2018–19 Liga Panameña de Fútbol

The 2018–19 Liga Panameña de Fútbol (also known as the Liga Cable Onda) was the 28th season of the Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top-flight football league in Panama. The season began on 17 July 2017 and was scheduled to end in May 2018. Ten teams competed throughout the entire season.

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season2018–19
ChampionsApertura: Tauro
Clausura: Independiente
RelegatedSanta Gema
CONCACAF LeagueTauro
Independiente
San Francisco
Matches played65
Goals scored134 (2.06 per match)
Biggest home winPlaza Amador 3-0 Chorrillo
Chorrillo 3-0 Atletico Veraguense
Highest scoringSan Francisco 2-3 Atletico Veraguense

Teams

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Chorrillo formed with Deportivo Centenario de Coclé and la Universidad Latina de Panamá to become Unión Deportivo Universitario therefore there was no need for a relegation. [1] Taking their place for this season are the overall champions of last season's Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Costa del Este F.C.

Club Home city Stadium
Alianza Panama City Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia
Árabe Unido Colón Armando Dely Valdes
Unión Deportivo Universitario Santiago de Veraguas Aristocles "Toco" Castillo
Costa del Este F.C. Panama City Estadio Maracaná
Independiente La Chorrera Estadio Maracaná
Plaza Amador Panama City Estadio Maracaná
San Francisco La Chorrera Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Santa Gema Arraiján Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Sporting San Miguelito San Miguelito Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia
Tauro Panama City Estadio Rommel Fernandez

Managerial changes

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Before the start of the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Plaza Amador   Juan Carlos García Sacked May 2018   Jorge Santos May 2018 th (TBD)
Tauro FC   Sergio Angulo Contract Finished June 2018   Juan Carlos García June 2018 th (TBD)
Arabe Unido   Sergio Guzman Contract Finished June 2018   Carlos Ruiz June 2018 th (TBD)

During the Apertura season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Tauro F.C.   Juan Carlos García Sacked September 2018   Saúl Maldonado September 2018 10th (Apertura 2017)
Sporting San Miguelito   Noel Gutierrez Mutual Agreement September 2018   Gustavo Avila September 2018 9th (Apertura 2017)
San Francisco FC   Andres Dominguez Mutual Agreement September 2018   Sergio Angulo September 2018 9th (Apertura 2017)
Arabe Unidos   Carlos Ruiz Sacked September 2018   José 'Chicho' Pérez September 2018 th (Apertura 2017)
UD Universitario   Óscar Upegui Sacked September 2018   Julio Medina September 2018 th (Apertura 2017)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Independiente FC   Donaldo Gonzales Sacked December 2018   Francisco Perlo December 2018 9th (Apertura 2018)
Plaza Amador   Jorge Santos Sacked December 2018   Javier Alvarez December 2018 th (Apertura 2018)
Alianza   Jair Palacios Sacked December 2018   Alberto Nino Valencia December 2018 th (Apertura 2018)
CD Universitario   Julio Medina Sacked December 2018   Gustavo Onaindia December 2018 th (Apertura 2018)
San Francisco FC   Sergio Angulo Contract not renewed December 2018   Gonzalo Soto December 2018 th (Apertura 2018)
Costa Del Este FC   Angel Sanchez Contract finished December 2018   Carlos Pérez Porras December 2018 th (Apertura 2018)
Sporting San Miguelito   Gustavo Avila Sacked December 2018   Jair Palacios December 2018 th (Pre Season)

During the Clausura season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Costa Del Este FC   Carlos Pérez Porras Sacked February 2019   Juan Carlos Fuentes February 2019 10th (Clausura 2019)
Santa Gema   Jose Torres Sacked March 2019   Carlos Rivera March 2019 10th (Clausura 2019)
CD Universitario   Gustavo Onaindia Sacked March 2019   Donaldo Gonzales March 2019 10th (Clausura 2019)
Alianza   Alberto Nino Valencia Sacked March 2019   Celio Garces March 2019 10th (Clausura 2019)

Apertura

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Personnel and sponsoring (2018 Apertura)

