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 2024 Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. At the end of the 2024 Torneo Apertura, the PAN1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:
- 2025 CNCFCAC Group Stage:
- 2024 Apertura and 2023 Clausura champions
- 1st and 2nd Best non-champions with the most aggregate points from the 2023 Clausura and 2024 Apertura
Aggregate points are determined by combining results from the 2023 Torneo Clausura and 2024 Torneo Aperatura into the 2024 PAN1 Aggregate Table.
Leagues Pyramid - Panama
| Abbrev | League | # of Teams |
|---|---|---|
| PAN1 | Liga Panameña de Fútbol | 12 |
| PAN2 | Segunda División de Panamá | 24 |
| PAN3 | Copa Rommel Fernández | - |
Competition Structure
Season | # of Teams | ||
| Apertura - Regular 19 Jan 2024 - 2 May 2024 Apertura - Playoffs 5 May 2024 - 1 Jun 2024 | Clausura - Regular 19 Jul 2024 - 1 Nov 2024 Clausura - Playoffs 3 Nov 2024 - 30 Nov 2024 | 12: PAN1 (11), PAN2 (1) | |
Season Format
The 2024 PAN1 season is split into two championships, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. In each torneo, the teams are split into two groups of six where each team plays Home-Away matches with the other 5 teams in their group and 1 match against each team in the other group for a total of 16 league matches per team. 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 3rd place Group A team plays the 2nd place Group B team, and the 2nd place Group A team plays the 3rd place Group B team in Home-Away highest aggregate goals win Playoffs. In the Semifinals, the Playoffs winners play Home-Away highest aggregate goal wins matches against the 1st place teams from each group. The Semifinals winners advance to a Home-Away highest aggregate goal wins Finals.
Relegation
No relegation was performed at the end the 2024 season.
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Clausura - Final
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
 | 21 | CD Plaza Amador | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
Clausura - Semifinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | CD Árabe Unido | 35 | CD Plaza Amador |
| 16.11.24 |  | 12 | CD Plaza Amador | COS Sports Plaza |
| 23.11.24 | | 32 | CD Árabe Unido | Estadio Rommel Fernandez |
| Aggregate | Veraguas FC | 13 | Independiente |
| 17.11.24 |  | 12 | Independiente | Cancha de fútbol de Atalaya |
| 23.11.24 | | 10 | Veraguas FC | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
Clausura - Quarters
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
 | 01 | CD Árabe Unido | Estadio Universitario FC |
 | 23 | Veraguas FC | Estadio Los Andes |
Torneo Clausura
| League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| EAST | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | CD Plaza Amador | 16 | 8 -6-2 | 30 | - | 18 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 6 -1-1 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 -5-1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | Sporting San Miguelito | 16 | 8 -5-3 | 29 | - | 16 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 -2-1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 -3-2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | CD Árabe Unido | 16 | 7 -6-3 | 27 | - | 19 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 -3-0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 -3-3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Tauro FC | 16 | 6 -6-4 | 24 | - | 18 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 3 -5-0 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 -1-4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | -3 |
| 5 | Alianza FC (PAN) | 16 | 6 -3-7 | 21 | - | 15 | 18 | -3 | 9 | 4 -2-3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2 -1-4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | -3 |
| 6 | Costa del Este FC | 16 | 3 -7-6 | 16 | - | 14 | 23 | -9 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 8 | 0 -4-4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 |
| WEST | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Independiente | 16 | 9 -4-3 | 31 | - | 22 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 -2-1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 -2-2 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 2 | CD Universitario | 16 | 7 -2-7 | 23 | - | 18 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 4 -1-3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 -1-4 | 10 | 6 | 9 | -3 |
| 3 | Veraguas FC | 16 | 5 -5-6 | 20 | - | 18 | 19 | -1 | 9 | 2 -4-3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 -1-3 | 10 | 11 | 12 | -1 |
| 4 | UMECIT FC | 16 | 5 -4-7 | 19 | - | 12 | 13 | -1 | 8 | 3 -1-4 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 -3-3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | -1 |
