Liga Panameña de Fútbol

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Founded 1988
Country Panama
Confederation CONCACAF
Number of teams 10
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Liga Nacional de Ascenso
International cup(s) CONCACAF Champions League
Current champions Árabe Unido
Most championships Árabe Unido (13 titles)
TV partners RPC TV, TV-Max
Website lpf.com.pa
2016 Apertura

The Liga Panameña de Fútbol (English: Panamanian Football League) is the top tier football league in Panama. Until 2009, the league was named Asociación Nacional Pro Fútbol (ANAPROF).

Competition format

The league's season is divided into two tournaments called the Apertura and Clausura. Both tournaments have an identical format. Each tournament has two stages: the first stage is a double round-robin round where each team plays every other team twice, once at home and once away. The top-four teams advance to a final stage, a single-elimination culminating with a final match.

The first stage of both tournaments is combined into an aggregate table to determine relegation. The team with the fewest points is relegated to the Primera A for the following season.

The champions of both tournaments qualify to the CONCACAF Champions League.

History

ANAPROF logo

In 1987, a group of men, composed of Giancarlo Gronchi, Jan Domburg, Edgar Plazas, Jorge Zelasny, Ángel Valero and Juan Carlos Delgado, founded the Asociación Nacional Pro-Fútbol (ANAPROF for short) on February 26, 1988.

Their objective was to establish the bases to organize professional footballers in Panama, in order to help the Panamanian national team in the long term.

Founding teams

Timeline

2016-17 teams

Club City Stadium Capacity
Alianza Panama City Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia 900
Árabe Unido Colón Estadio Armando Dely Valdés 4,000
Atlético Nacional Panama City Estadio Javier Cruz 2,500
Atlético Veragüense Santiago de Veraguas Estadio Áristocles Castillo 2,500
Chorrillo Panama City Estadio Maracaná 5,500
Plaza Amador Panama City Estadio Maracaná 5,500
San Francisco La Chorrera Estadio Agustín Sánchez 3,000
Santa Gema Arraiján Cancha del Mystic 3,000
Sporting San Miguelito San Miguelito Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia 900
Tauro Panama City Estadio Rommel Fernández 32,000

Championships by team

Team Winners Runners-up
Árabe Unido15 15
Tauro128
San Francisco910 2
Plaza Amador66
Chorrillo24
Euro Kickersdagger12
Sporting San Miguelito11
Panamá Viejo1-
Chepodagger-2
Club Projusadagger-2
Alianza-1
Río Abajo-1
Independiente-1
Atlético Veragüense-1
Sporting Colóndagger-1
Cosmosdagger-1

1 Including 2 Winners in LINFUNA.
2 Including 2 Runners-up under the name Deportivo La Previsora.
dagger Teams dissolved.

Past results LINFUNA

From 1994 to 1996 Panamese football went through a schism, with the alternative federation, LINFUNA (officially recognised by FIFA then). LINFUNA and ANAPROF joined again in 1996.

Seasons Champions Runners-up
1994–95 Árabe Unido Cosmos
1995–96 Árabe Unido Club Projusa

Results by year

The following table shows past results for ANAPROF (1988-09) and the Liga Panameña de Fútbol (2009–present)

Seasons Champions Manager Runners-up
1988 Plaza Amador Colombia Carlos Collazos Deportivo La Previsora
1989 Tauro Uruguay Miguel Mansilla Deportivo La Previsora
1990 Plaza Amador El Salvador Milton Palacios Tauro
1991 Tauro Uruguay Miguel Mansilla Euro Kickers
1992 Plaza Amador Colombia Carlos Collazos Sporting Colón
1993 Euro Kickers Panama Orlando Muñoz Club Projusa
1994–95 San Francisco Panama Leopoldo Lee Tauro
1995–96 San Francisco Panama Leopoldo Lee Plaza Amador
1996–97 Tauro Uruguay Miguel Mansilla Euro Kickers
1997–98 Tauro Uruguay Miguel Mansilla Árabe Unido
1998–99 Árabe Unido Peru Eliazar Herrera Tauro
1999–00 Tauro Panama Alfredo Poyatos Plaza Amador
2000–01 Panamá Viejo England Panama Gary Stempel Tauro
2001 (A) Árabe Unido Colombia Richard Parra San Francisco
2001 (C) Árabe Unido Colombia Richard Parra Plaza Amador
2002 (A) Árabe Unido Colombia Richard Parra San Francisco
2002 (C) Plaza Amador Argentina Sergio Giovagnoli Tauro
2003 (A) Tauro Colombia Gonzalo Soto Árabe Unido
2003 (C) Tauro Colombia Gonzalo Soto Alianza
2004 (A) Árabe Unido Paraguay Julio César Núñez Plaza Amador
2004 (C) Árabe Unido Paraguay Julio César Núñez San Francisco
2005 (A) Plaza Amador Panama Fernando Arnulfo Bolívar Árabe Unido
2005 (C) San Francisco England Panama Gary Stempel Atlético Veragüense
2006 (A) San Francisco England Panama Gary Stempel Plaza Amador
2006 (C) Tauro Panama Rubén Guevara Árabe Unido
2007 (A) Tauro Uruguay Miguel Mansilla San Francisco
2007 (C) San Francisco England Panama Gary Stempel Árabe Unido
2008 (A) San Francisco England Panama Gary Stempel Tauro
2008 (C) Árabe Unido Colombia Richard Parra Tauro
2009 (A) I San Francisco Panama Rubén Guevara Chorrillo
2009 (A) II Árabe Unido Colombia Richard Parra Tauro
2010 (C) Árabe Unido Colombia Richard Parra San Francisco
2010 (A) Tauro Panama Juan Carlos Cubilla San Francisco
2011 (C) San Francisco England Panama Gary Stempel Chorrillo
2011 (A) Chorrillo Uruguay Miguel Angel Mansilla Plaza Amador
2012 (C) Tauro Colombia Sergio Angulo Chepo
2012 (A) Árabe Unido Colombia Jair Palacios Chepo
2013 (C) Sporting San Miguelito Panama Mario Anthony Torres San Francisco
2013 (A) Tauro Panama Rolando Palma San Francisco
2014 (C) Chorrillo Panama Julio Medina III Río Abajo
2014 (A) San Francisco England Panama Gary Stempel Sporting San Miguelito
2015 (C) Árabe Unido Colombia Sergio Guzman Independiente
2015 (A) Árabe Unido Colombia Sergio Guzman Chorrillo
2016 (C) Plaza Amador Colombia Jair Palacios Chorrillo
2016 (A) Árabe Unido Colombia Sergio Guzman Plaza Amador
2017 (C) Tauro FC Panama Rolando Palma Árabe Unido

Top-scorers by season

See also

References

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