2012–13 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season 2012–13
Champions Apertura: Árabe Unido
Clausura: Sporting San Miguelito
Relegated Atlético Chiriquí
Champions League Árabe Unido
Sporting San Miguelito

The 2012–13 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season is the 25th season of top-flight football in Panama. The season began on 20 July 2012 and is scheduled to end in May 2013. Ten teams will complete throughout the entire season.

Teams

Colón C-3 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, Río Abajo F.C..

Club Home city Stadium
Alianza Panama City Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández
Árabe Unido Colón Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
Atlético Chiriquí David Estadio San Cristóbal
Chepo Chepo Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)
Chorrillo Panama City Estadio Javier Cruz
Plaza Amador Panama City Estadio Javier Cruz
Río Abajo Panama City Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia
San Francisco La Chorrera Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Sporting San Miguelito San Miguelito Estadio Bernardo Gil
Tauro Panama City Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández

2012 Apertura

The 2012 Apertura is the first tournament of the season. It began on 20 July 2012 and ended on 2 December 2012.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Río Abajo 18 9 5 4 28 20 +8 32 Qualification for playoffs
2 Árabe Unido 18 8 8 2 25 20 +5 32
3 Plaza Amador 18 6 8 4 22 23 1 26
4 Chepo 18 5 10 3 22 18 +4 25
5 Chorrillo 18 5 10 3 22 19 +3 25
6 Tauro 18 5 6 7 25 27 2 21
7 Sporting San Miguelito 18 4 8 6 14 17 3 20
8 San Francisco 18 4 6 8 20 22 2 18
9 Alianza 18 4 6 8 21 24 3 18
10 Atlético Chiriquí 18 2 9 7 14 23 9 15

Updated to games played on 1 October 2013.
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.

Semi-finals

First leg

Plaza Amador 1–3 Árabe Unido
Temístocles Perez  57' Jose Gonzales  13'
Abdiel Arroyo Molinar  58'  77'
Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City

Chepo FC 2–0 Río Abajo
Bernando Palma Taylor  36', Romario Antonio Piggott  44'
Estadio Profesor Javier Cruz, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno

Second leg

Árabe Unido 2–0 Plaza Amador
David Daniels  34'
Orlando Rodriguez  52'
Referee: Ameth Sanchez

Arabe Unido won 5-1 on aggregate.


Río Abajo F.C. 1–1 Chepo
Jose Gonzalez  88' Bernardo Palma Taylor  78'
Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City

Chepo FC won 3-1 on aggregate.

Final

Chepo 1–4 Árabe Unido
Ricardo Romero  29' Orlando Rodriguez  24'  25'
Abdiel Arroyo Molinar  42'
Jose Gonzalez  60'
Referee: John Francis Pitty
2012 Apertura Champion
Árabe Unido
10th Title

Top goalscorers

No. Player Team Goals
1 Panama Jorman Aguilar Río Abajo 10
2 Panama Edwin Aguilar Tauro 10
3 Panama Anthony Basile Río Abajo 8
4 Panama Bernando Palma Chepo 6
5 Panama Cesar Medina Alianza 5
6 Panama Armando Polo San Francisco 4
7 Panama Renán Yoriel Addles Chorillo 4
8 Panama Rene Campbell Alianza 4
9 Paraguay Julio Castillo Chepo FC 4
10 Panama Angel Lombardo Deportivo Plaza Amador 4

2013 Clausura

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Tauro 18 10 3 5 30 25 +5 33 Qualification for playoffs
2 San Francisco 18 9 5 4 27 21 +6 32
3 Árabe Unido 18 7 6 5 18 14 +4 27
4 Sporting San Miguelito 18 8 3 7 19 18 +1 27
5 Río Abajo 18 7 5 6 24 24 0 26
6 Plaza Amador 18 6 7 5 21 18 +3 25
7 Chorrillo 18 7 3 8 25 28 3 24
8 Alianza 18 4 10 4 13 10 +3 22
9 Atlético Chiriquí 18 2 9 7 18 24 6 15
10 Chepo 18 2 5 11 12 25 13 11

Updated to games played on 1 October 2013.
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.

Semi-finals

First leg


Sporting San Miguelito 2–1 Tauro
Gabriel Ríos  59', Ricardo Clarke  77' Miguel Castillo  14'
Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno

Second leg

San Francisco 2–1 Árabe Unido
Eybri Bonaga  7'
Boris Alfaro  66'
Abdiel Arroyo  72'
Estadio Agustín Muquita Sánchez, La Chorrera
Referee: John Pitty

San Francisco won 2-1 on aggregate.


Tauro F.C. 1–1 Sporting San Miguelito
Miguel Castillo  86' Ricardo Clarke  64'
Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno

Sporting San Miguelito won 3-2 on aggregate.

Final

San Francisco 1–4 Sporting San Miguelito
Amílcar James  10' [] Darwin Pinzon  7'  47'
Ricardo Clarke  3'
Julio Andrade  93'
Referee: Roberto Moreno
2013 Clasura Champion
Sporting San Miguelito
1st Title

Top goalscorers

No. Player Team Goals
1 Panama Johnny Ruiz Chorillo 9
2 Panama Luis Gabriel Rentería Tauro 8
3 Panama Ricardo Clarke Sporting San Miguelito 7
4 Panama Angel Lombardo Plaza Amador 7
5 Panama José Luis Garcés San Francisco 6
6 Panama René Víctor Mendieta Jr Chepo 6
7 Panama Anthony Basile Río Abajo 5
8 Colombia Juan Osorio Alianza 5
9 Panama Armando Polo Río Abajo 5
10 Panama Edwin Aguilar Tauro 4

Aggregate table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Árabe Unido 36 15 14 7 43 34 +9 59 Qualification for 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
2 Río Abajo 36 16 10 10 51 43 +8 58
3 Plaza Amador 36 12 15 9 43 41 +2 51
4 Tauro 36 15 9 12 55 52 +3 54
5 San Francisco 36 13 11 12 47 43 +4 50
6 Chorrillo 36 12 13 11 47 47 0 49
7 Sporting San Miguelito 36 12 11 13 33 35 2 47 Qualification for 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
8 Alianza 36 8 16 12 34 34 0 40
9 Chepo 36 7 15 14 34 43 9 36
10 Atlético Chiriquí 36 4 18 14 32 47 15 30 Relegation to 201213 Liga de Ascenso

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.

References

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