ANAPROF Apertura 2008

The ANAPROF Apertura 2008 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2008") started on February 22, 2008. On May 31, 2008 the Apertura 2008 finalized with San Francisco F.C. crowned five time ANAPROF champion after beating Tauro F.C. 3-1.

1 Changes for Apertura 2008
2 Apertura 2008 teams
3 Apertura 2008 standings
- 3.1 Group A
- 3.2 Group B
4 Results table
5 Final round
6 Goalscorers by team
7 Top Goal Scorer
8 Local derby statistics

Changes for Apertura 2008

The league was split into two groups for the regular season with a 4-team playoff after the season was completed. The semifinals are two-leg playoffs, and the final is a single match. The 4 teams qualified for the playoff are decided based in an aggregate table.

Group A is integrated by Atletico Chiriquí, Atletico Veragüense, San Francisco F.C., Plaza Amador and Municipal Chorrillo and Group B is integrated by Tauro F.C., Arabe Unido, Chepo F.C., Sporting San Miguelito and Alianza.

The last team in the general standings will play a playoff against the champion of Primera A instead of facing direct relegation.

The total numbers of games was reduced to 13 game weeks because the Panamanian football federation wanted to end the season as soon as possible in order to have all national team players ready for the 2010 World Cup qualification.

Apertura 2008 teams

Club	City	Stadium
Alianza F.C.	Panama City	Estadio Camping Resort
CD Árabe Unido	Colon	Estadio Armando Dely Valdes
Atletico Chiriqui	Boquete	Estadio Benigno Tomas Argote
Atletico Veraguense	Santiago	Estadio Virgilio Tejeira
Chepo F.C.	Chepo	Estadio Bernardo Gil
Chorrillo F.C.	Panama City	Estadio Municipal de Balboa
Plaza Amador	Panama City	Estadio Bernardo Gil
San Francisco F.C.	La Chorrera	Estadio Virgilio Tejeira
Sporting San Miguelito	San Miguelito	Estadio Bernardo Gil
Tauro F.C.	Panama City	Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi de Pedregal

Apertura 2008 standings

Place (Posición)	Team (Equipo)	Played (PJ)	Won (PG)	Draw (PE)	Lost (PP)	Goals Scored (GF)	Goals Conceded (GC)	+/- (Dif.)	Points (Pts.)
1.	Tauro F.C.	13	7	2	4	21	18	+3	23
2.	San Francisco F.C.	13	5	6	2	19	15	+4	21
3.	Chepo F.C.	13	5	5	3	19	12	+7	20
4.	Sporting San Miguelito	13	6	2	5	18	16	+2	20
5.	Árabe Unido	13	6	2	5	15	14	+1	20
6.	Plaza Amador	13	4	7	2	13	9	+4	19
7.	Chorrillo F.C.	13	3	7	3	14	13	+1	16
8.	Atlético Chiriquí	13	4	3	6	14	22	-8	15
9.	Atlético Veragüense	13	2	5	6	15	28	-13	11
10.	Alianza	13	3	1	9	25	27	-2	10

Green indicates Semifinal Berth (Los equipos en verde señalan los clasificados a semifinales).

Group A

Place (Posición)	Team (Equipo)	Played (PJ)	Won (PG)	Draw (PE)	Lost (PP)	Goals Scored (GF)	Goals Conceded (GC)	+/- (Dif.)	Points (Pts.)
1.	San Francisco F.C.	13	5	6	2	19	15	+4	21
2.	Plaza Amador	13	4	7	2	13	9	+4	19
3.	Chorrillo F.C.	13	3	7	3	14	13	+1	16
4.	Atlético Chiriquí	13	4	3	6	14	22	-8	15
5.	Atlético Veragüense	13	2	5	6	15	28	-13	11

Group B

Place (Posición)	Team (Equipo)	Played (PJ)	Won (PG)	Draw (PE)	Lost (PP)	Goals Scored (GF)	Goals Conceded (GC)	+/- (Dif.)	Points (Pts.)
1.	Tauro F.C.	13	7	2	4	21	18	+3	23
2.	Chepo F.C.	13	5	5	3	19	12	+7	20
3.	Sporting San Miguelito	13	6	2	5	18	16	+2	20
4.	Árabe Unido	13	6	2	5	15	14	+1	20
5.	Alianza	13	3	1	9	25	27	-2	10

Green indicates Semifinal Berth (Los equipos en verde señalan los clasificados a semifinales).

