Panta Walon

Panta Walon
Full nameClub Deportivo Panta Walon
Founded16 July 2000 as Panta NPA
OwnerPanta Family (50%)
Walon Sport (50%)
ChairmanJimmy Wales
CoachCarlos Salinas
LeagueLiga Futsal Pro
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Club Deportivo Panta Walon is a futsal club located in the Bellavista District, in Callao, Peru. They play in the Liga Futsal Pro, the top tier division of the Peruvian futsal league system, and have won a total of 8 titles.[1]

History

Deportivo Panta was founded on July 16, 2000, in the district of Bellavista, Callao, with the name of Panta NPA within the Panta family at the initiative of José Panta. That same year he registered, participated and was champion of the Bellavista Futsal District League. Some time later the club briefly ventured into street football.[2]

In 2010 the club bought Deportivo Ingeniería's place in the División de Honor and began to participate professionally. That same year it closed a commercial agreement with Universidad César Vallejo, which became its main sponsor. However, the agreement did not last long and in 2012 they joined forces with the sports brand Walon Sport and as a consequence the club changed its name to Panta Walon.[3]

Since his debut in 2010, Panta has played in ten División de Honor finals. They won the championship eight times (2010, 2011, 2013,[4] 2014,[5] 2017,[6] 2018,[a] 2022 and 2023), defeating his classic rival Primero de Mayo on three of them (2013, 2017 and 2018) and lost three finals (2012, 2015,[9] 2016[10]), all of them with Primero de Mayo. There were also champion of the summer tournaments in 2013 and 2014[11] and won the Torneo Apertura in 2018.

Panta has participated in the Copa Libertadores de Futsal in six occasions (2015, 2017,[12] 2018,[13] 2019,[14] 2022 and 2023). Despite being local champion in 2010 and 2013, they could not participate in 2011 and 2014 since the tournament in the North Zone was not organized. The Cup was not played in 2012, they did not qualify for the 2014 edition, so it was finally runner-up in the 2014 División de Honor which allowed them to qualify for the 2015 Copa Libertadores in which it reached the semifinals of the North Zone. Its best result was achieved in the 2019 edition in which it reached 4th place.[15][16][17]

Local champions in 2022.

In 2022 the team reached the quarterfinals in the Copa Libertadores de Futsal, losing in that instance to Cerro Porteño of Paraguay. Their participation in the local tournament began on May 31, beating Palermo FC 4–2. In the semifinals they faced Hermanos Rey, whom they defeated by an aggregate score of 4–1, thus winning the right to play the final against Universitario de Deportes. The first leg of the final was played on October 25, the result was a two-goal tie,[18] everything was decided in the second leg on October 27. Panta would defeat Universitario 3-0 and became champion for the seventh time in its history.[19][20]

Participation in international tournaments

See also: Copa Libertadores de Futsal

Deportivo Panta has participated in the Copa Libertadores de Futsal seven times in the 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons. It made its debut in the 2015 season in which it reached the semifinals of the North Zone.

General summary of the seasons

Season Liga Futsal Pro Copa Merconorte de Fútbol Sala Copa Libertadores de Futsal
2010 Champion Did not qualify Did not qualify
2011 Champion
2012 Runner-up
2013 Champion
2014 Champion
2015 Runner-up Semifinalits
2016 Runner-up Discontinued tournament
2017 Champion Group stage
2018 Champion Group stage
2019 Semifinalits 4th place
2020 Suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Did not qualify
2021
2022 Champion 5th place
2023 Champion 6th place
2024

Presidents and coaches

President Start Ended
José Pando 2000 - actualidad
Jonathan Gilio 2012–present
Coach Start Ended
Francisco Melgar Roose 2010 2016
Howard Copare Corzo 2017 ?
Carlos Salinas Muñoz 2022–present

Sponsors and suppliers

Sponsor Start Ended
Universidad César Vallejo 2010 2012
Walon Sport 2012–present
Supplier Start Ended
Walon Sport 2012–present

Honors

National tournaments

Competition Titles Runner-up
Liga Futsal Pro 8 (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023) 2012, 2015, 2016.
Torneo Pre Libertadores 1 (2022)[21]

District tournaments

Notes

  1. ^ Deportivo Panta fue campeón de la edición 2018.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Panta-Walon". www.panta-walon.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Panta-Walon". www.panta-walon.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019. Fundado en Bellavista Callao – Perú, un 16 de Julio del 2000. Ese día se decide formar un equipo de fútbol y se inscriben en la liga distrital de fútbol del distrito de Bellavista Callao donde llegan a obtener el campeonato de ese año
  3. ^ "Panta NPA Walon: la fe e historia de un campeón de futsal". El Bocón (in Spanish). 4 May 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  4. ^ Movistar Deportes Perú (November 2013), ¡Celebra Callao! Panta campeón de la División de Honor del Futsal, retrieved 8 December 2018
  5. ^ "Futsal: Panta Walon, el último campeón de la División de Honor". Peru.com (in Spanish). 19 June 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Panta Walon se coronó campeón de la Primera División 2017". Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  7. ^ "¡Un grito a la gloria! Panta Walon logró coronarse por la final del Futsal Pro". Futbolperuano.com (in Spanish). 30 August 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  8. ^ Jhon (3 September 2018). "Panta Walon es bicampeón nacional de futsal". Ovación Corporación Deportiva (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Se Inicia El Metropolitano de Futsal División de Honor" (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Futsal peruano en 2016: Cambios y constantes | Fútbol para el que la conoce". dechalaca.com. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Panta NPA Walon se coronó campeón del Torneo de Verano Futsal FIFA 2014 | Foto 1 de 2". El Bocón (in Spanish). 25 April 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Copa Libertadores de Futsal: equipo peruano avanzó a cuartos de final". americadeportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Copa Libertadores de Futsal: Panta Walon fue eliminado de la competencia". Futbolperuano.com (in Spanish). 24 April 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Panta Walon se quedó con el cuarto puesto en la Copa Libertadores de Futsal 2019 [Video]". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). 21 July 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Panta Walon fue eliminado en semifinales de la Copa Libertadores de Futsal | Video". El Bocón (in Spanish). 20 July 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Panta Walon dio el batacazo y eliminó a San Lorenzo: clasificó a semis de la Copa Libertadores de Futsal". libero.pe (in Spanish). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Panta Walon se despidió de la Copa Libertadores de Futsal 2019, en el cuarto lugar". Futbolperuano.com (in Spanish). 21 July 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  18. ^ "Universitario y Panta Walon igualaron en la primera final del Futsal Pro 2022". Futbolperuano.com (in Spanish). 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  19. ^ Rengifo, Andrés (2022-10-28). "Panta Walon campeón de Futsal Pro 2022". NTV.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  20. ^ "Resultados - Futsal Pro - 2022". www.futbolperuano.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  21. ^ "Imágenes de la victoria de Panta Walon por 3-2 sobre Universitario que lo deja como campeón del Torneo Pre Libertadores". Twitter (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-31.