title: 2008 ANAPROF Clausura
text: # 2008 ANAPROF Clausura
  
  The ANAPROF Clausura 2008 season (officially "Torneo Clausura 2008") started on July 25, 2008. On November 30, 2008 the Clausura 2008 finalized with Árabe Unido crowned four time ANAPROF champion after beating Tauro F.C. 3-2 after extra time. Therefore Árabe Unido will participate in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. Plaza Amador remained in the ANAPROF after beating Primera A 2008 champion Río Abajo F.C. with a 3-2 aggregate score. Therefore no team was relegated from ANAPROF for the second consecutive year.
  
  ## Teams
  
  | Club | City | Stadium |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alianza F.C. | Panama City | Estadio Camping Resort |
  | Árabe Unido | Colon | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés |
  | Atlético Chiriquí | David | Estadio Glorias Deportivas Barüenses |
  | Atlético Veragüense | Santiago | Estadio Virgilio Tejeira Complejo Deportivo Carlos Jiménez* |
  | Chepo F.C. | Chepo | Estadio Bernardo Gil |
  | Chorrillo F.C. | Panama City | Estadio Municipal de Balboa |
  | Plaza Amador | Panama City | Estadio Bernardo Gil |
  | San Francisco F.C. | La Chorrera | Estadio Virgilio Tejeira |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | San Miguelito | Estadio Bernardo Gil |
  | Tauro F.C. | Panama City | Campo de Deportes Giancarlo Gronchi |
  
  * [*] From round 11
  
  ## Standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Árabe Unido | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 37 | Semifinal |
  | 2 | Tauro | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 33 | Semifinal |
  | 3 | San Francisco | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 31 | Semifinal |
  | 4 | Chepo | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 29 | Semifinal |
  | 5 | Atlético Veragüense | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 27 | |
  | 6 | Sporting San Miguelito | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 23 | |
  | 7 | Alianza | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 21 | |
  | 8 | Atlético Chiriquí | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 19 | |
  | 9 | Chorrillo | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 18 | |
  | 10 | Plaza Amador | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 31 | −22 | 8 | |
  
  ## Results table
  
  | Home \ Away | ALI | ÁRA | ACH | AVE | CHE | CHO | PLA | SAN | SPO | TAU |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alianza | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
  | Árabe Unido | 2–1 | — | 7–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
  | Atl. Chiríqui | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
  | Atl. Veragüense | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
  | Chepo | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
  | Chorrillo | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–2 |
  | Plaza Amador | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
  | San Francisco | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–4 |
  | Sporting | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | — | 2–2 |
  | Tauro | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | — |
  
  ## Final round
  
  | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Árabe Unido | Árabe Unido | 7 | | | |
  | Chepo | Chepo | 5 | | | |
  | Chepo | Chepo | 5 | Árabe Unido | Árabe Unido | 3 |
  | | | | Tauro | Tauro | 2 |
  | Tauro | Tauro | 1 | Tauro | Tauro | 2 |
  | San Francisco | San Francisco | 1 | | | |
  
  ### Semifinals 2nd leg
  
  Tauro advances to final 4-2 on penalties
  
  ### Final
  
  * Clausura 2008 champion
  * Árabe Unido 4th title
  
  Árabe Unido qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.
  
  ## Top goalscorers
  
  | Position | Player | Scored for | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Orlando Rodríguez | Árabe Unido | 18 |
  | 2 | Luis Jaramillo | Chepo | 14 |
  | 3 | Alberto Zapata | San Francisco | 13 |
  | 4 | Manuel Mosquera | Árabe Unido | 11 |
  | - | Brunet Hay | Tauro | 11 |
  | 6 | Edwin Aguilar | Tauro | 8 |
  | 7 | Ismael Menal | Chepo | 7 |
  | - | Cesar Medina | Alianza | 7 |
  | 9 | Luis Escobar | Tauro | 6 |
  | - | Eybir Bonaga | Chiriquí | 6 |
  
