# 2010–11 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

The 2010–11 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season was the 23rd season of top-flight football in Panama. Because of a restructuring of the calendar of the season, this season contained three tournaments to bring the season to a fall-spring season (similar to the majority of leagues in Europe). The season began on January 15, 2010, and was scheduled to end in May 2011. Ten teams were scheduled to compete throughout the entire season.

## Teams

| Club | Home city | Stadium |
| Alianza | Panama City | Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández |
| Árabe Unido | Colón | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés |
| Atlético Chiriquí | David | Estadio San Cristóbal |
| Atlético Veragüense | Santiago | Estadio Áristocles Castillo |
| Chepo | Chepo | Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City) |
| Chorrillo | Panama City | Estadio Javier Cruz |
| Plaza Amador | Panama City | Estadio Javier Cruz |
| San Francisco | La Chorrera | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| Sporting San Miguelito | San Miguelito | Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández (in Panama City) |
| Tauro | Panama City | Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| 2010 Clausura Pre-season changes ||||||||
| Sporting San Miguelito | Carlos Walcott $^{(interim)}$ | End of caretaker spell | 23 November 2009 | 6th (2009 II) | Fernando Garcia Ramos | 23 November 2009 | N/A |
| Chepo | Felipe Fuentes | Resigned | 23 November 2009 | 8th (2009 II) | Victor Rene Mendieta | 23 November 2009 | N/A |
| Alianza | Leroy Foster | | 28 December 2009 | 10th (2009 II) | Carlos Perez Porras | 28 December 2009 | N/A |
| 2010 Clausura changes ||||||||
| Plaza Amador | Leopoldo Lee | Resigned | 19 January 2010 | 9th | Marcos Casagrande $^{(interim)}$ | 19 January 2010 | 9th |
| Plaza Amador | Marcos Casagrande $^{(interim)}$ | End of caretaker spell | 27 January 2010 | 9th | Jair Palacios | 27 January 2010 | 9th |
| Tauro | Gonzalo Soto | Resigned | 15 March 2010 | 10th | Juan Carlos Cubillas | 15 March 2010 | 10th |
| Sporting San Miguelito | Fernando Garcia Ramos | Resigned | 22 March 2010 | 8th | Carlos Walcott $^{(interim)}$ | 22 March 2010 | 8th |
| Sporting San Miguelito | Carlos Walcott $^{(interim)}$ | End of caretaker spell | 28 March 2010 | 6th | Percival Piggott | 22 March 2010 | 6th |
| Atlético Veragüense | Roger Gomez | Resigned | 6 April 2010 | 9th | Eduardo Flores $^{(interim)}$ | 9 April 2010 | 9th |
| Chepo | Victor Rene Mendieta | Resigned | 19 April 2010 | 9th | Cesar Morales $^{(interim)}$ Frank Lozada $^{(interim)}$ | 19 April 2010 | 9th |
| 2010 Apertura Pre-season changes ||||||||
| Chepo | Cesar Morales $^{(interim)}$ Frank Lozada $^{(interim)}$ | End of caretaker spell | 8 June 2010 | 9th (2010 A) | Michael Stump | 8 June 2010 | N/A |
| Atlético Veragüense | Eduardo Flores $^{(interim)}$ | End of caretaker spell | | 10th (2010 A) | Edison Romero | | N/A |

## 2010 Clausura

The 2010 Clausura was the first tournament of the season. It began on January 25, 2010, and ended on May 14, 2010. The Árabe Unido were crowned the champion after defeating San Francisco 1–0 in the first professional football match played in the newly-remodeled Estadio Rommel Fernández. This was Arabe's 2nd title in a row and sixth in its history. After clinching this win, the Árabe Unido earned the Panama 1 spot in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League and Tauro the Panama 2 spot as the runner-up with the most points in the 2009 Apertura II and 2010 Clausura season. San Francisco obtained the Panama 3 spot after the Belize Premier Football League champion failed to meet the CONCACAF stadium requirements, thus the vacated spot was awarded to Panama's runner-up with less points.

### First round
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Chiriquí | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 33 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 2 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 31 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 3 | Chorrillo | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 28 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 4 | San Francisco | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 15 | +17 | 26 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 5 | Alianza | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 26 | |
| 6 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 22 | |
| 7 | Tauro | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 22 | |
| 8 | Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 21 | |
| 9 | Chepo | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 18 | |
| 10 | Atlético Veragüense | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 18 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | DÁU | CHI | AV | CHE | CHO | PA | SF | SSM | TAU |
| Alianza | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Árabe Unido | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Veragüense | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Chepo | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Chorrillo | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Plaza Amador | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| San Francisco | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| Tauro | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |

### Final round

| Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Atlético Chiriquí | 2 | | | |
| 4 | San Francisco | 3 | | | |
| 4 | San Francisco | 3 | 4 | San Francisco | 0 |
| | | | 2 | Árabe Unido | 1 |
| 2 | Árabe Unido | 2 | 2 | Árabe Unido | 1 |
| 3 | Chorrillo | 1 | | | |

#### Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2

#### Final

* 2010 Clausura Champion:
* Árabe Unido 6th title

### Top goalscorers

| Pos | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Johan de Ávila | San Francisco | 10 |
| 2 | Luis Rentería | Tauro | 9 |
| 3 | Auriel Gallardo | Atlético Chiriquí | 7 |
| 4 | Víctor René Mendieta, Jr. | Árabe Unido | 6 |
| 4 | Johnny Ruíz | Chorrillo | 6 |

## 2010 Apertura

The 2010 Apertura was the second tournament of the season and it began on 30 July 30, 2010 and ended on 17 December 2010.

### First round
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tauro | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 37 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 2 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 34 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 3 | San Francisco | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 33 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 4 | Chorrillo | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 27 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 5 | Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 26 | |
| 6 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 24 | |
| 7 | Alianza | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 23 | |
| 8 | Atlético Chiriquí | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 19 | |
| 9 | Chepo | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 14 | |
| 10 | Atlético Veragüense | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 11 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | DÁU | CHI | AV | CHE | CHO | PA | SF | SSM | TAU |
| Alianza | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 |
| Árabe Unido | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Atlético Veragüense | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Chepo | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Chorrillo | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Plaza Amador | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| San Francisco | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–3 |
| Tauro | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |

### Final round

| Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Tauro | 0 (4) | | | |
| 4 | Chorrillo | 0 (2) | | | |
| 4 | Chorrillo | 0 (2) | 1 | Tauro | 1 |
| | | | 3 | San Francisco | 0 |
| 2 | Árabe Unido | 0 (2) | 3 | San Francisco | 0 |
| 3 | San Francisco | 0 (3) | | | |

#### Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2

#### Final

* 2010 Apertura champion
* Tauro 8th title

### Top goalscorers

| Pos | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gabriel de Los Rios | Atlético Chiriquí | 8 |
| 2 | César Medina | Alianza | 6 |
| 2 | Eduameth Nimbley Cárdenas | Alianza | 6 |
| 2 | Alberto Zapata | Sporting San Miguelito | 6 |
| 2 | Julíán Martínez | Tauro | 6 |
| 2 | Luis Rentería | Tauro | 6 |

## 2011 Clausura

The 2011 Clausura was the third and final tournament of the season. It began on 28 January 2011 and ended on 14 May 2011.

### First round
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chorrillo | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 31 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 2 | San Francisco | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 29 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 3 | Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 27 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 4 | Tauro | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 26 | Qualified to the Final Round |
| 5 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 26 | |
| 6 | Atlético Veragüense | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 25 | |
| 7 | Atlético Chiriquí | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 24 | |
| 8 | Chepo | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 23 | |
| 9 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 17 | |
| 10 | Alianza | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 12 | |

##### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Chorrillo | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| San Francisco | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Tauro | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Plaza Amador | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Atlético Veragüense | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Chepo | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Árabe Unido | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Alianza | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | DÁU | CHI | AV | CHE | CHO | PA | SF | SSM | TAU |
| Alianza | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 |
| Árabe Unido | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Atlético Veragüense | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Chepo | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Chorrillo | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Plaza Amador | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| San Francisco | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 |
| Tauro | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | |

### Final round

| Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Chorrillo | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Tauro | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Tauro | 1 | 1 | Chorrillo | 2 |
| | | | 2 | San Francisco | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco | 4 | 2 | San Francisco | 3 |
| 3 | Sporting San Miguelito | 2 | | | |

#### Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2

#### Final

* 2011 Clausura Champion:
* San Francisco 7th title

### Top goalscorers

| Pos | Name | Club | Goals |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | San Francisco | 54 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 89 | 54 | +35 | 88 | Qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round |
| 2 | Chorrillo | 54 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 86 | |
| 3 | Tauro | 54 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 72 | 59 | +13 | 85 | Qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage |
| 4 | Árabe Unido | 54 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 82 | |
| 5 | Atlético Chiriquí | 54 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 69 | 70 | −1 | 76 | |
| 6 | Sporting San Miguelito | 54 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 74 | |
| 7 | Plaza Amador | 54 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 72 | |
| 8 | Alianza | 54 | 16 | 13 | 25 | 55 | 69 | −14 | 61 | |
| 9 | Chepo | 54 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 50 | 73 | −23 | 55 | |
| 10 | Atlético Veragüense (R) | 54 | 15 | 9 | 30 | 49 | 88 | −39 | 54 | |
* 1 2 Tauro and San Francisco qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League as 2010 Apertura and 2011 Clausura champions respectively. Tauro earned the Panama 1 spot and San Francisco earned the Panama 2 spot based on 36-match aggregate record of 2010 Apertura and 2011 Clausura only (Tauro: 63 pts; San Francisco 62 pts).