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 2023 Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. At the end of the 2023 Torneo Apertura, the PAN1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:
- 2023 CNCFCAC Group Stage:
- 2022 Clausura and 2023 Apertura champion
- 1st and 2nd Best non-champions with the most aggregate points from the 2022 Clausura and 2023 Apertura
Leagues Pyramid - Panama
| Abbrev | League | # of Teams |
|---|---|---|
| PAN1 | Liga Panameña de Fútbol | 12 |
| PAN2 | Liga Nacional de Ascenso | - |
| PAN3 | Copa Rommel Fernández | - |
Competition Structure
Season | # of Teams | ||
| Apertura - Regular 13 Jan 2023 - 29 Apr 2023 Apertura - Playoffs 2 May 2023 - 27 May 2023 | Clausura - Regular 21 Jul 2023 - 7 Nov 2023 Clausura - Playoffs 10 Nov 2023 - 9 Dec 2023 | 12: PAN1 (10), PAN2 (2) | |
Season Format
The 2023 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
Immediately following the 2023 Torneo Clausura, the 11th and 12th place teams in the 2023 PAN1 Aggregate Table are immediately relegated to the PAN2.
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Clausura - Final
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
 | 30 | Tauro FC | Estadio Universitario FC |
Clausura - Semifinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Sporting San Miguelito | 34 | Independiente |
| 25.11.23 |  | 22 | Independiente | Estadio Los Andes |
| 02.12.23 | | 21 | Sporting San Miguelito | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| Aggregate | Alianza FC (PAN) | 13 | Tauro FC |
| 26.11.23 |  | 01 | Tauro FC | Estadio Javier Cruz |
| 03.12.23 | | 21 | Alianza FC (PAN) | Estadio Javier Cruz |
Clausura - Quarters
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 20 | Herrera FC | Estadio Los Andes |
 | 11 | Alianza FC (PAN) | Estadio Agustín Sánchez | |||
| Alianza FC (PAN) advances on PKs (5-4) | ||||||
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 | Tauro FC | 16 | 9 -5-2 | 32 | - | 28 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 -2-1 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 -3-1 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Sporting San Miguelito | 16 | 8 -4-4 | 28 | - | 24 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 6 -1-1 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 -3-3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | -1 |
| 3 | Alianza FC (PAN) | 16 | 6 -6-4 | 24 | - | 17 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | -2 |
| 4 | CD Árabe Unido | 16 | 6 -5-5 | 23 | - | 16 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 -2-3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | CD Plaza Amador | 16 | 5 -4-7 | 19 | - | 22 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 -3-1 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 -1-6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 |
| 6 | Costa del Este FC | 16 | 4 -4-8 | 16 | - | 20 | 29 | -9 | 8 | 1 -2-5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 8 | 3 -2-3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | -1 |
| WEST | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Independiente | 16 | 11 -4-1 | 37 | - | 39 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 7 -1-0 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 4 -3-1 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco FC | 16 | 7 -4-5 | 25 | - | 19 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 4 -1-3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Herrera FC | 16 | 6 -5-5 | 23 | - | 28 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 -4-0 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 -1-5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -6 |
| 4 | CD Universitario | 16 | 5 -6-5 | 21 | - | 15 | 19 | -4 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 -3-3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | -6 |
| 5 | UMECIT FC | 16 | 3 -2-11 | 11 | - | 18 | 25 | -7 | 8 | 1 -1-6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 8 | 2 -1-5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | -3 |
| 6 | CA Chiriquí | 16 | 0 -3-13 | 3 | - | 9 | 57 | -48 | 8 | 0 -1-7 | 1 | 8 | 29 | -21 | 8 | 0 -2-6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | -27 |
Clausura - Semifinals Clausura - Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
Apertura - Final
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 13 | Tauro FC | Estadio Rommel Fernandez |
Apertura - Semifinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | CD Plaza Amador | 13 | Sporting San Miguelito |
| 12.05.23 |  | 00 | Sporting San Miguelito | Estadio Rommel Fernandez |
| 20.05.23 | | 31 | CD Plaza Amador | Estadio Rommel Fernandez | ||
| AET | ||||||
| Aggregate | Tauro FC | 42 | Sporting San Miguelito |
| 14.05.23 | | 21 | Sporting San Miguelito | Estadio Rommel Fernandez |
| 19.05.23 | | 12 | Tauro FC | Estadio Los Andes |
Apertura - Quarters
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 60 | CD Universitario | Estadio Rommel Fernandez |
| 12 | Tauro FC | Estadio Los Milagros |
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 | Sporting San Miguelito | 16 | 7 -6-3 | 27 | - | 20 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 -3-1 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | CD Plaza Amador | 16 | 6 -4-6 | 22 | - | 19 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 2 -2-4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 8 | 4 -2-2 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 3 | Tauro FC | 16 | 6 -4-6 | 22 | - | 15 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 -1-4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Costa del Este FC | 16 | 6 -2-8 | 20 | - | 22 | 25 | -3 | 8 | 4 -1-3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 -1-5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -8 |
| 5 | CD Árabe Unido | 16 | 4 -7-5 | 19 | - | 14 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 -4-3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Alianza FC (PAN) | 16 | 5 -4-7 | 19 | - | 11 | 17 | -6 | 8 | 3 -2-3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 8 | 2 -2-4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | -5 |
| WEST | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Independiente | 16 | 9 -3-4 | 30 | - | 33 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 5 -1-2 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 -2-2 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| 2 | Herrera FC | 16 | 7 -6-3 | 27 | - | 24 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 5 -2-1 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 -4-2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | CD Universitario | 16 | 6 -4-6 | 22 | - | 18 | 22 | -4 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 -1-4 | 10 | 9 | 15 | -6 |
| 4 | UMECIT FC | 16 | 5 -6-5 | 21 | - | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 4 -2-2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 -4-3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
| 5 | San Francisco FC | 16 | 3 -9-4 | 18 | - | 11 | 17 | -6 | 8 | 2 -5-1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 -4-3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | -6 |
| 6 | CA Chiriquí | 16 | 3 -3-10 | 12 | - | 13 | 33 | -20 | 8 | 3 -3-2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 8 | 0 -0-8 | 0 | 5 | 22 | -17 |
Apertura - Semifinals Apertura - Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
Results
 | 34 | Independiente | Cancha de fútbol de Atalaya |
| 21 | CD Universitario | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| 90 | CA Chiriquí | Estadio Los Milagros |
| 00 | Tauro FC | Estadio Javier Cruz |
 | 13 | Sporting San Miguelito | Estadio Javier Cruz |
 | 32 | CD Plaza Amador | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés |
| 06 | San Francisco FC | Estadio San Cristóbal |
| 23 | Alianza FC (PAN) | Estadio Javier Cruz |
| 10 | CD Plaza Amador | Estadio Los Andes |
| 31 | UMECIT FC | Estadio Los Milagros |
| 40 | CD Universitario | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| 13 | CD Árabe Unido | Estadio Rommel Fernandez |
| 00 | Alianza FC (PAN) | Estadio Los Andes |
| 31 | Herrera FC | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |
| 00 | Tauro FC | Estadio Los Andes |
| 31 | UMECIT FC | Estadio Universitario FC |
| 11 | Costa del Este FC | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés |
| 26 | Independiente | Estadio San Cristóbal |
| 11 | CD Universitario | Estadio Los Milagros |
| 23 | Tauro FC | Estadio Javier Cruz |