Full name | Club Deportivo Árabe Unido |
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Nickname(s) |
El Expreso Azul (The Blue Express) Los Árabes (The Arabs) DAU La Furia colonense (The Fury from Colón) |
Founded | April 28, 1994 |
Ground |
Estadio Armando Dely Valdés Colón, Panama |
Capacity | 4,000 |
Chairman | Pedro Gordon |
Manager | Sergio Guzmán |
League | Liga Panameña de Fútbol |
2015 (C) | 1st |
Club Deportivo Árabe Unido is a professional football club located in Colón, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top tier of the Panamanian football pyramid. The club plays its games in Estadio Armando Dely Valdés.
Founded in 1994 by the Arab immigrants in Panama, Árabe Unido has won 13 Liga Panameña de Fútbol championships since 1998, the highest total of any team since its first edition on 1988. The club has also finished second five times since 1998.
They won the 2015 Clausura title after beating Independiente 2–1 in the season's final and three years after winning the 2012 championship.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
21 — Amílcar Henríquez, midfielder (2003–08) — posthumous honour.