2015–16 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season
Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | Apertura: Árabe Unido Clausura: Plaza Amador |
Relegated | Atlético Chiriquí |
Champions League | Árabe Unido Plaza Amador |
Biggest home win | Árabe Unido 8-1 Atlético Chiriquí |
Biggest away win | Atlético Nacional 1-5 Atlético Chiriquí |
Highest scoring | Árabe Unido 8-1 Atlético Chiriquí |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
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
[edit]Independiente F.C. 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 Atlético Nacional.
2015 Apertura
[edit]Personnel and sponsoring (2015 Apertura)
[edit]Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
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Alianza | ![]() |
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Lotto | Balboa |
Árabe Unido | ![]() |
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Puma | Pizza Hut |
Atlético Chiriquí | ![]() |
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Mitre | ShowPro |
Atletico Nacional | ![]() |
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Lotto | Subway |
Chepo | ![]() |
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GEMS | EGS, NCO |
Chorrillo | ![]() |
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Lotto | McDonald's, Cremoso |
Plaza Amador | ![]() |
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Diadora | Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana |
San Francisco | ![]() |
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Lotto | KFC, Canon, Banco General |
Sporting San Miguelito | ![]() |
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Joma | Kenwood, Hyundai |
Tauro | ![]() |
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Patrick | Publicar Páginas Amarillas |
Managerial changes
[edit]Beginning of the season
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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Chorrillo | ![]() |
TBD | 2015 | ![]() |
8 May 2015 | th (TBD) |
Tauro | ![]() |
Sacked | 2015 | ![]() |
2015 | th (TBD) |
During the season
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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Alianza | ![]() |
Resigned | September 21, 2015 | ![]() |
September 21, 2015 | 10th (Apertura 2015) |
Atlético Chiriquí | ![]() |
Resigned | October 12, 2015 | ![]() |
October 12, 2015 | th (Apertura 2015) |
Tauro F.C. | ![]() |
Sacked | October 21, 2015 | ![]() |
October 21, 2015 | th (Apertura 2015) |
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
[edit]Second stage
[edit]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
[edit]- First legs
Chepo | 1-2 | Chorrillo |
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Sergio Moreno ![]() ![]() |
José Luis González ![]() |
Plaza Amador | 2-1 | Árabe Unido |
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Valentin Pimentel ![]() Miguel Escobar ![]() |
Abdiel Macea ![]() |
- Second legs
Árabe Unido | 2-0 | Plaza Amador |
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Armando Polo ![]() Abdiel Arroyo ![]() |
None |
Arabe Unido won 3–2 on aggregate.
Chorrillo | 0-1 | Chepo |
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None | José Luis González ![]() |
Chorrillio drew 2-2 on aggregate, they won in pen 4-3.
Finals
[edit]- Grand Final
Árabe Unido | 1-1 | Chorrillo |
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Abdiel Arroyo ![]() |
[1] | Luis Jaramillo ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Jose Gonzales "pibe" ![]() Fidel Caesar ![]() Abdiel Arroyo ![]() |
3-0 | Humberto Ward ![]() Miguel Camargo ![]() Sergio Moreno ![]() |
Apertura 2015 champions |
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Arabe Unido 14th title |
List of foreign players in the league
[edit]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 Arabe Unido Chepo Chorillo Plaza Amador
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Atlético Chiriquí Atletico Nacional San Francisco FC
Sporting San Miguelito
Tauro FC
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2016 Clausura
[edit]Personnel and sponsoring (2016 Clausura)
[edit]Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
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Alianza | ![]() |
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Lotto | Balboa |
Árabe Unido | ![]() |
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Puma | Pizza Hut |
Atlético Chiriquí | ![]() |
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Mitre | ShowPro |
Atletico Nacional | ![]() |
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Lotto | Subway |
Chepo | ![]() |
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GEMS | EGS, NCO |
Chorrillo | ![]() |
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Lotto | McDonald's, Cremoso |
Plaza Amador | ![]() |
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Diadora | Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana |
San Francisco | ![]() |
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Lotto | KFC, Canon, Banco General |
Sporting San Miguelito | ![]() |
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TBD | Kenwood, Hyundai |
Tauro | ![]() |
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TBD | Publicar Páginas Amarillas |
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Atlético Nacional | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 32 | Qualified to the Final Round |
2 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 29 | |
3 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 27 | |
4 | Chorrillo | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 26 | |
5 | Atlético Chiriquí | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 26 | |
6 | Tauro | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 23 | |
7 | Chepo | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 22 | |
8 | Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 21 | |
9 | San Francisco | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 20 | |
10 | Alianza | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
[edit]Second stage
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
1 | Atletico Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
4 | Chorrillo | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
4 | Chorrillo | 0 | |||||||||
3 | Plaza Amador | 1 | |||||||||
2 | Árabe Unido | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
3 | Plaza Amador | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Semifinals
[edit]- First legs
Árabe Unido | 2-0 | Plaza Amador |
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Joseph Cox ![]() Armando Cooper ![]() |
None | None |
Chorrillo | 0-0 | Atletico Nacional |
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None | None |
- Second legs
Plaza Amador | 3-0 | Árabe Unido |
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Ricaurte Barsallo ![]() ![]() Ernesto Sinclair ![]() |
None |
Plaza Amador won 3–2 on aggregate.
Atletico Nacional | 0-3 | Chorrillo |
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None | Josue Flores ![]() Rodolfo Ford ![]() Luis Jaramillo ![]() |
Chorrillio won 3-0 on aggregate.
Finals
[edit]- Grand Final
Plaza Amador | 1-0 | Chorrillo |
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Ernesto Sinclair ![]() |
None |
Clausura 2016 champions |
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Plaza Amador 6th title |
List of foreign players in the league
[edit]This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2016. 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 Arabe Unido Chepo Chorillo Plaza Amador
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Atlético Chiriquí Atletico Nacional San Francisco FC Sporting San Miguelito
Tauro FC
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External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20181006121704/http://panamafutbol.com/?cat=3&paged=3
- http://lpf.com.pa/w/category/noticas/
- https://int.soccerway.com/national/panama/lpf/20152016/apertura/r31790/
- http://www.rpctv.com/deportes/futbolnacional/