  ## Goalscorers by team
  
  | Club | Club goals | Goals | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Alianza | 20 | 7 | César Medina |
  | Alianza | 20 | 4 | Alberto Skinner |
  | Alianza | 20 | 2 | Jair Carrasquilla |
  | Alianza | 20 | 2 | Fransisco Lopez |
  | Alianza | 20 | 1 | Jostick McCormack |
  | Alianza | 20 | 1 | Edwin Oropeza |
  | Alianza | 20 | 1 | Javier Navas |
  | Alianza | 20 | 1 | Gilmar Torres |
  | Alianza | 20 | 1 | Yishak González De León |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 18 | Orlando Rodríguez |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 11 | Manuel Mosquera |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 5 | Victor Rene Mendieta Jr. |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 3 | Eduardo McTaggart |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 2 | Nelson Barahona |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 2 | Amílcar Henríquez |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 2 | Publio Rodriguez |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 1 | Richard Dixon |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 1 | William Aguilar |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 1 | Andres Santamaria |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 1 | Armando Cooper |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 1 | Omar Camargo |
  | Árabe Unido | 49 | 1 | Jose Justavino |
  | Atlético Chiriquí | 19 | 6 | Eybir Bonaga |
  | Atlético Chiriquí | 19 | 4 | Anthony Valdes |
  | Atlético Chiriquí | 19 | 3 | Clive Trottman |
  | Atlético Chiriquí | 19 | 3 | Auriel Gallardo |
  | Atlético Chiriquí | 19 | 1 | Mario Mendez |
  | Atlético Chiriquí | 19 | 1 | Luis Rolando Mendoza |
  | Atlético Chiriquí | 19 | 1 | Gabriel Ávila |
  | Atlético Veragüense | 25 | 6 | Jair Medina |
  | Atlético Veragüense | 25 | 6 | John Mosquera |
  | Atlético Veragüense | 25 | 5 | Oscar Vargas |
  | Atlético Veragüense | 25 | 3 | Catalino Smith |
  | Atlético Veragüense | 25 | 2 | Cesar Blackman |
  | Atlético Veragüense | 25 | 1 | Marco Aparicio |
  | Atlético Veragüense | 25 | 1 | Jairo Pineda |
  | Atlético Veragüense | 25 | 1 | Rodman Gonzalez |
  | Chepo | 36 | 14 | Luis Jaramillo |
  | Chepo | 36 | 7 | Ismael Menal |
  | Chepo | 36 | 4 | Delano Welch |
  | Chepo | 36 | 4 | José Luis González |
  | Chepo | 36 | 3 | Cesar Aguilar |
  | Chepo | 36 | 1 | Carlos Rodríguez |
  | Chepo | 36 | 1 | José Calderon |
  | Chepo | 36 | 1 | Gerardo Barrios |
  | Chepo | 36 | 1 | Carlos Martinez |
  | Chepo | 36 | 1 | Armando Gun |
  | Chorrillo | 18 | 6 | Johnny Ruiz |
  | Chorrillo | 18 | 3 | Julio Medina III |
  | Chorrillo | 18 | 2 | Bernardo Palma |
  | Chorrillo | 18 | 1 | Alfredo Phillips |
  | Chorrillo | 18 | 1 | Jaime Caby |
  | Chorrillo | 18 | 1 | Roderick Brown |
  | Chorrillo | 18 | 1 | Samuel Stewart |
  | Chorrillo | 18 | 1 | Gilberto Walter |
  | Chorrillo | 18 | 1 | Luis Morales |
  | Chorrillo | 18 | 1 | Jose Julio |
  | Plaza Amador | 12 | 2 | Engie Mitre |
  | Plaza Amador | 12 | 2 | Julio Ruiz |
  | Plaza Amador | 12 | 2 | Enrico Small |
  | Plaza Amador | 12 | 2 | Luis Olivardia |
  | Plaza Amador | 12 | 1 | Luis de Leon |
  | Plaza Amador | 12 | 1 | Luis Palacios |
  | Plaza Amador | 12 | 1 | Felipe Borowski |
  | Plaza Amador | 12 | 1 | Nestor Murillo |
  | San Francisco | 36 | 13 | Alberto Zapata |
  | San Francisco | 36 | 4 | Eduardo Jiménez |
  | San Francisco | 36 | 3 | Angel Lombardo |
  | San Francisco | 36 | 3 | Alberto Blanco |
  | San Francisco | 36 | 3 | Temìstocles Pèrez |
  | San Francisco | 36 | 2 | Manuel Torres |
  | San Francisco | 36 | 2 | Juan Ramón Solís |
  | San Francisco | 36 | 2 | Victor Suarez |
  | San Francisco | 36 | 2 | Boris Alfaro |
  | San Francisco | 36 | 1 | Pablo Romero |
  | San Francisco | 36 | 1 | Marco Aparicio (OG) |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | 26 | 4 | Luis Mendoza |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | 26 | 3 | Miguel Vásquez |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | 26 | 3 | Esteban Jaén |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | 26 | 3 | Anthony Basile |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | 26 | 3 | Luis Angel Rodriguez |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | 26 | 2 | Luis Ovalles |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | 26 | 2 | Charles Multon |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | 26 | 2 | Ricardo Phillips |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | 26 | 1 | Alejandro Dawson |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | 26 | 1 | Yairo Yao |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | 26 | 1 | Jair Miranda |
  | Sporting San Miguelito | 26 | 1 | Chaimir Toloy |
  | Tauro | 36 | 11 | Brunet Hay |
  | Tauro | 36 | 8 | Edwin Aguilar |
  | Tauro | 36 | 6 | Luis Escobar |
  | Tauro | 36 | 3 | Gabriel Ríos |
  | Tauro | 36 | 3 | Anel Canales |
  | Tauro | 36 | 2 | Rolando Blackburn |
  | Tauro | 36 | 1 | Gustavo Avila |
  | Tauro | 36 | 1 | Josue Brown |
  | Tauro | 36 | 1 | Rolando Palma |
  
  ## Relegation table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Árabe Unido | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 57 | |
  | 2 | Tauro | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 56 | |
  | 3 | San Francisco | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 53 | |
  | 4 | Chepo | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 49 | |
  | 5 | Sporting San Miguelito | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 43 | |
  | 6 | Atlético Veragüense | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 38 | |
  | 7 | Chorrillo | 31 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 34 | |
  | 8 | Atlético Chiriquí | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 34 | |
  | 9 | Alianza | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 31 | |
  | 10 | Plaza Amador | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 26 | Relegation playoff |
  
  ### Relegation playoff
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Plaza Amador | 3-2 | Río Abajo F.C. | 2-2 | 1-0 |
  
      Plaza Amador remain in ANAPROF
  
  ## Local derby statistics
  
  El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador
  
  Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v Chorillo
  
  Clasico Interiorano - Atlético Chiriquí v Atlético Veragüense
  
  