Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season2015–16
ChampionsApertura: Árabe Unido
Clausura: Plaza Amador
RelegatedAtlético Chiriquí
Champions LeagueÁrabe Unido
Plaza Amador
Biggest home winÁrabe Unido 8-1 Atlético Chiriquí
Biggest away winAtlético Nacional 1-5 Atlético Chiriquí
Highest scoringÁrabe Unido 8-1 Atlético Chiriquí

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 Panama Julio Medina III TBD 2015 Panama Mike Stump 8 May 2015 th (TBD)
Tauro Panama Mike Stump Sacked 2015 Panama 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 Colombia Juan Carlos Lopera Resigned September 21, 2015 Panama Rúben Cardenas Rosales September 21, 2015 10th (Apertura 2015)
Atlético Chiriquí Costa Rica Javier Wanchope Resigned October 12, 2015 Panama Iván González October 12, 2015 th (Apertura 2015)
Tauro F.C. Panama Jorge Dely Valdés Sacked October 21, 2015 Panama 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
3 Chepo 18 7 6 5 24 19 +5 27
4 Plaza Amador 18 7 5 6 19 17 +2 26
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
Updated to match(es) played on 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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
Updated to match(es) played on 2015. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

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

Semifinals

First legs
Chepo1-2Chorrillo
Sergio Moreno 13' (pen.)
74'		 José Luis González 70'
Estadio Oscar Suman Carrillo
Referee: Luis Rodriguez
Plaza Amador2-1Árabe Unido
Valentin Pimentel 3'
Miguel Escobar 51'		 Abdiel Macea 35'
Estadio Maracana de Panama
Referee: Rolando Vidal
Second legs
Árabe Unido2-0Plaza Amador
Armando Polo 15'
Abdiel Arroyo 34'		 None
Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colon
Referee: Jafeth Perea

Arabe Unido won 3–2 on aggregate.

Chorrillo0-1Chepo
None José Luis González 46'
Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Ameth Sanchez

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

Finals

Grand Final
Árabe Unido1-1Chorrillo
Abdiel Arroyo 19' Luis Jaramillo 60'
Penalties
Jose Gonzales "pibe" soccer ball with check mark
Fidel Caesar soccer ball with check mark
Abdiel Arroyo soccer ball with check mark		 3-0 Humberto Ward soccer ball with red X
Miguel Camargo soccer ball with red X
Sergio Moreno soccer ball with red X
Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Referee: John Pitti
 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:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. 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 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

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
3 Árabe Unido 18 8 3 7 20 17 +3 27
4 Chorrillo 18 7 5 6 20 16 +4 26
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
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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
Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2016. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

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

Semifinals

First legs
Árabe Unido2-0Plaza Amador
Joseph Cox 22'
Armando Cooper 35'		 None None
Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón
Referee: Ameth Sanchez
Chorrillo0-0Atletico Nacional
None None
Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Rolando Vidal
Second legs
Plaza Amador3-0Árabe Unido
Ricaurte Barsallo 9'
116'
Ernesto Sinclair 48'		 None
Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Victor Rios

Plaza Amador won 3–2 on aggregate.

Atletico Nacional0-3Chorrillo
None Josue Flores 93'
Rodolfo Ford 105'
Luis Jaramillo 111'
Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Jafeth Perea

Chorrillio won 3-0 on aggregate.

Finals

Grand Final
Plaza Amador1-0Chorrillo
Ernesto Sinclair 23' None
Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Referee: Jose kelly's
 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:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Panama national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
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