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alianza   TBD   Jair Palacios Keuka Balboa
Árabe Unido   TBD   Carlos Ruiz Kelme Pizza Hut, Panama Colon, Aguaseo
CD Universitario   TBD   Óscar Upegui Lotto McDonald's
Costa del Este F.C.     Angel Sanchez Adidas McDonald's, Cremoso
Independiente   Donaldo Gonzales Everlast Cemento Interoceanico, ECO Moda
Plaza Amador   TBD   Jorge Santos Umbro Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana
Santa Gema     Mario Anthony "Chalate" Torres Kelme ShowPro, PSA Panama
San Francisco Julio Quijano   Andrés Domínguez Puma KFC, Banco General
Sporting San Miguelito   TBD   Noel Gutierrez Keuka Los Andes, URBE, pío Pío
Tauro   TBD   Juan Carlos García Patrick Touritos, Argos, Caja de Ahorros

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Costa del Este 18 7 8 3 18 12 +6 29 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Árabe Unido 18 8 4 6 18 17 +1 28
3 Tauro 18 7 6 5 33 20 +13 27 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Plaza Amador 18 6 7 5 15 14 +1 25
5 San Francisco 18 7 4 7 19 19 0 25
6 Alianza 18 5 8 5 16 17 −1 23
7 Santa Gema 18 5 7 6 20 24 −4 22
8 Universitario 18 5 6 7 18 23 −5 21
9 Independiente 18 4 8 6 20 22 −2 20
10 Sporting San Miguelito 18 3 8 7 17 26 −9 17
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away ALI ARA CDE IND PLA SFR SGE SSM TAU UNI
Alianza 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0
Árabe Unido 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0
Costa del Este 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–3
Independiente 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–2
Plaza Amador 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1
San Francisco 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–1
Santa Gema 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1
Sporting San Miguelito 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–3
Tauro 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 3–0 5–0 1–2
Universitario 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–4
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

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Plaza Amador1 – 2San Francisco
Jose Murillo   90' Guido Rouse   14'
Jhamal Rodriguez   78'
Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Victor Rios

Tauro1 – 0Alianza
Enrico Small   88' [2] None
Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez
Referee: Jose Kellys

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Árabe Unido 1 – 3 Tauro 0 – 2 1 – 1
Costa del Este 4 – 3 San Francisco 3 – 1 0 – 0
First leg
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Tauro2 – 0Árabe Unido
Enrico Small   34'
Gustavo Chará   93'
[3] None
Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City

San Francisco1 – 3Costa del Este F.C.
Edson Samms   26' Ernesto Sinclair   11'   22'   45'
Estadio Agustín Muquita Sánchez, La Chorrera
Second leg
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Árabe Unido1 – 1Tauro
Edwin Aguilar   37' Blas Perez   92'
Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón

Tauro won 3-1 on aggregate.


Costa del Este F.C.1 – 2San Francisco
Ernesto Sinclair   55' Ervin Zorrila   47'
Guido Rouse   65'
Estadio Rommel Fernandez Gutiérrez, Panama City

Costa del Este won 4-3 on aggregate.

Final

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Costa del Este1-2Tauro
Edwin Aguilar own   15' [ ] Edwin Aguilar   3'
Jesus Gonzales   119'
Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: TBD
Referee: John Pitti

Clausura

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Personnel and sponsoring (2019 Clausura)

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alianza   TBD   Celio Garces Keuka Cemento Interoceanico
Árabe Unido   TBD   José 'Chicho' Pérez Kelme Pizza Hut
Unión Deportivo Universitario   TBD   Donaldo Gonzales Keuka EGS, NCO
Costa del Este F.C.     Juan Carlos Fuentes Adidas McDonald's, Cremoso
Independiente     Francisco Perlo Everlast Cemento Interoces, Eco Moda, Las Anclas, Preval
Plaza Amador   TBD   Javier Alvarez Umbro Balboa
Santa Gema     Carlos Rivera Kelme ShowPro
San Francisco  Julio Quijano   Gonzalo Soto Puma KFC, Canon, Banco General, Balboa
Sporting San Miguelito   TBD   Jair Palacios Keuka Pio Pio, Los Andes Mall, GMG, Melo
Tauro   TBD   Saul Maldonado Patrick Publica Amarias, Dominos, Estrella Azul, Argos, Capital Bank