Results table

	Alianza	Árabe Unido	Atl. Chiríqui	Atl. Veragüense	Chepo	Chorrillo	Plaza Amador	San Francisco	Sporting	Tauro
Alianza		2-1	6-1	6-0	1-2	bye	1-1	bye	0-1	2-3
Árabe Unido	2-1		1-2	bye	1-0	0-1	bye	2-1	2-1	1-0
Atl. Chiríqui	bye	bye		1-2	0-1	0-0	2-1	0-1	bye	2-1
Atl. Veragüense	bye	1-1	1-1		bye	1-1	0-1	1-2	bye	1-2
Chepo	5-1	1-2	bye	3-1		bye	0-0	bye	2-0	2-3
Chorrillo	2-0	bye	4-1	0-1	1-1		1-4	0-0	bye	1-1
Plaza Amador	bye	1-0	1-1	2-2	bye	1-1		0-0	0-1	bye
San Francisco	4-3	bye	2-1	2-2	1-1	2-2	0-0		1-2	bye
Sporting	3-1	1-1	1-2	5-2	0-0	1-0	bye	bye		2-3
Tauro	2-1	2-1	bye	bye	1-1	bye	0-1	1-3	2-0

Final round

Semifinals (agg)		Final

Tauro F.C.	3
Sporting San Miguelito	0
		Tauro F.C.	1
		San Francisco F.C.	3
San Francisco F.C.	2
Chepo F.C.	2

Semifinals 1st Leg (Semifinales - Juego de ida)

May 16, 2008	Sporting San Miguelito	0-1	Tauro F.C.	Estadio Bernardo Gil
			Edwin Aguilar 90'	Estadio Bernardo Gil

May 18, 2008	Chepo F.C.	2-0	San Francisco F.C.	Estadio Bernardo Gil
	Carlos Martinez 65' 69'			Estadio Bernardo Gil

Semifinals 2nd Leg (Semifinales - Juego de vuelta)

May 24, 2008	San Francisco F.C.	2-0	Chepo F.C.	Estadio Virgilio Tejeira
	Manuel Torres 15' Eduardo Jimenez 51'			Estadio Virgilio Tejeira
		Penalties
	Alberto Zapata: scored Eduardo Jimenez: post Temistocles Perez: scored Juan Ramon Solis: Jose Calderon saves Manuel Torres: scored	3-1	Luis Jaramillo: scored Carlos Martinez: Carlos Valdes saves Jose Luis Gonzalez: missed Delano Welch: Carlos Valdes saves

San Francisco advances to final 3-1 on penalties

May 25, 2008	Tauro F.C.	2-0	Sporting San Miguelito	Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi de Pedregal
	Rolando Blackburn 11' Eric Quiroz 47'			Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi de Pedregal

Final

May 31, 2008	San Francisco F.C.	3-1	Tauro F.C.	Estadio Armando Dely Valdes
	Manuel Torres 50' Angel Lombardo 99' Temistocles Perez 103'		Dorian Lopez 33'	Estadio Armando Dely Valdes

Apertura 2008 Champion:
San Francisco 5th Title

Since San Francisco alraedy qualified for 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League, Tauro also qualified.

