2015–16 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

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

Teams

Atlético Nacional

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

Managerial changes

Beginning of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Chorrillo	Julio Medina III	TBD	2015	Mike Stump	8 May 2015	th ( TBD )
Tauro	Mike Stump	Sacked	2015	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	Juan Carlos Lopera	Resigned	September 21, 2015	Rúben Cardenas Rosales	September 21, 2015	10th (Apertura 2015)
Atlético Chiriquí	Javier Wanchope	Resigned	October 12, 2015	Iván González	October 12, 2015	th (Apertura 2015)
Tauro F.C.	Jorge Dely Valdés	Sacked	October 21, 2015	Rolando Palma	October 21, 2015	th (Apertura 2015)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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 match(es) played on 2015. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ALI	ATL	DÁU	CHI	CHE	CHO	PA	SF	SSM	TAU
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 match(es) played on 2015. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: 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

Chorrillo
Sergio Moreno 13' (pen.) 74'		José Luis González 70'

Estadio Oscar Suman Carrillo

Referee: Luis Rodriguez

23 November 2015

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

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

Chorrillo
Abdiel Arroyo 19'	[1]	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: John 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:

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

Alianza

Facundo Kroeck
Robyn Pertuz
Gerardo Negrete
Mauricio Castaño

Arabe Unido

Miguel Lloyd

Chepo

Miguel Duque

Chorillo

Caio Milan
Fabio da Silva
Jorge Henriquez

Plaza Amador

Ismael Remacha
Ezequiel Palomeque
Ariel Bonilla
Julio César Castillo

(player released mid season)

Atlético Chiriquí

Erick Araya Godines
Pablo César Murillo
Ánderson Diaz

Atletico Nacional

Manuel Murillo
Andrés Santamaría

San Francisco FC

None

Sporting San Miguelito

None

Tauro FC

Varcan Sterling
Carlos Sierra
Richard Ibargüen
Carlos Mosquera

2016 Clausura