2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

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Árabe 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
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The 2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season was the 22nd season of top-flight football in Panama.

Teams

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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

Chorrillo
3–1Tauro
Angel Lombardo 31'
Johnny Ruiz 38'
Bernardo Palma 85'		 Edwin Aguilar 45'
Chorrillo
Johnny Ruiz 60'
Rennan Addles 76'
Johnny Ruiz 82'
Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández

Semifinal 2

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

Final

Chorrillo
0–0San Francisco
Penalties
Engie Mitre soccer ball with red X
Caio Milan soccer ball with check mark
Johnny Ruiz soccer ball with red X
Diego Mosquera soccer ball with check mark
Marcos Villareal soccer ball with red X
Derek James soccer ball with check mark
Julio Medina III soccer ball with check mark
Cesar Blackman soccer ball with red X		 4–5 soccer ball with red X
Manuel Torres
soccer ball with check mark William Negrete
soccer ball with check mark Amir White
soccer ball with check mark 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 Oscar Vargas 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 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

Árabe Unido
Johnny Ruiz 15' 47'
Alcibiades Rojas 77'
Chorrillo
Alejandro Veléz
43'
Camilo Aguirre 113'
Camilo Aguirre Red card 113'
Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández

Semifinal 2

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

Final

Árabe Unido
3–2Tauro
Mendieta, Jr. 14'
Carroll 77'
Rodríguez
89'		 Pérez 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
Chorrillo
Tauro
Tauro
 7

Relegation table

For the second year in a row,

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
López 4' Viveros 21'
Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Río Abajo0–1Alianza
Aguilar 87'

External links

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