2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season 2009
Champions Apertura I: San Francisco (6th title)
Apertura II: Árabe Unido (5th title)
2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League San Francisco
2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Árabe Unido
Top goalscorer Apertura I: Edwin Aguilar (18 goals)
Apertura II: Armando Polo (12 goals)
Biggest home win Sporting San Miguelito 7–0 Alianza
Biggest away win Alianza 1–4 Atlético Veragüense
Highest scoring Atlético Veragüense 3–5 Tauro
San Francisco 3–5 Tauro
Sporting San Miguelito 4–4 Tauro
Atlético Chiriquí 4–4 Tauro
← 2008

The 2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season is the 22nd season of top-flight football in Panama.

Contents

Teams

Locations of the 2009 LPF teams
Club City Stadium
Alianza Panama City Estadio Camping Resort
Árabe Unido Colón Estadio Armando Dely Valdes
Atlético Chiriquí David Estadio San Cristobal
Atlético Veragüense Santiago Estadio Aristocles 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 Estadio Bernardo Gil
Tauro Panama City Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)

Apertura I

First round

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1. Tauro 18 10 6 2 40 23 +17 36
2. Atlético Chiriquí 18 10 3 5 35 19 +16 33
3. San Francisco 18 10 3 5 29 16 +13 33
4. Chorrillo 18 8 8 2 32 17 +15 32
5. Chepo 18 10 2 6 37 24 +13 32
6. Sporting San Miguelito 18 8 4 6 28 19 +9 28
7. Árabe Unido 18 7 4 7 29 24 +5 25
8. Atlético Veragüense 18 3 4 11 20 44 -24 13
9. Alianza 18 2 5 11 22 43 -21 11
10. Plaza Amador 18 2 1 15 13 56 -43 7
Qualified to the final round.

Results table

  Alianza Árabe Unido Atl. Chiríqui Atl. Veragüense Chepo Chorrillo Plaza Amador San Francisco Sporting Tauro
Alianza   1-3 4-4 1-1 0-4 0-0 1-0 0-3 0-3 2-3
Árabe Unido 2-0   2-0 6-0 1-3 1-3 4-0 0-1 1-0 2-3
Atl. Chiríqui 2-3 2-0   3-0 1-0 0-0 4-0 3-0 3-0 1-2
Atl. Veragüense 4-3 3-0 1-2   2-4 0-4 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1
Chepo 2-0 1-1 0-1 4-1   1-1 4-1 2-0 0-1 4-1
Chorrillo 3-3 1-1 2-1 2-2 2-0   5-1 1-2 1-0 1-1
Plaza Amador 2-1 2-0 1-4 1-1 2-3 1-4   0-5 0-1 1-2
San Francisco 3-0 1-1 2-1 2-1 1-2 0-1 4-0   1-1 1-0
Sporting 2-2 1-2 1-2 5-1 2-1 2-0 5-0 2-1   1-1
Tauro 2-1 2-2 1-1 4-1 6-2 1-1 7-1 1-1 2-0  

Final round

  Semifinals (agg) Final
                 
 Chorrillo 6  
 Tauro 1  
     Chorrillo 0
   San Francisco 0
 San Francisco 3
 Atlético Chiriquí 2  

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

June 6, 2009
 Chorrillo 3–1 Tauro Estadio Javier Cruz
Angel Lombardo  31'
Johnny Ruiz  38'
Bernardo Palma  85'		 Edwin Aguilar  45'
June 10, 2009
 Tauro 0–3 Chorrillo Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernandez
Johnny Ruiz  60'
Rennan Addles  76'
Johnny Ruiz  82'

Semifinal 2

June 6, 2009
 San Francisco 0–1 Atlético Chiriquí Estadio Agustin Sanchez
Auriel Gallardo  3'
June 10, 2009
 Atlético Chiriquí 1–3 San Francisco Estadio San Cristobal
Clive Trottman  76' Ricardo Phillips  12'
Brunet Hay  47'
Boris Alfaro  55'

Final

June 13, 2009
 Chorrillo 0–0 San Francisco Estadio Agustin Sanchez
  Penalties  
Engie Mitre
Caio Milan
Johnny Ruiz
Diego Mosquera
Marcos Villareal
Derek James
Julio Medina III
Cesar Blackman		 4–5 Victor Herrera
Brunet Hay
Wess Torres
Alberto Manotas
Manuel Torres
William Negrete
Amir White
Ricardo Phillips
Apertura 2009 Champion:

San Francisco
6th Title

San Francisco qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Scored for Goals
1 Edwin Aguilar Tauro 18
2 Johnny Ruiz Chorrillo 17
3 Luis Jaramillo Chepo 11
4 Auriel Gallardo Atlético Chiriquí 10
5 Rennan Addles Chorrillo 9
Boris Alfaro San Francisco 9
Oscar Vargas Atlético Chiriquí 9
8 Orlando Rodríguez Árabe Unido 8
9 Luis Escobar Tauro 6
Armando Polo Sporting San Miguelito 6
Anthony Valdes Chiriquí 6

Apertura II

The Apertura II (officially the 2009 Copa Digicel Apertura for sponsorship reasons) was the second tournament of the season. It started August 8 and ended on December 13. Árabe Unido were crowned champions of the Liga Panameña de Fútbol for the fifth time after beating Tauro 3-2 in the final. With this win Árabe Unido earned a spot in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.

