2015–16 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

Liga Panameña de Fútbol 2015–16 Apertura: Árabe Unido Clausura: Plaza Amador Atlético Chiriquí Champions League Árabe Unido Plaza Amador Árabe Unido 8-1 Atlético Chiriquí Atlético Nacional 1-5 Atlético Chiriquí 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 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 Colombia Juan Pablo Lopera Lotto Balboa Árabe Unido TBD Colombia Juan Sergio Guzmán Puma Pizza Hut Atlético Chiriquí Costa Rica Javier Wanchope Mitre ShowPro Atletico Nacional Colombia Daniel Valencia Lotto Subway Chepo TBD Panama Jorge Santos GEMS EGS, NCO Chorrillo Panama Mike Stump Lotto McDonald's, Cremoso Plaza Amador TBD Spain Juan Carlos García Diadora Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana San Francisco Julio Quijano England Panama Gary Stempel Lotto KFC, Canon, Banco General Sporting San Miguelito TBD Panama José Anthony "Chalate" Torres Joma Kenwood, Hyundai Tauro TBD Panama Jorge Dely Valdés Patrick Publicar Páginas Amarillas Managerial changes Beginning of the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Chorrillo PAN Julio Medina III TBD 2015PAN Mike Stump 8 May 2015 th (TBD) Tauro PAN Mike Stump Sacked 2015PAN 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 tableAlianza COL Juan Carlos Lopera Resigned September 21, 2015PAN Rúben Cardenas Rosales September 21, 2015 10th (Apertura 2015)Atlético Chiriquí CRC Javier Wanchope Resigned October 12, 2015PAN Iván González October 12, 2015 th (Apertura 2015)Tauro F.C. PAN Jorge Dely Valdés Sacked October 21, 2015PAN Rolando Palma October 21, 2015 th (Apertura 2015) Standings main WDL Q DÁU Árabe Unido CHO Chorrillo CHE Chepo PA Plaza Amador SSM Sporting San Miguelito TAU Tauro ATL Atlético Nacional SF San Francisco ALI Alianza CHI Atlético Chiriquí 12 3 3 30 15 8 5 5 23 15 7 6 5 24 19 7 5 6 19 17 6 6 6 27 25 6 5 7 15 16 6 4 8 20 26 5 6 7 16 18 6 2 10 18 27 2 8 8 17 31 #ccffcc Qualified to the Final Round QF QF QF QF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 2015 Results main FBR grey 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 2015 Second stage 2/1 y y Semifinals Final 1 Árabe Unido 1 2 3 4 Plaza Amador 2 0 2 2 Chorrillo 1 1 2 (3) 3 Chepo 1 1 2 (1) 1 Árabe Unido 1 (3) 3 Chorrillo 1 (0) Semifinals First legs 22 November 2015 Chepo 1-2 Chorrillo Sergio Moreno 13 pen. 74 José Luis González 70 Estadio Oscar Suman Carrillo Luis Rodriguez 23 November 2015 Plaza Amador 2-1 Árabe Unido Valentin Pimentel 3 Miguel Escobar 51 Abdiel Macea 35 Estadio Maracana de Panama Rolando Vidal Second legs 28 November 2015 13:00 Árabe Unido 2-0 Plaza Amador Armando Polo 15 Abdiel Arroyo 34 None Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colon Jafeth Perea Arabe Unido won 3–2 on aggregate. 29 November 2015 11:00 Chorrillo 0-1 Chepo None José Luis González 46 Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City Ameth Sanchez Chorrillio drew 2-2 on aggregate, they won in pen 4-3. Finals Grand Final December 6, 2015 Árabe Unido 1-1 Chorrillo Abdiel Arroyo 19 Luis Jaramillo 60 Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City John Pitti Jose Gonzales "pibe" Fidel Caesar Abdiel Arroyo 3-0 Humberto Ward Miguel Camargo Sergio Moreno Apertura 2015 champions Arabe Unido 14th 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 Alianza Argentina Facundo Kroeck Colombia Robyn Pertuz Colombia Gerardo Negrete Colombia Mauricio Castaño Arabe Unido Dominican Republic Miguel Lloyd Chepo Colombia Miguel Duque Chorillo Brazil Caio Milan Brazil Fabio da Silva Colombia Jorge Henriquez Plaza Amador Spain Ismael Remacha Colombia Ezequiel Palomeque Colombia Ariel Bonilla Paraguay Julio César