Goalscorers by team

Alianza F.C.:24:

12-César Medina
2-Miguel Castillo
2-Ricardo Palomino
2-Javier Gonzalez
1-Jonathan Aviles
1-Diego Maier
1-Ramon Romero (OG)
1-Julio Carpetta
1-Lucio Lopez
1-Adolfo Machado
1-Carlos Dixon

Árabe Unido:15:

4-Eduardo McTaggart
4-Publio Rodriguez
2-Luis Gondola
1-Juan Sergio Guzman
1-Andres Corpete
1-Anthony Basil
1-Armando Cooper
1-Antonio Leslie

Atletico Chiriqui:14:

3-Catalino Smith
2-Anthony Valdes
1-Antonio Ortega
1-Richard Peralta
1-Oscar Vargas
1-Clive Trotman
1-Eybir Bonaga
1-Rodman Gonzalez
1-Omar Navarro
1-Manuel Torres
1-Jose Ortega

Atletico Veraguense:15:

6-Alcibiades Rojas
4-Neftali Diaz
2-Cristian Vega
1-Enzo Salazar
1-Jesus Gonzalez
1-Miguel Gonzalez

Chepo F.C.:21:

5-Carlos Martinez
4-Delano Welch
4-Gerardo Barrios
2-Cesar Aguilar
2-Ismael Menal
2-Luis Jaramillo
1-Armando Gun
1-Jose Luis Gonzalez

Chorrillo F.C.:14:

3-Anel Canales
3-Julio Medina III
2-Silvio Morelos
1-Johnny Ruiz
1-Alberto Skinner
1-Derek James
1-Roberto Stewart
1-Jean Carlos Cedeño
1-Leonel Parrish

Plaza Amador:13:

4-Ricardo Buitrago
2-Cesar Blackman
2-Engie Mitre
2-Jose Moreno
1-Jean Estribi
1-Richard Dixon
1-Alfredo Hernandez

San Francisco F.C.:24:

7-Alberto Zapata
5-Rusvel Saravia
4-Manuel Torres
3-Angel Lombardo
2-Eduardo Jimenez
1-Victor Suarez
1-Carlos Rivera
1-Temistocles Perez

Sporting San Miguelito:18:

4-Luis Angel Rodriguez
3-Luis Morales
2-Edwin Antero
2-Federico Marines
2-Luis Valderrama
1-Luis Mendoza
1-Francisco Garcia
1-Cristobal Tenorio
1-Ricardo Phillips
1-Osvaldo Solanilla

Tauro F.C.:25:

9-Edwin Aguilar
4-Luis Moreno
3-Brunet Hay
3-Eric Quiroz
2-Gabriel Rios
1-Alexis King
1-Reggie Arosemena
1-Rolando Blackburn
1-Dorian Lopez

Top Goal Scorer

Position	Player	Scored for	Goals
1	César Medina	Alianza	12
2	Edwin Aguilar	Tauro	9
3	Alberto Zapata	San Francisco	7
4	Alcibiades Rojas	Veragüense	6
5	Carlos Martinez	Chepo	5
-	Rusvel Saravia	San Francisco	5
7	Manuel Torres	San Francisco	4
-	Luis Moreno	Tauro	4
-	Luis Angel Rodriguez	Sporting	4
-	Delano Welch	Chepo	4

Local derby statistics

El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador

March 8, 2008	Tauro	0–1	Plaza Amador	Giancarlo Gronchi
			Jean Estribi 22'	Giancarlo Gronchi

Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v Chorillo

March 30, 2008	Plaza Amador	1–1	Chorrillo F.C.	Bernardo Gil
	Ricardo Buitrago 12'		Anel Canales 4'	Bernardo Gil

May 4, 2008	Chorrillo F.C.	1–4	Plaza Amador	Balboa
	Jean Carlos Cedeño 80'		Jose Moreno 8' 34' Ricardo Buitrago 60' Engie Mitre 63'	Balboa

Clasico Interiorano - Atlético Chiriquí v Atlético Veragüense

March 8, 2008	Atlético Chiriquí	1–2	Atlético Veragüense	Benigno Argote
	Richard Peralta 6'		Neftali Diaz 61' 76'	Benigno Argote

April 19, 2008	Atlético Veragüense	1–1	Atlético Chiriquí	Virgilio Tejeira
	Alcibiades Rojas 41'		Catalino Smith 44'	Virgilio Tejeira

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