2008 ANAPROF Clausura

ANAPROF
SeasonClausura 2008
Champions-
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2009

The ANAPROF Clausura 2008 season (officially "Torneo Clausura 2008") started on July 25, 2008. On November 30, 2008, the Clausura 2008 finalized with Árabe Unido crowned four time ANAPROF champion after beating Tauro F.C. 3–2 after extra time. Therefore Árabe Unido will participate in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. Plaza Amador remained in the ANAPROF after beating Primera A 2008 champion Río Abajo F.C. with a 3-2 aggregate score. Therefore, no team was relegated from ANAPROF for the second consecutive year.

Teams

Club City Stadium
Alianza F.C. Panama City Estadio Camping Resort
Árabe Unido Colon Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
Atlético Chiriquí David Estadio Glorias Deportivas Barüenses
Atlético Veragüense Santiago Estadio Virgilio Tejeira
Complejo Deportivo Carlos Jiménez*
Chepo F.C. Chepo Estadio Bernardo Gil
Chorrillo F.C. Panama City Estadio Municipal de Balboa
Plaza Amador Panama City Estadio Bernardo Gil
San Francisco F.C. La Chorrera Estadio Virgilio Tejeira
Sporting San Miguelito San Miguelito Estadio Bernardo Gil
Tauro F.C. Panama City Campo de Deportes Giancarlo Gronchi
  • [*] From round 11

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Árabe Unido 18 11 4 3 39 17 +22 37 Semifinal
2 Tauro 18 9 6 3 33 23 +10 33
3 San Francisco 18 9 4 5 35 27 +8 31
4 Chepo 18 8 5 5 31 19 +12 29
5 Atlético Veragüense 18 7 6 5 25 21 +4 27
6 Sporting San Miguelito 18 5 8 5 26 24 +2 23
7 Alianza 18 6 3 9 20 24 −4 21
8 Atlético Chiriquí 18 5 4 9 19 42 −23 19
9 Chorrillo 18 4 6 8 18 26 −8 18
10 Plaza Amador 18 2 2 14 9 31 −22 8
Source:

Results table

Home \ Away ALI ÁRA ACH AVE CHE CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU
Alianza 1–3 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–4 3–1 2–0
Árabe Unido 2–1 7–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 5–1 3–0 1–1 3–1
Atl. Chiríqui 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1
Atl. Veragüense 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–3
Chepo 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 4–1
Chorrillo 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–3 1–5 0–2
Plaza Amador 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–1
San Francisco 1–2 0–0 5–1 3–1 3–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–4
Sporting 2–0 1–1 2–4 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–2
Tauro 1–0 2–0 5–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals (agg) Final
      
Árabe Unido 7
Chepo 5
Árabe Unido 3
Tauro 2
Tauro 1
San Francisco 1

Semifinals 1st leg

Chepo5-4Árabe Unido
Luis Jaramillo 31' 68' 90'
Ismael Menal 77'
Armando Gun 89'
Omar Camargo 1'
Manuel Mosquera 23'
Nelson Barahona 33'
Orlando Rodríguez 46'

San Francisco0-1Tauro
Luis Escobar 22'

Semifinals 2nd leg

Árabe Unido3-0Chepo
Victor Rene Mendieta Jr. 8'
Jose Justavino 60'
Orlando Rodríguez 88'

Tauro0-1San Francisco
Alberto Zapata 61'
Penalties
Edwin Aguilar
Luis Moreno
Gustavo Avila
Anel Canales
4-2 Alberto Zapata
Eduardo Jiménez
Temistocles Perez
Santiago de Alba
Campo de Deportes Giancarlo Gronchi

Tauro advances to final 4–2 on penalties

Final

Árabe Unido3-2Tauro F.C.
Orlando Rodríguez 30' 66'
Victor Rene Mendieta Jr. 111'
Rolando Palma 5'
Edwin Aguilar 71'


 Clausura 2008 champion 
Árabe Unido
4th title

Árabe Unido qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top goalscorers

Position Player Scored for Goals
1 Orlando Rodríguez Árabe Unido 18
2 Luis Jaramillo Chepo 14
3 Alberto Zapata San Francisco 13
4 Manuel Mosquera Árabe Unido 11
- Brunet Hay Tauro 11
6 Edwin Aguilar Tauro 8
7 Ismael Menal Chepo 7
- Cesar Medina Alianza 7
9 Luis Escobar Tauro 6
- Eybir Bonaga Chiriquí 6

