2014–15 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season2014–15
ChampionsApertura: San Francisco
Clausura: Árabe Unido
RelegatedIndependiente
Champions LeagueSan Francisco
Árabe Unido
Biggest away winChepo 1–6 San Francisco
Highest scoringChepo 1–6 San Francisco

The 2014–15 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 18 July 2014 and was scheduled to end in May 2015. Ten teams competed throughout the entire season.

Teams

Rio Abajo 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 Chiriquí.

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
Chepo Chepo Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia (in Panama City)
Chorrillo Panama City Estadio Javier Cruz
Independiente F.C. La Chorrera Estadio Agustín Sánchez
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

2014 Apertura

Personnel and sponsoring (2014 Apertura)

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alianza TBD Costa Rica Leroy Foster Lotto Balboa
Árabe Unido TBD Colombia Jair Palacios KELME Pizza Hut
Atlético Chiriquí Costa Rica Javier Wanchope Mitre ShowGo
Chepo TBD Panama Jorge Santos GEMS EGS, NCO
Chorrillo Panama Julio Medina III Lotto McDonald's, Cremoso,
Independiente Panama René Mendieta Lotto Subway
Plaza Amador TBD United States Panama Mike Stump Diadora Paguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana
San Francisco Julio Quijano England Panama Gary Stempel Lotto KFC, Canon, Banco General
Sporting San Miguelito TBD Panama José Anthony "Chalate" Torres TBD Kenwood, Hyundai
Tauro TBD Panama Rolando Palma TBD Publicar Pagina amarilla,

Managerial changes

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Tauro Panama Rolando Palma Resigned 8 August 2014 Panama Jorge Dely Valdés 9 August 2014 8th (TBD)
Árabe Unido Colombia Jair Palacios Sacked 18 August 2014 Panama Julio Dely Valdés 18 August 2014 5th (TBD)
Alianza F.C. Costa Rica Leroy Foster Sacked September 2014 Colombia Juan Pablo Lopera 16 September 2014 5th (TBD)

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting San Miguelito (Q) 18 10 1 7 29 27 +2 31 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Chorrillo (Q) 18 8 6 4 22 17 +5 30
3 San Francisco (Q) 18 7 7 4 27 17 +10 28
4 Tauro (Q) 18 7 6 5 19 15 +4 27
5 Chepo 18 7 6 5 17 19 −2 27
6 Árabe Unido 18 7 5 6 23 19 +4 26
7 Plaza Amador 18 7 4 7 20 19 +1 25
8 Alianza 18 7 3 8 20 22 −2 24
9 Atlético Chiriquí 18 4 7 7 16 21 −5 19
10 Independiente 18 2 3 13 11 28 −17 9
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2014. Source: http://lpf.com.pa/w/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away ALI DÁU CHI CHE CHO IND PA SF SSM TAU
Alianza 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–3 1–4 1–2
Árabe Unido 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–1
Atlético Chiriquí 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1
Chepo 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–6 1–2 0–3
Chorrillo 1–1 1–1 4–3 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–3 3–0 1–1
Independiente 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2
Plaza Amador 0–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0
San Francisco 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–0
Sporting San Miguelito 3–1 1–4 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–3 1–1 3–1
Tauro 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2014. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

First leg

San Francisco1–0Chorrillo
Ruiz 50' Report
Tauro2–1Sporting San Miguelito
Palma 18'
Pérez 87'		 Report Yau 84'

Second leg

Chorrillo1–1San Francisco
Moreno 18' Report Ruiz 41'

San Francisco won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sporting San Miguelito1–0 (a.e.t.)Tauro
Yau 79' (pen.) Report
Penalties
Yau soccer ball with check mark
Botello soccer ball with check mark
Davis soccer ball with check mark
Earley soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with red X Moreno
soccer ball with check mark Vélez
soccer ball with check mark Mena
soccer ball with check mark Rentería
soccer ball with red X Pérez

Sporting San Miguelito 2–2 Tauro on aggregate. Sporting San Miguelito won 4–3 on penalties.

