CD Arabe Unido
Club · Panama · Liga Panameña de Fútbol
«The Arabs»
Thirteen league titles in eighteen seasons: Árabe Unido won the Panamanian championship for the first time in 1998–99, and by the time the Apertura of 2016 was over no club in the country had won more.
The club came out of Colón's Arab immigrant community, which founded it on 28 April 1994 and gave it the name it still carries. Promotion followed quickly: two LINFUNA titles, in 1994–95 and 1995–96, took the side out of the second tier and into a top division it has not left since.
Amílcar Henríquez played in front of the defence through much of that period and is the name most often attached to the club's best years. He was killed in 2017; the number 21 was retired and has not been worn since.
Beyond Panama the record is thinner. Runners-up in the UNCAF Interclub Cup in 2002, and three quarter-final appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League — 2009–10, 2013–14 and 2016–17 — against opponents with budgets from a different order.
Matches against Tauro FC carry the most weight, a derby with no love lost, though Panamanians argue about which fixture deserves the word clásico.
Home is the Estadio Armando Dely Valdés in Colón, which holds 4,000 — a small ground for the most decorated side in the country, and the reason the biggest nights have always felt tighter than the trophy count suggests.
Latest results
All matches| 30 Aug | Liga Panameña de Fútbol |
Deportivo Universitario
A
|
0:0 | D |
| 22 Aug | Liga Panameña de Fútbol |
Sporting San Miguelito
H
|
1:0 | W |
| 18 Aug | Liga Panameña de Fútbol |
Tauro FC
A
|
1:0 | W |
| 9 Aug | Liga Panameña de Fútbol |
UMECIT
A
|
0:0 | D |
| 1 Aug | Liga Panameña de Fútbol |
Alianza FC
H
|
0:1 | L |
| 25 Jul | Liga Panameña de Fútbol |
Plaza Amador FC
H
|
2:2 | D |
Standing
Liga Panameña de FútbolGroup stage · Liga Panameña de Fútbol - Eastern Conference
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Plaza Amador FC
|
16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28:16 | 31 |
| 2 |
Alianza FC
|
16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 26:20 | 27 |
| 3 |
UMECIT
|
16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 28:20 | 25 |
| 4 |
Tauro FC
|
16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22:19 | 21 |
| 5 |
CD Arabe Unido
|
16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16:20 | 21 |
| 6 |
Sporting San Miguelito
|
16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19:21 | 18 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 197| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 197 | 97 | 100 |
| Scored | 183 | 92 | 91 |
| Conceded | 198 | 89 | 109 |
| Scored per game | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Conceded per game | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Difference | −15 | +3 | −18 |
Fixtures of CD Arabe Unido
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30 Aug
Deportivo Universitario
A
0:0
D
-
22 Aug
Sporting San Miguelito
H
1:0
W
-
18 Aug
Tauro FC
A
1:0
W
-
9 Aug
UMECIT
A
0:0
D
-
1 Aug
Alianza FC
H
0:1
L
-
25 Jul
Plaza Amador FC
H
2:2
D
-
3 May
Plaza Amador FC
H
0:3
L
-
26 Apr
Alianza FC
A
2:2
D
Honours of CD Arabe Unido
- Liga Panameña de Fútbol 1999, 2001, 2002, 2002, 2004, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2015, 2016 13
- LINFUNA 1995, 1996 2
- UNCAF Interclub Cup 2002 1