Goalscorers by team

Club Club
goals
Goals Nat. Player
Alianza 20 7 César Medina
4 Alberto Skinner
2 Jair Carrasquilla
2 Francisco Lopez
1 Jostick McCormack
1 Edwin Oropeza
1 Javier Navas
1 Gilmar Torres
1 Yishak González De León
Árabe Unido 49 18 Orlando Rodríguez
11 Manuel Mosquera
5 Victor Rene Mendieta Jr.
3 Eduardo McTaggart
2 Nelson Barahona
2 Amílcar Henríquez
2 Publio Rodriguez
1 Richard Dixon
1 William Aguilar
1 Andres Santamaria
1 Armando Cooper
1 Omar Camargo
1 Jose Justavino
Atlético Chiriquí 19 6 Eybir Bonaga
4 Anthony Valdes
3 Clive Trottman
3 Auriel Gallardo
1 Mario Mendez
1 Luis Rolando Mendoza
1 Gabriel Ávila
Atlético Veragüense 25 6 Jair Medina
6 John Mosquera
5 Oscar Vargas
3 Catalino Smith
2 Cesar Blackman
1 Marco Aparicio
1 Jairo Pineda
1 Rodman Gonzalez
Chepo 36 14 Luis Jaramillo
7 Ismael Menal
4 Delano Welch
4 José Luis González
3 Cesar Aguilar
1 Carlos Rodríguez
1 José Calderon
1 Gerardo Barrios
1 Carlos Martinez
1 Armando Gun
Chorrillo 18 6 Johnny Ruiz
3 Julio Medina III
2 Bernardo Palma
1 Alfredo Phillips
1 Jaime Caby
1 Roderick Brown
1 Samuel Stewart
1 Gilberto Walter
1 Luis Morales
1 Jose Julio
Plaza Amador 12 2 Engie Mitre
2 Julio Ruiz
2 Enrico Small
2 Luis Olivardia
1 Luis de Leon
1 Luis Palacios
1 Felipe Borowski
1 Nestor Murillo
San Francisco 36 13 Alberto Zapata
4 Eduardo Jiménez
3 Angel Lombardo
3 Alberto Blanco
3 Temìstocles Pèrez
2 Manuel Torres
2 Juan Ramón Solís
2 Victor Suarez
2 Boris Alfaro
1 Pablo Romero
1 Marco Aparicio (OG)
Sporting San Miguelito 26 4 Luis Mendoza
3 Miguel Vásquez
3 Esteban Jaén
3 Anthony Basile
3 Luis Angel Rodriguez
2 Luis Ovalles
2 Charles Multon
2 Ricardo Phillips
1 Alejandro Dawson
1 Yairo Yao
1 Jair Miranda
1 Chaimir Toloy
Tauro 36 11 Brunet Hay
8 Edwin Aguilar
6 Luis Escobar
3 Gabriel Ríos
3 Anel Canales
2 Rolando Blackburn
1 Gustavo Avila
1 Josue Brown
1 Rolando Palma

Relegation table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Árabe Unido 31 17 6 8 54 31 +23 57
2 Tauro 31 16 8 7 54 41 +13 56
3 San Francisco 31 14 11 6 54 42 +12 53
4 Chepo 31 13 10 8 50 31 +19 49
5 Sporting San Miguelito 31 11 10 10 44 40 +4 43
6 Atlético Veragüense 31 9 11 11 40 48 −8 38
7 Chorrillo 31 7 13 11 32 39 −7 34
8 Atlético Chiriquí 31 9 7 15 33 64 −31 34
9 Alianza 31 9 4 18 45 51 −6 31
10 Plaza Amador 31 6 8 17 22 41 −19 26 Relegation playoff
Source:

Relegation playoff

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Plaza Amador 3-2 Río Abajo F.C. 2-2 1-0
Plaza Amador remain in ANAPROF

1st leg

Plaza Amador2–2Río Abajo F.C.
Luis Olivardia 24' 37' Hector de la Cruz 8'
Aramis Haywood 83'

2nd leg

Río Abajo F.C.0–1Plaza Amador
Nestor Murillo 56'
Estadio Balboa

Local derby statistics

El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador


Tauro F.C.3–2Plaza Amador
Anel Canales 14'
Brunet Hay 27'
Gabriel Ríos 90'
Julio Ruiz 34' 45'
Giancarlo Gronchi


Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v Chorillo


Chorrillo F.C.1–0Plaza Amador
Alfredo Phillips 47'
Balboa


Clasico Interiorano - Atlético Chiriquí v Atlético Veragüense


Atlético Chiriquí2–1Atlético Veragüense
Clive Trottman 28'
Auriel Gallardo 47'
Oscar Vargas 4'
Glorias Barüenses

Atlético Veragüense3–0Atlético Chiriquí
John Mosquera 11'
Jair Medina 27'
Cesar Blackman 52'
Carlos Jiménez