2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season 2009
Champions Apertura I: San Francisco (6th title)
Apertura II: Árabe Unido (5th title)
2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League San Francisco
2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Árabe Unido
Top goalscorer Apertura I: Edwin Aguilar (18 goals)
Apertura II: Armando Polo (12 goals)
Biggest home win Sporting San Miguelito 70 Alianza
Biggest away win Alianza 14 Atlético Veragüense
Highest scoring Atlético Veragüense 35 Tauro
San Francisco 35 Tauro
Sporting San Miguelito 44 Tauro
Atlético Chiriquí 44 Tauro
2008

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

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
1. Tauro 18 10 6 2 40 23 +17 36
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
Qualified to the final round.

Results table

  Alianza Árabe Unido Atl. Chiríqui Atl. Veragüense Chepo Chorrillo Plaza Amador San Francisco Sporting Tauro
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  

Final round

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

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

June 6, 2009
Chorrillo 31 Tauro
Angel Lombardo  31'
Johnny Ruiz  38'
Bernardo Palma  85'
Edwin Aguilar  45'

June 10, 2009
Tauro 03 Chorrillo
Johnny Ruiz  60'
Rennan Addles  76'
Johnny Ruiz  82'

Semifinal 2


June 10, 2009
Atlético Chiriquí 13 San Francisco
Clive Trottman  76' Ricardo Phillips  12'
Brunet Hay  47'
Boris Alfaro  55'

Final

June 13, 2009
Chorrillo 00 San Francisco
  Penalties  
Engie Mitre
Caio Milan
Johnny Ruiz
Diego Mosquera
Marcos Villareal
Derek James
Julio Medina III
Cesar Blackman
45 Victor Herrera
Brunet Hay
Wess Torres
Alberto Manotas
Manuel Torres
William Negrete
Amir White
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 or relegation
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

Results

  Alianza Árabe Unido Atl. Chiríqui Atl. Veragüense Chepo Chorrillo Plaza Amador San Francisco Sporting Tauro
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  

Final round

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

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

November 28, 2009
Chorrillo 30 Árabe Unido
Johnny Ruiz  15'  47'
Alcibiades Rojas  77'

December 6, 2009
Árabe Unido 40 Chorrillo
Orlando Rodríguez  24'
Victor Rene Mendieta Jr.  28'
Alejandro Veléz  43'
Camilo Aguirre  113'
Camilo Aguirre Red card 113'

Semifinal 2


December 5, 2009
Atlético Chiriquí 44 Tauro
Auriel Gallardo  10'
Davis Granados  56'
Gabriel Ávila  62'
Javier Mercado  65'
Ricardo Amor  9'
Luis Tejada  41'  59'
Temistocles Perez  90'

Final

December 13, 2009
16:00 (UTC-5)
Árabe Unido 32 Tauro
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 least amount of 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
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

Pink indicates relegation playoff

Promotion playoff


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