2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season2009
ChampionsApertura I: San Francisco (6th title)
Apertura II: Árabe Unido (5th title)
2009–10 CONCACAF Champions LeagueSan Francisco
2010–11 CONCACAF Champions LeagueÁrabe Unido
Top goalscorerApertura I: Edwin Aguilar (18 goals)
Apertura II: Armando Polo (12 goals)
Biggest home winSporting San Miguelito 7–0 Alianza
Biggest away winAlianza 1–4 Atlético Veragüense
Highest scoringAtlético Veragüense 3–5 Tauro
San Francisco 3–5 Tauro
Sporting San Miguelito 4–4 Tauro
Atlético Chiriquí 4–4 Tauro
← 2008

The 2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season was the 22nd season of top-flight football in Panama.

Teams

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Locations of the 2009 LPF teams
Club City Stadium
Alianza Panama City Estadio Camping Resort
Árabe Unido Colón Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
Atlético Chiriquí David Estadio San Cristobal
Atlético Veragüense Santiago Estadio Aristocles Castillo
Chepo Chepo Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (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 Estadio Bernardo Gil
Tauro Panama City Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)

Apertura I

First round

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tauro 18 10 6 2 40 23 +17 36 Qualified to the final round
2 Atlético Chiriquí 18 10 3 5 35 19 +16 33
3 San Francisco 18 10 3 5 29 16 +13 33
4 Chorrillo 18 8 8 2 32 17 +15 32
5 Chepo 18 10 2 6 37 24 +13 32
6 Sporting San Miguelito 18 8 4 6 28 19 +9 28
7 Árabe Unido 18 7 4 7 29 24 +5 25
8 Atlético Veragüense 18 3 4 11 20 44 −24 13
9 Alianza 18 2 5 11 22 43 −21 11
10 Plaza Amador 18 2 1 15 13 56 −43 7
Source: [citation needed]

Results table

Home \ Away ALI ÁRA ACH AVE CHE CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU
Alianza — 1–3 4–4 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–3 2–3
Árabe Unido 2–0 — 2–0 6–0 1–3 1–3 4–0 0–1 1–0 2–3
Atl. Chiríqui 2–3 2–0 — 3–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 1–2
Atl. Veragüense 4–3 3–0 1–2 — 2–4 0–4 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1
Chepo 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 — 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–1 4–1
Chorrillo 3–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 — 5–1 1–2 1–0 1–1
Plaza Amador 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 2–3 1–4 — 0–5 0–1 1–2
San Francisco 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 — 1–1 1–0
Sporting 2–2 1–2 1–2 5–1 2–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 — 1–1
Tauro 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 6–2 1–1 7–1 1–1 2–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals (agg) Final
      
Chorrillo 6
Tauro 1
Chorrillo 0
San Francisco 0
San Francisco 3
Atlético Chiriquí 2

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Chorrillo3–1Tauro
Angel Lombardo 31'
Johnny Ruiz 38'
Bernardo Palma 85'		 Edwin Aguilar 45'
Tauro0–3Chorrillo
Johnny Ruiz 60'
Rennan Addles 76'
Johnny Ruiz 82'

Semifinal 2

San Francisco0–1Atlético Chiriquí
Auriel Gallardo 3'
Atlético Chiriquí1–3San Francisco
Clive Trottman 76' Ricardo Phillips 12'
Brunet Hay 47'
Boris Alfaro 55'

Final

Chorrillo0–0San Francisco
Penalties
Engie Mitre soccer ball with red X
Caio Milan soccer ball with check mark
Johnny Ruiz soccer ball with red X
Diego Mosquera soccer ball with check mark
Marcos Villareal soccer ball with red X
Derek James soccer ball with check mark
Julio Medina III soccer ball with check mark
Cesar Blackman soccer ball with red X		 4–5 soccer ball with red X Victor Herrera
soccer ball with red X Brunet Hay
soccer ball with check mark Wess Torres
soccer ball with red X Alberto Manotas
soccer ball with check mark Manuel Torres
soccer ball with check mark William Negrete
soccer ball with check mark Amir White
soccer ball with check mark Ricardo Phillips


 Apertura 2009 champion 
San Francisco
6th title

San Francisco qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Scored for Goals
1 Panama Edwin Aguilar Tauro 18
2 Panama Johnny Ruiz Chorrillo 17
3 Panama Luis Jaramillo Chepo 11
4 Panama Auriel Gallardo Atlético Chiriquí 10
5 Panama Rennan Addles Chorrillo 9
Panama Boris Alfaro San Francisco 9
Panama Oscar Vargas Atlético Chiriquí 9
8 Panama Orlando Rodríguez Árabe Unido 8
9 Colombia Luis Escobar Tauro 6
Panama Armando Polo Sporting San Miguelito 6
Panama Anthony Valdes Chiriquí 6

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 3-2 in the final. With this win Árabe Unido earned a spot in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.

