2015–16 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

The 2015–16 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season (also known as the Liga Cable Onda) was the 26th season of top-flight football in Panama. The season began on 2015 and ended in May 2016. Ten teams competed throughout the entire season.

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season2015–16
ChampionsApertura: Árabe Unido
Clausura: Plaza Amador
RelegatedAtlético Chiriquí
Champions LeagueÁrabe Unido
Plaza Amador
Biggest home winÁrabe Unido 8-1 Atlético Chiriquí
Biggest away winAtlético Nacional 1-5 Atlético Chiriquí
Highest scoringÁrabe Unido 8-1 Atlético Chiriquí

Teams

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Independiente F.C. finished in 10th place in the overall table last season and were relegated to the Liga Nacional de Ascenso. Taking their place for this season are the overall champions of last season's Liga Nacional de Ascenso Atlético Nacional.

Club Home city Stadium
Alianza Panama City Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia
Árabe Unido Colón Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia (in Panama City)
Atlético Chiriquí David, Chiriquí Estadio San Cristóbal
Atlético Nacional Panama City Estadio Agustín "Muquita" Sánchez
Chepo Chepo Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia (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 Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia
Tauro Panama City Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia

2015 Apertura

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Personnel and sponsoring (2015 Apertura)

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alianza   TBD   Juan Pablo Lopera Lotto Balboa
Árabe Unido   TBD   Juan Sergio Guzmán Puma Pizza Hut
Atlético Chiriquí     Javier Wanchope Mitre ShowPro
Atletico Nacional     Daniel Valencia Lotto Subway
Chepo   TBD   Jorge Santos GEMS EGS, NCO
Chorrillo     Mike Stump Lotto McDonald's, Cremoso
Plaza Amador   TBD   Juan Carlos García Diadora Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana
San Francisco  Julio Quijano     Gary Stempel Lotto KFC, Canon, Banco General
Sporting San Miguelito   TBD   José Anthony “ Chalate” Torres Joma Kenwood, Hyundai
Tauro   TBD   Jorge Dely Valdés Patrick Publicar Páginas Amarillas

Managerial changes

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Beginning of the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Chorrillo   Julio Medina III TBD 2015   Mike Stump 8 May 2015 th (TBD)
Tauro   Mike Stump Sacked 2015   Jorge Dely Valdés 2015 th (TBD)

During the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Alianza   Juan Carlos Lopera Resigned September 21, 2015   Rúben Cardenas Rosales September 21, 2015 10th (Apertura 2015)
Atlético Chiriquí   Javier Wanchope Resigned October 12, 2015   Iván González October 12, 2015 th (Apertura 2015)
Tauro F.C.   Jorge Dely Valdés Sacked October 21, 2015   Rolando Palma October 21, 2015 th (Apertura 2015)

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Árabe Unido 18 12 3 3 30 15 +15 39 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Chorrillo 18 8 5 5 23 15 +8 29
3 Chepo 18 7 6 5 24 19 +5 27
4 Plaza Amador 18 7 5 6 19 17 +2 26
5 Sporting San Miguelito 18 6 6 6 27 25 +2 24
6 Tauro 18 6 5 7 15 16 −1 23
7 Atlético Nacional 18 6 4 8 20 26 −6 22
8 San Francisco 18 5 6 7 16 18 −2 21
9 Alianza 18 6 2 10 18 27 −9 20
10 Atlético Chiriquí 18 2 8 8 17 31 −14 14
Updated to match(es) played on 2015. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away ALI ATL DÁU CHI CHE CHO PA SF SSM TAU
Alianza 2–4 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–1
Atlético Nacional 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–3
Árabe Unido 2–0 1–0 8–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1
Atlético Chiriquí 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1
Chepo 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–5 0–0
Chorrillo 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1
Plaza Amador 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0
San Francisco 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–0
Sporting San Miguelito 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0
Tauro 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 2015. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

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Semifinals Final
        
1 Árabe Unido 1 2 3
4 Plaza Amador 2 0 2
1 Árabe Unido 1 (3)
3 Chorrillo 1 (0)
2 Chorrillo 1 1 2 (3)
3 Chepo 1 1 2 (1)

Semifinals

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First legs
Chepo1-2Chorrillo
Sergio Moreno   13' (pen.)
  74'
José Luis González   70'
Estadio Oscar Suman Carrillo
Referee: Luis Rodriguez

Plaza Amador2-1Árabe Unido
Valentin Pimentel   3'
Miguel Escobar   51'
Abdiel Macea   35'
Estadio Maracana de Panama
Referee: Rolando Vidal
Second legs
Árabe Unido2-0Plaza Amador
Armando Polo   15'
Abdiel Arroyo   34'
None
Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colon
Referee: Jafeth Perea

Arabe Unido won 3–2 on aggregate.