| 5 | San Francisco FC | 16 | 2 -5-9 | 11 | - | 13 | 21 | -8 | 8 | 1 -2-5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 8 | 1 -3-4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | -3 |
| 6 | Herrera FC | 16 | 1 -5-10 | 8 | - | 12 | 21 | -9 | 7 | 1 -3-3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 9 | 0 -2-7 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -8 |
Clausura - Semifinals Clausura - Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
Apertura - Final
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
 | 20 | CD Plaza Amador | Estadio Rommel Fernandez |
Apertura - Semifinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Tauro FC | 21 | San Francisco FC |
| 18.05.24 | | 21 | San Francisco FC | Estadio Javier Cruz |
| 24.05.24 | | 00 | Tauro FC | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| Aggregate | CD Plaza Amador | 21 | Costa del Este FC |
| 18.05.24 | | 11 | Costa del Este FC | COS Sports Plaza |
| 25.05.24 | | 01 | CD Plaza Amador | Estadio Los Andes |
Apertura - Quarters
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 41 | Independiente | Estadio Javier Cruz |
 | 12 | CD Plaza Amador | Cancha de fútbol de Atalaya |
Torneo Apertura
| League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| EAST | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Costa del Este FC | 16 | 8 -5-3 | 29 | - | 22 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 -3-1 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 -2-2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 2 | Tauro FC | 16 | 8 -4-4 | 28 | - | 21 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 -2-2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 -2-2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | CD Plaza Amador | 16 | 8 -2-6 | 26 | - | 21 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 4 -1-3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 4 -1-3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Alianza FC (PAN) | 16 | 6 -5-5 | 23 | - | 17 | 19 | -2 | 8 | 3 -2-3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | -1 |
| 5 | Sporting San Miguelito | 16 | 5 -5-6 | 20 | - | 16 | 19 | -3 | 8 | 3 -2-3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 8 | 2 -3-3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | -1 |
| 6 | CD Árabe Unido | 16 | 2 -4-10 | 10 | - | 13 | 27 | -14 | 8 | 1 -2-5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 8 | 1 -2-5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 |
| WEST | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | San Francisco FC | 16 | 9 -4-3 | 31 | - | 17 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 4 -3-1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 -1-2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Herrera FC | 16 | 7 -4-5 | 25 | - | 28 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 3 -3-3 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 4 -1-2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 3 | Independiente | 16 | 7 -3-6 | 24 | - | 24 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 5 -0-3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 -3-3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | UMECIT FC | 16 | 5 -6-5 | 21 | - | 14 | 15 | -1 | 8 | 3 -4-1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 -2-4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | -3 |
| 5 | CD Universitario | 16 | 3 -7-6 | 16 | - | 17 | 23 | -6 | 8 | 2 -2-4 | 8 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 8 | 1 -5-2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Veraguas FC | 16 | 2 -3-11 | 9 | - | 20 | 31 | -11 | 7 | 2 -2-3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 9 | 0 -1-8 | 1 | 12 | 21 | -9 |
Apertura - Semifinals Apertura - Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
Results
| 11 | Tauro FC | Estadio Los Andes |
| 00 | CD Plaza Amador | COS Sports Plaza |
 | 01 | Sporting San Miguelito | Estadio Rommel Fernandez |
| 12 | Independiente | Estadio de Parita |
| 00 | CD Universitario | Cancha de fútbol de Atalaya |
| 02 | UMECIT FC | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| 00 | CD Plaza Amador | Estadio Los Andes |
| 01 | Tauro FC | Estadio Rommel Fernandez |
| 11 | Costa del Este FC | COS Sports Plaza |
| 01 | Veraguas FC | Estadio Javier Cruz |
| 10 | Herrera FC | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| 30 | Independiente | Estadio Universitario FC |
| 21 | CD Árabe Unido | Estadio Rommel Fernandez |
| 21 | Costa del Este FC | Estadio Los Andes |
| 00 | Veraguas FC | Estadio de Parita |
| 21 | Alianza FC (PAN) | COS Sports Plaza |
| 01 | UMECIT FC | Estadio Universitario FC |
| 10 | San Francisco FC | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| 24 | Veraguas FC | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| 32 | CD Plaza Amador | Estadio Los Andes |