2012–13 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

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.

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

Updated to games played on 1 October 2013.
Source:
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

Plaza Amador v Árabe Unido

17 November 2012 13:00 UTC-6

Plaza Amador	1–3	Árabe Unido
Temístocles Perez  57'		Jose Gonzales  13' Abdiel Arroyo Molinar  58'  77'

Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City

Chepo FC v Rio Abajo

20 November 2012 12:00 UTC-6

Chepo FC	2–0	Rio Abajo
Bernando Palma Taylor  36', Romario Antonio Piggott  44'

Estadio Profesor Javier Cruz, Panama City Referee: Roberto Moreno

Second leg

Árabe Unido v Plaza Amador

28 November 2012 12:00 UTC-6

Árabe Unido	2–0	Plaza Amador
David Daniels  34' Orlando Rodriguez  52'

Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colon Referee: Ameth Sanchez

Arabe Unido won 5-1 on aggregate.

Río Abajo F.C. v Chepo

24 November 2012 13:00 UTC-6

Río Abajo F.C.	1–1	Chepo
Jose Gonzalez  88'		Bernardo Palma Taylor  78'

Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City

Chepo FC won 3-1 on aggregate.

Final

Chepo v Árabe Unido

2 December 2012 15:00 UTC-5

Chepo	1–4	Árabe Unido
Ricardo Romero  29'		Orlando Rodriguez  24'  25' Abdiel Arroyo Molinar  42' Jose Gonzalez  60'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City Referee: John Francis Pitty

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

Updated to games played on 1 October 2013.
Source:
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 v Tauro

5 May 2013 11:00 UTC-6

Sporting San Miguelito	2–1	Tauro
Gabriel Rios  59', Ricardo Clarke  77'		Miguel Castillo  14'

Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City Referee: Roberto Moreno

Second leg

San Francisco v Árabe Unido

11 May 2013 12:00 UTC-6

San Francisco	2–1	Árabe Unido
Eybri Bonaga  7' Boris Alfaro  66'		Abdiel Arroyo  72'

Estadio Agustín Muquita Sánchez, La Chorrera Referee: John Pitty

San Francisco won 2-1 on aggregate.

Tauro F.C. v Sporting San Miguelito

11 May 2013 12:00 UTC-6

Tauro F.C.	1–1	Sporting San Miguelito
Miguel Castillo  86'		Ricardo Clarke  64'

Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City Referee: Roberto Moreno

Sporting San Miguelito won 3-2 on aggregate.

Final

San Francisco v Sporting San Miguelito

19 May 2013 15:00 UTC-5

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

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

Source:
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.

References

External links

• http://au.soccerway.com/national/panama/lpf/20122013/clausura/r18636/