Liga Panameña de Fútbol Apertura 2009
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The 2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season is the 22nd season of top-flight football in Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

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Teams

Club City Stadium
Alianza
Alianza F.C. (Panama)
Alianza F.C. is a professional soccer club located in Panama that plays in Liga Profesional de Fútbol the highest soccer league in Panama. Alianza won the Primera A championship in 1998-99 to win promotion to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol where they have been since...

Panama City
Panama City
Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

Estadio Camping Resort
Estadio Camping Resort
Estadio Camping Resort is a Football stadium in Chilibre, Panamá who hosts ANAPROF team Alianza F.C. since 2001....

Árabe Unido Colón
Colón, Panama
Colón is a sea port on the Caribbean Sea coast of Panama. The city lies near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. It is capital of Panama's Colón Province and has traditionally been known as Panama's second city....

Estadio Armando Dely Valdes
Estadio Armando Dely Valdes
Estadio Armando Dely Valdés is a multi-purpose stadium in Colón, Panama. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of CD Árabe Unido....

Atlético Chiriquí
Atletico Chiriqui
Club Atlético Chiriquí is a Panamanian football team playing in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in David, Chiriquí and was founded on June 18, 2002 by Luis Denis Arce. Their home stadium is Estadio San Cristóbal.-Foundation:...

David Estadio San Cristobal
Estadio San Cristóbal
Estadio San Cristóbal is a stadium in Chiriquí Province, Panama. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Atlético Chiriquí....

Atlético Veragüense
Atletico Veraguense
Atlético Veragüense is a Panamanian football team playing in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in Santiago de Veraguas in Veraguas province. Its home stadium is Estadio Aristocles Castillo. The team was previously known as La Primavera...

Santiago
Santiago de Veraguas
Santiago de Veraguas is the capital of the Panamanian province Veraguas. Santiago is located in southern Veraguas near the provincial border with Herrera. The city has approximately 60,059 people according to the Panama 1990 Census. Santiago is one of the oldest settlements in Panama. The...

Estadio Aristocles Castillo
Chepo
Chepo F.C.
Chepo F.C. is a Panamanian football team playing at the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in Chepo. It was founded in 1999 under the name of Proyecto 2000 where it gathered young players from around the country aspiring to win a ticket to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol one day...

Chepo
Chepo
Chepo is a town located northeast of Panama City in Chepo District, Panamá province, Panama. It is located five kilometers south of the Inter-American Highway. It is a sprawling town that is nearly a suburb of Panama City. It contains a gas station, hospital, ATM, and a variety of stores....

Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)
Chorrillo Panama City
Panama City
Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

Estadio Javier Cruz
Estadio Javier Cruz
Estadio Javier Cruz 'Artes y Oficios is a multi-purpose stadium. It located at the corner of Ricardo J. Alfaro Avenue and Vía Simón Bolivar in Panama City, Republic of Panama; close to Colegio de Artes Y Oficios Melchor Lasso de La Vega, from which it has received part of his name. It is currently...

Plaza Amador Panama City
Panama City
Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

Estadio Javier Cruz
Estadio Javier Cruz
Estadio Javier Cruz 'Artes y Oficios is a multi-purpose stadium. It located at the corner of Ricardo J. Alfaro Avenue and Vía Simón Bolivar in Panama City, Republic of Panama; close to Colegio de Artes Y Oficios Melchor Lasso de La Vega, from which it has received part of his name. It is currently...

San Francisco
San Francisco F.C.
San Francisco Fútbol Club is a professional football team located in La Chorrera, Panamá, that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. The club plays its games in Estadio Agustín Sánchez. San Francisco have won 6 Liga Panameña de Fútbol championships, the second...

La Chorrera
La Chorrera, Panama
La Chorrera is a city and municipality in southern Panama which is located about 30 km south-west of Panama City. It is the second largest city in the country, with about 180,000 inhabitants. La Chorrera is renowned for its international fair and famous as being the home of Bollo and...

Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Sporting San Miguelito San Miguelito
San Miguelito, Panamá
San Miguelito District is a district of Panamá Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 293,745.The district covers a total area of 50 km²...

Estadio Bernardo Gil
Estadio Bernardo Gil
Estadio Bernardo "Candela" Gil is a Football stadium in San Miguelito, Panamá which hosts ANAPROF team Sporting San Miguelito, Chepo F.C. and Plaza Amador and Primera A teams Orión and Paraiso F.C.....

Tauro
Tauro F.C.
Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven...

Panama City
Panama City
Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)


Standings

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|align="left"|Tauro
Tauro F.C.
Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven...


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| 36
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|align="left"|Atlético Chiriquí
Atletico Chiriqui
Club Atlético Chiriquí is a Panamanian football team playing in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in David, Chiriquí and was founded on June 18, 2002 by Luis Denis Arce. Their home stadium is Estadio San Cristóbal.-Foundation:...


