2009 Liga Nacional de Ascenso

The Liga Nacional de Ascenso 2009 season (officially "Torneo Primera A 2009") started on February 28, 2009. The defending champion and Apertura winner was Río Abajo and the Clausura winner was Orión. On December 12, 2009, a grand final was played where Río Abajo were crowned champions of the Liga Nacional de Ascenso after defeating Orión 3–1. However (as it happened in the 2008 edition) Río Abajo lost the promotion play-off, but this time against Alianza in a 2–1 aggregate score, thus failing to promote to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol.

Liga Nacional de Ascenso
Season2009
ChampionsRío Abajo
PromotedNo promotion
RelegatedNo relegation
Top goalscorerApertura:Panama Andy Nuñez (20 goals)
Clausura:Panama Roberty Morales (21 goals)
Biggest home winOrión 9–1 Génesis
Biggest away winGénesis 0–13 Pan de Azúcar
Highest scoringGénesis 0–13 Pan de Azúcar
2008

The champion was promoted directly without playing a promotion play-off.

Changes for 2009

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  • The league increased the number of participating teams from 8 to 10.
  • After the Apertura I season Primera A changed its name to Liga Nacional de Ascenso.

Liga Nacional de Ascenso 2009 teams

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Primera A 2009 team distribution
Club City Stadium
Atlético Nacional Panama City Cuadro de Kobee
Chorrillito Arraiján Campo de Campana
C.A.I. La Chorrera Estadio Agustín Sánchez
El Tecal Arraiján Campo de Campana
Génesis Panama City Estadio Balboa
Millenium Panama City Estadio Bernardo Gil
Orión San Miguelito Estadio Bernardo Gil
Pan de Azúcar San Miguelito Estadio Balboa
Paraíso San Miguelito Estadio Bernardo Gil
Río Abajo Panama City Estadio Bernardo Gil

Primera A Apertura 2009 I

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Standings

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Place Team Played Won Draw Lost Goals Scored Goals Conceded +/- Points
1. Río Abajo 18 12 5 1 48 20 +28 41
2. Atlético Nacional 18 10 5 3 34 17 +17 35
3. C.A.I. 18 11 2 5 35 22 +13 35
4. Paraíso 18 9 5 4 43 28 +15 32
5. Chorrillito 18 10 1 7 35 36 -1 31
6. Pan de Azúcar 18 7 3 8 49 33 +16 24
7. Orión 18 7 2 9 37 33 +4 23
8. Millenium 18 5 3 10 29 38 -9 18
9. El Tecal 18 4 2 12 19 48 -29 14
10. Génesis 18 1 0 17 19 72 -53 3
Qualified to the final round.

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Atlético Nacional654222244333322222
Chorrillito222454433454444445
Independiente111111111111233333
El Tecal345778999889999999
Génesis81010899101010101010101010101010
Millenium433235678998888888
Orión666566755545666777
Pan de Azúcar10981087566777777666
Paraíso98991010887666555554
Río Abajo477643322222111111
Source: [1] (in Spanish)

Results table

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Home \ Away ATL CHO CAI ELT GÉN MIL ORI PAN PAR RÍO
Atl. Nacional 3–1 3–1 2–0 7–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–2
Chorrillito 1–5 0–3 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 4–2 0–4
C.A.I. 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–3
El Tecal 0–2 0–4 1–2 2–1 1–1 4–2 0–3 0–6 0–2
Génesis (2)* 3–2 1–3 1–2 0–3** 1–4 0–13 1–6 0–7
Millenium 2–3 0–1 2–1 6–0 1–0 1–2 3–7 1–2 1–5
Orión 1–1 0–2 3–0 4–1 6–4 0–1 5–2 3–1 0–1
Pan de Azúcar 0–1 3–4 0–4 3–4 3–0 4–0 2–0 3–3 0–0
Paraíso 3–1 2–0 0–3 2–2 5–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 0–1
Río Abajo 1–1 2–4 2–0 4–2 4–2 2–2 3–1 4–2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • [*] Génesis and Atlético Nacional was initially postponed to a later date. The game result is unknown however it is known that Atl. Nacional managed to beat Génesis.
  • [**]Millenium won by default because Genesis did not show up.

