2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

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Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season2009
ChampionsApertura I: San Francisco (6th title)
Apertura II: Árabe Unido (5th title)
2009–10 CONCACAF Champions LeagueSan Francisco
2010–11 CONCACAF Champions LeagueÁrabe Unido
Top goalscorerApertura I: Edwin Aguilar (18 goals)
Apertura II: Armando Polo (12 goals)
Biggest home winSporting San Miguelito 7–0 Alianza
Biggest away winAlianza 1–4 Atlético Veragüense
Highest scoringAtlético 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 was the 22nd season of top-flight football in Panama.

Teams[]

Locations of the 2009 LPF teams
Club City Stadium
Alianza Panama City Estadio Camping Resort
Árabe Unido Colón Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
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 Qualification
1 Tauro 18 10 6 2 40 23 +17 36 Qualified to the final round
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
Source:[citation needed]

Results table[]

Home \ Away ALI ÁRA ACH AVE CHE CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU
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 —
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round[]

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

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1

Chorrillo3–1Tauro
Angel Lombardo Goal 31'
Johnny Ruiz Goal 38'
Bernardo Palma Goal 85'		 Edwin Aguilar Goal 45'
Tauro0–3Chorrillo
Johnny Ruiz Goal 60'
Rennan Addles Goal 76'
Johnny Ruiz Goal 82'

Semifinal 2

San Francisco0–1Atlético Chiriquí
Auriel Gallardo Goal 3'
Atlético Chiriquí1–3San Francisco
Clive Trottman Goal 76' Ricardo Phillips Goal 12'
Brunet Hay Goal 47'
Boris Alfaro Goal 55'
Estadio San Cristobal

Final[]

Chorrillo0–0San Francisco
Penalties
Engie Mitre Penalty missed
Penalty scored
Johnny Ruiz Penalty missed
Diego Mosquera Penalty scored
Marcos Villareal Penalty missed
Derek James Penalty scored
Julio Medina III Penalty scored
Cesar Blackman Penalty missed		 4–5 Penalty missed Victor Herrera
Penalty missed Brunet Hay
Penalty scored Wess Torres
Penalty missed Alberto Manotas
Penalty scored Manuel Torres
Penalty scored William Negrete
Penalty scored Amir White
Penalty scored 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 Panama Edwin Aguilar Tauro 18
2 Panama Johnny Ruiz Chorrillo 17
3 Panama Luis Jaramillo Chepo 11
4 Panama Auriel Gallardo Atlético Chiriquí 10
5 Panama Rennan Addles Chorrillo 9
Panama Boris Alfaro San Francisco 9
Panama Atlético Chiriquí 9
8 Panama Orlando Rodríguez Árabe Unido 8
9 Colombia Luis Escobar Tauro 6
Panama Armando Polo Sporting San Miguelito 6
Panama 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
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
Source:[citation needed]

Results[]

Home \ Away ALI ÁRA ACH AVE CHE CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU
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 —
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round[]

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

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1

Chorrillo3–0Árabe Unido
Johnny Ruiz Goal 15' Goal 47'
Alcibiades Rojas Goal 77'
Árabe Unido4–0Chorrillo
Orlando Rodríguez Goal 24'
Victor Rene Mendieta Jr. Goal 28'
Alejandro Veléz Goal 43'
Camilo Aguirre Goal 113'
Camilo Aguirre Red card 113'

Semifinal 2

Tauro3–0Atlético Chiriquí
Escobar Goal 25', 39', 72'
Atlético Chiriquí4–4Tauro
Auriel Gallardo Goal 10'
Davis Granados Goal 56'
Gabriel Ávila Goal 62'
Javier Mercado Goal 65'		 Ricardo Amor Goal 9'
Luis Tejada Goal 41' Goal 59'
Temistocles Perez Goal 90'
Estadio San Cristobal

Final[]

Árabe Unido3–2Tauro
Mendieta, Jr. Goal 14'
Carroll Goal 77'
Rodríguez Goal 89'		 Goal 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 Panama Armando Polo Sporting San Miguelito 12
2 Panama Orlando Rodríguez
Panama Luis Tejada
Colombia Johan de Avila 		Árabe Unido
Tauro
Atlético Veragüense 		10
5 Panama Edwin Aguilar Tauro 9
6 Panama Luis Morales Sporting San Miguelito 8
7 Panama Anthony Basile
Panama Johnny Ruiz
Panama Temistocles Perez
Colombia Luis Escobar 		Plaza Amador
Chorrillo
Tauro
Tauro 		7

Relegation table[]

For the second year in a row, Alianza had the fewest 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 Qualification
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 Relegation playoff
Source:[citation needed]

Promotion playoff[]

Alianza1–1Río Abajo
Goal 4' Viveros Goal 21'
Río Abajo0–1Alianza
Goal 87'

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