2014–15 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season
# 2014–15 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

The 2014–15 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 18 July 2014 and was scheduled to end in May 2015. Ten teams competed throughout the entire season.

## Teams

Rio Abajo 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 Chiriquí.

| 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 | David, Chiriquí | Estadio San Cristóbal |
| Chepo | Chepo | Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia (in Panama City) |
| Chorrillo | Panama City | Estadio Javier Cruz |
| Independiente F.C. | La Chorrera | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| 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 |

## 2014 Apertura

### Personnel and sponsoring (2014 Apertura)

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Alianza | TBD | Leroy Foster | Lotto | Balboa |
| Árabe Unido | TBD | Jair Palacios | KELME | Pizza Hut |
| Atlético Chiriquí | | Javier Wanchope | Mitre | ShowGo |
| Chepo | TBD | Jorge Santos | GEMS | EGS, NCO |
| Chorrillo | | Julio Medina III | Lotto | McDonald's, Cremoso, |
| Independiente | | René Mendieta | Lotto | Subway |
| Plaza Amador | TBD | Mike Stump | Diadora | Paguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana |
| San Francisco | Julio Quijano | Gary Stempel | Lotto | KFC, Canon, Banco General |
| Sporting San Miguelito | TBD | José Anthony “ Chalate” Torres | TBD | Kenwood, Hyundai |
| Tauro | TBD | Rolando Palma | TBD | Publicar Pagina amarilla, |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tauro | Rolando Palma | Resigned | 8 August 2014 | Jorge Dely Valdés | 9 August 2014 | 8th (TBD) |
| Árabe Unido | Jair Palacios | Sacked | 18 August 2014 | Julio Dely Valdés | 18 August 2014 | 5th (TBD) |
| Alianza F.C. | Leroy Foster | Sacked | September 2014 | Juan Pablo Lopera | 16 September 2014 | 5th (TBD) |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sporting San Miguelito (Q) | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 31 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 2 | Chorrillo (Q) | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 30 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 3 | San Francisco (Q) | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 28 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 4 | Tauro (Q) | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 27 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 5 | Chepo | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 27 | |
| 6 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 26 | |
| 7 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 25 | |
| 8 | Alianza | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 24 | |
| 9 | Atlético Chiriquí | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 19 | |
| 10 | Independiente | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 9 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | DÁU | CHI | CHE | CHO | IND | PA | SF | SSM | TAU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alianza | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Árabe Unido | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Chepo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Chorrillo | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Independiente | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Plaza Amador | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| San Francisco | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 3–1 |
| Tauro | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |

### Semifinals

**Second leg**

San Francisco won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sporting San Miguelito 2–2 Tauro on aggregate. Sporting San Miguelito won 4–3 on penalties.

### Final

* Apertura 2014 champions
* San Francisco 9th title

## 2015 Clausura

### Personnel and sponsoring (2015 Clausura)

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Alianza | TBD | Juan Pablo Lopera | Lotto | Balboa, Epistmo |
| Árabe Unido | TBA | Jesús “Kiko” Barrios | Puma | Pizza Hut |
| Chepo | TBD | Jorge Santos | Gems | EGS |
| Chorrillo | | Julio Medina III | Lotto | McDonald's |
| Independiente | | Jair Palacios | Lotto | Subway |
| Plaza Amador | TBD | Juan Carlos García | Diadora | Fresquito, Paguelo Facil |
| Atlético Chiriquí | | Javier Wanchope | Mitre | Showpro |
| San Francisco | Julio Quijano | Gary Stempel | Lotto | KFC, Balboa, Cannon, Banco General |
| Sporting San Miguelito | TBD | José Anthony “ Chalate” Torres | Joma | Kenwood, Hyundai |
| Tauro | TBD | José Alfredo Poyatos | Patrick | Fantastic, Publicar |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Árabe Unido | Jesús Barrios | Resigned | Jan 2015 | Alfonso de Moya | 15 Jan 2015 | th (TBD) |
| Árabe Unido | Alfonso de Moya | Resigned | Feb 2015 | Juan Sergio Guzman | 16 Feb 2015 | th (TBD) |
| Tauro | José Alfredo Poyatos | Resigned | March 2015 | Mike Stump | 6 March 2015 | th (TBD) |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 30 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 2 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 29 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 3 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 28 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 4 | Independiente | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 26 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 5 | San Francisco | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 25 | |
| 6 | Alianza | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 22 | |
| 7 | Chepo | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 22 | |
| 8 | Tauro | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 22 | |
| 9 | Chorrillo | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 17 | |
| 10 | Atlético Chiriquí | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 17 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | DÁU | CHI | CHE | CHO | IND | PA | SF | SSM | TAU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alianza | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Árabe Unido | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Chepo | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Chorrillo | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Independiente | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| Plaza Amador | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| San Francisco | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 |
| Tauro | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |

### Semifinals

**Second leg**

Independiente won 3-2 on aggregate.

Arabe Unido 2–1 won on aggregate.

### Final

* Clausura 2015 champions
* Arabe Unido 11th title

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sergio Moreno | Chorrillo F.C. | 7 |
| 2 | Johnny Ruiz | San Francisco F.C. | 7 |
| 3 | Ricaurte Barsallo | Alianza | 6 |
| 4 | Ricardo Buitrago | Plaza Amador | 6 |
| 5 | Renán Addles | Arabe Unido | 5 |
| 6 | Valentin Pimentel | Plaza Amador | 5 |
| 7 | Miguel Angel Saavedra | Atletico Chiriquí | 5 |
| 8 | Amir Alberto Waithe | Tauro F.C. | 5 |
| 9 | René Campbell | Independiente | 4 |
| 10 | Joseph Cox | Independiente | 4 |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sporting San Miguelito | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 61 | |
| 2 | Árabe Unido | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 55 | Qualification for 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage |
| 3 | San Francisco | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 53 | Qualification for 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage |
| 4 | Plaza Amador | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 53 | |
| 5 | Tauro | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 49 | |
| 6 | Chepo | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 49 | |
| 7 | Chorrillo | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 49 | |
| 8 | Alianza | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 46 | |
| 9 | Atlético Chiriquí | 36 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 36 | |
| 10 | Independiente F.C. | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 35 | Relegation to 2015–16 Liga de Ascenso |
