# 2016–17 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

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.

## Teams

Atlético 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.
| Club | Home city | Stadium |
| Alianza | Panama City | Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia |
| Árabe Unido | Colón | Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia (in Panama City) |
| Atlético Nacional | Panama City | Estadio Agustín "Muquita" Sánchez |
| Atletico Veraguense | Santiago de Veraguas | Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia (in Panama City) |
| Chorrillo | Panama City | Estadio Javier Cruz |
| Plaza Amador | Panama City | Estadio Javier Cruz |
| San Francisco | La Chorrera | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| Santa Gema | Arraiján | Cancha del Mystic |
| Sporting San Miguelito | San Miguelito | Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia |
| Tauro | Panama City | Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia |

## 2016 Apertura
### Personnel and sponsoring (2016 Apertura)

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Alianza | TBD | José Anthony Torres | Lotto | Balboa |
| Árabe Unido | TBD | Juan Sergio Guzmán | Puma | Pizza Hut |
| Atletico Nacional | | José Chiari | Adidas | Nikos |
| Atletico Veraguense | TBD | Marcos Pimentel | GEMS | EGS, NCO |
| Chorrillo | | Jair Medina | Lotto | McDonald's, Cremoso |
| Plaza Amador | TBD | Jair Palacios | Diadora | Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana |
| Santa Gema | | Leopoldo Lee | Mitre | ShowPro |
| San Francisco | Julio Quijano | Mike Stump | Lotto | KFC, Canon, Banco General |
| Sporting San Miguelito | TBD | Juan Pablo Lopera | Joma | Kenwood, Hyundai |
| Tauro | TBD | Rolando Palma | Patrick | Publica Amarias, Dominos, Estrella Azul, Argos, Capital Bank |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Atletico Veraguense | Marcos Pimentel | Mutual agreement | August 2016 | Andrés Felipe Domínguez | August 2016 | th (Apertura 2016) |
| Chorrillo | Jair Medina | Sacked | September 2016 | Óscar Upegui | September 2016 | th (Apertura 2016) |
| Sporting San Miguelito | Juan Pablo Lopera | Sacked | October 2016 | José Alfredo Poyatos | October 2016 | th (Apertura 2016) |

### Standings

| Pos | 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 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 3 | Chorrillo | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 33 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 4 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 29 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 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 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | ATL | DÁU | ATV | CHO | PA | SAN | SF | SSM | TAU |
| Alianza | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Atlético Nacional | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Árabe Unido | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Atletico Veraguense | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Chorrillo | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Plaza Amador | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Santa Gema | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| San Francisco | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 2–2 |
| Tauro | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |

### Second stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Tauro | 0 | 0 | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Árabe Unido | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Árabe Unido | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Árabe Unido | 2 |
| | | | | | 2 | Plaza Amador | 0 |
| 2 | Plaza Amador | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Plaza Amador | 0 |
| 3 | Chorrillo | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |

#### Semifinals
##### Second legs

Arabe Unido won 5–3 on aggregate.
Plaza Amador won 1–0 on aggregate.

#### Finals
##### Grand Final

* Apertura 2016 champions
* Arabe Unido 15th title

## 2017 Clausura
### Personnel and sponsoring (2017 Clausura)

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Alianza | Rubén Cárdenas | Ángel Monares | Lotto | Balboa |
| Árabe Unido | Pedro Gordon | Juan Sergio Guzmán | Puma | Pizza Hut |
| Atletico Nacional | Eduardo Serracin | Daniel Valencia | Lotto | Subway |
| Atletico Veraguense | Rafael Sanjur | Jorge Santos | GEMS | EGS, NCO |
| Chorrillo | Manuel E. Arias | Mike Stump | Lotto | McDonald's, Cremoso |
| Plaza Amador | Gian Castillero | Jair Palacios | Diadora | Páguela Facil, Frosquito, Mercana |
| Santa Gema | | Leopoldo Lee | Mitre | ShowPro |
| San Francisco | Jose Luis Dejuane | Andrés Dominguez | Lotto | KFC, Canon, Banco General |
| Sporting San Miguelito | Lucas Aleman | Mario Anthony Torres | Joma | Kenwood, Hyundai |
| Tauro | Robert Zauner | Rolando Palma | Patrick | Publicar Páginas Amarillas |

### Standings

| Pos | 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 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 3 | Atletico Veraguense | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 28 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 4 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 28 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 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 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | ATL | DÁU | ATV | CHO | PA | SAN | SF | SSM | TAU |
| Alianza | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Atlético Nacional | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Árabe Unido | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 |
| Atletico Veraguense | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Chorrillo | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Plaza Amador | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Santa Gema | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| San Francisco | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | | 0–3 |
| Tauro | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |

### Second stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Plaza Amador | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Árabe Unido | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Árabe Unido | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Árabe Unido | 0 |
| | | | | | 2 | Tauro | 1 |
| 2 | Tauro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Tauro | 1 |
| 3 | Atletico Veraguense | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |

#### Semifinals
##### Second legs

Arabe Unido won 2–1 on aggregate.
Tauro won 3–2 on aggregate.

#### Finals
##### Grand Final

* Clausura 2017 champions
* Tauro 13th title

## List of foreign players in the league

This 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
(player released mid season)

## Aggregate table

| Pos | 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 |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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.