2008 ANAPROF Apertura

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In Panamanian football, the ANAPROF Apertura 2008 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2008") started on February 22, 2008. On May 31, 2008, the Apertura 2008 finalized with San Francisco F.C. crowned five time ANAPROF champion after beating Tauro F.C. 3–1.

• The league was split into two groups for the regular season with a 4-team playoff after the season was completed. The semifinals are two-leg playoffs, and the final is a single match. The 4 teams qualified for the playoff are decided based in an aggregate table.
• Group A is integrated by Atlético Chiriquí, Atletico Veragüense, San Francisco F.C., Plaza Amador and Municipal Chorrillo and Group B is integrated by Tauro F.C., Arabe Unido, Chepo F.C., Sporting San Miguelito and Alianza.
• The last team in the general standings will play a playoff against the champion of Primera A instead of facing direct relegation.
• The total numbers of games was reduced to 13 game weeks because the Panamanian football federation wanted to end the season as soon as possible in order to have all national team players ready for the 2010 World Cup qualification.

May 16, 2008

Sporting San Miguelito	0-1	Tauro F.C.
		Edwin Aguilar 90'

Estadio Bernardo Gil

May 18, 2008

Chepo F.C.	2-0	San Francisco F.C.
Carlos Martinez 65' 69'

Estadio Bernardo Gil

May 24, 2008

San Francisco F.C.	2-0	Chepo F.C.
Manuel Torres 15' Eduardo Jiménez 51'
Penalties
Alberto Zapata: scored Eduardo Jiménez: post Temistocles Perez: scored Juan Ramón Solís: José Calderón saves Manuel Torres: scored	3-1	Luis Jaramillo: scored Carlos Martinez: Carlos Valdes saves Jose Luis Gonzalez: missed Delano Welch: Carlos Valdes saves

Estadio Virgilio Tejeira

San Francisco advances to final 3–1 on penalties

May 25, 2008

Tauro F.C.	2-0	Sporting San Miguelito
Rolando Blackburn 11' Eric Quiroz 47'

Estadio Giancarlo Gronchi de Pedregal

May 31, 2008

San Francisco F.C.	3-1	Tauro F.C.
Manuel Torres 50' Angel Lombardo 99' Temistocles Perez 103'		Dorian Lopez 33'

Estadio Armando Dely Valdés

Since San Francisco already qualified for 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League, Tauro also qualified.

Position	Player	Scored for	Goals
1	César Medina	Alianza	12
2	Edwin Aguilar	Tauro	9
3	Alberto Zapata	San Francisco	7
4	Alcibiades Rojas	Veragüense	6
5	Carlos Martinez	Chepo	5
-	Rúsvel Saravia	San Francisco	5
7	Manuel Torres	San Francisco	4
-	Luis Moreno	Tauro	4
-	Luis Angel Rodriguez	Sporting	4
-	Delano Welch	Chepo	4

Club	Club goals	Goals	Nat.	Player
Alianza F.C.	24	12		César Medina
		2		Miguel Castillo
		2		Ricardo Palomino
		2		Javier Gonzalez
		1		Jonathan Aviles
		1		Diego Maier
		1		Ramon Romero (OG)
		1		Julio Carpetta
		1		Lucio Lopez
		1		Adolfo Machado
		1		Carlos Dixon
Árabe Unido	15	4		Eduardo McTaggart
		4		Publio Rodriguez
		2		Luis Gondola
		1		Juan Sergio Guzman
		1		Andres Corpete
		1		Anthony Basil
		1		Armando Cooper
		1		Antonio Leslie
Atlético Chiriquí	14	3		Catalino Smith
		2		Anthony Valdes
		1		Antonio Ortega
		1		Richard Peralta
		1		Oscar Vargas
		1		Clive Trotman
		1		Eybir Bonaga
		1		Rodman Gonzalez
		1		Omar Navarro
		1		Manuel Torres
		1		José Ortega
Atlético Veragüense	15	6		Alcibiades Rojas
		4		Neftali Diaz
		2		Cristian Vega
		1		Enzo Salazar
		1		Jesús González
		1		Miguel González
Chepo F.C.	21	5		Carlos Martinez
		4		Delano Welch
		4		Gerardo Barrios
		2		Cesar Aguilar
		2		Ismael Menal
		2		Luis Jaramillo
		1		Armando Gun
		1		José Luis González
Chorrillo F.C.	14	3		Anel Canales
		3		Julio Medina III
		2		Silvio Morelos
		1		Johnny Ruiz
		1		Alberto Skinner
		1		Derek James
		1		Roberto Stewart
		1		Jean Carlos Cedeño
		1		Leonel Parrish
Plaza Amador	13	4		Ricardo Buitrago
		2		Cesar Blackman
		2		Engie Mitre
		2		José Moreno
		1		Jean Estribi
		1		Richard Dixon
		1		Alfredo Hernandez
San Francisco F.C.	24	7		Alberto Zapata
		5		Rúsvel Saravia
		4		Manuel Torres
		3		Angel Lombardo
		2		Eduardo Jiménez
		1		Victor Suarez
		1		Carlos Rivera
		1		Temistocles Perez
Sporting San Miguelito	18	4		Luis Angel Rodriguez
		3		Luis Morales
		2		Edwin Antero
		2		Federico Marines
		2		Luis Valderrama
		1		Luis Mendoza
		1		Francisco Garcia
		1		Cristobal Tenorio
		1		Ricardo Phillips
		1		Osvaldo Solanilla
Tauro F.C.	25	9		Edwin Aguilar
		4		Luis Moreno
		3		Brunet Hay
		3		Eric Quiroz
		2		Gabriel Ríos
		1		Alexis King
		1		Reggie Arosemena
		1		Rolando Blackburn
		1		Dorian Lopez

El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador

March 8, 2008

Tauro	0–1	Plaza Amador
		Jean Estribi 22'

Giancarlo Gronchi

Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v Chorillo

March 30, 2008

Plaza Amador	1–1	Chorrillo F.C.
Ricardo Buitrago 12'		Anel Canales 4'

Bernardo Gil

May 4, 2008

Chorrillo F.C.	1–4	Plaza Amador
Jean Carlos Cedeño 80'		Jose Moreno 8' 34' Ricardo Buitrago 60' Engie Mitre 63'

Balboa

Clasico Interiorano - Atlético Chiriquí v Atlético Veragüense

March 8, 2008

Atlético Chiriquí	1–2	Atlético Veragüense
Richard Peralta 6'		Neftali Diaz 61' 76'

Benigno Argote

April 19, 2008

Atlético Veragüense	1–1	Atlético Chiriquí
Alcibiades Rojas 41'		Catalino Smith 44'

Virgilio Tejeira