Segunda División de Panamá
# Segunda División de Panamá

Segunda División de Panamá also known as Liga Prom, is a professional league for association football clubs in Panamá. It is the country's second-tier football competition, contested by 24 clubs with no promotion or relegation. The competition was formed in 2021.

## History

### ANAPROF ERA

The Anaprof era is remembered for establishing the Primera A branding with a format of two short tournaments per season (Apertura and Clausura), similar to many Latin American championships. Champions teams required promotional playoff games with ANAPROF's (top-tier league) last placed team.

### LNA ERA

The Liga Nacional de Ascenso was formed in 2009 to replace the governing body of the league and forced ANAPROF top tier league to accept a direct promotion team. Other important goals were league expansion to 16 teams, later reduced to 14 teams after the 2011-12 season. The league was successful with attendance records since it had several popular teams like Río Abajo FC, C.A. Independiente, SUNTRACS FC and Atlético Nacional. This severely affected ANAPROF and LPF (top-tier league) attendance numbers and reputation.

### LPF ERA

The Ascenso LPF (2016-2020) era organised by Panamanian Football Federation was mostly remembered for reducing participating teams to eight and disaffiliating several teams for missing documentation and requirements.

### Liga PROM

After Manuel Arias won the Panamanian Football Federation election, the General Board accepted his proposal for a new structure for Panamanian football at all levels starting in 2021; for the second division tier, will have a 24-team league named Liga PROM, with promotion and relegation suspended. It added 12 LPF Under-20 teams, kept 7 remaining Ascenso LPF teams and invited 5 teams.

## Teams

The following teams are expected to play in the Liga Prom Apertura 2021 season.

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Founded | Joined | Head coach | LPF affiliate |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eastern Conference ||||||||
| Zona Norte ||||||||
| Árabe Unido U-20 | Colón | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés | 4,000 | 1994 | 2021 | Julio Medina | C.D. Árabe Unido |
| Champions FC Academy | Colón | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés | 4,000 | 2016 | 2021 | Ausberto Valencia | |
| Colón C3 FC | Colón | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés | 4,000 | 2010 | 2021 | Carlos Miranda | |
| C.D. Centenario | Colón | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés | 4,000 | 2011 | 2021 | Javier Miller | |
| UMECIT FC | San Miguelito | Estadio UMECIT | 300 | 2020 | 2021 | Fredy Romero | |
| Sporting San Miguelito U-20 | San Miguelito | Estadio Javier Cruz | 2,500 | 1989 | 2021 | Jorge Santos | Sporting San Miguelito |
| Zona Sur ||||||||
| Alianza FC U-20 | Juan Díaz | Estadio Cascarita Tapia | 900 | 1963 | 2021 | José Soriano | Alianza FC |
| C.D. Plaza Amador U-20 | El Chorrillo | Estadio Maracaná | 5,500 | 1955 | 2021 | Cesar Morales | C.D. Plaza Amador |
| C.D. del Este U-20 | Pacora | Estadio Maracaná | 5,500 | 2008 | 2021 | Rubén Chávez | C.D. del Este |
| Panamá City FC | Panama City | Eagles Stadium | 300 | 2014 | 2021 | Pablo Falquez | |
| San Martín FC | San Martín | Estadio Cascarita Tapia | 900 | 2010 | 2021 | Alejandro Quezada R. | |
| Tauro FC | Pedregal | Estadio Javier Cruz | 2,500 | 1984 | 2021 | Javier Ainstein | Tauro FC |
| Western Conference ||||||||
| Zona Norte ||||||||
| Atlético Chiriquí U-20 | David | Estadio San Cristóbal | 2,500 | 2002 | 2021 | Jonathan Parra | Atlético Chiriquí |
| Herrera FC U-20 | Chitré | Estadio Los Milagros | 1000 | 2019 | 2021 | Hugo Domínguez | Herrera FC |
| Mario Mendez FC | David | Estadio San Cristóbal | 2,500 | 2019 | 2021 | Mario Méndez | |
| Unión Coclé / San Antonio FC | Penonomé | Estadio Virgilio Tejeira | 900 | 2019 | 2021 | Jorge González | |
| Universitario | Penonomé | Estadio Universitario | 3,500 | 2016 | 2021 | Mike Stump | U.D. Universitario |
| Veraguas C.D. U-20 | Santiago | Complejo de Atalaya | 300 | 2020 | 2021 | José Anthony Torres | Veraguas C.D. |
| Zona Sur ||||||||
| C.A. Independiente U-20 | La Chorrera | Estadio Agustín Sánchez | 3,100 | 1982 | 2021 | Franklin Narvaez | C.A. Independiente |
| San Francisco FC U-20 | La Chorrera | Estadio Agustín Sánchez | 3,100 | 1992 | 2021 | Luis Ureña | San Francisco FC |
| S.D. Atlético Nacional | Juan Díaz | Estadio Oscar Suman Carrillo | 1,000 | 2001 | 2021 | Gustavo Ávila | |
| S.D. Panamá Oeste | Capira | Estadio Agustín Sánchez | 3,100 | 2010 | 2021 | Andrés Corbillon | |
| UDELAS FC | San Miguelito | CAI Sports Center | 500 | 2020 | 2021 | Jayro Benavides | |
| Universidad de Panamá Águilas | Panama City | Estadio Oscar Suman Carrillo | 1,000 | 2020 | 2021 | David Acosta | |

