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.

ANAPROF
SeasonClausura 2008
Champions-
Relegated-
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2008(A)
2009
ANAPROF 2008 Clausura team distribution

Teams

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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

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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
3 San Francisco 18 9 4 5 35 27 +8 31
4 Chepo 18 8 5 5 31 19 +12 29
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
Source: [citation needed]

Results table

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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
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

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Semifinals (agg) Final
      
Árabe Unido 7
Chepo 5
Árabe Unido 3
Tauro 2
Tauro 1
San Francisco 1

Semifinals 1st leg

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Chepo5-4Árabe Unido
Luis Jaramillo   31'   68'   90'
Ismael Menal   77'
Armando Gun   89'
Omar Camargo   1'
Manuel Mosquera   23'
Nelson Barahona   33'
Orlando Rodríguez   46'

San Francisco0-1Tauro
Luis Escobar   22'

Semifinals 2nd leg

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Árabe Unido3-0Chepo
Victor Rene Mendieta Jr.   8'
Jose Justavino   60'
Orlando Rodríguez   88'

Tauro0-1San Francisco
Alberto Zapata   61'
Penalties
Edwin Aguilar  
Luis Moreno  
Gustavo Avila  
Anel Canales  
4-2   Alberto Zapata
  Eduardo Jiménez
  Temistocles Perez
  Santiago de Alba

Tauro advances to final 4–2 on penalties

Final

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Árabe Unido3-2Tauro F.C.
Orlando Rodríguez   30'   66'
Victor Rene Mendieta Jr.   111'
Rolando Palma   5'
Edwin Aguilar   71'


 Clausura 2008 champion 
Árabe Unido
4th title

Árabe Unido qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top goalscorers

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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

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Club Club
goals
Goals Nat. Player
Alianza 20 7   César Medina
4   Alberto Skinner
2   Jair Carrasquilla
2   Francisco Lopez
1   Jostick McCormack
1   Edwin Oropeza
1   Javier Navas
1   Gilmar Torres
1   Yishak González De León
Árabe Unido 49 18   Orlando Rodríguez
11   Manuel Mosquera
5   Victor Rene Mendieta Jr.
3   Eduardo McTaggart
2   Nelson Barahona
2   Amílcar Henríquez
2   Publio Rodriguez
1   Richard Dixon
1   William Aguilar
1   Andres Santamaria
1   Armando Cooper
1   Omar Camargo
1   Jose Justavino
Atlético Chiriquí 19 6   Eybir Bonaga
4   Anthony Valdes
3   Clive Trottman
3   Auriel Gallardo
1   Mario Mendez
1   Luis Rolando Mendoza
1   Gabriel Ávila
Atlético Veragüense 25 6   Jair Medina
6   John Mosquera
5   Oscar Vargas
3   Catalino Smith
2   Cesar Blackman
1   Marco Aparicio
1   Jairo Pineda
1   Rodman Gonzalez
Chepo 36 14   Luis Jaramillo
7   Ismael Menal
4   Delano Welch
4   José Luis González
3   Cesar Aguilar
1   Carlos Rodríguez
1   José Calderon
1   Gerardo Barrios
1   Carlos Martinez
1   Armando Gun
Chorrillo 18 6   Johnny Ruiz
3   Julio Medina III
2   Bernardo Palma
1   Alfredo Phillips
1   Jaime Caby
1   Roderick Brown
1   Samuel Stewart
1   Gilberto Walter
1   Luis Morales
1   Jose Julio
Plaza Amador 12 2   Engie Mitre
2   Julio Ruiz
2   Enrico Small
2   Luis Olivardia
1   Luis de Leon
1   Luis Palacios
1   Felipe Borowski
1   Nestor Murillo
San Francisco 36 13   Alberto Zapata
4   Eduardo Jiménez
3   Angel Lombardo
3   Alberto Blanco
3   Temìstocles Pèrez
2   Manuel Torres
2   Juan Ramón Solís
2   Victor Suarez
2   Boris Alfaro
1   Pablo Romero
1   Marco Aparicio (OG)
Sporting San Miguelito 26 4   Luis Mendoza
3   Miguel Vásquez
3   Esteban Jaén
3   Anthony Basile
3   Luis Angel Rodriguez
2   Luis Ovalles
2   Charles Multon
2   Ricardo Phillips
1   Alejandro Dawson
1   Yairo Yao
1   Jair Miranda
1   Chaimir Toloy
Tauro 36 11   Brunet Hay
8   Edwin Aguilar
6   Luis Escobar
3   Gabriel Ríos
3   Anel Canales
2   Rolando Blackburn
1   Gustavo Avila
1   Josue Brown
1   Rolando Palma

Relegation table

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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
Source: [citation needed]

Relegation playoff

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Plaza Amador 3-2 Río Abajo F.C. 2-2 1-0
Plaza Amador remain in ANAPROF

1st leg

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Plaza Amador2–2Río Abajo F.C.
Luis Olivardia   24'   37' Hector de la Cruz   8'
Aramis Haywood  83'

2nd leg

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Río Abajo F.C.0–1Plaza Amador
Nestor Murillo   56'

Local derby statistics

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El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador


Tauro F.C.3–2Plaza Amador
Anel Canales   14'
Brunet Hay   27'
Gabriel Ríos   90'
Julio Ruiz   34'  45'

Plaza Amador0–1Tauro F.C.
Edwin Aguilar   75'

Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v Chorillo


Chorrillo F.C.1–0Plaza Amador
Alfredo Phillips   47'


Clasico Interiorano - Atlético Chiriquí v Atlético Veragüense


Atlético Chiriquí2–1Atlético Veragüense
Clive Trottman   28'
Auriel Gallardo   47'
Oscar Vargas   4'

Atlético Veragüense3–0Atlético Chiriquí
John Mosquera   11'
Jair Medina   27'
Cesar Blackman   52'