2008 Primera A Explained

Competition:	Liga Nacional de Ascenso
Season:	2008
Winners:	Río Abajo F.C.
Prevseason:	2006
Nextseason:	2009

The Primera A 2008 season (officially "Torneo Primera A 2008") started on February 23, 2008. The Apertura champions was Orión and the Clausura champion was Río Abajo F.C. On November 15, 2008 a grand final was played and Río Abajo were crowned champions after defeating 2–1 Orión. However Río Abajo lost the promotion play-off against Plaza Amador in a 3–2 aggregate score, thus failing to promote to ANAPROF.

Changes for 2008

The league is once again separated into Apertura and Clausura.
The Primera A champion will play a playoff for promotion with the last team in the ANAPROF general standings instead of being promoted directly.
There will be no relegation during this season.
The Apertura and Clausura winners will play a match in order to decide an overall champion who would play the playoff for promotion to ANAPROF. This playoff between the Apertura and Clausura champions is the same as the Grand Championship format used previously in ANAPROF and Primera A.
Club Deportivo Policía Nacional renamed themselves during mid-season to Sociedad Deportiva Atlético Nacional.

Primera A 2008 teams

Club	City	Stadium
Atlético Nacional	Panama City	Estadio Kobee
Chorrillito	Arraiján	Campo de Campana
C.A.I.	La Chorrera	Ciudad del Niño Valdes
Génesis	Panama City	Estadio Balboa
Orión	San Miguelito	Estadio Bernardo Gil
Pan de Azúcar	San Miguelito	Campo de la UTP
Paraíso	San Miguelito	Estadio Bernardo Gil
Río Abajo	Panama City	Estadio Balboa

Primera A Apertura 2008

Apertura 2008 Standings

Place (Posición)	Team (Equipo)	Played (PJ)	Won (PG)	Draw (PE)	Lost (PP)	Goals Scored (GF)	Goals Conceded (GC)	+/- (Dif.)	Points (Pts.)
1.	Río Abajo F.C.	14	10	1	3	41	19	+22	31
2.	Orión	14	9	1	4	30	17	+13	28
3.	Paraíso	14	7	3	4	28	24	+4	24
4.	Chorrillito	14	7	2	5	32	24	+8	23
5.	Atlético Nacional	14	6	3	5	28	31	-3	21
6.	Pan de Azúcar	14	6	1	7	22	34	-12	19
7.	C.A.I.	14	3	1	10	20	31	-11	10
8.	Génesis	14	3	0	11	15	35	-20	9

Green indicates Semifinal Berth

Apertura 2008 Results table

[*] The score is unknown, but it was reported as a win for Paraiso F.C.

Final round

Semifinals 1st leg

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Semifinals 2nd leg

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Final

Apertura 2008 Champion:
Orión

Primera A Clausura 2008

Clausura 2008 standings

Place (Posición)	Team (Equipo)	Played (PJ)	Won (PG)	Draw (PE)	Lost (PP)	Goals Scored (GF)	Goals Conceded (GC)	+/- (Dif.)	Points (Pts.)
1.	Orión	14	9	2	3	52	21	+31	29
2.	Río Abajo F.C.	14	8	3	3	39	20	+19	27
3.	Pan de Azúcar	14	7	5	2	30	15	+15	25
4.	Chorrillito	14	6	3	5	30	26	+4	21
5.	Paraíso	14	6	3	5	25	25	0	21
6.	Atlético Nacional	14	4	6	4	27	19	+8	18
7.	Génesis	14	2	3	9	17	58	-41	9
8.	C.A.I.	14	0	3	11	15	50	-35	3

Green indicates Semifinal Berth (Los equipos en verde señalan los clasificados a semifinales).

Clausura 2008 results table

[*] Awarded 3–0 to Pan de Azúcar by ANAPROF because Paraíso failed the league's regulation by not bringing their away kit, thus since both teams' home kit was white the game had to be suspended.^[1]
[**] Originally 3–1 victory for Paraíso but awarded to Chorrillito.^[2]

Final round

Semifinals 1st leg

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Semifinals 2nd leg

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Final

Clausura 2008 Champion:
Río Abajo F.C.

Primera A 2008 Grand Final

Club	Champion
Orión	Primera A 2008 Apertura Champion
Río Abajo F.C.	Primera A 2008 Clausura Champion

Final

Promotion playoff

Río Abajo remain in Primera A

2nd leg

Notes and References

http://cdpandeazucar.blogspot.com/2008/09/partido-suspendido.html Pan de Azucar awarded 3-0 victory over Paraiso
https://web.archive.org/web/20080327064608/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/panama2-08.html Chorrillito awarded victory over Paraiso in the Matchday 10