Notes

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Soccer specific stadium
* ↑ aka as Colegio Instituto Bilingüe Internacional De Panamá soccer field at Villa Zaita.
* ↑ aka as Proyecto Gol.
* ↑ Temporary
* 1 2 Shared facility; not a soccer-specific stadium
* ↑ Soccer training facility

## Media coverage

The LPF has been partnered with local cable sports network Cableonda Sports (subsidiary of Tigo Panamá) to broadcast live games on the Cableonda tv cable system. In addition all teams are authorize to produce live streaming broadcasts using YouTube platform with no home or away matches restrictions, however is required to add Liga Prom logo and grant copyright to the LPF organization.

## Champions

Champions Timeline :

| Season | Champions | Runners–up | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1989-90 | Panamá Viejo FC | Los Toros (La Chorrera) | PVJ gain promotion to ANAPROF |
| 1990-91 | Sporting Colón | UTP | SPC gain promotion to ANAPROF |
| 1992 | UTP | Río Mar (Puerto Armuelles) | ROM gain promotion to ANAPROF |
| 1997 | Sporting 89 | Atlético Municipal Colón | S89 gain promotion to ANAPROF |
| 1998 | Atlético Municipal Colón | Chorrillo FC | AMC gain promotion to ANAPROF |
| 1999 | Alianza FC | Atlético Guadalupe | AFC gain promotion to ANAPROF |
| 2000 | Chorrillo FC | CD Pan de Azucar | CFC gain promotion to ANAPROF |
| 2001-02 | Primavera FC | Zona Libre FC | PFC gain promotion to ANAPROF |
| 2002 | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled |
| 2003-A | CD Pan de Azucar | CA Independiente | |
| 2003-C | River Plate Colón | Río Abajo FC | CDP and RPC gain promotion to ANAPROF due to league expansion |
| 2004 | Atlético Chiriquí | Sabanitas FC | ATC gain promotion to ANAPROF |
| 2005 | CD Policia Nacional | Dep. Atalanta | |
| 2006 | Chepo FC | CD Pan de Azucar | |
| 2007 | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled |
| 2008-A | AD Orión | Chorrillito FC | |
| 2008-C | Río Abajo FC | Chorrillito FC | RAB lost promotion match against CD Plaza Amador |
| 2009-A-I | Río Abajo FC | CA Independiente | |
| 2009-A-II | AD Orión | Río Abajo FC | RAB lost promotion match against Alianza FC |
| 2010-C | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled |
| 2010-A | Colón C3 FC | FC Veraguas 2010 | |
| 2011-C | SUNTRACS FC | CAI La Chorrera | CC3 gain promotion to LPF |
| 2011-A | Río Abajo FC | Santa Gema FC | |
| 2012-C | CAI La Chorrera | Tierra Firme FC | RAB gain promotion to LPF |
| 2012-A | Millennium UP | S.D. Atlético Nacional | |
| 2013-C | CAI La Chorrera | Millennium UP | CAI gain promotion to LPF |
| 2013-A | Atlético Chiriquí | S.D. Atlético Nacional | |
| 2014-C | SUNTRACS FC | Atlético Chiriquí | ATC gain promotion to LPF |
| 2014-A | SD Atlético Nacional | SUNTRACS FC | |
| 2015-C | SUNTRACS FC | Colón C3 FC | ATN gain promotion to LPF |
| 2015-A | Santa Gema FC | Millenium UP | |
| 2016-C | Atlético Veragüense | Colón C3 FC | STG gain promotion to LPF |
| 2016-A | Costa del Este FC | CAI La Chorrera | |
| 2017-C | CAI La Chorrera | Deportivo Municipal SM | CAI gain promotion to LPF |
| 2017-A | Costa del Este FC | S.D. Atlético Nacional | |
| 2018-C | Costa del Este FC | C.D. Centenario | CDE gain promotion to LPF |
| 2018-A | Leones de América | Colón C3 FC | |
| 2019-C | Atlético Chiriquí | S.D. Atlético Nacional | ATC gain promotion to LPF |
| 2019-A | S.D. Atlético Nacional | Azuero FC | |
| 2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021-A | | | |