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| 10
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|align="left"|San Francisco
San Francisco F.C.
San Francisco Fútbol Club is a professional football team located in La Chorrera, Panamá, that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. The club plays its games in Estadio Agustín Sánchez. San Francisco have won 6 Liga Panameña de Fútbol championships, the second...


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|align="left"|Chorrillo
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|align="left"|Chepo
Chepo F.C.
Chepo F.C. is a Panamanian football team playing at the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in Chepo. It was founded in 1999 under the name of Proyecto 2000 where it gathered young players from around the country aspiring to win a ticket to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol one day...


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|align="left"|Sporting San Miguelito
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|align="left"|Árabe Unido
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| 8.
|align="left"|Atlético Veragüense
Atletico Veraguense
Atlético Veragüense is a Panamanian football team playing in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in Santiago de Veraguas in Veraguas province. Its home stadium is Estadio Aristocles Castillo. The team was previously known as La Primavera...


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|align="left"|Alianza
Alianza F.C. (Panama)
Alianza F.C. is a professional soccer club located in Panama that plays in Liga Profesional de Fútbol the highest soccer league in Panama. Alianza won the Primera A championship in 1998-99 to win promotion to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol where they have been since...


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| 11
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|align="left"|Plaza Amador
Plaza Amador
Plaza Amador is a Panamanian soccer club, that currently plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is one of the oldest teams in Panama.- History :...


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Qualified to the final round.

Results table

  • Please note that the home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

Final round

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

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Semifinal 2

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Final

Apertura 2009 Champion:

San Francisco
San Francisco F.C.
San Francisco Fútbol Club is a professional football team located in La Chorrera, Panamá, that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. The club plays its games in Estadio Agustín Sánchez. San Francisco have won 6 Liga Panameña de Fútbol championships, the second...


6th Title


San Francisco qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Scored for Goals
1   Edwin Aguilar
Edwin Aguilar
Edwin Aguilar is a Panamanian professional footballer playing in Colombia for Categoria Primera A team Real Cartagena.-Club career:...

Tauro
Tauro F.C.
Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven...

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2   Johnny Ruiz Chorrillo 17
3   Luis Jaramillo
Luis Jaramillo
Luis Jaramillo is a football midfielder who currently plays in Panama for Liga Panameña de Fútbol team Plaza Amador.He is also a member of the Panama national football team...

Chepo
Chepo F.C.
Chepo F.C. is a Panamanian football team playing at the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in Chepo. It was founded in 1999 under the name of Proyecto 2000 where it gathered young players from around the country aspiring to win a ticket to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol one day...

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4   Auriel Gallardo Atlético Chiriquí
Atletico Chiriqui
Club Atlético Chiriquí is a Panamanian football team playing in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in David, Chiriquí and was founded on June 18, 2002 by Luis Denis Arce. Their home stadium is Estadio San Cristóbal.-Foundation:...

10
5   Rennan Addles Chorrillo 9
  Boris Alfaro
Boris Alfaro
Boris Alfaro is a Panamanian football striker. He currently plays for Universitario de Sucre in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano. He is also a member of the Panama national football team.-References:**...

San Francisco
San Francisco F.C.
San Francisco Fútbol Club is a professional football team located in La Chorrera, Panamá, that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. The club plays its games in Estadio Agustín Sánchez. San Francisco have won 6 Liga Panameña de Fútbol championships, the second...

9
  Oscar Vargas
Oscar Vargas
Oscar Vargas is a Panamenian football striker, who currently plays for Atletico Chiriqui.-External links:*...

Atlético Chiriquí
Atletico Chiriqui
Club Atlético Chiriquí is a Panamanian football team playing in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in David, Chiriquí and was founded on June 18, 2002 by Luis Denis Arce. Their home stadium is Estadio San Cristóbal.-Foundation:...

9
8   Orlando Rodríguez
Orlando Rodríguez
Orlando Rodríguez is a Panamanian footballer. He currently plays for León de Huánuco.-International career:Rodríguez has made 16 appearances for the senior Panama national football team, and was part of the squad that took part in the UNCAF Nations Cup 2005.-National Titles:*Liga Panameña de...

Árabe Unido 8
9   Luis Escobar Tauro
Tauro F.C.
Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven...

6
  Armando Polo Sporting San Miguelito 6
  Anthony Valdes Chiriquí
Atletico Chiriqui
Club Atlético Chiriquí is a Panamanian football team playing in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in David, Chiriquí and was founded on June 18, 2002 by Luis Denis Arce. Their home stadium is Estadio San Cristóbal.-Foundation:...

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Apertura II

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
Tauro F.C.
Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven...

 3-2 in the final. With this win Árabe Unido earned a spot in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League
2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League
The 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League was the 3rd edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current format. The tournament began on July 27, 2010 and ended on April 27, 2011. Monterrey of Mexico won their first title, defeating Real Salt Lake of the United States 3-2 on aggregate in the...

