2008 ANAPROF Apertura

Season of Panamanian football ANAPROF Apertura 2008 - - - - 2007(C) 2008(C) August 2012 November 2025 thumb|350px|right|ANAPROF 2008 Apertura team distribution In Panamanian football, the ANAPROF Apertura 2008 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2008") started on February 22, 2008.November 2025 San Francisco F.C. was the league champion, defeating Tauro F.C. 3–1 in the final.Segunda Fecha del Clausura - Tauro y San Francisco miden fuerzas en clásico de Anaprof https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/segunda-fecha-del-clausura-tauro-y-san-francisco/docview/435170726/se-2 20 November 2025 La Estrella de Panamá 1 August 2008 Second Matchday of the Clausura - Tauro and San Francisco face off in the Anaprof derby es El clásico entre el San Francisco de la Chorrera y el Tauro F.C. será el plato fuerte de la segunda fecha del torneo Clausura de la Anaprof, que se inicia hoy viernes. Ambos equipos fueron protagonistas de la final del torneo Apertura, que terminó con el triunfo contundente del San Francisco 3-1. Changes for Apertura 2008 The league was split into two groups for the regular season with a 4-team playoff after the season was completed. The semifinals are two-leg playoffs, and the final is a single match. The 4 teams qualified for the playoff are decided based in an aggregate table. Group A is integrated by Atlético Chiriquí, Atletico Veragüense, San Francisco F.C., Plaza Amador and Municipal Chorrillo and Group B is integrated by Tauro F.C., Arabe Unido, Chepo F.C., Sporting San Miguelito and Alianza. The last team in the general standings will play a playoff against the champion of Primera A instead of facing direct relegation. The total numbers of games was reduced to 13 game weeks because the Panamanian football federation wanted to end the season as soon as possible in order to have all national team players ready for the 2010 World Cup qualification. Teams Club City Stadium Alianza F.C. Panama City Estadio Camping Resort CD Árabe Unido Colon Estadio Armando Dely Valdés Atlético Chiriquí Boquete Estadio Benigno Tomas Argote Atlético Veragüense Santiago Estadio Virgilio Tejeira Chepo F.C. Chepo Estadio Bernardo Gil Chorrillo F.C. Panama City Estadio Municipal de Balboa Plaza Amador Panama City Estadio Bernardo Gil San Francisco F.C. La Chorrera Estadio Virgilio Tejeira Sporting San Miguelito San Miguelito Estadio Bernardo Gil Tauro F.C. Panama City Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi de Pedregal Standings main WDL 5 Q TAU Tauro F.C. SAN San Francisco F.C. CHE Chepo F.C. SPO Sporting San Miguelito ÁRA Árabe Unido PLA Plaza Amador CHO Chorrillo F.C. ACH Atlético Chiriquí AVE Atlético Veragüense ALI Alianza 7 2 4 21 18 5 6 2 19 15 5 5 3 19 12 6 2 5 18 16 6 2 5 15 14 4 7 2 13 9 3 7 3 14 13 4 3 6 14 22 2 5 6 15 28 3 1 9 25 27 #ccffcc Semifinal QSF QSF QSF QSF complete Group A main WDL Group A Q SAN San Francisco F.C. PLA Plaza Amador CHO Chorrillo F.C. ACH Atlético Chiriquí AVE Atlético Veragüense 5 6 2 19 15 4 7 2 13 9 3 7 3 14 13 4 3 6 14 22 2 5 6 15 28 #ccffcc Semifinal QSF complete Group B main WDL Group B Q TAU Tauro F.C. CHE Chepo F.C. SPO Sporting San Miguelito ÁRA Árabe Unido ALI Alianza 7 2 4 21 18 5 5 3 19 12 6 2 5 18 16 6 2 5 15 14 3 1 9 25 27 #ccffcc Semifinal QSF QSF QSF complete Results table main complete FBR ALI ÁRA ACH AVE CHE CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU Alianza Árabe Unido Atl. Chiríqui Atl. Veragüense Chepo Chorrillo Plaza Amador San Francisco Sporting Tauro 2-1 6-1 6-0 1-2 bye 1-1 bye 0-1 2-3 2-1 1-2 bye 1-0 0-1 bye 2-1 2-1 1-0 bye bye 1-2 0-1 0-0 2-1 0-1 bye 2-1 bye 1-1 1-1 bye 1-1 0-1 1-2 bye 1-2 5-1 1-2 bye 3-1 bye 0-0 bye 2-0 2-3 2-0 bye 4-1 0-1 1-1 1-4 0-0 bye 1-1 bye 1-0 1-1 2-2 bye 1-1 0-0 0-1 bye 4-3 bye 2-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 0-0 1-2 bye 3-1 1-1 1-2 5-2 0-0 1-0 bye bye 2-3 2-1 2-1 bye bye 1-1 bye 0-1 1-3 2-0 Final round Semifinals (agg) Final 30px 160px Tauro F.C. 3 Sporting San Miguelito 0 San Francisco F.C. 2 Chepo F.C. 2 Tauro F.C. 1 San Francisco F.C. 3 Semifinals 1st Leg (Semifinales - Juego de ida) May 16, 2008 Sporting San Miguelito 0-1 Tauro F.C. Edwin Aguilar 90 Estadio Bernardo Gil May 18, 2008 Chepo F.C. 2-0 San Francisco F.C. Carlos Martinez 65 69 Estadio Bernardo