Final

Sporting San Miguelito0–1San Francisco
Report Rodriguez 28'


 Apertura 2014 champions 
San Francisco
9th title

2015 Clausura

Personnel and sponsoring (2015 Clausura)

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alianza TBD Colombia Juan Pablo Lopera Lotto Balboa, Epistmo
Árabe Unido TBA Colombia Jesús "Kiko" Barrios Puma Pizza Hut
Chepo TBD Panama Jorge Santos Gems EGS
Chorrillo Panama Julio Medina III Lotto McDonald's
Independiente Colombia Jair Palacios Lotto Subway
Plaza Amador TBD Spain Juan Carlos García Diadora Fresquito, Paguelo Facil
Atlético Chiriquí Costa Rica Javier Wanchope Mitre Showpro
San Francisco Julio Quijano England Panama Gary Stempel Lotto KFC, Balboa, Cannon, Banco General
Sporting San Miguelito TBD Panama José Anthony "Chalate" Torres Joma Kenwood, Hyundai
Tauro TBD Panama José Alfredo Poyatos Patrick Fantastic, Publicar

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Árabe Unido Colombia Jesús Barrios Resigned Jan 2015 Colombia Alfonso de Moya 15 Jan 2015 th (TBD)
Árabe Unido Colombia Alfonso de Moya Resigned Feb 2015 Colombia Juan Sergio Guzman 16 Feb 2015 th (TBD)
Tauro Panama José Alfredo Poyatos Resigned March 2015 Panama Mike Stump 6 March 2015 th (TBD)

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting San Miguelito 18 7 9 2 23 15 +8 30 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Árabe Unido 18 8 5 5 22 16 +6 29
3 Plaza Amador 18 7 7 4 28 23 +5 28
4 Independiente 18 7 5 6 23 21 +2 26
5 San Francisco 18 6 7 5 22 19 +3 25
6 Alianza 18 6 4 8 23 23 0 22
7 Chepo 18 5 7 6 19 22 −3 22
8 Tauro 18 5 7 6 22 26 −4 22
9 Chorrillo 18 3 8 7 16 22 −6 17
10 Atlético Chiriquí 18 4 5 9 14 25 −11 17
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2015. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ALI DÁU CHI CHE CHO IND PA SF SSM TAU
Alianza 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–3
Árabe Unido 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1
Atlético Chiriquí 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–0
Chepo 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1
Chorrillo 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–2
Independiente 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 4–2
Plaza Amador 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–2 1–1 3–1
San Francisco 4–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1
Sporting San Miguelito 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1
Tauro 0–4 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–3 2–2 1–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on July 2014. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

First leg

Independiente1–0Sporting San Miguelito
Rene Campbell 16' (pen.) None
Estadio Agustín Muquita Sánchez, La Chorrera
Plaza Amador0–1Arabe Unido
None [1] Abdiel Arroyo 83'
Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez , Panama City

Second leg

Sporting San Miguelito2–2Independiente
Alexis Palacios 15'
Aramis Haywood 29'		 Joseph Cox 38'
Carlos Navas 92'
Estadio Oscar Suman Carrillo, Panama City
Referee: Luis Rodriguez

Independiente won 3-2 on aggregate.

Arabe Unido1–1Plaza Amador
Abdiel Arroyo 108' (pen.) [2] Fidel Caesar 79' (o.g.)
Estadio Armando Dely Valdez, Colon
Referee: Jafeth Perea

Arabe Unido 2–1 won on aggregate.

Final

Arabe Unido2–1Independiente
Abdiel Arroyo 81'
Gabriel Pino 87'		 [3] Carlos Sierra 34'


 Clausura 2015 champions 
Arabe Unido
11th title

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Panama Sergio Moreno Chorrillo F.C. 7
2 Panama Johnny Ruiz San Francisco F.C. 7
3 Panama Ricaurte Barsallo Alianza 6
4 Panama Ricardo Buitrago Plaza Amador 6
5 Panama Renán Addles Arabe Unido 5
6 Panama Valentin Pimentel Plaza Amador 5
7 Panama Miguel Angel Saavedra Atletico Chiriquí 5
8 Panama Amir Alberto Waithe Tauro F.C. 5
9 Panama René Campbell Independiente 4
10 Panama Joseph Cox Independiente 4

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting San Miguelito 36 17 10 9 52 42 +10 61
2 Árabe Unido 36 15 10 11 45 35 +10 55 Qualification for 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
3 San Francisco 36 13 14 9 49 36 +13 53
4 Plaza Amador 36 14 11 11 48 42 +6 53
5 Tauro 36 12 13 11 41 41 0 49
6 Chepo 36 12 13 11 47 47 0 49
7 Chorrillo 36 12 13 11 36 41 −5 49
8 Alianza 36 13 7 16 43 45 −2 46
9 Atlético Chiriquí 36 8 12 16 30 46 −16 36
10 Independiente F.C. 36 9 8 19 34 49 −15 35 Relegation to 2015–16 Liga de Ascenso
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.