The 2016–17 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season (also known as the Liga Cable Onda) was the 27th season of top-flight football in Panama. The season began on 2016 and was scheduled to end in May 2017. Ten teams competed throughout the entire season.
Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Apertura: Árabe Unido (15th Title) Clausura: Tauro (13th Title) |
Relegated | Atlético Nacional |
Champions League | Tauro |
CONCACAF League | Árabe Unido Plaza Amador Chorrillo |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
Teams
editAtlético Chiriquí 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 Santa Gema.
Chepo suffered financial trouble and sold their spot to Atletico Veraguense.
2016 Apertura
editPersonnel and sponsoring (2016 Apertura)
editTeam | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alianza | Lotto | Balboa | ||
Árabe Unido | Puma | Pizza Hut | ||
Atletico Nacional | Adidas | Nikos | ||
Atletico Veraguense | GEMS | EGS, NCO | ||
Chorrillo | Lotto | McDonald's, Cremoso | ||
Plaza Amador | Diadora | Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana | ||
Santa Gema | Mitre | ShowPro | ||
San Francisco | Lotto | KFC, Canon, Banco General | ||
Sporting San Miguelito | Joma | Kenwood, Hyundai | ||
Tauro | Patrick | Publica Amarias, Dominos, Estrella Azul, Argos, Capital Bank |
Managerial changes
editDuring the season
editTeam | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atletico Veraguense | Mutual agreement | August 2016 | August 2016 | th (Apertura 2016) | ||
Chorrillo | Sacked | September 2016 | September 2016 | th (Apertura 2016) | ||
Sporting San Miguelito | Sacked | October 2016 | October 2016 | th (Apertura 2016) |
Standings
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tauro | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 38 | Qualified to the Final Round |
2 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 36 | |
3 | Chorrillo | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 33 | |
4 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 29 | |
5 | Santa Gema | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 23 | |
6 | San Francisco | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 25 | |
7 | Alianza | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 22 | |
8 | Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 14 | |
9 | Atletico Veraguense | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 14 | |
10 | Atlético Nacional | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 10 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
editSecond stage
editSemifinals | Final | ||||||||||
1 | Tauro | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
4 | Árabe Unido | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
4 | Árabe Unido | 2 | |||||||||
2 | Plaza Amador | 0 | |||||||||
2 | Plaza Amador | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
3 | Chorrillo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Semifinals
edit- First legs
Árabe Unido | 3 – 0 | Tauro |
---|---|---|
F. Caesar E. Small J. González |
Chorrillo | 0 – 0 | Plaza Amador |
---|---|---|
- Second legs
Tauro | 3 – 2 | Árabe Unido |
---|---|---|
J. Muñoz E. Aguilar |
A. Macea E. Small |
Arabe Unido won 5–3 on aggregate.
Plaza Amador | 1 – 0 | Chorrillo |
---|---|---|
F. Piedrahita |
Plaza Amador won 1–0 on aggregate.
Finals
edit- Grand Final
Plaza Amador | 0 – 2 | Árabe Unido |
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A. Macea E. Small |
Apertura 2016 champions |
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Arabe Unido 15th title |
2017 Clausura
editPersonnel and sponsoring (2017 Clausura)
editTeam | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alianza | Lotto | Balboa | ||
Árabe Unido | Puma | Pizza Hut | ||
Atletico Nacional | Lotto | Subway | ||
Atletico Veraguense | GEMS | EGS, NCO | ||
Chorrillo | Lotto | McDonald's, Cremoso | ||
Plaza Amador | Diadora | Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana | ||
Santa Gema | Mitre | ShowPro | ||
San Francisco | Lotto | KFC, Canon, Banco General | ||
Sporting San Miguelito | Joma | Kenwood, Hyundai | ||
Tauro | Patrick | Publicar Páginas Amarillas |
Standings
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 40 | Qualified to the Final Round |
2 | Tauro | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 31 | |
3 | Atletico Veraguense | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 28 | |
4 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 28 | |
5 | San Francisco | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 26 | |
6 | Chorrillo | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 22 | |
7 | Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 19 | |
8 | Alianza | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 19 | |
9 | Santa Gema | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 18 | |
10 | Atlético Nacional | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 36 | −23 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
editSecond stage
editSemifinals | Final | ||||||||||
1 | Plaza Amador | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
4 | Árabe Unido | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
4 | Árabe Unido | 0 | |||||||||
2 | Tauro | 1 | |||||||||
2 | Tauro | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
3 | Atletico Veraguense | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Semifinals
edit- First legs
Árabe Unido | 1 – 1 | Plaza Amador |
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E. Small |
R. Barsallo |
Atletico Veraguense | 1 – 1 | Tauro |
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H. Ward |
F. Baloy |
- Second legs
Plaza Amador | 0 – 1 | Árabe Unido |
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E. Small |
Arabe Unido won 2–1 on aggregate.
Tauro | 2 – 1 | Atletico Veraguense |
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A. Polo A. Corpas |
C. Gallego |
Tauro won 3–2 on aggregate.
Finals
edit- Grand Final
Tauro | 1 – 0 | Árabe Unido |
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A. Polo |
Clausura 2017 champions |
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Tauro 13th title |
List of foreign players in the league
editThis is a list of foreign players for the 2016-2017. The following players:
- have played at least one game for the respective club.
- have not been capped for the Panama national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
Alianza Arabe Unido Atletico Nacional Atlético Veraguense Chorillo |
Plaza Amador
Santa Gema San Francisco FC Sporting San Miguelito
Tauro FC
|
Aggregate table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Plaza Amador | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 47 | 18 | +29 | 76 | 2017 CONCACAF League |
2 | Tauro | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 69 | 2018 CONCACAF Champions League |
3 | Árabe Unido | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 57 | 2017 CONCACAF League |
4 | Chorrillo | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 55 | 2017 CONCACAF League[a] |
5 | San Francisco | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 51 | |
6 | Atletico Veraguense | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 42 | |
7 | Santa Gema | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 41 | |
8 | Alianza | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 41 | |
9 | Sporting San Miguelito | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 33 | |
10 | Atlético Nacional (R) | 36 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 62 | −38 | 22 | Relegation to 2017–18 Liga de Ascenso |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Due to Guatemala's suspension from FIFA, its teams will not participate in the 2017-18 CONCACAF club competitions. Due to this, Panama gained an additional qualifier for the 2017 CONCACAF League.