Chorrillo0-1Chepo
None José Luis González   46'
Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Ameth Sanchez

Chorrillio drew 2-2 on aggregate, they won in pen 4-3.

Finals

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Grand Final
Árabe Unido1-1Chorrillo
Abdiel Arroyo   19' [1] Luis Jaramillo   60'
Penalties
Jose Gonzales "pibe"  
Fidel Caesar  
Abdiel Arroyo  
3-0 Humberto Ward  
Miguel Camargo  
Sergio Moreno  
Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Referee: John Pitti


 Apertura 2015 champions 
Arabe Unido
14th title

List of foreign players in the league

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This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2015. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Panama national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

2016 Clausura

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Personnel and sponsoring (2016 Clausura)

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alianza   TBD   Rubén Cárdenas x Lotto Balboa
Árabe Unido   TBD   Juan Sergio Guzmán Puma Pizza Hut
Atlético Chiriquí     Mario Mendez x Mitre ShowPro
Atletico Nacional     Daniel Valencia Lotto Subway
Chepo   TBD   Jorge Santos x GEMS EGS, NCO
Chorrillo     Mike Stump x Lotto McDonald's, Cremoso
Plaza Amador   TBD   Jair Palacios x Diadora Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana
San Francisco  Julio Quijano     Gary Stempel x Lotto KFC, Canon, Banco General
Sporting San Miguelito   TBD   José Anthony “ Chalate” Torres TBD Kenwood, Hyundai
Tauro   TBD   Rolando Palma x TBD Publicar Páginas Amarillas

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Nacional 18 9 5 4 23 21 +2 32 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Plaza Amador 18 7 8 3 16 9 +7 29
3 Árabe Unido 18 8 3 7 20 17 +3 27
4 Chorrillo 18 7 5 6 20 16 +4 26
5 Atlético Chiriquí 18 7 5 6 19 17 +2 26
6 Tauro 18 6 5 7 15 17 −2 23
7 Chepo 18 6 4 8 18 23 −5 22
8 Sporting San Miguelito 18 5 6 7 16 21 −5 21
9 San Francisco 18 5 5 8 20 23 −3 20
10 Alianza 18 6 2 10 19 22 −3 20
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away ALI ATL DÁU CHI CHE CHO PA SF SSM TAU
Alianza 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0
Atlético Nacional 3–2 2–0 1–5 2–2 1–0 0–4 3–0 0–2 0–0
Árabe Unido 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–0
Atlético Chiriquí 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
Chepo 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1
Chorrillo 1–0 0–0 0–4 3–3 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1
Plaza Amador 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1
San Francisco 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–4 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0
Sporting San Miguelito 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–2
Tauro 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–4 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2016. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

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Semifinals Final
        
1 Atletico Nacional 0 0 0
4 Chorrillo 0 3 3
4 Chorrillo 0
3 Plaza Amador 1
2 Árabe Unido 2 0 2
3 Plaza Amador 0 3 3

Semifinals

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First legs
Árabe Unido2-0Plaza Amador
Joseph Cox   22'
Armando Cooper   35'
None None
Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón
Referee: Ameth Sanchez

Chorrillo0-0Atletico Nacional
None None
Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Rolando Vidal
Second legs
Plaza Amador3-0Árabe Unido
Ricaurte Barsallo   9'
  116'
Ernesto Sinclair   48'
None
Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Victor Rios

Plaza Amador won 3–2 on aggregate.


Atletico Nacional0-3Chorrillo
None Josue Flores   93'
Rodolfo Ford   105'
Luis Jaramillo   111'
Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Jafeth Perea

Chorrillio won 3-0 on aggregate.

Finals

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Grand Final
Plaza Amador1-0Chorrillo
Ernesto Sinclair   23' None
Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Referee: Jose kelly's


 Clausura 2016 champions 
Plaza Amador
6th title

List of foreign players in the league

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This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2016. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Panama national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
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