2002 ANAPROF

ANAPROF
Season2002
ChampionsÁrabe Unido
Apertura
CD Plaza Amador
Clausura
Relegated-
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2003 →
ANAPROF 2002 team distribution

ANAPROF 2002 is the 2002 season of the Panamanian football league, ANAPROF. The season started on March 17, 2002 with the Torneo Apertura 2002 and finalized on November 24, 2002 with the Torneo Clausura 2002. The Apertura champion was Árabe Unido and the Clausura champion was Plaza Amador, on November 30, 2002 the ANAPROF 2002 final was played and Plaza Amador was crowned champion over Deportivo Árabe Unido.

Change for 2002

  • There will be no relegation because the Primera A championship was not played in 2002.
  • In the 2002 Apertura, the teams were divided into two groups where the top two teams of each group will play a two-leg semifinal and a single final match.
  • For the 2002 Clausura the two groups format was abandoned and replaced with a single aggregate table format where the top four teams will participate in for a pair of home-and-away series. The top two teams of this cuadrangular series will play a home and away final match.
  • For the Apertura championship Sporting '89 changed its name to Sporting San Miguelito. Ando for the Clausura championship Sporting San Miguelito were renamed Sporting Coclé after they re-located to Antón Coclé.

Teams

Club City Stadium
Alianza F.C. Panama City Estadio Camping Resort
Deportivo Árabe Unido Colon Estadio Mariano Bula
Atlético Veragüense Santiago Estadio Omar Torrijos
El Chorrillo F.C. Panama City Estadio Municipal de Balboa
Plaza Amador Panama City Estadio Rommel Fernández
Estadio Municipal de Balboa
San Francisco F.C. La Chorrera Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Sporting San Miguelito
Sporting Coclé* 		San Miguelito
Penonome 		Estadio Rommel Fernández
Estadio Municipal de Ciruelito
Tauro F.C. Panama City Estadio Rommel Fernández

Apertura 2002

Standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Árabe Unido 10 5 4 1 16 11 +5 19 Qualified to the final round
2 Tauro 10 5 3 2 18 10 +8 18
3 Alianza 10 4 3 3 13 14 −1 15
4 El Chorrillo 10 4 2 4 16 16 0 14
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Francisco 10 5 3 2 14 10 +4 18 Qualified to the final round
2 Sporting San Miguelito 10 4 2 4 12 14 −2 14
3 Plaza Amador 10 2 3 5 7 9 −2 9
4 Atlético Veragüense 10 0 2 8 10 22 −12 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results table

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

Final round

Semifinals (agg) Final
      
Árabe Unido 3
Sporting San Miguelito 3
Árabe Unido 2
San Francisco 0
San Francisco 2
Tauro 2

Semifinals 1st leg

Sporting San Miguelito1-2Árabe Unido
Luciano Paz 65' Agustin Salinas 50'
Blas Pérez 91'
Tauro1-0San Francisco
Anel Canales

Semifinals 2nd leg

Árabe Unido1-2Sporting San Miguelito
Penalties
4-2

Árabe Unido advances to final 4-2 on penalties

San Francisco2-1Tauro
Penalties
4-2

San Francisco advances to final 4-2 on penalties

Final

Árabe Unido2-0San Francisco
Emmanuel Ceballos 27'
Blas Pérez 87'


 Apertura 2002 champion 
Árabe Unido

Top goal scorer

Position Player Scored for Goals
1 Panama Gabriel de la Hoz Alianza 7

Clausura 2002

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tauro 14 7 6 1 22 14 +8 27 Qualified to the final round
2 Plaza Amador 14 6 6 2 26 15 +11 24
3 El Chorrillo 14 6 5 3 21 14 +7 23
4 Árabe Unido 14 5 7 2 18 13 +5 22
5 San Francisco 14 5 3 6 19 18 +1 18
6 Sporting Coclé 14 3 4 7 13 22 −9 13
7 Alianza 14 2 6 6 18 29 −11 12
8 Atlético Veragüense 14 1 5 8 11 23 −12 8
Source: [citation needed]

Results table

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

Final round

Cuadrangular semifinal

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TAU PLA CHO DAU
Tauro 6 4 0 2 12 10 +2 12 Qualified for the final 1–2 0–3 3–1
Plaza Amador 6 3 1 2 10 0 +10 10 1–2 1–0 3–2
El Chorrillo 6 3 0 3 11 8 +3 9 1–3 3–2 4–1
Árabe Unido 6 1 1 4 8 14 −6 4 2–3 1–1 1–0
Source: [citation needed]

Final 1st leg

Plaza Amador2-1Tauro
Alejandro Dawson 18'
José Justavino 19'		 Luis Tejada 76'

Final 2nd leg

Tauro1-0Plaza Amador
Ricardo Phillips 24'
Penalties
Anel Canales soccer ball with check mark
Ricardo Phillips soccer ball with red X
Eric Martinez soccer ball with red X		 1-4 soccer ball with check mark Victor Suarez
soccer ball with check mark Jose Rodriguez
soccer ball with check mark Javier Castro
soccer ball with check mark Alejandro Dawson

Plaza Amador won 1-4 on penalties


 Clausura 2002 champion 
Plaza Amador

Top goal scorer

Position Player Scored for Goals
1 Panama Anel Canales Tauro 10

ANAPROF 2002 grand final

Club Champion
Árabe Unido ANAPROF 2002 Apertura Champion
Plaza Amador ANAPROF 2002 Clausura Champion

Final

Árabe Unido0-2Plaza Amador
José Justavino
Gustavo Favalli


 ANAPROF 2002 champion 
Plaza Amador
4th title

Local derby statistics

El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador

Tauro2–0Plaza Amador
Luis Tejada 27'
Anel Wilshire 90'
Tauro1–1Plaza Amador
Anel Canales 48' Joel Solanilla 87'
Plaza Amador4–0Tauro
Alejandro Dawson 7' 42' 75'
Jose Rodriguez 74'
Plaza Amador1–2Tauro
Angel Lombardo 47' Anel Canales 3'
Pablo Romero 73'
Tauro1–2Plaza Amador
Eric Martinez 52' Gustavo Favali 56'
Diego Maier 66'
Plaza Amador2–1Tauro
Alejandro Dawson 18'
José Justavino 19'		 Luis Tejada 76'
Tauro1–0Plaza Amador
Ricardo Phillips 24'

Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v El Chorillo

El Chorrillo1–0Plaza Amador
Bladimir Medina 71'
El Chorrillo0–0Plaza Amador
Plaza Amador3–1El Chorrillo
Alejandro Dawson 24'
Gustavo Favali 37'
Victor Suarez		 Ricardo Paschall 60'
Plaza Amador1–0El Chorrillo
Gustavo Favali 25'
El Chorrillo3–2Plaza Amador
Ricardo Paschall (2)
Temistocles Perez		 Diego Maier
Alejandro Dawson

References