ANAPROF 2002

ANAPROF 2002 is the 2002 season of the Panamanian football league, ANAPROF. The season started on March 17, 2002 with the Torneo Apertura 2002 and finalized on November 24, 2002 with the Torneo Clausura 2002. The Apertura champion was Árabe Unido and the Clausura champion was Plaza Amador, on November 30, 2002 the ANAPROF 2002 final was played and Plaza Amador was crowned champion over Deportivo Árabe Unido.

Change for ANAPROF 2002

There will be no relegation because the Primera A championship was not played in 2002.
In the 2002 Apertura, the teams were divided into two groups where the top two teams of each group will play a two-leg semifinal and a single final match.
For the 2002 Clausura the two groups format was abandoned and replaced with a single aggregate table format where the top four teams will participate in for a pair of home-and-away series. The top two teams of this cuadrangular series will play a home and away final match.
For the Apertura championship Sporting '89 changed its name to Sporting San Miguelito. Ando for the Clausura championship Sporting San Miguelito were renamed Sporting Coclé after they re-located to Antón Coclé.

ANAPROF 2002 Teams

Club	City	Stadium
Alianza F.C.	Panama City	Estadio Camping Resort
Deportivo Árabe Unido	Colon	Estadio Mariano Bula
Atlético Veragüense	Santiago	Estadio Omar Torrijos
El Chorrillo F.C.	Panama City	Estadio Municipal de Balboa
Plaza Amador	Panama City	Estadio Rommel Fernandez Estadio Municipal de Balboa
San Francisco F.C.	La Chorrera	Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Sporting San Miguelito Sporting Coclé*	San Miguelito Penonome	Estadio Rommel Fernandez Estadio Municipal de Ciruelito
Tauro F.C.	Panama City	Estadio Rommel Fernandez

[*] From the Clausura championship, Sporting San Miguelito re-located themselves to the Coclé Province.

Apertura 2002

Standings

Group A

Place	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded	+/-	Points
1.	Árabe Unido	10	5	4	1	16	11	+5	19
2.	Tauro	10	5	3	2	18	10	+8	18
3.	Alianza	10	4	3	3	13	14	-1	15
4.	El Chorrillo	10	4	2	4	16	16	0	14

Group B

Place	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded	+/-	Points
1.	San Francisco	10	5	3	2	14	10	+4	16
2.	Sporting San Miguelito	10	4	2	4	12	14	-2	14
3.	Plaza Amador	10	2	3	5	7	9	-2	9
4.	Atlético Veragüense	10	0	2	8	10	22	-12	2

Qualified to the final round.

Results table

Please note that the home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	Alianza	Árabe Unido	Atl. Veragüense	Chorrillo	Plaza Amador	San Francisco	Sporting	Tauro
Alianza		2-1	bye	1-1	bye	2-0	1-1	3-3
Árabe Unido	1-0		bye	3-2	1-0	bye	3-1	1-1
Atl. Veragüense	1-2	1-2		bye	2-2	2-2	2-3	bye
Chorrillo	3-1	2-2	2-0		1-0	1-2	1-4	2-3
Plaza Amador	0-1	bye	3-0	bye		1-0	0-1	bye
San Francisco	bye	1-1	3-1	bye	1-1		1-0	1-0
Sporting	bye	bye	1-0	bye	0-0	1-3		bye
Tauro	3-0	1-1	2-1	0-1	2-0	3-0	bye

Final Round

Semifinals (agg)		Final

Árabe Unido	3
Sporting San Miguelito	3
		Árabe Unido	2
		San Francisco	0
San Francisco	2
Tauro	2

Semifinals 1st Leg

May 3, 2002	Sporting San Miguelito	1-2	Árabe Unido	Estadio Municipal Balboa
	Luciano Paz 65'		Agustin Salinas 50' Blas Perez 91'	Estadio Municipal Balboa

May 7, 2002	Tauro	1-0	San Francisco	Estadio Rommel Fernandez
	Anel Canales			Estadio Rommel Fernandez

Semifinals 2nd Leg

May 10, 2002	Árabe Unido	1-2	Sporting San Miguelito	Estadio Mariano Bula
				Estadio Mariano Bula
		Penalties
		4-2

Árabe Unido advances to final 4-2 on penalties

May 10, 2002	San Francisco	2-1	Tauro	Estadio Agustín Sánchez
				Estadio Agustín Sánchez
		Penalties
		4-2

San Francisco advances to final 4-2 on penalties

Final

May 18, 2002	Árabe Unido	2-0	San Francisco	Estadio Rommel Fernandez
	Emmanuel Ceballos 27' Blas Perez 87'			Estadio Rommel Fernandez

Apertura 2002 Champion:
Árabe Unido

Top goal scorer

Position	Player	Scored for	Goals
1	Gabriel de la Hoz	Alianza	7

Clausura 2002

Standings

Place	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded	+/-	Points
1.	Tauro	14	7	6	1	22	14	+8	27
2.	Plaza Amador	14	6	6	2	26	15	+11	24
3.	El Chorrillo	14	6	5	3	21	14	+7	23
4.	Árabe Unido	14	5	7	2	18	13	+5	22
5.	San Francisco	14	5	3	6	19	18	+1	18
6.	Sporting Coclé	14	3	4	7	13	22	-9	13
7.	Alianza	14	2	6	6	18	29	-11	12
8.	Atlético Veragüense	14	1	5	8	11	23	-12	8

Qualified to the final round.

