2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

The 2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season was the 22nd season of top-flight football in Panama.

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season2009
ChampionsApertura I: San Francisco (6th title)
Apertura II: Árabe Unido (5th title)
2009–10 CONCACAF Champions LeagueSan Francisco
2010–11 CONCACAF Champions LeagueÁrabe Unido
Top goalscorerApertura I: Edwin Aguilar (18 goals)
Apertura II: Armando Polo (12 goals)
Biggest home winSporting San Miguelito 7–0 Alianza
Biggest away winAlianza 1–4 Atlético Veragüense
Highest scoringAtlético Veragüense 3–5 Tauro
San Francisco 3–5 Tauro
Sporting San Miguelito 4–4 Tauro
Atlético Chiriquí 4–4 Tauro
2008

Teams edit

Club City Stadium
Alianza Panama City Estadio Camping Resort
Árabe Unido Colón Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
Atlético Chiriquí David Estadio San Cristobal
Atlético Veragüense Santiago Estadio Aristocles Castillo
Chepo Chepo Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)
Chorrillo Panama City Estadio Javier Cruz
Plaza Amador Panama City Estadio Javier Cruz
San Francisco La Chorrera Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Sporting San Miguelito San Miguelito Estadio Bernardo Gil
Tauro Panama City Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)

Apertura I edit

First round edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tauro 18 10 6 2 40 23 +17 36 Qualified to the final round
2 Atlético Chiriquí 18 10 3 5 35 19 +16 33
3 San Francisco 18 10 3 5 29 16 +13 33
4 Chorrillo 18 8 8 2 32 17 +15 32
5 Chepo 18 10 2 6 37 24 +13 32
6 Sporting San Miguelito 18 8 4 6 28 19 +9 28
7 Árabe Unido 18 7 4 7 29 24 +5 25
8 Atlético Veragüense 18 3 4 11 20 44 −24 13
9 Alianza 18 2 5 11 22 43 −21 11
10 Plaza Amador 18 2 1 15 13 56 −43 7
Source: [citation needed]

Results table edit

Home \ Away ALI ÁRA ACH AVE CHE CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU
Alianza 1–3 4–4 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–3 2–3
Árabe Unido 2–0 2–0 6–0 1–3 1–3 4–0 0–1 1–0 2–3
Atl. Chiríqui 2–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 1–2
Atl. Veragüense 4–3 3–0 1–2 2–4 0–4 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1
Chepo 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–1 4–1
Chorrillo 3–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 5–1 1–2 1–0 1–1
Plaza Amador 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 2–3 1–4 0–5 0–1 1–2
San Francisco 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–0
Sporting 2–2 1–2 1–2 5–1 2–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 1–1
Tauro 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 6–2 1–1 7–1 1–1 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round edit

Semifinals (agg) Final
      
Chorrillo 6
Tauro 1
Chorrillo 0
San Francisco 0
San Francisco 3
Atlético Chiriquí 2

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1

Chorrillo3–1Tauro
Angel Lombardo   31'
Johnny Ruiz   38'
Bernardo Palma   85'
Edwin Aguilar   45'

Tauro0–3Chorrillo
Johnny Ruiz   60'
Rennan Addles   76'
Johnny Ruiz   82'

Semifinal 2

San Francisco0–1Atlético Chiriquí
Auriel Gallardo   3'

Atlético Chiriquí1–3San Francisco
Clive Trottman   76' Ricardo Phillips   12'
Brunet Hay   47'
Boris Alfaro   55'

Final edit

Chorrillo0–0San Francisco
Penalties
Engie Mitre  
Caio Milan  
Johnny Ruiz  
Diego Mosquera  
Marcos Villareal  
Derek James  
Julio Medina III  
Cesar Blackman  
4–5   Victor Herrera
  Brunet Hay
  Wess Torres
  Alberto Manotas
  Manuel Torres
  William Negrete
  Amir White
  Ricardo Phillips


 Apertura 2009 champion 
San Francisco
6th title

San Francisco qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top goalscorers edit

Pos Player Scored for Goals
1   Edwin Aguilar Tauro 18
2   Johnny Ruiz Chorrillo 17
3   Luis Jaramillo Chepo 11
4   Auriel Gallardo Atlético Chiriquí 10
5   Rennan Addles Chorrillo 9
  Boris Alfaro San Francisco 9
  Oscar Vargas Atlético Chiriquí 9
8   Orlando Rodríguez Árabe Unido 8
9   Luis Escobar Tauro 6
  Armando Polo Sporting San Miguelito 6
  Anthony Valdes Chiriquí 6

Apertura II edit

The Apertura II (officially the 2009 Copa Digicel Apertura for sponsorship reasons) was the second tournament of the season. It started August 8 and ended on December 13. Árabe Unido were crowned champions of the Liga Panameña de Fútbol for the fifth time after beating Tauro 3-2 in the final. With this win Árabe Unido earned a spot in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.

