# 2008 ANAPROF Apertura

In Panamanian football, the ANAPROF Apertura 2008 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2008") started on February 22, 2008. On May 31, 2008, the Apertura 2008 finalized with San Francisco F.C. crowned five time ANAPROF champion after beating Tauro F.C. 3–1.

## Changes for Apertura 2008

* The league was split into two groups for the regular season with a 4-team playoff after the season was completed. The semifinals are two-leg playoffs, and the final is a single match. The 4 teams qualified for the playoff are decided based in an aggregate table.
* Group A is integrated by Atlético Chiriquí, Atletico Veragüense, San Francisco F.C., Plaza Amador and Municipal Chorrillo and Group B is integrated by Tauro F.C., Arabe Unido, Chepo F.C., Sporting San Miguelito and Alianza.
* The last team in the general standings will play a playoff against the champion of Primera A instead of facing direct relegation.
* The total numbers of games was reduced to 13 game weeks because the Panamanian football federation wanted to end the season as soon as possible in order to have all national team players ready for the 2010 World Cup qualification.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Alianza F.C. | Panama City | Estadio Camping Resort |
| CD Árabe Unido | Colon | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés |
| Atlético Chiriquí | Boquete | Estadio Benigno Tomas Argote |
| Atlético Veragüense | Santiago | Estadio Virgilio Tejeira |
| 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 | Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi de Pedregal |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tauro F.C. | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 23 | Semifinal |
| 2 | San Francisco F.C. | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 21 | Semifinal |
| 3 | Chepo F.C. | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 20 | Semifinal |
| 4 | Sporting San Miguelito | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 20 | Semifinal |
| 5 | Árabe Unido | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 20 | |
| 6 | Plaza Amador | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 19 | |
| 7 | Chorrillo F.C. | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 16 | |
| 8 | Atlético Chiriquí | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 15 | |
| 9 | Atlético Veragüense | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 28 | −13 | 11 | |
| 10 | Alianza | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 10 | |

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Francisco F.C. | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 21 | Semifinal |
| 2 | Plaza Amador | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 19 | |
| 3 | Chorrillo F.C. | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 16 | |
| 4 | Atlético Chiriquí | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 15 | |
| 5 | Atlético Veragüense | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 28 | −13 | 11 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tauro F.C. | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 23 | Semifinal |
| 2 | Chepo F.C. | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 20 | Semifinal |
| 3 | Sporting San Miguelito | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 20 | Semifinal |
| 4 | Árabe Unido | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 20 | |
| 5 | Alianza | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 10 | |

## Results table

| Home \ Away | ALI | ÁRA | ACH | AVE | CHE | CHO | PLA | SAN | SPO | TAU |
| Alianza | — | 2–1 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | bye | 1–1 | bye | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Árabe Unido | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | bye | 1–0 | 0–1 | bye | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Atl. Chiríqui | bye | bye | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | bye | 2–1 |
| Atl. Veragüense | bye | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | bye | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | bye | 1–2 |
| Chepo | 5–1 | 1–2 | bye | 3–1 | — | bye | 0–0 | bye | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Chorrillo | 2–0 | bye | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–4 | 0–0 | bye | 1–1 |
| Plaza Amador | bye | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | bye | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | bye |
| San Francisco | 4–3 | bye | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | bye |
| Sporting | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | bye | bye | — | 2–3 |
| Tauro | 2–1 | 2–1 | bye | bye | 1–1 | bye | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — |

## Final round

| Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Final | Final | Final |
| Tauro F.C. | Tauro F.C. | 3 | | | |
| Sporting San Miguelito | Sporting San Miguelito | 0 | | | |
| Sporting San Miguelito | Sporting San Miguelito | 0 | Tauro F.C. | Tauro F.C. | 1 |
| | | | San Francisco F.C. | San Francisco F.C. | 3 |
| San Francisco F.C. | San Francisco F.C. | 2 | San Francisco F.C. | San Francisco F.C. | 3 |
| Chepo F.C. | Chepo F.C. | 2 | | | |

### Semifinals 2nd Leg (Semifinales - Juego de vuelta)

San Francisco advances to final 3–1 on penalties

### Final

* Apertura 2008 champion
* San Francisco 5th title
Since San Francisco already qualified for 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League, Tauro also qualified.

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Scored for | Goals |
| 1 | César Medina | Alianza | 12 |
| 2 | Edwin Aguilar | Tauro | 9 |
| 3 | Alberto Zapata | San Francisco | 7 |
| 4 | Alcibiades Rojas | Veragüense | 6 |
| 5 | Carlos Martinez | Chepo | 5 |
| - | Rúsvel Saravia | San Francisco | 5 |
| 7 | Manuel Torres | San Francisco | 4 |
| - | Luis Moreno | Tauro | 4 |
| - | Luis Angel Rodriguez | Sporting | 4 |
| - | Delano Welch | Chepo | 4 |

