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
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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
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 match(es) played on 1 October 2013. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Semi-finals

First leg

Plaza Amador 1–3 Árabe Unido
Temístocles Perez 57' [2] 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' [3]
Estadio Profesor Javier Cruz, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno

Second leg

Árabe Unido 2–0 Plaza Amador
David Daniels 34'
Orlando Rodriguez 52' 		[4]
Referee: Ameth Sanchez

Arabe Unido won 5-1 on aggregate.

Río Abajo F.C. 1–1 Chepo
Jose Gonzalez 88' [5] 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' [6] 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 Jorman Aguilar Río Abajo 10
2 Edwin Aguilar Tauro 10
3 Anthony Basile Río Abajo 8
4 Bernando Palma Chepo 6
5 Cesar Medina Alianza 5
6 Armando Polo San Francisco 4
7 Renán Yoriel Addles Chorillo 4
8 Rene Campbell Alianza 4
9 Julio Castillo Chepo FC 4
10 Angel Lombardo Deportivo Plaza Amador 4

2013 Clausura

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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 match(es) played on 1 October 2013. Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Semi-finals

First leg

Árabe Unido 0–0 San Francisco F.C.
[8]
Sporting San Miguelito 2–1 Tauro
Gabriel Ríos 59', Ricardo Clarke 77' [9] 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' 		[10] 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' [11] 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 Johnny Ruiz Chorillo 9
2 Luis Gabriel Rentería Tauro 8
3 Ricardo Clarke Sporting San Miguelito 7
4 Angel Lombardo Plaza Amador 7
5 José Luis Garcés San Francisco 6
6 René Víctor Mendieta Jr Chepo 6
7 Anthony Basile Río Abajo 5
8 Juan Osorio Alianza 5
9 Armando Polo Río Abajo 5
10 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 2012–13 Liga de Ascenso
Source: [12]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.