2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season
# 2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

The 2009 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season was the 22nd season of top-flight football in Panama.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Alianza | Panama City | Estadio Camping Resort |
| Árabe Unido | Colón | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés |
| Atlético Chiriquí | David | Estadio San Cristobal |
| Atlético Veragüense | Santiago | Estadio Aristocles Castillo |
| Chepo | Chepo | Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (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 | Estadio Bernardo Gil |
| Tauro | Panama City | Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City) |

## Apertura I

### First round

**Standings**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tauro | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 36 | Qualified to the final round |
| 2 | Atlético Chiriquí | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 33 | Qualified to the final round |
| 3 | San Francisco | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 33 | Qualified to the final round |
| 4 | Chorrillo | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 32 | Qualified to the final round |
| 5 | Chepo | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 32 | |
| 6 | Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 28 | |
| 7 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 25 | |
| 8 | Atlético Veragüense | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 44 | −24 | 13 | |
| 9 | Alianza | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 11 | |
| 10 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 56 | −43 | 7 | |

**Results table**

| Home \ Away | ALI | ÁRA | ACH | AVE | CHE | CHO | PLA | SAN | SPO | TAU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alianza | — | 1–3 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 |
| Árabe Unido | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Atl. Chiríqui | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Atl. Veragüense | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Chepo | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Chorrillo | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Plaza Amador | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | — | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| San Francisco | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sporting | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Tauro | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |

### Final round

| Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chorrillo | Chorrillo | 6 | | | |
| Tauro | Tauro | 1 | | | |
| Tauro | Tauro | 1 | Chorrillo | Chorrillo | 0 |
| | | | San Francisco | San Francisco | 0 |
| San Francisco | San Francisco | 3 | San Francisco | San Francisco | 0 |
| Atlético Chiriquí | Atlético Chiriquí | 2 | | | |

**Semifinals**

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

**Final**

* Apertura 2009 champion
* San Francisco 6th title

San Francisco qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

### Top goalscorers

| Pos | Player | Scored for | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Edwin Aguilar | Tauro | 18 |
| 2 | Johnny Ruiz | Chorrillo | 17 |
| 3 | Luis Jaramillo | Chepo | 11 |
| 4 | Auriel Gallardo | Atlético Chiriquí | 10 |
| 5 | Rennan Addles | Chorrillo | 9 |
| 5 | Boris Alfaro | San Francisco | 9 |
| 5 | Oscar Vargas | Atlético Chiriquí | 9 |
| 8 | Orlando Rodríguez | Árabe Unido | 8 |
| 9 | Luis Escobar | Tauro | 6 |
| 9 | Armando Polo | Sporting San Miguelito | 6 |
| 9 | Anthony Valdes | Chiriquí | 6 |

## Apertura II

The Apertura II (officially the 2009 Copa Digicel Apertura for sponsorship reasons) was the second tournament of the season. It started August 8 and ended on December 13. Árabe Unido were crowned champions of the Liga Panameña de Fútbol for the fifth time after beating Tauro 3-2 in the final. With this win Árabe Unido earned a spot in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.

### First round

**Standings**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 38 | Qualified to the final round |
| 2 | Atlético Chiriquí | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 35 | Qualified to the final round |
| 3 | Tauro | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 32 | Qualified to the final round |
| 4 | Chorrillo | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 27 | Qualified to the final round |
| 5 | San Francisco | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 26 | |
| 6 | Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 25 | |
| 7 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 24 | |
| 8 | Chepo | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 17 | |
| 9 | Atlético Veragüense | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 13 | |
| 10 | Alianza | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 36 | −24 | 9 | |

**Results**

| Home \ Away | ALI | ÁRA | ACH | AVE | CHE | CHO | PLA | SAN | SPO | TAU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alianza | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Árabe Unido | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Atl. Chiríqui | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Atl. Veragüense | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–5 |
| Chepo | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Chorrillo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Plaza Amador | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 |
| San Francisco | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–5 |
| Sporting | 7–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 4–4 |
| Tauro | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — |

### Final round

| Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Árabe Unido | Árabe Unido | 4 | | | |
| Chorrillo | Chorrillo | 3 | | | |
| Chorrillo | Chorrillo | 3 | Árabe Unido | Árabe Unido | 3 |
| | | | Tauro | Tauro | 2 |
| Atlético Chiriquí | Atlético Chiriquí | 4 | Tauro | Tauro | 2 |
| Tauro | Tauro | 7 | | | |

**Semifinals**

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

**Final**

* Apertura II 2009 champion
* Árabe Unido 5th title

Árabe Unido qualified for 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.

### Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Scored for | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Armando Polo | Sporting San Miguelito | 12 |
| 2 | Orlando Rodríguez Luis Tejada Johan de Avila | Árabe Unido Tauro Atlético Veragüense | 10 |
| 5 | Edwin Aguilar | Tauro | 9 |
| 6 | Luis Morales | Sporting San Miguelito | 8 |
| 7 | Anthony Basile Johnny Ruiz Temistocles Perez Luis Escobar | Plaza Amador Chorrillo Tauro Tauro | 7 |

## Relegation table

For the second year in a row, Alianza had the fewest points at the end of the season and had to face Liga Nacional de Ascenso champion Río Abajo. Just as last year, Alianza defeated Río Abajo and stayed in the LPF.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tauro | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 78 | 45 | +33 | 68 | |
| 2 | Atlético Chiriquí | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 68 | |
| 3 | Árabe Unido | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 63 | |
| 4 | San Francisco | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 59 | |
| 5 | Chorrillo | 36 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 59 | |
| 6 | Sporting San Miguelito | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 53 | |
| 7 | Chepo | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 49 | |
| 8 | Plaza Amador | 36 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 39 | 86 | −47 | 31 | |
| 9 | Atlético Veragüense | 36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 42 | 80 | −38 | 26 | |
| 10 | Alianza | 36 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 79 | −45 | 20 | Relegation playoff |
