2018–19 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

The 2017–18 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season (also known as the Liga Cable Onda) also is the 28th season of top-flight football in Panama. The season began on 17 July 2017 and is scheduled to end in May 2018. Ten teams will complete throughout the entire season.

Teams

Chorrillo formed with Deportivo Centenario de Coclé and la Universidad Latina de Panamá therefoe there was no need for a relegation. Taking their place for this season are the overall champions of last season's Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Costa del Este F.C..

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Plaza Amador	Juan Carlos García	Sacked	May 2018	Jorge Santos	May 2018	th (TBD)
Tauro FC	Sergio Angulo	Contract Finished	June 2018	Juan Carlos García	June 2018	th (TBD)
Arabe Unido	Sergio Guzman	Contract Finished	June 2018	Carlos Ruiz	June 2018	th (TBD)

During the Apertura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Tauro F.C.	Juan Carlos García	Sacked	September 2018	Saúl Maldonado	September 2018	10th (Apertura 2017)
Sporting San Miguelito	Noel Gutierrez	Mutual Agreement	September 2018	Gustavo Avila	September 2018	9th (Apertura 2017)
San Francisco FC	Andres Dominguez	Mutual Agreement	September 2018	Sergio Angulo	September 2018	9th (Apertura 2017)
Arabe Unidos	Carlos Ruiz	Sacked	September 2018	José 'Chicho' Pérez	September 2018	th (Apertura 2017)
UD Universitario	Óscar Upegui	Sacked	September 2018	Julio Medina	September 2018	th (Apertura 2017)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
TBD	TBD	Moved back to Assistant coach	November 2017	TBD	November 2017	12th (Apertura 2017)

2018 Apertura

Personnel and sponsoring (2018 Apertura)

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Alianza	TBD	Jair Palacios	Keuka	Balboa
Árabe Unido	TBD	Carlos Ruiz	Kelme	Pizza Hut, Panama Colon, Aguaseo
UD Universatrio	TBD	Óscar Upegui	Lotto	McDonald's
Costa del Este F.C.		Angel Sanchez	Adidas	McDonald's, Cremoso
Independiente		Donaldo Gonzales	E	Cemento Interoceanico, ECO Moda
Plaza Amador	TBD	Jorge Santos	Umbro	Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana
Santa Gema		Mario Anthony "Chalate" Torres	Kelme	ShowPro, PSA Panama
San Francisco	Julio Quijano	Andrés Domínguez	Puma	KFC, Banco General
Sporting San Miguelito	TBD	Noel Gutierrez	ke sport	Los Andes, URBE, pío Pío
Tauro	TBD	Juan Carlos García	Patrick	Touritos, Argos, Caja de Ahorros

2019 Clausura

Personnel and sponsoring (2019 Clausura)

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Alianza	TBD	José Anthony Torres	keuka	Balboa
Árabe Unido	TBD	Juan Sergio Guzmán x	kelme	Pizza Hut
UD Universatrio	TBD	Marcos Pimentel	keuka	EGS, NCO
Chorrillo		Richard Parra x	adidas	McDonald's, Cremoso
Independiente		Donaldo Gonzales	adidas
Plaza Amador	TBD	Jorge Santos	umbro	Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana
Santa Gema		Leopoldo Lee	kelme	ShowPro
San Francisco	Julio Quijano	Mike Stump	Puma	KFC, Canon, Banco General
Sporting San Miguelito	TBD	Juan Pablo Lopera	keuka	Kenwood, Hyundai
Tauro	TBD	Juan Carlos García	Patrick	Publica Amarias, Dominos, Estrella Azul, Argos, Capital Bank

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players for the 2018-2019. The following players:

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

(player released mid season)

External links

• http://panamafutbol.com/?cat=3&paged=3
• http://lpf.com.pa/w/category/noticas/
• https://int.soccerway.com/national/panama/lpf/20172018/apertura/r42284/
• http://www.rpctv.com/deportes/futbolnacional/