2011–12 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season 2011–12
Champions Apertura: Chorrillo
Champions League Chorrillo
Matches played 90
Goals scored 200 (2.22 per match)
Biggest home win Apertura: Tauro 3-0 Chepo
Chepo 3-0 Tauro
Biggest away win Apertura: Chiriquí 0-4 Chepo
Colón C-3 0-4 Tauro
Highest scoring Apertura: Alianza 5-3 Chepo
2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season is the 24th season of top-flight football in Panama. The season began on 15 July 2011 and is scheduled to end in May 2012. Ten teams will complete throughout the entire season.

Contents

Teams

Atlético Veragüense 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, Colón C-3.

Locations of the 2011–12 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
Chepo Chepo Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)
Chorrillo Panama City Estadio Javier Cruz
Colón C-3 Colón Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
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

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of
vacancy		 Position
in table		 Replaced by Date of
appointment		 Position
in table

2011 Apertura

The 2011 Apertura is the first tournament of the season. It began on 15 July 2011 and ended in December 2011.

First round

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting San Miguelito 18 10 4 4 21 14 +7 34 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Chorrillo 18 9 5 4 26 19 +7 32
3 San Francisco 18 9 4 5 23 19 +4 31
4 Plaza Amador 18 9 4 5 22 21 +1 31
5 Chepo 18 9 3 6 24 15 +9 30
6 Tauro 18 9 1 8 23 16 +7 28
7 Árabe Unido 18 7 4 7 17 17 0 25
8 Alianza 18 3 7 8 20 27 −7 16
9 Colón C-3 18 2 5 11 13 27 −14 11
10 Atlético Chiriquí 18 2 5 11 12 26 −14 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 CHE CHO COL PA SF SSM TAU
Alianza 1–1 1–1 5–3 2–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–3
Árabe Unido 1–0 3–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1
Atlético Chiriquí 1–1 1–2 0–4 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–2
Chepo 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–0
Chorrillo 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–0
Colón C-3 2–2 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–4
Plaza Amador 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0
San Francisco 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–0
Sporting San Miguelito 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 4–3 0–1 1–0
Tauro 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1

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 Final
                     
1  Sporting San Miguelito 2 1 3  
4  Plaza Amador 3 2 5  
    4  Plaza Amador 1
  2  Chorrillo 4
2  Chorrillo 2 1 3
3  San Francisco 0 2 2  

Semi-finals

First leg

18 November 2011
21:00 UTC-5
 San Francisco 0 – 2 Chorrillo Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera
19 November 2011
20:00 UTC-5
 Plaza Amador 3 – 2 Sporting San Miguelito Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Second leg

25 November 2011
21:00 UTC-5
 Chorrillo 1 – 2
(a.e.t.)		 San Francisco Estadio Javier Cruz, Panama City

Chorillo advances 3–2 on aggregate.

26 November 2011
20:00 UTC-5
 Sporting San Miguelito 1 – 2 Plaza Amador Estadio Bernardo Gil, San Miguelito

Plaza Amador advances 5–3 on aggregate.

Finals

3rd December 2011
TBD UTC-5
 Chorrillo 4-1 Plaza Amador Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Rolando Blackburn 27 and 63 min, Alfredo Phillips 77min , Renán Addles 90 min [3] Javier Caicedo 85 min

Top goalscorers

Pos Name Club Goals
1st Delano Welch Chepo 8
1st César Medina Alianza 8

2012 Clausura

The 2012 Clausura is the second tournament of the season. It began in January 2012 and ended in May 2012.

First round

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Árabe Unido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atlético Chiriquí 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Chepo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chorrillo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Colón C-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Plaza Amador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 San Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sporting San Miguelito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Tauro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: [4]
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 CHE CHO COL PA SF SSM TAU
Alianza
Árabe Unido
Atlético Chiriquí
Chepo
Chorrillo
Colón C-3
Plaza Amador
San Francisco
Sporting San Miguelito
Tauro

Updated to games played on pre-season
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 Final
                     
1    
4    
     
   
2  
3    

Semi-finals

First leg

TBD May 2012
TBD UTC-5
 v
TBD May 2012
TBD UTC-5
 v

Second leg

TBD May 2012
TBD UTC-5
 v
TBD May 2012
TBD UTC-5
 v

Finals

TBD May 2012
TBD UTC-5
 v

Top goalscorers

Pos Name Club Goals

Aggregate table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting San Miguelito 18 10 4 4 21 14 +7 34
2 Chorrillo 18 9 5 4 26 19 +7 32 Qualified to the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League
3 San Francisco 18 9 4 5 23 19 +4 31
4 Plaza Amador 18 9 4 5 22 21 +1 31
5 Chepo 18 9 3 6 24 15 +9 30
6 Tauro 18 9 1 8 23 16 +7 28
7 Árabe Unido 18 7 4 7 17 17 0 25
8 Alianza 18 3 7 8 20 27 −7 16
9 Colón C-3 18 2 5 11 13 27 −14 11
10 Atlético Chiriquí 18 2 5 11 12 26 −14 11 Relegation to 2012–13 Liga de Ascenso

Source: [6]
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.

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