2012–13 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season	2012–13
Champions	Apertura: Árabe Unido Clausura: Sporting San Miguelito
Relegated	Atlético Chiriquí
Champions League	Árabe Unido Sporting San Miguelito
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season is the 25th season of top-flight football in Panama. The season began on 20 July 2012 and is scheduled to end in May 2013. Ten teams will complete throughout the entire season.

Teams

Colón C-3 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, Rio Abajo F.C..

Club	Home city	Stadium
Alianza	Panama City	Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández
Árabe Unido	Colón	Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
Atlético Chiriquí	David	Estadio San Cristóbal
Chepo	Chepo	Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)
Chorrillo	Panama City	Estadio Javier Cruz
Plaza Amador	Panama City	Estadio Javier Cruz
Rio Abajo	Panama City	Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia
San Francisco	La Chorrera	Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Sporting San Miguelito	San Miguelito	Estadio Bernardo Gil
Tauro	Panama City	Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández

2012 Apertura

The 2012 Apertura is the first tournament of the season. It began on 20 July 2012 and ended on 2 December 2012.

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rio Abajo	18	9	5	4	28	20	+8	32	Qualification to playoffs
2	Árabe Unido	18	8	8	2	25	20	+5	32
3	Plaza Amador	18	6	8	4	22	23	−1	26
4	Chepo	18	5	10	3	22	18	+4	25
5	Chorrillo	18	5	10	3	22	19	+3	25
6	Tauro	18	5	6	7	25	27	−2	21
7	Sporting San Miguelito	18	4	8	6	14	17	−3	20
8	San Francisco	18	4	6	8	20	22	−2	18
9	Alianza	18	4	6	8	21	24	−3	18
10	Atlético Chiriquí	18	2	9	7	14	23	−9	15

Updated to games played on 1 October 2013.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Semi-finals

First leg

Plaza Amador v Árabe Unido

17 November 2012
13:00 UTC-6

Plaza Amador	1–3	Árabe Unido
Temístocles Perez 57'		Jose Gonzales 13' Abdiel Arroyo Molinar 58' 77'

Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City

Chepo FC v Rio Abajo

20 November 2012
12:00 UTC-6

Chepo FC	2–0	Rio Abajo
Bernando Palma Taylor 36', Romario Antonio Piggott 44'

Estadio Profesor Javier Cruz, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno

Second leg

Árabe Unido v Plaza Amador

28 November 2012
12:00 UTC-6

Árabe Unido	2–0	Plaza Amador
David Daniels 34' Orlando Rodriguez 52'

Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colon
Referee: Ameth Sanchez

Arabe Unido won 5-1 on aggregate.

Río Abajo F.C. v Chepo

24 November 2012
13:00 UTC-6

Río Abajo F.C.	1–1	Chepo
Jose Gonzalez 88'		Bernardo Palma Taylor 78'

Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City

Chepo FC won 3-1 on aggregate.

Final

Chepo v Árabe Unido

2 December 2012
15:00 UTC-5

Chepo	1–4	Árabe Unido
Ricardo Romero 29'		Orlando Rodriguez 24' 25' Abdiel Arroyo Molinar 42' Jose Gonzalez 60'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Referee: John Francis Pitty

2012 Apertura Champion
Árabe Unido 10th Title

Top goalscorers

No.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jorman Aguilar	Río Abajo	10
2	Edwin Aguilar	Tauro	10
3	Anthony Basile	Río Abajo	8
4	Bernando Palma	Chepo	6
5	Cesar Medina	Alianza	5
6	Armando Polo	San Francisco	4
7	Renán Yoriel Addles	Chorillo	4
8	Rene Campbell	Alianza	4
9	Julio Castillo	Chepo FC	4
10	Angel Lombardo	Deportivo Plaza Amador	4

2013 Clausura

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tauro	18	10	3	5	30	25	+5	33	Qualification to playoffs
2	San Francisco	18	9	5	4	27	21	+6	32
3	Árabe Unido	18	7	6	5	18	14	+4	27
4	Sporting San Miguelito	18	8	3	7	19	18	+1	27
5	Rio Abajo	18	7	5	6	24	24	0	26
6	Plaza Amador	18	6	7	5	21	18	+3	25
7	Chorrillo	18	7	3	8	25	28	−3	24
8	Alianza	18	4	10	4	13	10	+3	22
9	Atlético Chiriquí	18	2	9	7	18	24	−6	15
10	Chepo	18	2	5	11	12	25	−13	11

Semi-finals

First leg

Árabe Unido v San Francisco F.C.

