7/10 |18 |6 |5 |7 |23 |21 | +2 |23 |''Could not qualify'' |Gabriel Torres |9 |Gabriel Torres was top-scorer of the season |- |2008 (A) |3/10 |15 |6 |5 |4 |21 |14 | +7 |23 |Semi-finals |Carlos Martinez |5 | |- |2008 (C) |4/10 |20 |9 |5 |6 |36 |26 | +10 |32 |Semi-finals |Luis Jaramillo |14 | |- |2009 (A) I |5/10 |18 |10 |2 |6 |37 |24 | +13 |32 |''Could not qualify'' |Luis Jaramillo |11 |Did not qualify because of goal differential |- |2009 (A) II |8/10 |18 |3 |8 |7 |16 |25 | −9 |17 |''Could not qualify'' |Gabriel Torres |5 | |}

==Players== {{See also category|Chepo F.C. players}}

===Current squad=== * <small>For Clausura 2016</small> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Eliecer Powell|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=César Samudio|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Carlos Valdés|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Yordy Meléndez|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Ricardo Romero|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Luis Alberto Mendoza|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Alberto Vargas|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|name=Esteven Muñoz|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Ismael Menal|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|name=Anderson Lobón|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|name=David Pérez|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Daniel Cortina|pos=MF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=John Paulo González|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|name=Carlos Ferreyra|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Julio Rosales|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Julio Castillo|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Pedro Jacinto Medina|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Julian Fernández O.|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Romario Piggott|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Yuriel Prestán|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=José Luis González|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|name=Nelson Ortiz|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Bernardo Palma II|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=PAN|name=Anthony Smith|pos=FW}} {{Fs end}}

===Retired numbers=== {{main|Retired numbers in football (soccer)|l1=Retired numbers in football}} <big>'''77'''</big>&nbsp;– {{flagicon|Panama}} Jonathan Rodríguez, midfielder, 2006–09 ''(posthumous honour)''<ref>[http://www.futbolextremo.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=76431&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45 Resolucion de Duelo] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711061748/http://www.futbolextremo.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=76431&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45 |date=July 11, 2011 }}</ref>

==Historical list of coaches== {{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}} *{{flagicon|PAN}} Felipe Fuentes (2005–09) *{{flagicon|PAN}} Víctor René Mendieta (2009–10) *{{flagicon|PAN}} Cesar Morales and Frank Lozada (April 2010–June 10) *{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Stump (June 2010–June 11) *{{flagicon|PAN}} Felipe Fuentes (2011) *{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Stump (Jan 2012–April 13) *{{flagicon|PAN}} Felipe Fuentes (July 2013–) *{{flagicon|PAN}} Jorge Santos (June 2014–)<ref>[http://panamafutbol.com/?p=12529 Jorge Santos nuevo técnico del Chepo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415073724/http://panamafutbol.com/?p=12529 |date=2016-04-15 }}&nbsp;– PanamaFutbol {{in lang|es}}</ref> {{div col end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.chepofc.com/}} {{in lang|es}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chepo}} Category:Football clubs in Panama Category:Association football clubs established in 1999 Category:Defunct football clubs in Panama Category:1999 establishments in Panama

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