2010–11 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season 2010–11
Champions Clausura '10: Árabe Unido
Champions League Árabe Unido
Tauro
San Francisco

The 2010–11 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season is the 23rd season of top-flight football in Panama. Because of a restructuring of the calendar of the season, this season will contain three tournaments to bring the season to a fall-spring season (similar to the majority of leagues in Europe). The season began on January 15, 2010 and is scheduled to end on May 2011. Ten teams will complete throughout the entire season.

Contents

Teams

Locations of the 2010–11 LPF teams
Club Home city Stadium
Alianza Panama City Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández
Árabe Unido Colón Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
Atlético Chiriquí David Estadio San Cristóbal
Atlético Veragüense Santiago Estadio Áristocles 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 Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)
Tauro Panama City Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of
vacancy		 Position
in table		 Replaced by Date of
appointment		 Position
in table
2010 Clausura Pre-season changes
Sporting San Miguelito Carlos Walcott (interim) End of caretaker spell 23 November 2009 6th (2009 II) Fernando Garcia Ramos 23 November 2009 N/A
Chepo Felipe Fuentes Resigned 23 November 2009 8th (2009 II) Victor Rene Mendieta 23 November 2009 N/A
Alianza Leroy Foster 28 December 2009 10th (2009 II) Carlos Perez Porras 28 December 2009 N/A
2010 Clausura changes
Plaza Amador Leopoldo Lee Resigned 19 January 2010 9th Marcos Casagrande (interim) 19 January 2010 9th
Plaza Amador Marcos Casagrande (interim) End of caretaker spell 27 January 2010 9th Jair Palacios 27 January 2010 9th
Tauro Gonzalo Soto Resigned 15 March 2010 10th Juan Carlos Cubillas 15 March 2010 10th
Sporting San Miguelito Fernando Garcia Ramos Resigned 22 March 2010 8th Carlos Walcott (interim) 22 March 2010 8th
Sporting San Miguelito Carlos Walcott (interim) End of caretaker spell 28 March 2010 6th Percival Piggott 22 March 2010 6th
Atlético Veragüense Roger Gomez Resigned 6 April 2010 9th Eduardo Flores (interim) 9 April 2010 9th
Chepo Victor Rene Mendieta Resigned 19 April 2010 9th Cesar Morales (interim)
Frank Lozada (interim)		 19 April 2010 9th
2010 Apertura Pre-season changes
Chepo Cesar Morales (interim)
Frank Lozada (interim)		 End of caretaker spell 8 June 2010 9th (2010 A) Michael Stump 8 June 2010 N/A
Atlético Veragüense Eduardo Flores (interim) End of caretaker spell 10th (2010 A) Edison Romero N/A

2010 Clausura

2010 Clausura
Champions Árabe Unido
Champions League Árabe Unido
Tauro
San Francisco
Matches played 95
Goals scored 232 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer Johan de Ávila (10 goals)
Biggest home win San Francisco 7–1 Veragüense
Biggest away win Chepo 0–5 San Francisco
Highest scoring San Francisco 7–1 Veragüense
Highest attendance 20,125[1]

The 2010 Clausura was the first tournament of the season. It began on January 25, 2010 and ended on May 14, 2010. Árabe Unido were crowned the champion after defeating San Francisco 1-0 in the first professional football match played in the newly-remodeled Estadio Rommel Fernández. This was Arabe's 2nd title in a row and its sixth in its history. After clinching this win Árabe Unido earned the Panama 1 spot in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League and Tauro the Panama 2 spot as the runner-up with the most points in the 2009 Apertura II and 2010 Clausura season.[2] San Francisco obtained the Panama 3 spot after Belize Premier Football League champion failed to meet the CONCACAF stadium requirements, thus the vacated spot was awarded to Panama's runner-up with less points.[3]

First round

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Chiriquí 18 10 3 5 28 21 +7 33 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Árabe Unido 18 8 7 3 24 18 +6 31
3 Chorrillo 18 8 4 6 19 16 +3 28
4 San Francisco 18 7 5 6 32 15 +17 26
5 Alianza 18 7 5 6 22 18 +4 26
6 Plaza Amador 18 5 7 6 23 21 +2 22
7 Tauro 18 6 4 8 20 24 −4 22
8 Sporting San Miguelito 18 5 6 7 19 20 −1 21
9 Chepo 18 4 6 8 17 28 −11 18
10 Atlético Veragüense 18 5 3 10 19 42 −23 18

Updated to games played on April 25, 2010
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 ALI DÁU CHI CAV CHE CHO PA SF SSM TAU
Alianza 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1
Árabe Unido 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Atlético Chiriquí 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1
Atlético Veragüense 2–1 3–3 2–2 2–1 0–3 0–4 0–3 0–1 0–4
Chepo 1–0 0–0 5–2 0–3 0–1 2–3 0–5 1–1 1–0
Chorrillo 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–1
Plaza Amador 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 1–2
San Francisco 1–1 2–0 1–2 7–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–2
Sporting San Miguelito 2–3 2–3 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1
Tauro 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–3 0–3 2–2 0–0

