2008 ANAPROF Apertura

In Panamanian football, the ANAPROF Apertura 2008 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2008") started on February 22, 2008. On May 31, 2008 the Apertura 2008 finalized with San Francisco F.C. crowned five time ANAPROF champion after beating Tauro F.C. 3-1.

ANAPROF
SeasonApertura 2008
Champions-
Relegated-
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2008(C) →
ANAPROF 2008 Apertura team distribution

Changes for Apertura 2008
  • The league was split into two groups for the regular season with a 4-team playoff after the season was completed. The semifinals are two-leg playoffs, and the final is a single match. The 4 teams qualified for the playoff are decided based in an aggregate table.
  • Group A is integrated by Atlético Chiriquí, Atletico Veragüense, San Francisco F.C., Plaza Amador and Municipal Chorrillo and Group B is integrated by Tauro F.C., Arabe Unido, Chepo F.C., Sporting San Miguelito and Alianza.
  • The last team in the general standings will play a playoff against the champion of Primera A instead of facing direct relegation.
  • The total numbers of games was reduced to 13 game weeks because the Panamanian football federation wanted to end the season as soon as possible in order to have all national team players ready for the 2010 World Cup qualification.

Teams
Club City Stadium
Alianza F.C. Panama City Estadio Camping Resort
CD Árabe Unido Colon Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
Atlético Chiriquí Boquete Estadio Benigno Tomas Argote
Atlético Veragüense Santiago Estadio Virgilio Tejeira
Chepo F.C. Chepo Estadio Bernardo Gil
Chorrillo F.C. Panama City Estadio Municipal de Balboa
Plaza Amador Panama City Estadio Bernardo Gil
San Francisco F.C. La Chorrera Estadio Virgilio Tejeira
Sporting San Miguelito San Miguelito Estadio Bernardo Gil
Tauro F.C. Panama City Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi de Pedregal

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tauro F.C. 13 7 2 4 21 18 +3 23 Semifinal
2 San Francisco F.C. 13 5 6 2 19 15 +4 21
3 Chepo F.C. 13 5 5 3 19 12 +7 20
4 Sporting San Miguelito 13 6 2 5 18 16 +2 20
5 Árabe Unido 13 6 2 5 15 14 +1 20
6 Plaza Amador 13 4 7 2 13 9 +4 19
7 Chorrillo F.C. 13 3 7 3 14 13 +1 16
8 Atlético Chiriquí 13 4 3 6 14 22 −8 15
9 Atlético Veragüense 13 2 5 6 15 28 −13 11
10 Alianza 13 3 1 9 25 27 −2 10
Source:

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Francisco F.C. 13 5 6 2 19 15 +4 21 Semifinal
2 Plaza Amador 13 4 7 2 13 9 +4 19
3 Chorrillo F.C. 13 3 7 3 14 13 +1 16
4 Atlético Chiriquí 13 4 3 6 14 22 −8 15
5 Atlético Veragüense 13 2 5 6 15 28 −13 11
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tauro F.C. 13 7 2 4 21 18 +3 23 Semifinal
2 Chepo F.C. 13 5 5 3 19 12 +7 20
3 Sporting San Miguelito 13 6 2 5 18 16 +2 20
4 Árabe Unido 13 6 2 5 15 14 +1 20
5 Alianza 13 3 1 9 25 27 −2 10
Source:

Results table
Home \ Away ALI ÁRA ACH AVE CHE CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU
Alianza — 2–1 6–1 6–0 1–2 bye 1–1 bye 0–1 2–3
Árabe Unido 2–1 — 1–2 bye 1–0 0–1 bye 2–1 2–1 1–0
Atl. Chiríqui bye bye — 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 bye 2–1
Atl. Veragüense bye 1–1 1–1 — bye 1–1 0–1 1–2 bye 1–2
Chepo 5–1 1–2 bye 3–1 — bye 0–0 bye 2–0 2–3
Chorrillo 2–0 bye 4–1 0–1 1–1 — 1–4 0–0 bye 1–1
Plaza Amador bye 1–0 1–1 2–2 bye 1–1 — 0–0 0–1 bye
San Francisco 4–3 bye 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 — 1–2 bye
Sporting 3–1 1–1 1–2 5–2 0–0 1–0 bye bye — 2–3
Tauro 2–1 2–1 bye bye 1–1 bye 0–1 1–3 2–0 —
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round
Semifinals (agg) Final
      
Tauro F.C. 3
Sporting San Miguelito 0
Tauro F.C. 1
San Francisco F.C. 3
San Francisco F.C. 2
Chepo F.C. 2

Semifinals 1st Leg (Semifinales - Juego de ida)
Sporting San Miguelito0-1Tauro F.C.
Edwin Aguilar  90'
Chepo F.C.2-0San Francisco F.C.
Carlos Martinez  65'  69'

