# 2009 Liga Nacional de Ascenso

The Liga Nacional de Ascenso 2009 season (officially "Torneo Primera A 2009") started on February 28, 2009. The defending champion and Apertura winner was Río Abajo and the Clausura winner was Orión. On December 12, 2009, a grand final was played where Río Abajo were crowned champions of the Liga Nacional de Ascenso after defeating Orión 3–1. However (as it happened in the 2008 edition) Río Abajo lost the promotion play-off, but this time against Alianza in a 2–1 aggregate score, thus failing to promote to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol.
The champion was promoted directly without playing a promotion play-off.

## Changes for 2009

* The league increased the number of participating teams from 8 to 10.
* After the Apertura I season Primera A changed its name to Liga Nacional de Ascenso.

## Liga Nacional de Ascenso 2009 teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Atlético Nacional | Panama City | Cuadro de Kobee |
| Chorrillito | Arraiján | Campo de Campana |
| C.A.I. | La Chorrera | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| El Tecal | Arraiján | Campo de Campana |
| Génesis | Panama City | Estadio Balboa |
| Millenium | Panama City | Estadio Bernardo Gil |
| Orión | San Miguelito | Estadio Bernardo Gil |
| Pan de Azúcar | San Miguelito | Estadio Balboa |
| Paraíso | San Miguelito | Estadio Bernardo Gil |
| Río Abajo | Panama City | Estadio Bernardo Gil |

## Primera A Apertura 2009 I
### Standings

| Place | Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded | +/- | Points |
| 1. | Río Abajo | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 41 |
| 2. | Atlético Nacional | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 35 |
| 3. | C.A.I. | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 35 |
| 4. | Paraíso | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 32 |
| 5. | Chorrillito | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 36 | -1 | 31 |
| 6. | Pan de Azúcar | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 24 |
| 7. | Orión | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 23 |
| 8. | Millenium | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 38 | -9 | 18 |
| 9. | El Tecal | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 48 | -29 | 14 |
| 10. | Génesis | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 72 | -53 | 3 |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Atlético Nacional | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Chorrillito | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Independiente | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| El Tecal | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Génesis | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Millenium | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Orión | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Pan de Azúcar | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Paraíso | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Río Abajo | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | ATL | CHO | CAI | ELT | GÉN | MIL | ORI | PAN | PAR | RÍO |
| Atl. Nacional | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Chorrillito | 1–5 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–4 |
| C.A.I. | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| El Tecal | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–2 |
| Génesis | (2)* | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 0–3** | 1–4 | 0–13 | 1–6 | 0–7 |
| Millenium | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–7 | 1–2 | 1–5 |
| Orión | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 6–4 | 0–1 | — | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Pan de Azúcar | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–3 | 0–0 |
| Paraíso | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Río Abajo | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — |
* [*] Génesis and Atlético Nacional was initially postponed to a later date. The game result is unknown however it is known that Atl. Nacional managed to beat Génesis.
* [**]Millenium won by default because Genesis did not show up.

### Final Round

| Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Final | Final | Final |
| Río Abajo | Río Abajo | 5 | | | |
| Paraíso | Paraíso | 4 | | | |
| Paraíso | Paraíso | 4 | Río Abajo | Río Abajo | 1 |
| | | | C.A.I. | C.A.I. | 0 |
| Atlético Nacional | Atlético Nacional | 1 | C.A.I. | C.A.I. | 0 |
| C.A.I. | C.A.I. | 2 | | | |

#### Final

* Apertura 2009 I Champion: Río Abajo

### Top Goal Scorer

| Position | Player | Scored for | Goals |
| 1 | Andy Nuñez | Pan de Azúcar | 20 |
| 2 | Mario Cox | Chorrillito | 17 |
| 3 | Roberty Morales | Pan de Azúcar | 13 |
| 4 | Shamar Amantine | Orión | 10 |
| 5 | Aramis Haywood | Río Abajo | 9 |

## Liga Nacional de Ascenso Apertura 2009 II
### Standings

| Place | Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded | +/- | Points |
| 1. | Río Abajo | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 16 | +36 | 40 |
| 2. | Paraíso | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 36 |
| 3. | Orión | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 33 |
| 4. | Pan de Azúcar | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 32 |
| 5. | Chorrillito | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 31 |
| 6. | Atlético Nacional | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 28 |
| 7. | Independiente | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 45 | -14 | 19 |
| 8. | Millenium | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 46 | -19 | 18 |
| 9. | El Tecal | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 46 | -13 | 17 |
| 10. | Génesis | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 80 | -65 | 2 |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | ATL | CHO | CAI | ELT | GÉN | MIL | ORI | PAN | PAR | RÍO |
| Atl. Nacional | — | 0–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Chorrillito | 2–4 | — | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| C.A.I. | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| El Tecal | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 2–3 |
| Génesis | 0–5 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | — | 2–2 | 3–7 | 0–6 | 0–5 | 1–9 |
| Millenium | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | — | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 |
| Orión | 2–3 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 4–1 | 9–1 | 3–3 | — | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 |
| Pan de Azúcar | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–6 |
| Paraíso | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–6 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| Río Abajo | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Atlético Nacional | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Chorrillito | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Independiente | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| El Tecal | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Génesis | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Millenium | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Orión | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Pan de Azúcar | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Paraíso | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Río Abajo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Final Round

| Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Final | Final | Final |
| Río Abajo | Río Abajo | 3 | | | |
| Pan de Azúcar | Pan de Azúcar | 2 | | | |
| Pan de Azúcar | Pan de Azúcar | 2 | Río Abajo | Río Abajo | 3 |
| | | | Orión | Orión | 3 |
| Paraíso | Paraíso | 2 | Orión | Orión | 3 |
| Orión | Orión | 3 | | | |

#### Final

* Apertura 2009 II Champion: Orión

### Top Goal Scorer

| Position | Player | Scored for | Goals |
| 1 | Roberty Morales | Orión | 21 |
| 2 | Jefferson Viveros | Río Abajo | 19 |
| 3 | Luis Rentería Eduardo Santos | Orión Chorrillito | 15 |
| 5 | Andy Nuñez | Pan de Azúcar | 10 |

## Liga Nacional de Ascenso 2009 Grand Final

| Club | Champion |
| Río Abajo | Apertura 2009 I Champion |
| Orión | Apertura 2009 II Champion |

### Grand Final

* Primera A 2008 Champion:
* Río Abajo 2nd Title

## Promotion playoff

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Alianza | 2–1 | Río Abajo | 1–1 | 1–0 |
    Río Abajo remain in Liga Nacional de Ascenso