2015–16 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season 2015–16
Champions Apertura: Árabe Unido
Clausura: Plaza Amador
Relegated Atlético Chiriquí
Champions League Árabe Unido
Plaza Amador
Biggest home win Árabe Unido 8-1 Atlético Chiriquí
Biggest away win Atlético Nacional 1-5 Atlético Chiriquí
Highest scoring Árabe Unido 8-1 Atlético Chiriquí

The 2015–16 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season (also known as the Liga Cable Onda) also is the 26th season of top-flight football in Panama. The season began on 2015 and is scheduled to end in May 2016. Ten teams will complete throughout the entire season.

Teams

Independiente F.C. finished in 10th place in the overall table last season and were relegated to the Liga Nacional de Ascenso. Taking their place for this season are the overall champions of last season's Liga Nacional de Ascenso Atlético Nacional.

Club Home city Stadium
Alianza Panama City Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia
Árabe Unido Colón Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia (in Panama City)
Atlético Chiriquí David, Chiriquí Estadio San Cristóbal
Atlético Nacional Panama City Estadio Agustín "Muquita" Sánchez
Chepo Chepo Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia (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 Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia
Tauro Panama City Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia

2015 Apertura

Personnel and sponsoring (2015 Apertura)

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alianza TBD Colombia Juan Pablo Lopera Lotto Balboa
Árabe Unido TBD Colombia Juan Sergio Guzmán Puma Pizza Hut
Atlético Chiriquí Costa Rica Javier Wanchope Mitre ShowPro
Atletico Nacional Colombia Daniel Valencia Lotto Subway
Chepo TBD Panama Jorge Santos GEMS EGS, NCO
Chorrillo Panama Mike Stump Lotto McDonald's, Cremoso
Plaza Amador TBD Spain Juan Carlos García Diadora Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana
San Francisco Julio Quijano England Panama Gary Stempel Lotto KFC, Canon, Banco General
Sporting San Miguelito TBD Panama José Anthony “ Chalate” Torres Joma Kenwood, Hyundai
Tauro TBD Panama Jorge Dely Valdés Patrick Publicar Páginas Amarillas

Beginning of the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Chorrillo Panama Julio Medina III TBD 2015 Panama Mike Stump 8 May 2015 th (TBD)
Tauro Panama Mike Stump Sacked 2015 Panama Jorge Dely Valdés 2015 th (TBD)

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Alianza Colombia Juan Carlos Lopera Resigned September 21, 2015 Panama Rúben Cardenas Rosales September 21, 2015 10th (Apertura 2015)
Atlético Chiriquí Costa Rica Javier Wanchope Resigned October 12, 2015 Panama Iván González October 12, 2015 th (Apertura 2015)
Tauro F.C. Panama Jorge Dely Valdés Sacked October 21, 2015 Panama Rolando Palma October 21, 2015 th (Apertura 2015)

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Árabe Unido 18 12 3 3 30 15 +15 39 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Chorrillo 18 8 5 5 23 15 +8 29
3 Chepo 18 7 6 5 24 19 +5 27
4 Plaza Amador 18 7 5 6 19 17 +2 26
5 Sporting San Miguelito 18 6 6 6 27 25 +2 24
6 Tauro 18 6 5 7 15 16 −1 23
7 Atlético Nacional 18 6 4 8 20 26 −6 22
8 San Francisco 18 5 6 7 16 18 −2 21
9 Alianza 18 6 2 10 18 27 −9 20
10 Atlético Chiriquí 18 2 8 8 17 31 −14 14

Updated to games played on 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ALI ATL DÁUCHICHECHOPASFSSMTAU
Alianza 2–4 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–1
Atlético Nacional 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–3
Árabe Unido 2–0 1–0 8–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1
Atlético Chiriquí 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1
Chepo 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–5 0–0
Chorrillo 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1
Plaza Amador 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0
San Francisco 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–0
Sporting San Miguelito 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0
Tauro 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 2–2

Updated to games played on 2015.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Second stage

  Semifinals Final
                     
1  Árabe Unido 1 2 3  
4  Plaza Amador 2 0 2  
    1  Árabe Unido 1 (3)
  3  Chorrillo 1 (0)
2  Chorrillo 1 1 2 (3)
3  Chepo 1 1 2 (1)  

Semifinals

First legs

22 November 2015
Chepo 1-2 Chorrillo
Sergio Moreno  13' (pen.)
 74'		 José Luis González  70'
Estadio Oscar Suman Carrillo
Referee: Luis Rodriguez

23 November 2015
Plaza Amador 2-1 Árabe Unido
Valentin Pimentel  3'
Miguel Escobar  51'		 Abdiel Macea  35'
Estadio Maracana de Panama
Referee: Rolando Vidal
Second legs

28 November 2015
13:00
Árabe Unido 2-0 Plaza Amador
Armando Polo  15'
Abdiel Arroyo  34'		 None
Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colon
Referee: Jafeth Perea

Arabe Unido won 3–2 on aggregate.

29 November 2015
11:00
Chorrillo 0-1 Chepo
None José Luis González  46'
Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Ameth Sanchez

Chorrillio drew 2-2 on aggregate, they won in pen 4-3.

