2010–11 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season explained

Competition:Liga Panameña de Fútbol
Season:2010–11
Winners:Clausura '10: Árabe Unido
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Árabe Unido
Tauro
San Francisco
Prevseason:Apertura 2009 II
Nextseason:2011–12

The 2010–11 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season is the 23rd season of top-flight football in Panama. Because of a restructuring of the calendar of the season, this season will contain three tournaments to bring the season to a fall-spring season (similar to the majority of leagues in Europe). The season began on January 15, 2010, and is scheduled to end in May 2011. Ten teams will complete throughout the entire season.

Teams

ClubHome cityStadium
AlianzaPanama CityCancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández
Árabe UnidoColónEstadio Armando Dely Valdés
Atlético ChiriquíEstadio San Cristóbal
Atlético VeragüenseSantiagoEstadio Áristocles Castillo
ChepoChepoCancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)
ChorrilloPanama CityEstadio Javier Cruz
Plaza AmadorPanama CityEstadio Javier Cruz
San FranciscoLa ChorreraEstadio Agustín Sánchez
Sporting San MiguelitoSan MiguelitoCancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City)
TauroPanama CityCancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of
departure
Date of
vacancy
Position
in table
Replaced byDate of
appointment
Position
in table
2010 Clausura Pre-season changes
Sporting San Miguelito Carlos Walcott (interim) End of caretaker spell23 November 20096th (2009 II) Fernando Garcia Ramos23 November 2009N/A
Chepo Felipe Fuentes Resigned23 November 20098th (2009 II) Victor Rene Mendieta23 November 2009N/A
Alianza Leroy Foster28 December 200910th (2009 II) Carlos Perez Porras28 December 2009N/A
2010 Clausura changes
Plaza Amador Leopoldo LeeResigned19 January 20109th Marcos Casagrande (interim) 19 January 20109th
Plaza Amador Marcos Casagrande (interim) End of caretaker spell27 January 20109th Jair Palacios27 January 20109th
Tauro Gonzalo Soto Resigned15 March 201010th Juan Carlos Cubillas15 March 201010th
Sporting San Miguelito Fernando Garcia Ramos Resigned22 March 20108th Carlos Walcott (interim)22 March 20108th
Sporting San Miguelito Carlos Walcott (interim) End of caretaker spell28 March 20106th Percival Piggott22 March 20106th
Atlético Veragüense Roger Gomez Resigned6 April 20109th Eduardo Flores (interim)9 April 20109th
Chepo Victor Rene Mendieta Resigned19 April 20109th Cesar Morales (interim)
Frank Lozada (interim)
19 April 20109th
2010 Apertura Pre-season changes
Chepo Cesar Morales (interim)
Frank Lozada (interim)
End of caretaker spell8 June 20109th (2010 A) Michael Stump8 June 2010N/A
Atlético Veragüense Eduardo Flores (interim)End of caretaker spell10th (2010 A) Edison RomeroN/A

2010 Clausura

Competition:2010 Clausura
Winners:Árabe Unido
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Árabe Unido
Tauro
San Francisco
League Topscorer:Johan de Ávila (10 goals)
Biggest Home Win:San Francisco 7–1 Veragüense
Biggest Away Win:Chepo 0–5 San Francisco
Highest Scoring:San Francisco 7–1 Veragüense
Matches:95
Total Goals:232
Highest Attendance:20,125[1]

The 2010 Clausura was the first tournament of the season. It began on January 25, 2010, and ended on May 14, 2010. Árabe Unido were crowned the champion after defeating San Francisco 1–0 in the first professional football match played in the newly remodeled Estadio Rommel Fernández. This was Arabe's 2nd title in a row and its sixth in its history. After clinching this win Árabe Unido earned the Panama 1 spot in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League and Tauro the Panama 2 spot as the runner-up with the most points in the 2009 Apertura II and 2010 Clausura season.[2] San Francisco obtained the Panama 3 spot after Belize Premier Football League champion failed to meet the CONCACAF stadium requirements, thus the vacated spot was awarded to Panama's runner-up with less points.[3]

First round

Results

Final round

Semifinals

Semifinal 1----

Semifinal 2----

Final

See main article: 2010 Liga Panameña de Fútbol Clausura Final.

Top goalscorers

PosNameClubGoals
1 Johan de ÁvilaSan Francisco10
2 Luis RenteríaTauro9
3 Auriel GallardoAtlético Chiriquí7
align=center rowspan=24 Víctor René Mendieta, Jr.Árabe Unido6
Johnny RuízChorrillo6

2010 Apertura

Competition:2010 Apertura
Winners:Tauro (8th title)
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Tauro
League Topscorer:Gabriel de Los Rios (8 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Sporting San Miguelito 5-1 Atlético Chiriquí
Biggest Away Win:Atlético Veragüense 0-3 Chepo
Chorrillo 0-3 Tauro
Highest Scoring:Plaza Amador 5-4 Chorrillo
Matches:95
Total Goals:214

The 2010 Apertura was the second tournament of the season and it began on 30 July 30, 2010 and ended on 17 December 2010.

First round

Results

Final round

Semifinals

Semifinal 1----

Semifinal 2----

Final

Top goalscorers

PosNameClubGoals
1 Gabriel de Los RiosAtlético Chiriquí8
align=center rowspan=52 César MedinaAlianza6
Eduameth Nimbley CárdenasAlianza6
Alberto ZapataSporting San Miguelito6
Julíán MartínezTauro6
Luis RenteríaTauro6

2011 Clausura

Competition:2011 Clausura
Winners:San Francisco
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:San Francisco

The 2011 Clausura was the third and final tournament of the season. It began on 28 January 2011 and ended on 14 May 2011.

First round

Standings

Positions by round

Results

Final round

Semifinals

Semifinal 1----

Semifinal 2----

Final

Top goalscorers

Notes and References

  1. Pino, Claudio Orlando. "Final de la LPF rompió record", Mi Diario, Panama, 18 May 2010.
  2. Web site: Árabe Unido, campeón del torneo Clausura LPF 2010 . 2010-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710235108/http://www.fepafut.com/noticiasdetail.asp?id=1827 . 2011-07-10 . dead .
  3. Web site: Motagua, San Francisco get CCL berths . 2010-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610223334/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2055236,00.html . 2011-06-10 . dead .