2015–16 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

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.

Liga Panameña de Fútbol

Season	2015–16
Champions	Apertura: Árabe Unido Clausura: Plaza Amador
Relegated	Atlético Chiriquí
Champions League	Árabe Unido Plaza Amador
Biggest home win	Árabe Unido 8-1 Atlético Chiriquí
Biggest away win	Atlético Nacional 1-5 Atlético Chiriquí
Highest scoring	Árabe Unido 8-1 Atlético Chiriquí
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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	Juan Pablo Lopera	Lotto	Balboa
Árabe Unido	TBD	Juan Sergio Guzmán	Puma	Pizza Hut
Atlético Chiriquí		Javier Wanchope	Mitre	ShowPro
Atletico Nacional		Daniel Valencia	Lotto	Subway
Chepo	TBD	Jorge Santos	GEMS	EGS, NCO
Chorrillo		Mike Stump	Lotto	McDonald's, Cremoso
Plaza Amador	TBD	Juan Carlos García	Diadora	Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana
San Francisco	Julio Quijano	Gary Stempel	Lotto	KFC, Canon, Banco General
Sporting San Miguelito	TBD	José Anthony "Chalate" Torres	Joma	Kenwood, Hyundai
Tauro	TBD	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	Julio Medina III	TBD	2015	Mike Stump	8 May 2015	th (TBD)
Tauro	Mike Stump	Sacked	2015	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	Juan Carlos Lopera	Resigned	September 21, 2015	Rúben Cardenas Rosales	September 21, 2015	10th (Apertura 2015)
Atlético Chiriquí	Javier Wanchope	Resigned	October 12, 2015	Iván González	October 12, 2015	th (Apertura 2015)
Tauro F.C.	Jorge Dely Valdés	Sacked	October 21, 2015	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: ^{[citation needed]}
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: ^{[citation needed]}
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

Chepo	1-2	Chorrillo
Sergio Moreno 13' (pen.) 74'		José Luis González 70'

22 November 2015

Estadio Oscar Suman Carrillo

Referee: Luis Rodriguez

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Plaza Amador	2-1	Árabe Unido
Valentin Pimentel 3' Miguel Escobar 51'		Abdiel Macea 35'

23 November 2015

Estadio Maracana de Panama

Referee: Rolando Vidal

Second legs

Árabe Unido	2-0	Plaza Amador
Armando Polo 15' Abdiel Arroyo 34'		None

28 November 2015

13:00

Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colon

Referee: Jafeth Perea

Arabe Unido won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Chorrillo	0-1	Chepo
None		José Luis González 46'

29 November 2015

11:00

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 Unido	1-1	Chorrillo
Abdiel Arroyo 19'		Luis Jaramillo 60'
Penalties
Jose Gonzales "pibe" Fidel Caesar Abdiel Arroyo	3-0	Humberto Ward Miguel Camargo Sergio Moreno

December 6, 2015

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

Alianza Facundo Kroeck Robyn Pertuz Gerardo Negrete Mauricio Castaño Arabe Unido Miguel Lloyd Chepo Miguel Duque Chorillo Caio Milan Fabio da Silva Jorge Henriquez Plaza Amador Ismael Remacha Ezequiel Palomeque Ariel Bonilla Julio César Castillo (player released mid season)

Atlético Chiriquí Erick Araya Godines Pablo César Murillo Ánderson Diaz Atletico Nacional Manuel Murillo Andrés Santamaría San Francisco FC None Sporting San Miguelito None Tauro FC Varcan Sterling Carlos Sierra Richard Ibargüen Carlos Mosquera

2016 Clausura

Personnel and sponsoring (2016 Clausura)

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Alianza	TBD	Rubén Cárdenas x	Lotto	Balboa
Árabe Unido	TBD	Juan Sergio Guzmán	Puma	Pizza Hut
Atlético Chiriquí		Mario Mendez x	Mitre	ShowPro
Atletico Nacional		Daniel Valencia	Lotto	Subway
Chepo	TBD	Jorge Santos x	GEMS	EGS, NCO
Chorrillo		Mike Stump x	Lotto	McDonald's, Cremoso
Plaza Amador	TBD	Jair Palacios x	Diadora	Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana
San Francisco	Julio Quijano	Gary Stempel x	Lotto	KFC, Canon, Banco General
Sporting San Miguelito	TBD	José Anthony "Chalate" Torres	TBD	Kenwood, Hyundai
Tauro	TBD	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: ^{[citation needed]}
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: ^{[citation needed]}
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 Unido	2-0	Plaza Amador
Joseph Cox 22' Armando Cooper 35'	None	None

11 May 2016

Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón

Referee: Ameth Sanchez

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Chorrillo	0-0	Atletico Nacional
None		None

12 May 2016

Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City

Referee: Rolando Vidal

Second legs

Plaza Amador	3-0	Árabe Unido
Ricaurte Barsallo 9' 116' Ernesto Sinclair 48'		None

15 May 2016

Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City

Referee: Victor Rios

Plaza Amador won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Atletico Nacional	0-3	Chorrillo
None		Josue Flores 93' Rodolfo Ford 105' Luis Jaramillo 111'

18 May 2016

Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Panama City

Referee: Jafeth Perea

Chorrillio won 3-0 on aggregate.

Finals

Grand Final

Plaza Amador	1-0	Chorrillo
Ernesto Sinclair 23'		None

23 May 2016

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

Alianza Facundo Kroeck Robyn Pertuz Gerardo Negrete Mauricio Castaño Arabe Unido Miguel Lloyd Chepo Miguel Duque Chorillo Caio Milan Fabio da Silva Jorge Henriquez Yustin Arboleda Plaza Amador Ismael Remacha Ezequiel Palomeque Ariel Bonilla Julio César Castillo (player released mid season)

Atlético Chiriquí Erick Araya Godines Pablo César Murillo Ánderson Diaz Atletico Nacional Manuel Murillo Andrés Santamaría San Francisco FC Wanegre Delgado de Armas Sporting San Miguelito None Tauro FC Varcan Sterling Carlos Sierra Richard Ibargüen Carlos Mosquera 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/