# 2002 ANAPROF

ANAPROF 2002 is the 2002 season of the Panamanian football league, ANAPROF. The season started on March 17, 2002 with the Torneo Apertura 2002 and finalized on November 24, 2002 with the Torneo Clausura 2002. The Apertura champion was Árabe Unido and the Clausura champion was Plaza Amador, on November 30, 2002 the ANAPROF 2002 final was played and Plaza Amador was crowned champion over Deportivo Árabe Unido.

## Change for 2002

* There will be no relegation because the Primera A championship was not played in 2002.
* In the 2002 Apertura, the teams were divided into two groups where the top two teams of each group will play a two-leg semifinal and a single final match.
* For the 2002 Clausura the two groups format was abandoned and replaced with a single aggregate table format where the top four teams will participate in for a pair of home-and-away series. The top two teams of this cuadrangular series will play a home and away final match.
* For the Apertura championship Sporting '89 changed its name to Sporting San Miguelito. Ando for the Clausura championship Sporting San Miguelito were renamed Sporting Coclé after they re-located to Antón Coclé.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Alianza F.C. | Panama City | Estadio Camping Resort |
| Deportivo Árabe Unido | Colon | Estadio Mariano Bula |
| Atlético Veragüense | Santiago | Estadio Omar Torrijos |
| El Chorrillo F.C. | Panama City | Estadio Municipal de Balboa |
| Plaza Amador | Panama City | Estadio Rommel Fernández Estadio Municipal de Balboa |
| San Francisco F.C. | La Chorrera | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| Sporting San Miguelito Sporting Coclé* | San Miguelito Penonome | Estadio Rommel Fernández Estadio Municipal de Ciruelito |
| Tauro F.C. | Panama City | Estadio Rommel Fernández |
* [*] From the Clausura championship, Sporting San Miguelito re-located themselves to the Coclé Province.

## Apertura 2002
### Standings
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Árabe Unido | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 19 | Qualified to the final round |
| 2 | Tauro | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 18 | Qualified to the final round |
| 3 | Alianza | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 15 | |
| 4 | El Chorrillo | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 14 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Francisco | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 18 | Qualified to the final round |
| 2 | Sporting San Miguelito | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 14 | Qualified to the final round |
| 3 | Plaza Amador | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Atlético Veragüense | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 2 | |

### Results table

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

### Final round

| Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Final | Final | Final |
| Árabe Unido | Árabe Unido | 3 | | | |
| Sporting San Miguelito | Sporting San Miguelito | 3 | | | |
| Sporting San Miguelito | Sporting San Miguelito | 3 | Árabe Unido | Árabe Unido | 2 |
| | | | San Francisco | San Francisco | 0 |
| San Francisco | San Francisco | 2 | San Francisco | San Francisco | 0 |
| Tauro | Tauro | 2 | | | |

#### Semifinals 2nd leg

Árabe Unido advances to final 4-2 on penalties
San Francisco advances to final 4-2 on penalties

#### Final

* Apertura 2002 champion
* Árabe Unido

### Top goal scorer

| Position | Player | Scored for | Goals |
| 1 | Gabriel de la Hoz | Alianza | 7 |

## Clausura 2002
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tauro | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 27 | Qualified to the final round |
| 2 | Plaza Amador | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 24 | Qualified to the final round |
| 3 | El Chorrillo | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 23 | Qualified to the final round |
| 4 | Árabe Unido | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 22 | Qualified to the final round |
| 5 | San Francisco | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 18 | |
| 6 | Sporting Coclé | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 13 | |
| 7 | Alianza | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 12 | |
| 8 | Atlético Veragüense | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 8 | |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALI | ÁRA | ATL | CHO | PLA | SAN | SPO | TAU |
| Alianza | — | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Árabe Unido | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Atl. Veragüense | 0–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| El Chorrillo | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Plaza Amador | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| San Francisco | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Sporting | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | — | 0–1 |
| Tauro | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — |

### Final round
#### Cuadrangular semifinal

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TAU | PLA | CHO | DAU |
| Tauro | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 12 | Qualified for the final | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Plaza Amador | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 10 | Qualified for the final | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| El Chorrillo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 | | 1–3 | 3–2 | | 4–1 |
| Árabe Unido | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

#### Final 2nd leg

Plaza Amador won 1-4 on penalties
* Clausura 2002 champion
* Plaza Amador

### Top goal scorer

| Position | Player | Scored for | Goals |
| 1 | Anel Canales | Tauro | 10 |

## ANAPROF 2002 grand final

| Club | Champion |
| Árabe Unido | ANAPROF 2002 Apertura Champion |
| Plaza Amador | ANAPROF 2002 Clausura Champion |

### Final

* ANAPROF 2002 champion
* Plaza Amador 4th title

## Local derby statistics

El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador
Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v El Chorillo