First round edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Árabe Unido 18 11 5 2 28 12 +16 38 Qualified to the final round
2 Atlético Chiriquí 18 11 2 5 36 26 +10 35
3 Tauro 18 9 5 4 38 22 +16 32
4 Chorrillo 18 7 6 5 21 21 0 27
5 San Francisco 18 7 5 6 25 23 +2 26
6 Sporting San Miguelito 18 7 4 7 37 30 +7 25
7 Plaza Amador 18 7 3 8 26 30 −4 24
8 Chepo 18 3 8 7 16 25 −9 17
9 Atlético Veragüense 18 3 4 11 22 36 −14 13
10 Alianza 18 1 6 11 12 36 −24 9
Source: [citation needed]

Results edit

Home \ Away ALI ÁRA ACH AVE CHE CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU
Alianza 0–0 1–2 1–4 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–2
Árabe Unido 3–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
Atl. Chiríqui 3–1 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 3–0 0–2
Atl. Veragüense 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–5
Chepo 3–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 3–3 1–0
Chorrillo 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–3 3–2 3–2 2–1
Plaza Amador 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–4 0–0
San Francisco 2–0 0–1 4–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–5
Sporting 7–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 4–4
Tauro 2–1 1–1 5–2 4–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round edit

Semifinals (agg) Final
      
Árabe Unido 4
Chorrillo 3
Árabe Unido 3
Tauro 2
Atlético Chiriquí 4
Tauro 7

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1

Chorrillo3–0Árabe Unido
Johnny Ruiz   15'   47'
Alcibiades Rojas   77'

Árabe Unido4–0Chorrillo
Orlando Rodríguez   24'
Victor Rene Mendieta Jr.   28'
Alejandro Veléz   43'
Camilo Aguirre   113'
Camilo Aguirre   113'

Semifinal 2


Atlético Chiriquí4–4Tauro
Auriel Gallardo   10'
Davis Granados   56'
Gabriel Ávila   62'
Javier Mercado   65'
Ricardo Amor   9'
Luis Tejada   41'   59'
Temistocles Perez   90'

Final edit

Árabe Unido3–2Tauro
Mendieta, Jr.   14'
Carroll   77'
Rodríguez   89'
Pérez   28', 54'


 Apertura II 2009 champion 
Árabe Unido
5th title

Árabe Unido qualified for 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top goalscorers edit

Position Player Scored for Goals
1   Armando Polo Sporting San Miguelito 12
2   Orlando Rodríguez
  Luis Tejada
  Johan de Avila
Árabe Unido
Tauro
Atlético Veragüense
10
5   Edwin Aguilar Tauro 9
6   Luis Morales Sporting San Miguelito 8
7   Anthony Basile
  Johnny Ruiz
  Temistocles Perez
  Luis Escobar
Plaza Amador
Chorrillo
Tauro
Tauro
7

Relegation table edit

For the second year in a row, Alianza had the fewest points at the end of the season and had to face Liga Nacional de Ascenso champion Río Abajo. Just as last year, Alianza defeated Río Abajo and stayed in the LPF.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tauro 36 19 11 6 78 45 +33 68
2 Atlético Chiriquí 36 21 5 10 71 45 +26 68
3 Árabe Unido 36 18 9 9 57 36 +21 63
4 San Francisco 36 17 8 11 54 39 +15 59
5 Chorrillo 36 15 14 7 53 38 +15 59
6 Sporting San Miguelito 36 15 8 13 65 48 +17 53
7 Chepo 36 13 10 13 53 49 +4 49
8 Plaza Amador 36 9 4 23 39 86 −47 31
9 Atlético Veragüense 36 6 8 22 42 80 −38 26
10 Alianza 36 3 11 22 34 79 −45 20 Relegation playoff
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion playoff edit


External links edit