First round

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Árabe Unido 18 11 5 2 28 12 +16 38 Qualified to the final round
2 Atlético Chiriquí 18 11 2 5 36 26 +10 35
3 Tauro 18 9 5 4 38 22 +16 32
4 Chorrillo 18 7 6 5 21 21 0 27
5 San Francisco 18 7 5 6 25 23 +2 26
6 Sporting San Miguelito 18 7 4 7 37 30 +7 25
7 Plaza Amador 18 7 3 8 26 30 −4 24
8 Chepo 18 3 8 7 16 25 −9 17
9 Atlético Veragüense 18 3 4 11 22 36 −14 13
10 Alianza 18 1 6 11 12 36 −24 9
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away ALI ÁRA ACH AVE CHE CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU
Alianza — 0–0 1–2 1–4 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–2
Árabe Unido 3–0 — 2–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
Atl. Chiríqui 3–1 2–1 — 4–0 3–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 3–0 0–2
Atl. Veragüense 0–0 0–0 1–2 — 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–5
Chepo 3–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 — 1–1 1–3 0–0 3–3 1–0
Chorrillo 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 — 2–3 3–2 3–2 2–1
Plaza Amador 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–2 2–0 0–0 — 2–1 3–4 0–0
San Francisco 2–0 0–1 4–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 3–5
Sporting 7–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 — 4–4
Tauro 2–1 1–1 5–2 4–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals (agg) Final
      
Árabe Unido 4
Chorrillo 3
Árabe Unido 3
Tauro 2
Atlético Chiriquí 4
Tauro 7

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Chorrillo3–0Árabe Unido
Johnny Ruiz 15' 47'
Alcibiades Rojas 77'
Árabe Unido4–0Chorrillo
Orlando Rodríguez 24'
Victor Rene Mendieta Jr. 28'
Alejandro Veléz 43'
Camilo Aguirre 113'
Camilo Aguirre Red card 113'

Semifinal 2

Tauro3–0Atlético Chiriquí
Escobar 25', 39', 72'
Atlético Chiriquí4–4Tauro
Auriel Gallardo 10'
Davis Granados 56'
Gabriel Ávila 62'
Javier Mercado 65'		 Ricardo Amor 9'
Luis Tejada 41' 59'
Temistocles Perez 90'

Final

Árabe Unido3–2Tauro
Mendieta, Jr. 14'
Carroll 77'
Rodríguez 89'		 Pérez 28', 54'


 Apertura II 2009 champion 
Árabe Unido
5th title

Árabe Unido qualified for 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top goalscorers

Position Player Scored for Goals
1 Panama Armando Polo Sporting San Miguelito 12
2 Panama Orlando Rodríguez
Panama Luis Tejada
Colombia Johan de Avila 		Árabe Unido
Tauro
Atlético Veragüense 		10
5 Panama Edwin Aguilar Tauro 9
6 Panama Luis Morales Sporting San Miguelito 8
7 Panama Anthony Basile
Panama Johnny Ruiz
Panama Temistocles Perez
Colombia Luis Escobar 		Plaza Amador
Chorrillo
Tauro
Tauro 		7

Relegation table

For the second year in a row, Alianza had the fewest points at the end of the season and had to face Liga Nacional de Ascenso champion Río Abajo. Just as last year, Alianza defeated Río Abajo and stayed in the LPF.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tauro 36 19 11 6 78 45 +33 68
2 Atlético Chiriquí 36 21 5 10 71 45 +26 68
3 Árabe Unido 36 18 9 9 57 36 +21 63
4 San Francisco 36 17 8 11 54 39 +15 59
5 Chorrillo 36 15 14 7 53 38 +15 59
6 Sporting San Miguelito 36 15 8 13 65 48 +17 53
7 Chepo 36 13 10 13 53 49 +4 49
8 Plaza Amador 36 9 4 23 39 86 −47 31
9 Atlético Veragüense 36 6 8 22 42 80 −38 26
10 Alianza 36 3 11 22 34 79 −45 20 Relegation playoff
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion playoff

Alianza1–1Río Abajo
López 4' Viveros 21'
Río Abajo0–1Alianza
Aguilar 87'