5 May 2013
7:00 UTC-6

Árabe Unido	0–0	San Francisco F.C.

Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colon

Sporting San Miguelito v Tauro

5 May 2013
11:00 UTC-6

Sporting San Miguelito	2–1	Tauro
Gabriel Rios 59', Ricardo Clarke 77'		Miguel Castillo 14'

Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno

Second leg

San Francisco v Árabe Unido

11 May 2013
12:00 UTC-6

San Francisco	2–1	Árabe Unido
Eybri Bonaga 7' Boris Alfaro 66'		Abdiel Arroyo 72'

Estadio Agustín Muquita Sánchez, La Chorrera
Referee: John Pitty

San Francisco won 2-1 on aggregate.

Tauro F.C. v Sporting San Miguelito

11 May 2013
12:00 UTC-6

Tauro F.C.	1–1	Sporting San Miguelito
Miguel Castillo 86'		Ricardo Clarke 64'

Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno

Sporting San Miguelito won 3-2 on aggregate.

Final

San Francisco v Sporting San Miguelito

19 May 2013
15:00 UTC-5

San Francisco	1–4	Sporting San Miguelito
Amílcar James 10'	[]	Darwin Pinzon 7' 47' Ricardo Clarke 3' Julio Andrade 93'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno

2013 Clasura Champion
Sporting San Miguelito 1st Title

Top goalscorers

No.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Johnny Ruiz	Chorillo	9
2	Luis Gabriel Rentería	Tauro	8
3	Ricardo Clarke	Sporting San Miguelito	7
4	Angel Lombardo	Plaza Amador	7
5	José Luis Garcés	San Francisco	6
6	René Víctor Mendieta Jr	Chepo	6
7	Anthony Basile	Rio Abajo	5
8	Juan Osorio	Alianza	5
9	Armando Polo	Rio Abajo	5
10	Edwin Aguilar	Tauro	4

Aggregate table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Árabe Unido	36	15	14	7	43	34	+9	59	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
2	Rio Abajo	36	16	10	10	51	43	+8	58
3	Plaza Amador	36	12	15	9	43	41	+2	51
4	Tauro	36	15	9	12	55	52	+3	54
5	San Francisco	36	13	11	12	47	43	+4	50
6	Chorrillo	36	12	13	11	47	47	0	49
7	Sporting San Miguelito	36	12	11	13	33	35	−2	47	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
8	Alianza	36	8	16	12	34	34	0	40
9	Chepo	36	7	15	14	34	43	−9	36
10	Atlético Chiriquí	36	4	18	14	32	47	−15	30	Relegation to 2012–13 Liga de Ascenso

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

External links

http://au.soccerway.com/national/panama/lpf/20122013/clausura/r18636/

Liga Panameña de Fútbol

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Current	Alianza Árabe Unido Atlético Chiriquí Chepo Chorrillo Atlético Nacional Plaza Amador San Francisco Sporting San Miguelito Tauro

Former	Colón C-3 Chirilanco Río Abajo Deportivo la Previsora Deportivo Peru Euro Kickers Sporting Colón Club Projusa Panamá Viejo Atlético Veragüense CA Independiente

Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Coaches Stadiums Records

Statistics and awards	Awards Golden Boot Hat-tricks Top scorers by season

2012–13 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)

« 2011–12 Club tournaments in CONCACAF member countries between July 2012 and June 2013 2013–14 »

Domestic leagues	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados '12 '13 Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada '12 '13 Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao '12 '13 Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador '12 A '13 C French Guiana Grenada '12 '13 Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti '12 '13 Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico '12 '13 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '12 '13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname '11–'12 '12–'13 Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States '12 '13 United States Virgin Islands

Domestic cups	Canada Mexico '12 A '13 C Trinidad and Tobago United States '12 '13

CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Group stage, Championship stage, Finals) CFU Club Championship

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