2012–13 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season
| Season | 2012–13 |
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| Champions | Apertura: Árabe Unido Clausura: Sporting San Miguelito |
| Relegated | Atlético Chiriquí |
| Champions League | Árabe Unido Sporting San Miguelito |
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The 2012–13 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season is the 25th season of top-flight football in Panama. The season began on 20 July 2012 and is scheduled to end in May 2013. Ten teams will complete throughout the entire season.
Contents
Teams
Colón C-3 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, Rio Abajo F.C..
2012 Apertura
The 2012 Apertura is the first tournament of the season. It began on 20 July 2012 and ended on 2 December 2012.
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Abajo | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 32 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 32 | |
| 3 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 26 | |
| 4 | Chepo | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 25 | |
| 5 | Chorrillo | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 25 | |
| 6 | Tauro | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 21 | |
| 7 | Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 20 | |
| 8 | San Francisco | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 18 | |
| 9 | Alianza | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 18 | |
| 10 | Atlético Chiriquí | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 15 |
Updated to games played on 1 October 2013.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
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Semi-finals
First leg
| Plaza Amador | 1–3 | Árabe Unido |
|---|---|---|
Temístocles Perez  57' |
[2] | Jose Gonzales 13' Abdiel Arroyo Molinar 58' 77' |
| Chepo FC | 2–0 | Rio Abajo |
|---|---|---|
| Bernando Palma Taylor 36', Romario Antonio Piggott 44' |
[3] |
|
Estadio Profesor Javier Cruz, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno |
Second leg
| Árabe Unido | 2–0 | Plaza Amador |
|---|---|---|
| David Daniels 34' Orlando Rodriguez 52' |
[4] |
|
Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colon
Referee: Ameth Sanchez |
Arabe Unido won 5-1 on aggregate.
Chepo FC won 3-1 on aggregate.
Final
| Chepo | 1–4 | Árabe Unido |
|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Romero 29' |
[6] | Orlando Rodriguez 24' 25' Abdiel Arroyo Molinar 42'Jose Gonzalez 60' |
|
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Referee: John Francis Pitty |
| 2012 Apertura Champion |
|---|
| Árabe Unido 10th Title |
Top goalscorers
| No. | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jorman Aguilar |
Río Abajo | 10 |
| 2 | Edwin Aguilar |
Tauro | 10 |
| 3 | Anthony Basile |
Río Abajo | 8 |
| 4 | Bernando Palma |
Chepo | 6 |
| 5 | Cesar Medina |
Alianza | 5 |
| 6 | Armando Polo |
San Francisco | 4 |
| 7 | Renán Yoriel Addles |
Chorillo | 4 |
| 8 | Rene Campbell |
Alianza | 4 |
| 9 |  Julio Castillo |
Chepo FC | 4 |
| 10 | Angel Lombardo |
Deportivo Plaza Amador | 4 |
2013 Clausura
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tauro | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 33 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | San Francisco | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 32 | |
| 3 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 27 | |
| 4 | Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 27 | |
| 5 | Rio Abajo | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 26 | |
| 6 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 25 | |
| 7 | Chorrillo | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 24 | |
| 8 | Alianza | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 22 | |
| 9 | Atlético Chiriquí | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 15 | |
| 10 | Chepo | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 11 |
Updated to games played on 1 October 2013.
Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Semi-finals
First leg
| Sporting San Miguelito | 2–1 | Tauro |
|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Rios 59', Ricardo Clarke 77' |
[9] | Miguel Castillo 14' |
|
Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno |
Second leg
| San Francisco | 2–1 | Árabe Unido |
|---|---|---|
| Eybri Bonaga 7' Boris Alfaro 66' |
[10] | Abdiel Arroyo 72' |
|
Estadio Agustín Muquita Sánchez, La Chorrera
Referee: John Pitty |
San Francisco won 2-1 on aggregate.
| Tauro F.C. | 1–1 | Sporting San Miguelito |
|---|---|---|
| Miguel Castillo 86' |
[11] | Ricardo Clarke 64' |
|
Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno |
Sporting San Miguelito won 3-2 on aggregate.
Final
| San Francisco | 1–4 | Sporting San Miguelito |
|---|---|---|
| Amílcar James 10' |
[] | Darwin Pinzon 7' 47' Ricardo Clarke 3'Julio Andrade 93' |
|
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Referee: Roberto Moreno |
| 2013 Clasura Champion |
|---|
| Sporting San Miguelito 1st Title |
Top goalscorers
| No. | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Ruiz |
Chorillo | 9 |
| 2 | Luis Gabriel Rentería |
Tauro | 8 |
| 3 | Ricardo Clarke |
Sporting San Miguelito | 7 |
| 4 | Angel Lombardo |
Plaza Amador | 7 |
| 5 | José Luis Garcés |
San Francisco | 6 |
| 6 | René Víctor Mendieta Jr |
Chepo | 6 |
| 7 | Anthony Basile |
Rio Abajo | 5 |
| 8 |  Juan Osorio |
Alianza | 5 |
| 9 | Armando Polo |
Rio Abajo | 5 |
| 10 | Edwin Aguilar |
Tauro | 4 |
Aggregate table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Árabe Unido | 36 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 59 | 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage |
| 2 | Rio Abajo | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 58 | |
| 3 | Plaza Amador | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 51 | |
| 4 | Tauro | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 54 | |
| 5 | San Francisco | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 50 | |
| 6 | Chorrillo | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 49 | |
| 7 | Sporting San Miguelito | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 47 | 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage |
| 8 | Alianza | 36 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 40 | |
| 9 | Chepo | 36 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 36 | |
| 10 | Atlético Chiriquí | 36 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 30 | Relegation to 2012–13 Liga de Ascenso |
Source: [12]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
