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.Río Abajo vence al CAI y sube a la LPF – RPC They were relegated back to the second level in April 2014.Ganar o descenso para Río Abajo – La Prensa
Honours Liga Nacional de Ascenso: 3 2008, 2009, 2011–12
Historical list of coaches Rubén Guevara (2011 – Mar 13) Richard Parra (Sept 2013 – Feb 14)Parra, al rescate del Río Abajo – Crítica Juan Pablo Lopera (Feb 2014–)Juan Pablo Lopera nuevo DT. de Río Abajo – Somos Lasele Rubén Guevara (Aug 2014–)‘Tátara’ regresa al Río Abajo – Crítica
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