Castillo 13px (player released mid season) Atlético Chiriquí Costa Rica Erick Araya Godines Colombia Pablo César Murillo Colombia Ánderson Diaz Atletico Nacional Colombia Manuel Murillo Colombia Andrés Santamaría San Francisco FC None Sporting San Miguelito None Tauro FC Colombia Varcan Sterling Colombia Carlos Sierra Colombia Richard Ibargüen Colombia Carlos Mosquera 2016 Clausura Personnel and sponsoring (2016 Clausura) Team Chairman Head coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor Alianza TBD Panama Rubén Cárdenas x Lotto Balboa Árabe Unido TBD Colombia Juan Sergio Guzmán Puma Pizza Hut Atlético Chiriquí Panama Mario Mendez x Mitre ShowPro Atletico Nacional Colombia Daniel Valencia Lotto Subway Chepo TBD Panama Jorge Santos x GEMS EGS, NCO Chorrillo Panama Mike Stump x Lotto McDonald's, Cremoso Plaza Amador TBD Colombia Jair Palacios x Diadora Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana San Francisco Julio Quijano England Panama Gary Stempel x Lotto KFC, Canon, Banco General Sporting San Miguelito TBD Panama José Anthony "Chalate" Torres TBD Kenwood, Hyundai Tauro TBD Panama Rolando Palma x TBD Publicar Páginas Amarillas Standings main WDL Q ATL Atlético Nacional PA Plaza Amador DÁU Árabe Unido CHO Chorrillo CHI Atlético Chiriquí TAU Tauro CHE Chepo SSM Sporting San Miguelito SF San Francisco ALI Alianza 9 5 4 23 21 7 8 3 16 9 8 3 7 20 17 7 5 6 20 16 7 5 6 19 17 6 5 7 15 17 6 4 8 18 23 5 6 7 16 21 5 5 8 20 23 6 2 10 19 22 #ccffcc Qualified to the Final Round QF QF QF QF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 8 May 2016 Results main FBR grey 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 3 March 2016 Second stage 2/1 y y Semifinals Final 1 Atletico Nacional 0 0 0 4 Chorrillo 0 3 3 2 Árabe Unido 2 0 2 3 Plaza Amador 0 3 3 4 Chorrillo 0 3 Plaza Amador 1 Semifinals First legs 11 May 2016 Árabe Unido 2-0 None Plaza Amador Joseph Cox 22 Armando Cooper 35 None Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón Ameth Sanchez 12 May 2016 Chorrillo 0-0 Atletico Nacional None None Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City Rolando Vidal Second legs 15 May 2016 Plaza Amador 3-0 Árabe Unido Ricaurte Barsallo 9 116 Ernesto Sinclair 48 None Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City Victor Rios Plaza Amador won 3–2 on aggregate. 18 May 2016 Atletico Nacional 0-3 Chorrillo None Josue Flores 93 Rodolfo Ford 105 Luis Jaramillo 111 Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City Jafeth Perea Chorrillio won 3-0 on aggregate. Finals Grand Final 23 May 2016 Plaza Amador 1-0 Chorrillo Ernesto Sinclair 23 None Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City Jose kelly's Clausura 2016 champions Plaza Amador 6th 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 Alianza Argentina Facundo Kroeck Colombia Robyn Pertuz Colombia Gerardo Negrete Colombia Mauricio Castaño Arabe Unido Dominican Republic Miguel Lloyd Chepo Colombia Miguel Duque Chorillo Brazil Caio Milan Brazil Fabio da Silva Colombia Jorge Henriquez Colombia Yustin Arboleda Plaza Amador Spain Ismael Remacha Colombia Ezequiel Palomeque Colombia Ariel Bonilla Paraguay Julio César Castillo 13px (player released mid season) Atlético Chiriquí Costa Rica Erick Araya Godines Colombia Pablo César Murillo Colombia Ánderson Diaz Atletico Nacional Colombia Manuel Murillo Colombia Andrés Santamaría San Francisco FC Colombia Wanegre Delgado de Armas Sporting San Miguelito None Tauro FC Colombia Varcan Sterling Colombia Carlos Sierra Colombia Richard Ibargüen Colombia Carlos Mosquera Colombia Ariel Bonilla External links 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/ Category:Liga Panameña de Fútbol seasons 1 Pan