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Standings

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Results

  • Please note that the home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

Final round

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

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Semifinal 2

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Final

Apertura II 2009 Champion:

Árabe Unido
5th Title


Árabe Unido qualified for 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League
2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League
The 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League was the 3rd edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current format. The tournament began on July 27, 2010 and ended on April 27, 2011. Monterrey of Mexico won their first title, defeating Real Salt Lake of the United States 3-2 on aggregate in the...

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Top goalscorers

Position Player Scored for Goals
1   Armando Polo
Armando Polo
Armando Enrique Polo is a Panamanian football striker, who currently plays in Czech Republic for the Gambrinus Liga side Sparta Prague following his winter 2011 transfer from Chepo F.C. for a fee rumoured to be £ 140,000....

Sporting San Miguelito 12
2   Orlando Rodríguez
Orlando Rodríguez
Orlando Rodríguez is a Panamanian footballer. He currently plays for León de Huánuco.-International career:Rodríguez has made 16 appearances for the senior Panama national football team, and was part of the squad that took part in the UNCAF Nations Cup 2005.-National Titles:*Liga Panameña de...


  Luis Tejada
Luis Tejada
Luis "Matador" Tejada is a Panamanian professional association football striker. He currently plays for Juan Aurich of the Peruvian Primera División and the Panamanian national team.-Club career:...


  Johan de Avila
Árabe Unido
Tauro
Tauro F.C.
Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven...


Atlético Veragüense
Atletico Veraguense
Atlético Veragüense is a Panamanian football team playing in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in Santiago de Veraguas in Veraguas province. Its home stadium is Estadio Aristocles Castillo. The team was previously known as La Primavera...

10
5   Edwin Aguilar
Edwin Aguilar
Edwin Aguilar is a Panamanian professional footballer playing in Colombia for Categoria Primera A team Real Cartagena.-Club career:...

Tauro
Tauro F.C.
Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven...

9
6   Luis Morales Sporting San Miguelito 8
7   Anthony Basile
  Johnny Ruiz
  Temistocles Perez
  Luis Escobar
Plaza Amador
Plaza Amador
Plaza Amador is a Panamanian soccer club, that currently plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is one of the oldest teams in Panama.- History :...


Chorrillo
Tauro
Tauro F.C.
Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven...


Tauro
Tauro F.C.
Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven...

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Relegation table

For the second year in a row, Alianza
Alianza F.C. (Panama)
Alianza F.C. is a professional soccer club located in Panama that plays in Liga Profesional de Fútbol the highest soccer league in Panama. Alianza won the Primera A championship in 1998-99 to win promotion to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol where they have been since...

 had the least amount of points at the end of the season and had to face Liga Nacional de Ascenso champion Río Abajo
Río Abajo F.C.
Río Abajo Fútbol Club is a Panamanian football team playing at Liga Nacional de Ascenso. The team is based in Panama City.Río Abajo is the team that has won the most championships in the Liga Nacional de Ascenso with 2 titles in 2008 and 2009 after defeating Orión twice 2-1 and 3-1 respectively...

. Just as last year, Alianza defeated Río Abajo and stayed in the LPF.

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|align="left"|Tauro
Tauro F.C.
Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven...


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|align="left"|Atlético Chiriquí
Atletico Chiriqui
Club Atlético Chiriquí is a Panamanian football team playing in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in David, Chiriquí and was founded on June 18, 2002 by Luis Denis Arce. Their home stadium is Estadio San Cristóbal.-Foundation:...


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|align="left"|Árabe Unido
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|align="left"|San Francisco
San Francisco F.C.
San Francisco Fútbol Club is a professional football team located in La Chorrera, Panamá, that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. The club plays its games in Estadio Agustín Sánchez. San Francisco have won 6 Liga Panameña de Fútbol championships, the second...


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|align="left"|Chorrillo
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|align="left"|Sporting San Miguelito
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|align="left"|Chepo
Chepo F.C.
Chepo F.C. is a Panamanian football team playing at the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in Chepo. It was founded in 1999 under the name of Proyecto 2000 where it gathered young players from around the country aspiring to win a ticket to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol one day...


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|align="left"|Plaza Amador
Plaza Amador
Plaza Amador is a Panamanian soccer club, that currently plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is one of the oldest teams in Panama.- History :...


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|align="left"|Atlético Veragüense
Atletico Veraguense
Atlético Veragüense is a Panamanian football team playing in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in Santiago de Veraguas in Veraguas province. Its home stadium is Estadio Aristocles Castillo. The team was previously known as La Primavera...


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|align="left"|Alianza
Alianza F.C. (Panama)
Alianza F.C. is a professional soccer club located in Panama that plays in Liga Profesional de Fútbol the highest soccer league in Panama. Alianza won the Primera A championship in 1998-99 to win promotion to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol where they have been since...


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Pink indicates relegation playoff

Promotion playoff

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