Río Abajo F.C.

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| fullname = Río Abajo Fútbol Club

| nickname = 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

| season = Liga Cable Onda LPF Clausura 2015

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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

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.[http://www.rpctv.com/deportes/futbol/Rio-Abajo-vence-CAI-LPF_0_482351826.html Río Abajo vence al CAI y sube a la LPF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609155306/https://www.rpctv.com/deportes/futbol/Rio-Abajo-vence-CAI-LPF_0_482351826.html |date=2024-06-09 }} – RPC {{in lang|es}} They were relegated back to the second level in April 2014.[http://impresa.prensa.com/deportes/Ganar-descenso-Rio-Abajo_0_3918358301.html Ganar o descenso para Río Abajo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925001512/http://impresa.prensa.com/deportes/Ganar-descenso-Rio-Abajo_0_3918358301.html |date=2016-09-25 }} – La Prensa {{in lang|es}}

Honours

Liga Nacional de Ascenso: 3

::2008, 2009, 2011–12

Historical list of coaches

{{flagicon|PAN}} Rubén Guevara (2011 – Mar 13)
{{flagicon|COL}} Richard Parra (Sept 2013 – Feb 14)[http://www.critica.com.pa/golazo/parra-al-rescate-del-rio-abajo-292382 Parra, al rescate del Río Abajo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408152000/http://www.critica.com.pa/golazo/parra-al-rescate-del-rio-abajo-292382 |date=2016-04-08 }} – Crítica {{in lang|es}}
{{flagicon|COL}} Juan Pablo Lopera (Feb 2014–)[http://somoslasele.com/noticias/2724/juan-pablo-lopera-nuevo-dt-de-rio-abajo- Juan Pablo Lopera nuevo DT. de Río Abajo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611153212/http://somoslasele.com/noticias/2724/juan-pablo-lopera-nuevo-dt-de-rio-abajo- |date=2015-06-11 }} – Somos Lasele {{in lang|es}}
{{flagicon|PAN}} Rubén Guevara (Aug 2014–)[http://www.critica.com.pa/golazo/tatara-regresa-al-rio-abajo-352611 ‘Tátara’ regresa al Río Abajo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602010331/https://www.critica.com.pa/golazo/tatara-regresa-al-rio-abajo-352611 |date=2023-06-02 }} – Crítica {{in lang|es}}

References

Category:Football clubs in Panama

Category:Association football clubs established in 1987

Category:1987 establishments in Panama