Semifinals 2nd Leg (Semifinales - Juego de vuelta)
San Francisco F.C.2-0Chepo F.C.
Manuel Torres  15'
Eduardo Jiménez  51'
Penalties
Alberto Zapata: scored
Eduardo Jiménez: post
Temistocles Perez: scored
Juan Ramón Solís: José Calderón saves
Manuel Torres: scored		 3-1 Luis Jaramillo: scored
Carlos Martinez: Carlos Valdes saves
Jose Luis Gonzalez: missed
Delano Welch: Carlos Valdes saves

San Francisco advances to final 3-1 on penalties

Tauro F.C.2-0Sporting San Miguelito
Rolando Blackburn  11'
Eric Quiroz  47'
Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi de Pedregal

Final
San Francisco F.C.3-1Tauro F.C.
Manuel Torres  50'
Angel Lombardo 99'
Temistocles Perez  103'		 Dorian Lopez  33'
 Apertura 2008 Champion 
San Francisco
5th title

Since San Francisco already qualified for 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League, Tauro also qualified.

Top goalscorers
Position Player Scored for Goals
1 César Medina Alianza 12
2 Edwin Aguilar Tauro 9
3 Alberto Zapata San Francisco 7
4 Alcibiades Rojas Veragüense 6
5 Carlos Martinez Chepo 5
- Rúsvel Saravia San Francisco 5
7 Manuel Torres San Francisco 4
- Luis Moreno Tauro 4
- Luis Angel Rodriguez Sporting 4
- Delano Welch Chepo 4

Goalscorers by team
ClubClub
goals		GoalsNat.Player
Alianza F.C. 24 12César Medina
2Miguel Castillo
2Ricardo Palomino
2Javier Gonzalez
1Jonathan Aviles
1Diego Maier
1Ramon Romero (OG)
1Julio Carpetta
1Lucio Lopez
1Adolfo Machado
1Carlos Dixon
Árabe Unido 15 4Eduardo McTaggart
4Publio Rodriguez
2Luis Gondola
1Juan Sergio Guzman
1Andres Corpete
1Anthony Basil
1Armando Cooper
1Antonio Leslie
Atlético Chiriquí 14 3Catalino Smith
2Anthony Valdes
1Antonio Ortega
1Richard Peralta
1Oscar Vargas
1Clive Trotman
1Eybir Bonaga
1Rodman Gonzalez
1Omar Navarro
1Manuel Torres
1José Ortega
Atlético Veragüense 15 6Alcibiades Rojas
4Neftali Diaz
2Cristian Vega
1Enzo Salazar
1Jesús González
1Miguel González
Chepo F.C. 21 5Carlos Martinez
4Delano Welch
4Gerardo Barrios
2Cesar Aguilar
2Ismael Menal
2Luis Jaramillo
1Armando Gun
1José Luis González
Chorrillo F.C. 14 3Anel Canales
3Julio Medina III
2Silvio Morelos
1Johnny Ruiz
1Alberto Skinner
1Derek James
1Roberto Stewart
1Jean Carlos Cedeño
1Leonel Parrish
Plaza Amador 13 4Ricardo Buitrago
2Cesar Blackman
2Engie Mitre
2José Moreno
1Jean Estribi
1Richard Dixon
1Alfredo Hernandez
San Francisco F.C. 24 7Alberto Zapata
5Rúsvel Saravia
4Manuel Torres
3Angel Lombardo
2Eduardo Jiménez
1Victor Suarez
1Carlos Rivera
1Temistocles Perez
Sporting San Miguelito 18 4Luis Angel Rodriguez
3Luis Morales
2Edwin Antero
2Federico Marines
2Luis Valderrama
1Luis Mendoza
1Francisco Garcia
1Cristobal Tenorio
1Ricardo Phillips
1Osvaldo Solanilla
Tauro F.C. 25 9Edwin Aguilar
4Luis Moreno
3Brunet Hay
3Eric Quiroz
2Gabriel Ríos
1Alexis King
1Reggie Arosemena
1Rolando Blackburn
1Dorian Lopez

Local derby statistics

El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador

Tauro0–1Plaza Amador
Jean Estribi  22'
Giancarlo Gronchi

Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v Chorillo

Plaza Amador1–1Chorrillo F.C.
Ricardo Buitrago  12' Anel Canales  4'
Chorrillo F.C.1–4Plaza Amador
Jean Carlos Cedeño  80' Jose Moreno  8'  34'
Ricardo Buitrago  60'
Engie Mitre  63'

Clasico Interiorano - Atlético Chiriquí v Atlético Veragüense

Atlético Chiriquí1–2Atlético Veragüense
Richard Peralta  6' Neftali Diaz  61'  76'
Benigno Argote
Atlético Veragüense1–1Atlético Chiriquí
Alcibiades Rojas  41' Catalino Smith  44'
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