The 2013–14 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season was the 25th season of top-flight football in Panama. The season began on 20 July 2013 and was scheduled to end in May 2014. 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 Independiente F.C.

Club Home city Stadium
Alianza Panama City Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia
Árabe Unido Colón Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia (in Panama City)
Chepo Chepo Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia (in Panama City)
Chorrillo Panama City Estadio Javier Cruz
Independiente F.C. La Chorrera Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Plaza Amador Panama City Estadio Javier Cruz
Rio Abajo Panama City Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia
San Francisco La Chorrera Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Sporting San Miguelito San Miguelito Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia
Tauro Panama City Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia

2013 Apertura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tauro 18 12 2 4 24 12 +12 38 Qualified to the Final Round
2 Plaza Amador 18 10 3 5 20 14 +6 33
3 San Francisco 18 9 4 5 20 12 +8 31
4 Independiente 18 8 4 6 24 19 +5 28
5 Chepo 18 8 4 6 19 17 +2 28
6 Chorrillo 18 6 7 5 17 19 −2 25
7 Árabe Unido 18 6 5 7 17 16 +1 23
8 Sporting San Miguelito 18 6 2 10 22 26 −4 20
9 Alianza 18 4 4 10 11 20 −9 16
10 Rio Abajo 18 2 3 13 9 28 −19 9
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ALI DÁU CHE CHO IND PA RA SF SSM TAU
Alianza 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–2
Árabe Unido 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2
Chepo 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–4 2–1
Chorrillo 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 0–3 1–2
Independiente 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–1
Plaza Amador 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–1
Rio Abajo 1–0 0–4 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–2
San Francisco 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–1
Sporting San Miguelito 3–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1
Tauro 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

First leg

San Francisco1 – 1Plaza Amador
Eduardo Jiménez 90' Report Josueth Holder 13'
Independiente0 – 1Tauro
Report Israel Sanjur 90+1'

Second leg

Plaza Amador1 – 3 (a.e.t.)San Francisco
Yamir Vergara 79' (pen.) Report José Luis Garcés 29'
Eduardo Jimenez 98'
Roberto Brown 108'
Tauro3 – 2 (a.e.t.)Independiente
Israel Sanjur 62'
Miguel Castillo 102'
Marcos Sánchez 117'		 Report Hector Peñaloza 39' 67'

Final

San Francisco0 – 1Tauro FC
Report Israel Sanjur 27'
Referee: John Pitti
 Apertura 2013 champions 
Tauro FC
12th title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2013. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Panama national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

2014 Clausura

Team information

Last updated: June 28, 2013

Personnel and sponsoring (2014 Clausura)

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alianza TBD Costa Rica Carlos Pérez Porras TBD TBD
Árabe Unido TBA Colombia Jair Palacios TBD TBD
Chepo TBD Panama Felipe Fuentes TBD TBD
Chorrillo Panama Julio Medina III TBD TBD
Independiente Colombia Franklin Narváez TBD TBD
Plaza Amador TBD United States Panama Mike Stump TBD TBD
Rio Abajo Colombia Richard Parra TBD TBD
San Francisco Julio Quijano England Panama Gary Stempel TBD TBD
Sporting San Miguelito TBD Panama José Anthony “ Chalate” Torres TBD TBD
Tauro TBD Panama Rolando Palma TBD TBD

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Árabe Unido (A) 18 9 7 2 27 12 +15 34 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Chorrillo (A) 18 8 7 3 28 16 +12 31
3 Plaza Amador (A) 18 7 9 2 13 9 +4 30
4 Rio Abajo (A) 18 6 8 4 20 16 +4 26
5 San Francisco 18 7 4 7 18 15 +3 25
6 Sporting San Miguelito 18 6 6 6 20 26 −6 24
7 Alianza 18 6 4 8 18 23 −5 22
8 Tauro 18 5 6 7 16 17 −1 21
9 Chepo 18 3 5 10 17 24 −7 14
10 Independiente 18 3 4 11 13 32 −19 13
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results

Home \ Away ALI DÁU CHE CHO IND PA RA SF SSM TAU
Alianza 2–4 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1
Árabe Unido 1–1 1–0 2–3 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0
Chepo 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2
Chorrillo 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–1 3–0 2–1
Independiente 0–2 0–5 3–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1
Plaza Amador 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0
Rio Abajo 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1
San Francisco 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1
Sporting San Miguelito 2–2 1–2 1–4 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2
Tauro 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

First leg

Rio Abajo3 – 0Árabe Unido
Basile 36' (pen.)
Rodríguez 84', 90+4'		 Report
Referee: Jafeth Perea
Plaza Amador1 – 0Chorrillo
Stephens 90+2' Report
Referee: Ameth Sánchez

Second leg

Árabe Unido0 – 1Rio Abajo
Report Basile 60'
Referee: Ameth Sánchez
Chorrillo1 – 0Plaza Amador
Moreno 67' Report
Penalties
5 – 4
Referee: Rolando Vidal

Final

Chorrillo1 – 0Rio Abajo
 Clausura 2014 champions 
Chorrillo
2nd title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Panama national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace [1].
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Liga_Paname%C3%B1a_de_F%C3%BAtbol_season
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