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 San Francisco 18 11 5 2 33 15 +18 38 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Árabe Unido 18 10 5 3 28 17 +11 35
3 Independiente 18 10 4 4 30 18 +12 34 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Tauro 18 8 4 6 24 18 +6 28
5 Sporting San Miguelito 18 8 4 6 21 15 +6 28
6 Universitario 18 7 4 7 22 22 0 25
7 Plaza Amador 18 6 6 6 16 12 +4 24
8 Costa del Este 18 6 5 7 20 18 +2 23
9 Alianza 18 4 3 11 14 30 −16 15
10 Santa Gema 18 0 0 18 7 50 −43 0
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away ALI ARA CDE IND PLA SFR SGE SSM TAU UNI
Alianza 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–3
Árabe Unido 4–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–4 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–2
Costa del Este 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–2
Independiente 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 4–3 0–0
Plaza Amador 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–0
San Francisco 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–0
Santa Gema 0–4 2–3 0–3 0–3 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–4
Sporting San Miguelito 1–1 0–0 5–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0
Tauro 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 4–0
Universitario 3–0 1–2 0–4 1–4 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

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Independiente2–1Universitario
Aguilar   23'
Torres   40'
Report Dinalos   78'
Referee: Ameth Sánchez

Tauro1–0Sporting San Miguelito
Catuy   15' Report

Semifinals

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First leg
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Tauro1–1San Francisco
Ariano   58' Zúñiga   34'

Independiente2–1Árabe Unido
Negrete   41'
Aguilar   65'
Arroyo   31'
Referee: Oliver Vergara
Second leg
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Árabe Unido2–1Independiente
  • Heraldez   7'
  • Cox   63'
  • Negrete   5'
Penalties
4-5
Referee: Ameth Sánchez

San Francisco1–0Tauro
Jhamal Rodríguez   42' (pen.)

Final

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San Francisco1–1 (a.e.t.)Independiente
Guido Rouse   120+4' Abdiel Ayarza   117'
Penalties
1-4

Aggregate table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 San Francisco (Q) 36 18 9 9 52 34 +18 63 CONCACAF League preliminary round[a]
2 Árabe Unido 36 18 9 9 46 34 +12 63
3 Tauro (Q) 36 15 10 11 57 38 +19 55 CONCACAF League round of 16[b]
4 Independiente (Q) 36 14 12 10 50 40 +10 54 CONCACAF League round of 16[c]
5 Costa del Este 36 13 13 10 38 30 +8 52
6 Plaza Amador 36 12 13 11 31 26 +5 49
7 Universitario 36 12 10 14 40 45 −5 46
8 Sporting San Miguelito 36 11 12 13 38 41 −3 45
9 Alianza 36 9 11 16 30 47 −17 38
10 Santa Gema (R) 36 5 7 24 27 74 −47 22 Relegated to Liga de Ascenso
Source: Soccerway Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ As runners-up with better aggregate record (PAN3)
  2. ^ As Apertura champions (PAN1)
  3. ^ As Clausura champions (PAN2)

List of foreign players in the league

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This is a list of foreign players for the 2018-2019. The following players:

  1. have played at least one game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Panama national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace [4]
Alianza
  •   Robyn Pertuz
  •   Adrian Ararat
  •   Edwin Grueso
  •   Mike Campaz
  •   Yeferson Paz
  •   Mauricio Castaño  
  •   Giandemir Jaen Ríos  
Arabe Unido
  •   Faber Gil
  •   Raul Peñaranda  
  •   Mauricio Castaño
  •   Miguel Lloyd  
  •   Johnatan Mosquera
Chosta del Este FC
Independiente
Plaza Amador
  •   Nicolás Parodi
  •   José Tamburell
Santa Gema
  •   Juan Cano x
  •   Jhoan Romero x
  •   Milton Segura x
San Francisco FC
Sporting San Miguelito
  •   Wilmer Largacha  
  •   Jorge Sandoval x
  •   Daniel Cano
Tauro FC
  •   Alexander Amut
  •   Gustavo Chara  
  •   Juan Andrés Balanta
  •     Santiago Feuillassier
UD Universitario

  (player released mid season)   (player released during Apertura and Clausura)

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