## Goalscorers by team

| Club | Club goals | Goals | Player |
| Alianza F.C. | 24 | 12 | César Medina |
| Alianza F.C. | 24 | 2 | Miguel Castillo |
| Alianza F.C. | 24 | 2 | Ricardo Palomino |
| Alianza F.C. | 24 | 2 | Javier Gonzalez |
| Alianza F.C. | 24 | 1 | Jonathan Aviles |
| Alianza F.C. | 24 | 1 | Diego Maier |
| Alianza F.C. | 24 | 1 | Ramon Romero (OG) |
| Alianza F.C. | 24 | 1 | Julio Carpetta |
| Alianza F.C. | 24 | 1 | Lucio Lopez |
| Alianza F.C. | 24 | 1 | Adolfo Machado |
| Alianza F.C. | 24 | 1 | Carlos Dixon |
| Árabe Unido | 15 | 4 | Eduardo McTaggart |
| Árabe Unido | 15 | 4 | Publio Rodriguez |
| Árabe Unido | 15 | 2 | Luis Gondola |
| Árabe Unido | 15 | 1 | Juan Sergio Guzman |
| Árabe Unido | 15 | 1 | Andres Corpete |
| Árabe Unido | 15 | 1 | Anthony Basil |
| Árabe Unido | 15 | 1 | Armando Cooper |
| Árabe Unido | 15 | 1 | Antonio Leslie |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 14 | 3 | Catalino Smith |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 14 | 2 | Anthony Valdes |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 14 | 1 | Antonio Ortega |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 14 | 1 | Richard Peralta |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 14 | 1 | Oscar Vargas |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 14 | 1 | Clive Trotman |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 14 | 1 | Eybir Bonaga |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 14 | 1 | Rodman Gonzalez |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 14 | 1 | Omar Navarro |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 14 | 1 | Manuel Torres |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 14 | 1 | José Ortega |
| Atlético Veragüense | 15 | 6 | Alcibiades Rojas |
| Atlético Veragüense | 15 | 4 | Neftali Diaz |
| Atlético Veragüense | 15 | 2 | Cristian Vega |
| Atlético Veragüense | 15 | 1 | Enzo Salazar |
| Atlético Veragüense | 15 | 1 | Jesús González |
| Atlético Veragüense | 15 | 1 | Miguel González |
| Chepo F.C. | 21 | 5 | Carlos Martinez |
| Chepo F.C. | 21 | 4 | Delano Welch |
| Chepo F.C. | 21 | 4 | Gerardo Barrios |
| Chepo F.C. | 21 | 2 | Cesar Aguilar |
| Chepo F.C. | 21 | 2 | Ismael Menal |
| Chepo F.C. | 21 | 2 | Luis Jaramillo |
| Chepo F.C. | 21 | 1 | Armando Gun |
| Chepo F.C. | 21 | 1 | José Luis González |
| Chorrillo F.C. | 14 | 3 | Anel Canales |
| Chorrillo F.C. | 14 | 3 | Julio Medina III |
| Chorrillo F.C. | 14 | 2 | Silvio Morelos |
| Chorrillo F.C. | 14 | 1 | Johnny Ruiz |
| Chorrillo F.C. | 14 | 1 | Alberto Skinner |
| Chorrillo F.C. | 14 | 1 | Derek James |
| Chorrillo F.C. | 14 | 1 | Roberto Stewart |
| Chorrillo F.C. | 14 | 1 | Jean Carlos Cedeño |
| Chorrillo F.C. | 14 | 1 | Leonel Parrish |
| Plaza Amador | 13 | 4 | Ricardo Buitrago |
| Plaza Amador | 13 | 2 | Cesar Blackman |
| Plaza Amador | 13 | 2 | Engie Mitre |
| Plaza Amador | 13 | 2 | José Moreno |
| Plaza Amador | 13 | 1 | Jean Estribi |
| Plaza Amador | 13 | 1 | Richard Dixon |
| Plaza Amador | 13 | 1 | Alfredo Hernandez |
| San Francisco F.C. | 24 | 7 | Alberto Zapata |
| San Francisco F.C. | 24 | 5 | Rúsvel Saravia |
| San Francisco F.C. | 24 | 4 | Manuel Torres |
| San Francisco F.C. | 24 | 3 | Angel Lombardo |
| San Francisco F.C. | 24 | 2 | Eduardo Jiménez |
| San Francisco F.C. | 24 | 1 | Victor Suarez |
| San Francisco F.C. | 24 | 1 | Carlos Rivera |
| San Francisco F.C. | 24 | 1 | Temistocles Perez |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 4 | Luis Angel Rodriguez |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 3 | Luis Morales |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 2 | Edwin Antero |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 2 | Federico Marines |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 2 | Luis Valderrama |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 1 | Luis Mendoza |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 1 | Francisco Garcia |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 1 | Cristobal Tenorio |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 1 | Ricardo Phillips |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 1 | Osvaldo Solanilla |
| Tauro F.C. | 25 | 9 | Edwin Aguilar |
| Tauro F.C. | 25 | 4 | Luis Moreno |
| Tauro F.C. | 25 | 3 | Brunet Hay |
| Tauro F.C. | 25 | 3 | Eric Quiroz |
| Tauro F.C. | 25 | 2 | Gabriel Ríos |
| Tauro F.C. | 25 | 1 | Alexis King |
| Tauro F.C. | 25 | 1 | Reggie Arosemena |
| Tauro F.C. | 25 | 1 | Rolando Blackburn |
| Tauro F.C. | 25 | 1 | Dorian Lopez |

## Local derby statistics

El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador
Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v Chorillo
Clasico Interiorano - Atlético Chiriquí v Atlético Veragüense