A.F.C. Euro Kickers
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A.F.C. Euro Kickers was a Panamanian football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team founded in 1984 and based on Panama City
Panama City
Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

, Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

. The team was one of the six teams that founded ANAPROF
ANAPROF
The Liga Panameña de Fútbol is the top football league in Panama. Until 2009, the league was named Asociación Nacional Pro Fútbol .-Format:...

 and its founder was Dutchman
Dutchman
Dutchman can refer to:* A person of Dutch descent.** A derogatory term for an Afrikaner from South Africa.* A Dutchman is a strip of material used to cover the join between two flats...

 Jan Bernard Domburg.

Los Vikingos obtained only one title in the 1993 season and two runner-ups in the 1991 and 1996-97 season. However they were relegated in the 2000-01 season and they played ones season in Primera A
Primera A (Panama)
The Liga Nacional de Ascenso is the second level of Panama's national club championship. It was founded in 1997 and it consists of 8 teams who play to gain promotion to Liga Panameña de Fútbol...

 before they ceased to exist.

History

Euro Kickers was among the six team that founded the ANAPROF
ANAPROF
The Liga Panameña de Fútbol is the top football league in Panama. Until 2009, the league was named Asociación Nacional Pro Fútbol .-Format:...

. Current National Assembly president Pedro Miguel González Pinzón
Pedro Miguel González Pinzón
Pedro Miguel González Pinzón is a leading political figure in Panama who was indicted by a U.S. federal court in October 1992 for the June 10, 1992 killing of an American serviceman, Sgt. Zak Hernández, and the serious wounding of another, Sgt. Ronald T...

 played for Euro Kickers in the early years of the league. Their first approximation to an ANAPROF Championship was in the 1991 season where they finished second to Tauro F.C.
Tauro F.C.
Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven...

. However in the 1993 season they were crowned champions after finishing in front of Bravos de PROJUSA. Their last to a ANAPROF crown came in 1996-97 when they lost in the final to Tauro F.C.
Tauro F.C.
Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven...

 1-0. After that started to have a drop in their level and soon were relegated in the 2000-01 season. They played a season in Primera A
Primera A (Panama)
The Liga Nacional de Ascenso is the second level of Panama's national club championship. It was founded in 1997 and it consists of 8 teams who play to gain promotion to Liga Panameña de Fútbol...

 where they were relegated to Copa Rommel Fernandez
Copa Rommel Fernández
The Copa Rommel Fernández is the third level of Panama's national club championship. It was founded in 1996 and it's a seasonal tournament that lasts 2 months in which the champion is promoted to Liga Nacional de Ascenso. The tournament is named after Panamanian football legend Rommel Fernández...

 and seized to exist in 2002.

Among the many notable that Euro Kickers had in its history, the most notable is José Ardines
José Ardines
José María Ardines Douglas is a retired Panamanian football forward. Nicknamed chepe, he is best known for being the all-time top scorer in the Panamanian national football league ANAPROF .-Eurokickers:Chepe Ardines made his debut in ANAPROF for the 1989 season of the championship with...

, who was the clubs and ANAPROF's historical goalscorer were he scored 191 goals and won top-scorer of the season for six consecutive times from 1990 to 1996.

Notable former players

José Ardines
José Ardines
José María Ardines Douglas is a retired Panamanian football forward. Nicknamed chepe, he is best known for being the all-time top scorer in the Panamanian national football league ANAPROF .-Eurokickers:Chepe Ardines made his debut in ANAPROF for the 1989 season of the championship with...

 Felipe Baloy
Felipe Baloy
Felipe Abdiel Baloy Ramírez is a football defender who currently plays in Mexico for Primera División de México team Santos Laguna and is the current captain of the Panama national football team.-Early life:...

 Neftali Diaz Orlando Muñoz Ricardo Phillips
Ricardo Phillips
Ricardo Phillips is a football midfielder. He currently plays in Panama for the Liga Panameña de Fútbol team San Francisco FC.-International career:...

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