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Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season2011–12
ChampionsApertura: Chorrillo
Clausura: Tauro
Champions LeagueChorrillo
Tauro
Matches played90
Goals scored200 (2.22 per match)
Biggest home winApertura: Tauro 3-0 Chepo
Chepo 3-0 Tauro
Biggest away winApertura: Chiriquí 0-4 Chepo
Colón C-3 0-4 Tauro
Highest scoringApertura: Alianza 5-3 Chepo

The 2011–12 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season is the 24th season of top-flight football in Panama. The season began on 15 July 2011 and ended in May 2012 with Chepo winning the final.[1] Ten teams completed throughout the season.

Teams

Atlético Veragüense 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, Colón C-3.

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Locations of the 2011–12 LPF teams
Club Home city Stadium
Alianza Panama City Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández
Árabe Unido Colón Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
Atlético Chiriquí David Estadio San Cristóbal
Chepo Chepo Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)
Chorrillo Panama City Estadio Javier Cruz
Colón C-3 Colón Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
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

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of
vacancy 		Position
in table 		Replaced by Date of
appointment 		Position
in table

2011 Apertura

The 2011 Apertura is the first tournament of the season. It began on 15 July 2011 and ended in December 2011.

First round

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting San Miguelito 18 10 4 4 21 14 +7 34 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Chorrillo 18 9 5 4 26 19 +7 32
3 San Francisco 18 9 4 5 23 19 +4 31
4 Plaza Amador 18 9 4 5 22 21 +1 31
5 Chepo 18 9 3 6 24 15 +9 30
6 Tauro 18 9 1 8 23 16 +7 28
7 Árabe Unido 18 7 4 7 17 17 0 25
8 Alianza 18 3 7 8 20 27 −7 16
9 Colón C-3 18 2 5 11 13 27 −14 11
10 Atlético Chiriquí 18 2 5 11 12 26 −14 11
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ALI DÁU CHI CHE CHO COL PA SF SSM TAU
Alianza 1–1 1–1 5–3 2–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–3
Árabe Unido 1–0 3–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1
Atlético Chiriquí 1–1 1–2 0–4 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–2
Chepo 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–0
Chorrillo 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–0
Colón C-3 2–2 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–4
Plaza Amador 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0
San Francisco 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–0
Sporting San Miguelito 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 4–3 0–1 1–0
Tauro 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals Final
        
1 Sporting San Miguelito 2 1 3
4 Plaza Amador 3 2 5
4 Plaza Amador 1
2 Chorrillo 4
2 Chorrillo 2 1 3
3 San Francisco 0 2 2

Semi-finals

First leg

San Francisco0–2Chorrillo
Plaza Amador3–2Sporting San Miguelito

Second leg

Chorrillo1–2 (a.e.t.)San Francisco

Chorillo advances 3–2 on aggregate.

Sporting San Miguelito1–2Plaza Amador

Plaza Amador advances 5–3 on aggregate.

Finals

Chorrillo4–1Plaza Amador
 [3] Caicedo 85'

Top goalscorers

Pos Name Club Goals
1st Panama Delano Welch Chepo 8
1st Panama César Medina Alianza 8

2012 Clausura

The 2012 Clausura is the second tournament of the season. It began in January 2012 and ended in May 2012.

First round

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting San Miguelito 18 9 6 3 23 15 +8 33 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Árabe Unido 18 9 5 4 21 13 +8 32
3 Chepo 18 8 7 3 24 13 +11 31
4 Tauro 18 6 8 4 20 16 +4 26
5 Chorrillo 18 5 10 3 23 20 +3 25
6 San Francisco 18 5 7 6 17 18 −1 22
7 Atlético Chiriquí 18 4 8 6 14 17 −3 20
8 Alianza 18 5 5 8 21 28 −7 20
9 Colón C-3 18 3 6 9 14 25 −11 15
10 Plaza Amador 18 2 6 10 16 28 −12 12
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2012. Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ALI DÁU CHI CHE CHO COL PA SF SSM TAU
Alianza 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 4–2
Árabe Unido 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1
Atlético Chiriquí 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1
Chepo 5–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1
Chorrillo 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1
Colón C-3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3
Plaza Amador 1–0 1–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–3
San Francisco 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–1
Sporting San Miguelito 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0
Tauro 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2012. Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals Final
        
1 Sporting San Miguelito 0 0 0
4 Tauro 1 1 2
4 Tauro 2
3 Chepo 1
2 Árabe Unido 0 0 0
3 Chepo 1 0 1

Semi-finals

First leg

Tauro1–0Sporting San Miguelito
Chepo1–0Árabe Unido

Second leg

Sporting San Miguelito0–1Tauro
Árabe Unido0–0Chepo

Final

Tauro2–1Chepo

Top goalscorers

Pos Name Club Goals

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting San Miguelito 36 19 10 7 44 29 +15 67
2 Chepo 36 17 10 9 48 28 +20 61
3 Chorrillo 36 14 15 7 49 39 +10 57 Qualification for 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
4 Árabe Unido 36 16 9 11 38 30 +8 57
5 Tauro 36 15 9 12 43 32 +11 54 Qualification for 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
6 San Francisco 36 14 11 11 40 37 +3 53
7 Plaza Amador 36 11 10 15 38 49 −11 43
8 Alianza 36 8 12 16 41 55 −14 36
9 Atlético Chiriquí 36 6 13 17 26 43 −17 31
10 Colón C-3 36 5 11 20 27 52 −25 26 Relegation to 2012–13 Liga de Ascenso
Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

  1. ^ CCL Preview: RSL already facing must-win vs. Tauro FC Major League Soccer
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Liga_Paname%C3%B1a_de_F%C3%BAtbol_season

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