Results table

Please note that the home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	Alianza	Árabe Unido	Atl. Veragüense	El Chorrillo	Plaza Amador	San Francisco	Sporting	Tauro
Alianza		2-2	4-3	1-4	1-3	2-2	1-3	1-1
Árabe Unido	2-1		2-0	1-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	1-2
Atl. Veragüense	0-0	1-3		0-1	1-2	0-1	1-0	2-2
El Chorrillo	2-1	1-2	0-0		0-0	2-0	5-1	1-1
Plaza Amador	1-1	1-1	5-2	3-1		0-1	2-2	4-0
San Francisco	5-1	0-0	1-1	1-2	2-1		1-2	1-3
Sporting	0-1	2-1	0-0	0-0	2-3	0-4		0-1
Tauro	1-1	1-1	2-0	3-1	1-1	3-0	1-0

Final round

Cuadrangular semifinal

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tauro	6	4	0	2	12	10	+2	12
Plaza Amador	6	3	1	2	10	0	+1	10
El Chorrillo	6	3	0	3	11	8	+3	9
Árabe Unido	6	1	1	4	8	14	-6	4

	DAU	CHO	PLA	TAU
Árabe Unido	–	1-0	1-1	2-3
El Chorrillo	4-1	–	3-2	1-3
Plaza Amador	3-2	1-0	–	1-2
Tauro	3-1	0-3	1-2	–

Qualified for the final.

Final 1st Leg

November 20, 2002	Plaza Amador	2-1	Tauro	Estadio Municipal de Balboa
	Alejandro Dawson 18' José Justavino 19'		Luis Tejada 76'	Estadio Municipal de Balboa

Final 2nd Leg

November 24, 2002	Tauro	1-0	Plaza Amador	Campo de Deportes Giancarlo Gronchi
	Ricardo Phillips 24'			Campo de Deportes Giancarlo Gronchi
		Penalties
	Anel Canales Ricardo Phillips Eric Martinez	1-4	Victor Suarez Jose Rodriguez Javier Castro Alejandro Dawson

Plaza Amador won 1-4 on penalties

Clausura 2002 Champion:
Plaza Amador

Top goal scorer

Position	Player	Scored for	Goals
1	Anel Canales	Tauro	10

ANAPROF 2002 grand final

Club	Champion
Árabe Unido	ANAPROF 2002 Apertura Champion
Plaza Amador	ANAPROF 2002 Clausura Champion

Final

November 30, 2002	Árabe Unido	0-2	Plaza Amador	Estadio Agustín Sánchez
			José Justavino Gustavo Favalli	Estadio Agustín Sánchez

ANAPROF 2002 Champion:
Plaza Amador 4th Title

Local derby statistics

El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador

March 17, 2002	Tauro	2–0	Plaza Amador	Estadio Rommel Fernandez
	Luis Tejada 27' Anel Wilshire 90'			Estadio Rommel Fernandez

July 28, 2002	Tauro	1–1	Plaza Amador	Giancarlo Gronchi
	Anel Canales 48'		Joel Solanilla 87'	Giancarlo Gronchi

September 13, 2002	Plaza Amador	4–0	Tauro	Balboa
	Alejandro Dawson 7' 42' 75' Jose Rodriguez 74'			Balboa

October 22, 2002	Plaza Amador	1–2	Tauro	Balboa
	Angel Lombardo 47'		Anel Canales 3' Pablo Romero 73'	Balboa

October 27, 2002	Tauro	1–2	Plaza Amador	Giancarlo Gronchi
	Eric Martinez 52'		Gustavo Favali 56' Diego Maier 66'	Giancarlo Gronchi

November 20, 2002	Plaza Amador	2–1	Tauro	Estadio Municipal de Balboa
	Alejandro Dawson 18' José Justavino 19'		Luis Tejada 76'	Estadio Municipal de Balboa

November 24, 2002	Tauro	1–0	Plaza Amador	Giancarlo Gronchi
	Ricardo Phillips 24'			Giancarlo Gronchi

Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v El Chorillo

March 31, 2002	El Chorrillo	1–0	Plaza Amador	Balboa
	Bladimir Medina 71'			Balboa

July 21, 2002	El Chorrillo	0–0	Plaza Amador	Balboa
				Balboa

September 6, 2002	Plaza Amador	3–1	El Chorrillo	Balboa
	Alejandro Dawson 24' Gustavo Favali 37' Victor Suarez		Ricardo Paschall 60'	Balboa

October 13, 2002	Plaza Amador	1–0	El Chorrillo	Balboa
	Gustavo Favali 25'			Balboa

November 10, 2002	El Chorrillo	3–2	Plaza Amador	Balboa
	Ricardo Paschall (2) Temistocles Perez		Diego Maier Alejandro Dawson	Balboa

References

RSSF ANAPROF 2002

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ANAPROF 2002

Contents

Change for ANAPROF 2002

ANAPROF 2002 Teams

Apertura 2002

Standings

Group A

Group B

Results table

Final Round

Semifinals 1st Leg

Semifinals 2nd Leg

Final

Top goal scorer

Clausura 2002

Standings

Results table

Final round

Cuadrangular semifinal

Final 1st Leg

Final 2nd Leg

Top goal scorer

ANAPROF 2002 grand final

Final

Local derby statistics

References