Updated to games played on April 25, 2010
Source: RSSSF
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

  Semifinals (agg) Final
                 
1  Atlético Chiriquí 2  
4  San Francisco 3  
    4  San Francisco 0
  2  Árabe Unido 1
2  Árabe Unido 2
3  Chorrillo 1  

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

April 30, 2010
21:00 (UTC-5)
 San Francisco 1 – 0 Atlético Chiriquí Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera
Referee: Rolando Vidal (Panama)
Zapata  42' Report
May 9, 2010
16:00 (UTC-5)
 Atlético Chiriquí 2 – 2 San Francisco Estadio San Cristóbal, David
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
Gallardo  48', 87' Report de Ávila  46'
White  81'

Semifinal 2

May 2, 2010
15:30 (UTC-5)
 Chorrillo 1 – 0 Árabe Unido Estadio Javier Cruz, Panama City
Referee: Luis Rodríguez (Panama)
Mitre  27' Report
May 9, 2010
15:30 (UTC-5)
 Árabe Unido 2 – 0 (a.e.t.) Chorrillo Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón
Referee: Rolando Vidal (Panama)
Mosquera  42'
Aguirre  105'		 Report

Final

Main article: 2010 Liga Panameña de Fútbol Clausura Final
May 14, 2010
20:30 (UTC-5)
 San Francisco 0 – 1 Árabe Unido Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 20,125
Referee: Rolando Vidal (Panama)
Report Justavino  46'
2010 Clausura Champion:


Árabe Unido
6th Title

Top goalscorers

Pos Name Club Goals
1 Johan de Ávila San Francisco 10
2 Luis Rentería Tauro 9
3 Auriel Gallardo Atlético Chiriquí 7
4 Víctor René Mendieta Jr. Árabe Unido 6
Johnny Ruíz Chorrillo 6

2010 Apertura

2010 Apertura
Champions Tauro (8th title)
Champions League Tauro
Matches played 95
Goals scored 214 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer Gabriel de Los Rios (8 goals)
Biggest home win Sporting San Miguelito 5-1 Atlético Chiriquí
Biggest away win Atlético Veragüense 0-3 Chepo
Chorrillo 0-3 Tauro
Highest scoring Plaza Amador 5-4 Chorrillo

The 2010 Apertura was the second tournament of the season and it began on 30 July 30, 2010 and ended on 17 December 2010.

First round

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Tauro 18 11 4 3 27 14 +13 37 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Árabe Unido 18 10 4 4 22 17 +5 34
3 San Francisco 18 9 6 3 26 18 +8 33
4 Chorrillo 18 7 6 5 23 20 +3 27
5 Sporting San Miguelito 18 7 5 6 23 19 +4 26
6 Plaza Amador 18 7 3 8 24 28 −4 24
7 Alianza 18 6 5 7 21 18 +3 23
8 Atlético Chiriquí 18 4 7 7 22 29 −7 19
9 Chepo 18 4 2 12 12 21 −9 14
10 Atlético Veragüense 18 3 2 13 13 29 −16 11

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 ALI DÁU CHI CAV CHE CHO PA SF SSM TAU
Alianza 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–2
Árabe Unido 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1
Atlético Chiriquí 0–0 1–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 0–1
Atlético Veragüense 1–4 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–2
Chepo 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Chorrillo 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–3
Plaza Amador 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 5–4 2–3 1–0 1–2
San Francisco 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–0
Sporting San Miguelito 1–2 0–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–3
Tauro 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0

Source: [2]
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

  Semifinals (agg) Final
                 
1  Tauro 0 (4)  
4  Chorrillo 0 (2)  
    1  Tauro 1
  3  San Francisco 0
2  Árabe Unido 0 (2)
3  San Francisco 0 (3)  

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

3 December 2010
21:00 UTC−05:00
 Chorrillo 0 – 0 Tauro Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Referee: Rolando Vidal
Report
12 December 2010
17:00 UTC−05:00
 Tauro 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Chorrillo Cancha Luis Ernesto Tapia, Panama City
Referee: Juan Amaya
Report
  Penalties  
4 – 2

Semifinal 2

3 December 2010
21:00 UTC−05:00
 San Francisco 0 – 0 Árabe Unido Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera
Referee: Jafeth Perea
Report
12 December 2010
15:00 UTC−05:00
 Árabe Unido 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) San Francisco Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón
Referee: Luis Rodríguez
Report
  Penalties  
2 – 3

Final

17 December 2010
21:00 UTC−05:00
 San Francisco 0 – 1 Tauro Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Referee: Luis Rodríguez
Report Sánchez  45'
2010 Apertura Champion


Tauro
8th Title

Top goalscorers

Pos Name Club Goals
1 Gabriel de Los Rios Atlético Chiriquí 8
2 César Medina Alianza 6
Eduameth Nimbley Cárdenas Alianza 6
Alberto Zapata Sporting San Miguelito 6
Julíán Martínez Tauro 6
Luis Renteria Tauro 6

2011 Clausura

2011 Clausura
Champions San Francisco
Champions League San Francisco

The 2011 Clausura was the third and final tournament of the season. It began on 28 January 2011 and ended on 14 May 2011.

