2024 Liga LPF Tigo
FIFA Region
CONCACAF
Season
2020
Location
Panama
Abbreviation
PAN1

Summary

Liga Panameña de Fútbol (PAN1) is the top professional level in the Panamanian football league system. The PAN1 season is split into two championships, the 2020 Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. At the end of the 2020 Torneo Clausura, the PAN1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

Aggregate points are determined by combining results from the 2020 Torneo Apertura and 2019 Torneo Aperatura into the 2020 PAN1 Aggregate Table.

Due to COVID-19, the PAN1 Apertura season was cut short at 8 regular season matches per team, and the Apertura Playoffs were cancelled.

Leagues Pyramid - Panama

Abbrev League # of Teams
PAN1 Liga Panameña de Fútbol 10
PAN2 Liga Nacional de Ascenso 14
PAN3 Copa Rommel Fernández 20

Competition Structure

Season

# of Teams

Apertura - Regular
25 Jan 2020 - 9 May 2020
Apertura - Playoffs
12 May 2020 - 31 May 2020
Clausura - Regular
22 Oct 2020 - 7 Dec 2020
Clausura - Playoffs
10 Dec 2020 - 20 Dec 2020
 10: PAN1 (9), PAN2 (1)

Season Format

The 2020 PAN1 season is split into two championships, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. In each torneo, each PAN1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 9 PAN1 teams for a total of 18 league matches. A playoff is held upon the completion of each torneo to determine the torneo champion. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) goal difference, then (2) goals scored.

Playoffs

At the end of each torneo, the top 6 eligible PAN1 teams participate in playoffs. In the Playoffs, the 3rd place team host the 6th place team, and the 4th place team hosts the 5th place team in Knockout matches. In the Semifinals, the Playoffs winners play Home-Away highest aggregate goal wins matches (lowest ranked team plays the highest ranked team, etc.). The Semifinals winners advance to a Home-Away highest aggregate goal wins Final.

Relegation

Immediately following the 2020 Torneo Clausura, the 10th place team in the 2020 PAN1 Aggregate Table is immediately relegated to the PAN2, and the 1st place PAN2 team is promoted to the 2021 PAN1.


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Clausura - Finals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Sun - 20 Dec 2020
 Independiente 31 San Francisco FCEstadio Agustín Sánchez

Clausura - Semifinals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateCosta del Este FC  12 Independiente  
13.12.20Costa del Este FC 12 IndependienteNuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá
16.12.20Independiente 00 Costa del Este FCEstadio Agustín Sánchez
AggregateSan Francisco FC  42 Tauro FC  
14.12.20San Francisco FC 20 Tauro FCEstadio Agustín Sánchez
17.12.20Tauro FC 22 San Francisco FCEstadio Javier Cruz

Clausura - Playoffs

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Thu - 10 Dec 2020
 Alianza FC 14 Costa del Este FCEstadio Javier Cruz
Fri - 11 Dec 2020
 San Francisco FC 10 CD Plaza AmadorEstadio Agustín Sánchez

Torneo Clausura

 LeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1Independiente 95 -3-118-1541153 -2-01191842 -1-17633
2Tauro FC 94 -3-215-119251 -2-2536-343 -1-010835
3Alianza FC 93 -5-114-128442 -2-0884451 -3-16440
4San Francisco FC 93 -5-114-84451 -4-0752342 -1-17321
5CD Plaza Amador 93 -4-213-55051 -2-2513-242 -2-08422
6Costa del Este FC 92 -6-112-119252 -3-0984440 -3-1335-2
7CD Árabe Unido 93 -3-312-1113-242 -1-1753251 -2-25610-4
8Sporting San Miguelito 93 -1-510-1011-140 -1-3115-453 -0-29963
9CA Chiriquí 90 -5-45-611-550 -2-3258-340 -3-1313-2
10CD Universitario 90 -3-63-318-1530 -0-3029-760 -3-3319-8
Clausura - Semifinals
Clausura - Playoffs

Torneo Apertura

 LeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1CD Universitario 85 -3-018-125743 -1-01062442 -2-08633
2Tauro FC 85 -2-117-126632 -1-0753253 -1-110734
3CD Árabe Unido 85 -0-315-106432 -0-1631253 -0-29752
4San Francisco FC 83 -2-311-119242 -1-1775241 -1-24440
5Sporting San Miguelito 82 -4-210-44042 -1-1731240 -3-1313-2
6Independiente 82 -4-210-78-141 -2-1545-141 -2-15330
7Alianza FC 83 -1-410-78-153 -0-2965130 -1-2113-2
8CD Plaza Amador 82 -3-39-912-342 -2-0841340 -1-31511-6
9Costa del Este FC 82 -2-48-58-352 -2-1854130 -0-3004-4
10CA Chiriquí 80 -1-71-213-1140 -1-3127-540 -0-4006-6
Apertura - Semifinals
Apertura - Playoffs

Results

Mon - 7 Dec 2020
 San Francisco FC 00 Costa del Este FCEstadio Agustín Sánchez
 CD Plaza Amador 10 Alianza FCNuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá
 CA Chiriquí 01 Tauro FCEstadio San Cristóbal
 CD Árabe Unido 21 CD UniversitarioEstadio Armando Dely Valdés
 Sporting San Miguelito 02 IndependienteEstadio Javier Cruz
Fri - 4 Dec 2020
 Tauro FC 10 San Francisco FCEstadio Javier Cruz
Tue - 1 Dec 2020
 San Francisco FC 11 IndependienteEstadio Agustín Sánchez
Sun - 29 Nov 2020
 Costa del Este FC 11 CD Plaza AmadorEstadio Agustín Sánchez
 Alianza FC 00 CD UniversitarioEstadio Agustín Sánchez
Sat - 28 Nov 2020
 Tauro FC 12 Sporting San MiguelitoEstadio Javier Cruz
 San Francisco FC 30 CD Árabe UnidoEstadio Agustín Sánchez
 Independiente 20 CA ChiriquíComplejo Futbolístico Virgilio Tejeira Andrión
Wed - 25 Nov 2020
 Independiente 00 CD Plaza AmadorEstadio Agustín Sánchez
 Costa del Este FC 11 CD Árabe UnidoEstadio Agustín Sánchez
 CA Chiriquí 12 Alianza FCComplejo Futbolístico Virgilio Tejeira Andrión
Tue - 24 Nov 2020
 CD Universitario 14 Sporting San MiguelitoComplejo Futbolístico Virgilio Tejeira Andrión
Sun - 22 Nov 2020
 Alianza FC 52 CD Árabe UnidoEstadio Javier Cruz
 CA Chiriquí 33 Costa del Este FCComplejo Futbolístico Virgilio Tejeira Andrión
Sat - 21 Nov 2020
 CD Universitario 14 Tauro FCComplejo Futbolístico Virgilio Tejeira Andrión