First round

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Árabe Unido 18 11 5 2 28 12 +16 38 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Atlético Chiriquí 18 11 2 5 36 26 +10 35
3 Tauro 18 9 5 4 38 22 +16 32
4 Chorrillo 18 7 6 5 21 21 0 27
5 San Francisco 18 7 5 6 25 23 +2 26
6 Sporting San Miguelito 18 7 4 7 37 30 +7 25
7 Plaza Amador 18 7 3 8 26 30 −4 24
8 Chepo 18 3 8 7 16 25 −9 17
9 Atlético Veragüense 18 3 4 11 22 36 −14 13
10 Alianza 18 1 6 11 12 36 −24 9

Results

  Alianza Árabe Unido Atl. Chiríqui Atl. Veragüense Chepo Chorrillo Plaza Amador San Francisco Sporting Tauro
Alianza   0-0 1-2 1-4 0-0 1-1 2-1 2-2 0-2 0-2
Árabe Unido 3-0   2-1 4-2 1-0 2-1 3-1 1-1 2-0 2-0
Atl. Chiríqui 3-1 2-1   4-0 3-0 1-0 4-2 2-0 3-0 0-2
Atl. Veragüense 0-0 0-0 1-2   1-1 0-1 3-0 0-1 1-0 3-5
Chepo 3-2 0-1 2-2 2-0   1-1 1-3 0-0 3-3 1-0
Chorrillo 1-0 1-0 1-1 2-2 2-1   2-3 3-2 3-2 2-1
Plaza Amador 1-1 0-2 2-1 4-2 2-0 0-0   2-1 3-4 0-0
San Francisco 2-0 0-1 4-0 3-2 0-0 1-0 1-0   1-0 3-5
Sporting 7-0 2-2 2-3 2-1 1-1 3-0 1-2 3-1   4-4
Tauro 2-1 1-1 5-2 4-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 2-2 0-1  

Final round

  Semifinals (agg) Final
                 
 Árabe Unido 4  
 Chorrillo 3  
     Árabe Unido 3
   Tauro 2
 Atlético Chiriquí 4
 Tauro 7  

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

November 28, 2009
 Chorrillo 3–0 Árabe Unido Estadio Javier Cruz
Johnny Ruiz  15'  47'
Alcibiades Rojas  77'
December 6, 2009
 Árabe Unido 4–0 Chorrillo Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernandez
Orlando Rodríguez  24'
Victor Rene Mendieta Jr.  28'
Alejandro Veléz  43'
Camilo Aguirre  113'
Camilo Aguirre  113'

Semifinal 2

November 28, 2009
 Tauro 3–0 Atlético Chiriquí Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernandez
Escobar  25', 39', 72'
December 5, 2009
 Atlético Chiriquí 4–4 Tauro Estadio San Cristobal
Auriel Gallardo  10'
Davis Granados  56'
Gabriel Avila  62'
Javier Mercado  65'		 Ricardo Amor  9'
Luis Tejada  41'  59'
Temistocles Perez  90'

Final

December 13, 2009
16:00 (UTC-5)
 Árabe Unido 3–2 Tauro Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera
Mendieta, Jr.  14'
Carroll  77'
Rodríguez  89'		 Pérez  28', 54'
Apertura II 2009 Champion:

Árabe Unido
5th Title

Árabe Unido qualified for 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top goalscorers

Position Player Scored for Goals
1 Armando Polo Sporting San Miguelito 12
2 Orlando Rodríguez
Luis Tejada
Johan de Avila		 Árabe Unido
Tauro
Atlético Veragüense		 10
5 Edwin Aguilar Tauro 9
6 Luis Morales Sporting San Miguelito 8
7 Anthony Basile
Johnny Ruiz
Temistocles Perez
Luis Escobar		 Plaza Amador
Chorrillo
Tauro
Tauro		 7

Relegation table

For the second year in a row, Alianza had the least amount of points at the end of the season and had to face Liga Nacional de Ascenso champion Río Abajo. Just as last year, Alianza defeated Río Abajo and stayed in the LPF.

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1. Tauro 36 19 11 6 78 45 +33 68
2. Atlético Chiriquí 36 21 5 10 71 45 +26 68
3. Árabe Unido 36 18 9 9 57 36 +21 63
4. San Francisco 36 17 8 11 54 39 +15 59
5. Chorrillo 36 15 14 7 53 38 +15 59
6. Sporting San Miguelito 36 15 8 13 65 48 +17 53
7. Chepo 36 13 10 13 53 49 +4 49
8. Plaza Amador 36 9 4 23 39 86 -47 31
9. Atlético Veragüense 36 6 8 22 42 80 -38 26
10. Alianza 36 3 11 22 34 79 -45 20

Pink indicates relegation playoff

Promotion playoff

December 16, 2009
 Alianza 1–1 Río Abajo Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
López  4' Viveros  21'
December 19, 2009
 Río Abajo 0–1 Alianza Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Aguilar  87'

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