Panama - List of Champions

A national league was first formed in 1933 after the merger of the Liga Nacional (which covered the capital Ciudad de Panamá) and the Liga Atlántica. The first organised league was the Isthmian League, created 1921, whose inaugural winners were Standard Oval; in 1925 the Liga Nacional de Football was formed, with 6 participants and inaugural winners Panamá Hardware.

The Asociación Nacional Pro Fútbol (ANAPROF) was formed in 1988.

Season  Champions                                Runners-Up
national club championship
1951    San José FC [Chiriquí Province]  (first ever edition)
1952-85   unknown
1986      unknown
1987      unknown
ANAPROF League
1988    CD Plaza Amador (Panama City)            Deportivo La Previsora (La Chorrera)
1989    Tauro FC (Panama City)                   Deportivo La Previsora (La Chorrera)
1990    CD Plaza Amador (Panama City)            Tauro FC (Panama City)
1991    Tauro FC (Panama City)                   AFC Euro Kickers (Panama City)
1992    CD Plaza Amador (Panama City)            Sporting Colón
1993    AFC Euro Kickers (Panama City)           Projusa
1994/95 San Francisco FC (La Chorrera)       1-0 Tauro FC (Panama City)
1995/96 San Francisco FC (La Chorrera)       [*] CD Plaza Amador (Panama City)
1996/97 Tauro FC (Panama City)               1-0 AFC Euro Kickers (Panama City)
1997/98 Tauro FC (Panama City)               1-0 Deportivo Árabe Unido (Colón)
1998/99 Deportivo Árabe Unido (Colón)        3-0 Tauro FC (Panama City)
1999/00 Tauro FC (Panama City)               2-0 CD Plaza Amador (Panama City) 
2000/01 Panamá Viejo FC (Panama City)        4-3 Tauro FC (Panama City)          [asdet]
2001    Deportivo Árabe Unido (Colón)              not defined
2002    CD Plaza Amador (Panama City)        2-0 Deportivo Árabe Unido (Colón)
2003    Tauro FC (Panama City)                     not defined
2004    Deportivo Árabe Unido (Colón)              not defined
2005    CD Plaza Amador (Panama City)        2-0 San Francisco FC (La Chorrera)   
2006    San Francisco FC (La Chorrera)       1-0 Tauro FC (Panama City)
2007 Ap Tauro FC (Panama City)               2-0 San Francisco FC (La Chorrera)  
     Cl San Francisco FC (La Chorrera)       0-0 Deportivo Árabe Unido (Colón)   [aet, 4-2 pen]
2008 Ap San Francisco FC (La Chorrera)       3-1 Tauro FC (Panama City)         [aet]
     Cl Deportivo Árabe Unido (Colón)        3-2 Tauro FC (Panama City)          [aet]
Liga Profesional de Fútbol
2009 Ap San Francisco FC (La Chorrera)       0-0 Chorrillo FC                   [aet, 5-4 pen]

[*] San Francisco won 1995/96 championship final after winning a penalty shoot-out

NB: starting with the 2007 season, two separate championships are awarded, 
    the playoff between Apertura and Clausura winners being abolished

Number of wins (since 1988; 24) [runners-up finishes (21) between square brackets]
 
 7 [ 7] Tauro FC (Panama City)

 6 [ 4] San Francisco FC (La Chorrera)  [formerly Deportivo La Previsora]

 5 [ 2] CD Plaza Amador (Panama City)

 4 [ 3] Deportivo Árabe Unido (Colón)

 1 [ 2] AFC Euro Kickers (Panama City)
 1      Panamá Viejo FC (Panama City)

   [ 1] Chorrillo FC
   [ 1] Sporting Colón
   [ 1] Projusa

From 1994 to 1996 Panamese football went through a schism, with the
alternative federation, LINFUNA (officially recognised by FIFA then).
LINFUNA and ANAPROF joined again in 1996 after mediation by Jack Warner.


LINFUNA

Season  Champions                                Runners-Up

1994/95 Deportivo Árabe Unido (Colón)            Cosmos FC
1995/96 Deportivo Árabe Unido (Colón)

About this document

Thanks to Frank Ballesteros and Hans Schöggl for additions and corrections

Prepared and maintained by Radek Jelínek for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Radek Jelínek
Last updated: 19 Jun 2009