First round

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Chorrillo 18 8 7 3 16 9 +7 31 Qualified to the Final Round
2 San Francisco 18 7 8 3 31 21 +10 29
3 Sporting San Miguelito 18 7 6 5 19 14 +5 27
4 Tauro 18 7 5 6 25 21 +4 26
5 Plaza Amador 18 6 8 4 18 17 +1 26
6 Atlético Veragüense 18 7 4 7 17 17 0 25
7 Atlético Chiriquí 18 6 6 6 19 20 −1 24
8 Chepo 18 6 5 7 21 24 −3 23
9 Árabe Unido 18 3 8 7 14 16 −2 17
10 Alianza 18 3 3 12 12 33 −21 12

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round
Team \ Round

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Chorrillo 5 7 9 7 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
San Francisco 8 6 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 6 3 5 6 4 2 2
Sporting San Miguelito 4 1 1 1 2 2 6 6 4 7 5 3 4 3 3 6 3 3
Tauro 7 9 6 8 8 7 5 5 8 5 7 8 8 6 4 5 6 4
Plaza Amador 5 4 2 2 1 4 2 3 7 8 8 7 6 4 5 3 4 5
Atlético Veragüense 8 8 10 10 9 8 8 8 5 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 6
Atlético Chiriquí 1 2 5 3 5 5 7 9 6 4 6 4 5 7 7 7 7 7
Chepo 10 10 8 6 6 6 3 2 1 1 2 5 7 8 8 8 8 8
Árabe Unido 2 3 4 5 7 9 9 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Alianza 2 5 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Source: [4]

Results

Home \ Away1 ALI DÁU CHI CAV CHE CHO PA SF SSM TAU
Alianza 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–3 1–4
Árabe Unido 3–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2
Atlético Chiriquí 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–1
Atlético Veragüense 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1
Chepo 3–2 2–1 0–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1
Chorrillo 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–0
Plaza Amador 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1
San Francisco 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0
Sporting San Miguelito 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1
Tauro 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–1

Source: [5]
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

  Semifinals (agg) Final
                 
1  Chorrillo 5  
4  Tauro 1  
    1  Chorrillo 2
  2  San Francisco 3
2  San Francisco 4
3  Sporting San Miguelito 2  

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

29 April 2011
21:00 (UTC-5)
 Sporting San Miguelito 1 – 2 San Francisco Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Zapata  28'  83' Jimenez
 89' Miller
6 May 2011
21:00 (UTC-5)
 San Francisco 2 – 1 Sporting San Miguelito Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera
Brown  70',  84'  32' Herrera

Semifinal 2

30 April 2011
20:00 (UTC-5)
 Tauro 1 – 1 Chorrillo Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Angulo  2'  21' Blackburn
7 May 2011
20:00 (UTC-5)
 Chorrillo 4 – 0 Tauro Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Mitre  28',  72'
de la Rosa  53'
Phillips  85'

Final

14 May 2011
20:30 (UTC-5)
 Chorrillo 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) San Francisco Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno
Rojas  21'
Mitre  42'		  10' De Avila
 83' (pen),  91' Brown
2011 Clausura Champion:


San Francisco
7th Title

Top goalscorers

Pos Name Club Goals

Aggregate table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 San Francisco 54 23 19 12 89 54 +35 88 Qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round 1
2 Chorrillo 54 23 17 14 58 45 +13 86
3 Tauro 54 24 13 17 72 59 +13 85 Qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage 1
4 Árabe Unido 54 21 19 14 60 51 +9 82
5 Atlético Chiriquí 54 20 16 18 69 70 −1 76
6 Sporting San Miguelito 54 19 17 18 61 53 +8 74
7 Plaza Amador 54 18 18 18 65 66 −1 72
8 Alianza 54 16 13 25 55 69 −14 61
9 Chepo 54 14 13 27 50 73 −23 55
10 Atlético Veragüense (R) 54 15 9 30 49 88 −39 54 Relegation to the Liga de Ascenso

Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Tauro and San Francisco qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League as 2010 Apertura and 2011 Clausura champions respectively. Tauro earned the Panama 1 spot and San Francisco earned the Panama 2 spot based on 36-match aggregate record of 2010 Apertura and 2011 Clausura only (Tauro: 63 pts; San Francisco 62 pts).
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

  1. ^ Pino, Claudio Orlando. "Final de la LPF rompió record", Mi Diario, Panama, 18 May 2010.
  2. ^ Árabe Unido, campeón del torneo Clausura LPF 2010
  3. ^ Motagua, San Francisco get CCL berths

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