Finals

Grand Final

December 6, 2015
Árabe Unido 1-1 Chorrillo
Abdiel Arroyo  19' Luis Jaramillo  60'
  Penalties  
Jose Gonzales "pibe"
Fidel Caesar
Abdiel Arroyo 		3-0 Humberto Ward
Miguel Camargo
Sergio Moreno
Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Referee: Jhon Pitti
Apertura 2015 Champions

Arabe Unido
14th Title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2015. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Panama national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

Alianza

  • Argentina Facundo Kroeck
  • Colombia Robyn Pertuz
  • Colombia Gerardo Negrete
  • Colombia Mauricio Castaño

Arabe Unido

  • Dominican Republic Miguel Lloyd

Chepo

  • Colombia Miguel Duque

Chorillo

  • Brazil Caio Milan
  • Brazil Fabio da Silva
  • Colombia Jorge Henriquez

Plaza Amador

(player released mid season)

Atlético Chiriquí

  • Costa Rica Erick Araya Godines
  • Colombia Pablo César Murillo
  • Colombia Ánderson Diaz

Atletico Nacional

  • Colombia Manuel Murillo
  • Colombia Andrés Santamaría

San Francisco FC

  • None

Sporting San Miguelito

  • None

Tauro FC

  • Colombia Varcan Sterling
  • Colombia Carlos Sierra
  • Colombia Richard Ibargüen
  • Colombia Carlos Mosquera

2016 Clausura

Personnel and sponsoring (2016 Clausura)

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alianza TBD Panama Rubén Cárdenas x Lotto Balboa
Árabe Unido TBD Colombia Juan Sergio Guzmán Puma Pizza Hut
Atlético Chiriquí Panama Mario Mendez x Mitre ShowPro
Atletico Nacional Colombia Daniel Valencia Lotto Subway
Chepo TBD Panama Jorge Santos x GEMS EGS, NCO
Chorrillo Panama Mike Stump x Lotto McDonald's, Cremoso
Plaza Amador TBD Colombia Jair Palacios x Diadora Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana
San Francisco Julio Quijano England Panama Gary Stempel x Lotto KFC, Canon, Banco General
Sporting San Miguelito TBD Panama José Anthony “ Chalate” Torres TBD Kenwood, Hyundai
Tauro TBD Panama Rolando Palma x TBD Publicar Páginas Amarillas

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 18 9 5 4 23 21 +2 32 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Plaza Amador 18 7 8 3 16 9 +7 29
3 Árabe Unido 18 8 3 7 20 17 +3 27
4 Chorrillo 18 7 5 6 20 16 +4 26
5 Atlético Chiriquí 18 7 5 6 19 17 +2 26
6 Tauro 18 6 5 7 15 17 −2 23
7 Chepo 18 6 4 8 18 23 −5 22
8 Sporting San Miguelito 18 5 6 7 16 21 −5 21
9 San Francisco 18 5 5 8 20 23 −3 20
10 Alianza 18 6 2 10 19 22 −3 20

Updated to games played on 8 May 2016.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ALI ATL DÁUCHICHECHOPASFSSMTAU
Alianza 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0
Atlético Nacional 3–2 2–0 1–5 2–2 1–0 0–4 3–0 0–2 0–0
Árabe Unido 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–0
Atlético Chiriquí 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
Chepo 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1
Chorrillo 1–0 0–0 0–4 3–3 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1


Plaza Amador 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1
San Francisco 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–4 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0
Sporting San Miguelito 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–2
Tauro 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–4 0–1

Updated to games played on 3 March 2016.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

  Semifinals Final
                     
1  Atletico Nacional 0 0 0  
4  Chorrillo 0 3 3  
    4  Chorrillo 0
  3  Plaza Amador 1
2  Árabe Unido 2 0 2
3  Plaza Amador 0 3 3  

Semifinals

First legs

11 May 2016
Árabe Unido 2-0 Plaza Amador
Joseph Cox  22'
Armando Cooper  35'		 None None
Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón
Referee: Ameth Sanchez

12 May 2016
Chorrillo 0-0 Atletico Nacional
None None
Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Rolando Vidal
Second legs

15 May 2016
Plaza Amador 3-0 Árabe Unido
Ricaurte Barsallo  9'
 116'
Ernesto Sinclair  48'		 None
Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Victor Rios

Plaza Amador won 3–2 on aggregate.

18 May 2016
Atletico Nacional 0-3 Chorrillo
None Josue Flores  93'
Rodolfo Ford  105'
Luis Jaramillo  111'
Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Jafeth Perea

Chorrillio won 3-0 on aggregate.

Finals

Grand Final

23 May 2016
Plaza Amador 1-0 Chorrillo
Ernesto Sinclair  23' None
Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Referee: Jose kelly's
Clausura 2016 Champions

Plaza Amador
6th Title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2016. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Panama national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

Alianza

  • Argentina Facundo Kroeck
  • Colombia Robyn Pertuz
  • Colombia Gerardo Negrete
  • Colombia Mauricio Castaño

Arabe Unido

  • Dominican Republic Miguel Lloyd

Chepo

  • Colombia Miguel Duque

Chorillo

  • Brazil Caio Milan
  • Brazil Fabio da Silva
  • Colombia Jorge Henriquez
  • Colombia Yustin Arboleda

Plaza Amador

(player released mid season)

Atlético Chiriquí

  • Costa Rica Erick Araya Godines
  • Colombia Pablo César Murillo
  • Colombia Ánderson Diaz

Atletico Nacional

  • Colombia Manuel Murillo
  • Colombia Andrés Santamaría

San Francisco FC

  • Colombia Wanegre Delgado de Armas

Sporting San Miguelito

  • None

Tauro FC

  • Colombia Varcan Sterling
  • Colombia Carlos Sierra
  • Colombia Richard Ibargüen
  • Colombia Carlos Mosquera
  • Colombia Ariel Bonilla

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