Final Round

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Semifinals (agg) Final
      
Río Abajo 5
Paraíso 4
Río Abajo 1
C.A.I. 0
Atlético Nacional 1
C.A.I. 2

Semifinals 1st leg

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Semifinals 2nd leg

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Final

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Río Abajo1–0C.A.I.
John Gittens   115'
Apertura 2009 I Champion:
Río Abajo

Top Goal Scorer

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Position Player Scored for Goals
1   Andy Nuñez Pan de Azúcar 20
2   Mario Cox Chorrillito 17
3   Roberty Morales Pan de Azúcar 13
4 Shamar Amantine Orión 10
5   Aramis Haywood Río Abajo 9

Liga Nacional de Ascenso Apertura 2009 II

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Standings

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Place Team Played Won Draw Lost Goals Scored Goals Conceded +/- Points
1. Río Abajo 18 13 1 4 52 16 +36 40
2. Paraíso 18 11 3 4 42 25 +17 36
3. Orión 18 10 3 5 62 34 +28 33
4. Pan de Azúcar 18 10 2 6 37 31 +6 32
5. Chorrillito 18 10 1 7 37 24 +13 31
6. Atlético Nacional 18 8 4 6 36 25 +11 28
7. Independiente 18 5 4 9 31 45 -14 19
8. Millenium 18 5 3 10 27 46 -19 18
9. El Tecal 18 4 5 9 33 46 -13 17
10. Génesis 18 0 2 16 15 80 -65 2
Qualified to the final round.

Results table

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Home \ Away ATL CHO CAI ELT GÉN MIL ORI PAN PAR RÍO
Atl. Nacional 0–1 6–1 2–2 5–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–3
Chorrillito 2–4 5–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–4 1–2 1–0
C.A.I. 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–3 2–2 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–3
El Tecal 2–3 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 3–3 3–5 2–3
Génesis 0–5 0–4 1–4 2–3 2–2 3–7 0–6 0–5 1–9
Millenium 2–1 2–4 2–2 3–4 2–1 2–5 1–1 0–4 1–0
Orión 2–3 1–2 6–3 4–1 9–1 3–3 5–0 5–1 2–3
Pan de Azúcar 1–1 2–1 3–2 4–1 3–1 6–2 2–0 0–1 0–6
Paraíso 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 5–0 0–2 3–6 1–2 1–0
Río Abajo 4–0 1–0 4–0 6–0 4–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Atlético Nacional533222255554556656
Chorrillito898375677976665465
Independiente744887766667777877
El Tecal155768889889999999
Génesis101010101010101010101010101010101010
Millenium986999998798888788
Orión579653322313442333
Pan de Azúcar212546543245334544
Paraíso367334434421113222
Río Abajo421111111132221111
Source: [2] (in Spanish)

Final Round

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Semifinals (agg) Final
      
Río Abajo 3
Pan de Azúcar 2
Río Abajo 3
Orión 3
Paraíso 2
Orión 3

Semifinals 1st leg

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Orión2–1Paraíso
Roberty Morales  
Luis Rentería  
Eugenio Galvan  

Pan de Azúcar1–1Río Abajo
Eladio Carranza   Aramis Haywood  

Semifinals 2nd leg

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Paraíso1–1Orión
William Jimenez   Jorgen Jaén  

Río Abajo2–1Pan de Azúcar
Cesar Gutierrez   7'
Jefferson Viveros   34'
Joel Valdes   10'

Final

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Río Abajo3–3Orión
Fidel Cesar   36'
Cesar Gutierrez   42'
Jefferson Viveros   74'
Jose Ruiz   10'
Mark Victoria   50'
Arturo Castillo   85'
Penalties
3–5
Apertura 2009 II Champion:
Orión

Top Goal Scorer

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Position Player Scored for Goals
1   Roberty Morales Orión 21
2   Jefferson Viveros Río Abajo 19
3   Luis Rentería
  Eduardo Santos
Orión
Chorrillito
15
5   Andy Nuñez Pan de Azúcar 10

Liga Nacional de Ascenso 2009 Grand Final

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Club Champion
Río Abajo Apertura 2009 I Champion
Orión Apertura 2009 II Champion

Grand Final

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Río Abajo3–1Orión
Aramis Haywood   3'   44'
Yan Palacios   28'
Arturo Castillo   6'
Primera A 2008 Champion:
  
Río Abajo
2nd Title

Promotion playoff

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Alianza 2–1 Río Abajo 1–1 1–0
Río Abajo remain in Liga Nacional de Ascenso

1st leg

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Alianza1–1Río Abajo
Francisco Lopez   4' Jefferson Viveros   21'

2nd leg

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Río Abajo0–1Alianza
William Aguilar   87'