Gil Semifinals 2nd Leg (Semifinales - Juego de vuelta) May 24, 2008 San Francisco F.C. 2-0 Chepo F.C. Manuel Torres 15Eduardo Jiménez 51 Estadio Virgilio Tejeira Alberto Zapata Eduardo Jiménez Temistocles Perez Juan Ramón Solís Manuel Torres 3-1 Luis Jaramillo Carlos Martinez Jose Luis Gonzalez Delano Welch San Francisco advances to final 3–1 on penalties May 25, 2008 Tauro F.C. 2-0 Sporting San Miguelito Rolando Blackburn 11Eric Quiroz 47 Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi de Pedregal Final May 31, 2008 San Francisco F.C. 3-1 Tauro F.C. Manuel Torres 50Angel Lombardo99Temistocles Perez 103 Dorian Lopez 33 Estadio Armando Dely Valdés Apertura 2008 champion San Francisco 5th Since San Francisco already qualified for 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League, Tauro also qualified. Top goalscorers Position Player Scored for Goals 1 PanamaCésar Medina Alianza 12 2 PanamaEdwin Aguilar Tauro 9 3 PanamaAlberto Zapata San Francisco 7 4 PanamaAlcibiades Rojas Veragüense 6 5 PanamaCarlos Martinez Chepo 5 - El SalvadorRúsvel Saravia San Francisco 5 7 PanamaManuel Torres San Francisco 4 - PanamaLuis Moreno Tauro 4 - PanamaLuis Angel Rodriguez Sporting 4 - PanamaDelano Welch Chepo 4 Goalscorers by team Club Clubgoals Goals Nat. Player Alianza F.C. 24 12 Panama César Medina 2 Panama Miguel Castillo 2 Panama Ricardo Palomino 2 Panama Javier Gonzalez 1 Panama Jonathan Aviles 1 Argentina Diego Maier 1 Panama Ramon Romero (OG) 1 Argentina Julio Carpetta 1 Panama Lucio Lopez 1 Panama Adolfo Machado 1 Panama Carlos Dixon Árabe Unido 15 4 Panama Eduardo McTaggart 4 Panama Publio Rodriguez 2 Panama Luis Gondola 1 Colombia Juan Sergio Guzman 1 Colombia Andres Corpete 1 Panama Anthony Basil 1 Panama Armando Cooper 1 Panama Antonio Leslie Atlético Chiriquí 14 3 Panama Catalino Smith 2 Panama Anthony Valdes 1 Panama Antonio Ortega 1 Panama Richard Peralta 1 Panama Oscar Vargas 1 Panama Clive Trotman 1 Panama Eybir Bonaga 1 Colombia Rodman Gonzalez 1 Panama Omar Navarro 1 Panama Manuel Torres 1 Panama José Ortega Atlético Veragüense 15 6 Panama Alcibiades Rojas 4 Panama Neftali Diaz 2 Panama Cristian Vega 1 Panama Enzo Salazar 1 Panama Jesús González 1 Panama Miguel González Chepo F.C. 21 5 Panama Carlos Martinez 4 Panama Delano Welch 4 Panama Gerardo Barrios 2 Panama Cesar Aguilar 2 Panama Ismael Menal 2 Panama Luis Jaramillo 1 Panama Armando Gun 1 Panama José Luis González Chorrillo F.C. 14 3 Panama Anel Canales 3 Panama Julio Medina III 2 Panama Silvio Morelos 1 Panama Johnny Ruiz 1 Panama Alberto Skinner 1 Panama Derek James 1 Panama Roberto Stewart 1 Panama Jean Carlos Cedeño 1 Panama Leonel Parrish Plaza Amador 13 4 Panama Ricardo Buitrago 2 Panama Cesar Blackman 2 Panama Engie Mitre 2 Panama José Moreno 1 Panama Jean Estribi 1 Panama Richard Dixon 1 Panama Alfredo Hernandez San Francisco F.C. 24 7 Panama Alberto Zapata 5 El Salvador Rúsvel Saravia 4 Panama Manuel Torres 3 Panama Angel Lombardo 2 Panama Eduardo Jiménez 1 Argentina Victor Suarez 1 Panama Carlos Rivera 1 Panama Temistocles Perez Sporting San Miguelito 18 4 Panama Luis Angel Rodriguez 3 Panama Luis Morales 2 Colombia Edwin Antero 2 Panama Federico Marines 2 Panama Luis Valderrama 1 Panama Luis Mendoza 1 Panama Francisco Garcia 1 Panama Cristobal Tenorio 1 Panama Ricardo Phillips 1 Panama Osvaldo Solanilla Tauro F.C. 25 9 Panama Edwin Aguilar 4 Panama Luis Moreno 3 Panama Brunet Hay 3 Panama Eric Quiroz 2 Panama Gabriel Ríos 1 Panama Alexis King 1 Panama Reggie Arosemena 1 Panama Rolando Blackburn 1 Colombia Dorian Lopez Local derby statistics El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador March 8, 2008 Tauro 0–1 Plaza Amador Jean Estribi 22 Giancarlo Gronchi Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v Chorillo March 30, 2008 Plaza Amador 1–1 Chorrillo F.C. Ricardo Buitrago 12 Anel Canales 4 Bernardo Gil May 4, 2008 Chorrillo F.C. 1–4 Plaza Amador Jean Carlos Cedeño 80 Jose Moreno 8 34Ricardo Buitrago 60Engie Mitre 63 Balboa Clasico Interiorano - Atlético Chiriquí v Atlético Veragüense March 8, 2008 Atlético Chiriquí 1–2 Atlético Veragüense Richard Peralta 6 Neftali Diaz 61 76 Benigno Argote April 19, 2008 Atlético Veragüense 1–1 Atlético Chiriquí Alcibiades Rojas 41 Catalino Smith 44 Virgilio Tejeira References Category:ANAPROF seasons 1 Pan