2015–16 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season
# 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

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.

| 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 |
| 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 |

### 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 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 3 | Chepo | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 27 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 4 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 26 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 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 | |

### 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 | |

### Second stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Árabe Unido | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Plaza Amador | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Plaza Amador | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Árabe Unido | 1 (3) |
| | | | | | 3 | Chorrillo | 1 (0) |
| 2 | Chorrillo | 1 | 1 | 2 (3) | 3 | Chorrillo | 1 (0) |
| 3 | Chepo | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | | | |

**Semifinals**

**Second legs**

Arabe Unido won 3–2 on aggregate.

Chorrillio drew 2-2 on aggregate, they won in pen 4-3.

**Finals**

**Grand Final**

* 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

## 2016 Clausura

### Personnel and sponsoring (2016 Clausura)

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Alianza | TBD | Rubén Cárdenas x | Lotto | Balboa |
| Árabe Unido | TBD | Juan Sergio Guzmán | Puma | Pizza Hut |
| Atlético Chiriquí | | Mario Mendez x | Mitre | ShowPro |
| Atletico Nacional | | Daniel Valencia | Lotto | Subway |
| Chepo | TBD | Jorge Santos x | GEMS | EGS, NCO |
| Chorrillo | | Mike Stump x | Lotto | McDonald's, Cremoso |
| Plaza Amador | TBD | Jair Palacios x | Diadora | Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana |
| San Francisco | Julio Quijano | Gary Stempel x | Lotto | KFC, Canon, Banco General |
| Sporting San Miguelito | TBD | José Anthony “ Chalate” Torres | TBD | Kenwood, Hyundai |
| Tauro | TBD | Rolando Palma x | TBD | Publicar Páginas Amarillas |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 3 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 27 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 4 | Chorrillo | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 26 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 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 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | ATL | DÁU | CHI | CHE | CHO | PA | SF | SSM | TAU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alianza | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Atlético Nacional | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Árabe Unido | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Chepo | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Chorrillo | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Plaza Amador | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| San Francisco | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 |
| Tauro | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | |

### Second stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Atletico Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Chorrillo | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Chorrillo | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Chorrillo | 0 |
| | | | | | 3 | Plaza Amador | 1 |
| 2 | Árabe Unido | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Plaza Amador | 1 |
| 3 | Plaza Amador | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | |

**Semifinals**

**Second legs**

Plaza Amador won 3–2 on aggregate.

Chorrillio won 3-0 on aggregate.

**Finals**

**Grand Final**

* Clausura 2016 champions
* Plaza Amador 6th title

## List of foreign players in the league

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
