ANAPROF 2002 is the 2002 season of the Panamanian football league, ANAPROF. The season started on March 17, 2002 with the Torneo Apertura 2002 and finalized on November 24, 2002 with the Torneo Clausura 2002. The Apertura champion was Árabe Unido and the Clausura champion was Plaza Amador, on November 30, 2002 the ANAPROF 2002 final was played and Plaza Amador was crowned champion over Deportivo Árabe Unido.

ANAPROF
Season2002
ChampionsÁrabe Unido
Apertura
CD Plaza Amador
Clausura
Relegated-
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2003
ANAPROF 2002 team distribution

Change for 2002

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  • There will be no relegation because the Primera A championship was not played in 2002.
  • In the 2002 Apertura, the teams were divided into two groups where the top two teams of each group will play a two-leg semifinal and a single final match.
  • For the 2002 Clausura the two groups format was abandoned and replaced with a single aggregate table format where the top four teams will participate in for a pair of home-and-away series. The top two teams of this cuadrangular series will play a home and away final match.
  • For the Apertura championship Sporting '89 changed its name to Sporting San Miguelito. Ando for the Clausura championship Sporting San Miguelito were renamed Sporting Coclé after they re-located to Antón Coclé.

Teams

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Club City Stadium
Alianza F.C. Panama City Estadio Camping Resort
Deportivo Árabe Unido Colon Estadio Mariano Bula
Atlético Veragüense Santiago Estadio Omar Torrijos
El Chorrillo F.C. Panama City Estadio Municipal de Balboa
Plaza Amador Panama City Estadio Rommel Fernández
Estadio Municipal de Balboa
San Francisco F.C. La Chorrera Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Sporting San Miguelito
Sporting Coclé*
San Miguelito
Penonome
Estadio Rommel Fernández
Estadio Municipal de Ciruelito
Tauro F.C. Panama City Estadio Rommel Fernández

Apertura 2002

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Standings

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Árabe Unido 10 5 4 1 16 11 +5 19 Qualified to the final round
2 Tauro 10 5 3 2 18 10 +8 18
3 Alianza 10 4 3 3 13 14 −1 15
4 El Chorrillo 10 4 2 4 16 16 0 14
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Francisco 10 5 3 2 14 10 +4 18 Qualified to the final round
2 Sporting San Miguelito 10 4 2 4 12 14 −2 14
3 Plaza Amador 10 2 3 5 7 9 −2 9
4 Atlético Veragüense 10 0 2 8 10 22 −12 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results table

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Home \ Away ALI ÁRA ATL CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU
Alianza 2–1 bye 1–1 bye 2–0 1–1 3–3
Árabe Unido 1–0 bye 3–2 1–0 bye 3–1 1–1
Atl. Veragüense 1–2 1–2 bye 2–2 2–2 2–3 bye
Chorrillo 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–4 2–3
Plaza Amador 0–1 bye 3–0 bye 1–0 0–1 bye
San Francisco bye 1–1 3–1 bye 1–1 1–0 1–0
Sporting bye bye 1–0 bye 0–0 1–3 bye
Tauro 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 bye
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 3
Sporting San Miguelito 3
Árabe Unido 2
San Francisco 0
San Francisco 2
Tauro 2

Semifinals 1st leg

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Sporting San Miguelito1-2Árabe Unido
Luciano Paz   65' Agustin Salinas   50'
Blas Pérez   91'

Semifinals 2nd leg

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Árabe Unido advances to final 4-2 on penalties


San Francisco advances to final 4-2 on penalties

Final

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Árabe Unido2-0San Francisco
Emmanuel Ceballos   27'
Blas Pérez   87'


 Apertura 2002 champion 
Árabe Unido

Top goal scorer

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Position Player Scored for Goals
1   Gabriel de la Hoz Alianza 7

Clausura 2002

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tauro 14 7 6 1 22 14 +8 27 Qualified to the final round
2 Plaza Amador 14 6 6 2 26 15 +11 24
3 El Chorrillo 14 6 5 3 21 14 +7 23
4 Árabe Unido 14 5 7 2 18 13 +5 22
5 San Francisco 14 5 3 6 19 18 +1 18
6 Sporting Coclé 14 3 4 7 13 22 −9 13
7 Alianza 14 2 6 6 18 29 −11 12
8 Atlético Veragüense 14 1 5 8 11 23 −12 8
Source: [citation needed]

Results table

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Home \ Away ALI ÁRA ATL CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU
Alianza 2–2 4–3 1–4 1–3 2–2 1–3 1–1
Árabe Unido 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2
Atl. Veragüense 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2
El Chorrillo 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 5–1 1–1
Plaza Amador 1–1 1–1 5–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 4–0
San Francisco 5–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–3
Sporting 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–4 0–1
Tauro 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

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Cuadrangular semifinal

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TAU PLA CHO DAU
Tauro 6 4 0 2 12 10 +2 12 Qualified for the final 1–2 0–3 3–1
Plaza Amador 6 3 1 2 10 0 +10 10 1–2 1–0 3–2
El Chorrillo 6 3 0 3 11 8 +3 9 1–3 3–2 4–1
Árabe Unido 6 1 1 4 8 14 −6 4 2–3 1–1 1–0
Source: [citation needed]

Final 1st leg

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Plaza Amador2-1Tauro
Alejandro Dawson   18'
José Justavino   19'
Luis Tejada   76'

Final 2nd leg

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Tauro1-0Plaza Amador
Ricardo Phillips   24'
Penalties
Anel Canales  
Ricardo Phillips  
Eric Martinez  
1-4   Victor Suarez
  Jose Rodriguez
  Javier Castro
  Alejandro Dawson

Plaza Amador won 1-4 on penalties


 Clausura 2002 champion 
Plaza Amador

Top goal scorer

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Position Player Scored for Goals
1   Anel Canales Tauro 10

ANAPROF 2002 grand final

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Club Champion
Árabe Unido ANAPROF 2002 Apertura Champion
Plaza Amador ANAPROF 2002 Clausura Champion

Final

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 ANAPROF 2002 champion 
Plaza Amador
4th title

Local derby statistics

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El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador


Tauro2–0Plaza Amador
Luis Tejada   27'
Anel Wilshire   90'


Plaza Amador4–0Tauro
Alejandro Dawson   7'  42'  75'
Jose Rodriguez   74'

Plaza Amador1–2Tauro
Angel Lombardo   47' Anel Canales   3'
Pablo Romero   73'

Tauro1–2Plaza Amador
Eric Martinez   52' Gustavo Favali   56'
Diego Maier   66'

Plaza Amador2–1Tauro
Alejandro Dawson   18'
José Justavino   19'
Luis Tejada   76'


Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v El Chorillo


El Chorrillo1–0Plaza Amador
Bladimir Medina   71'

El Chorrillo0–0Plaza Amador

Plaza Amador3–1El Chorrillo
Alejandro Dawson   24'
Gustavo Favali   37'
Victor Suarez
Ricardo Paschall   60'

Plaza Amador1–0El Chorrillo
Gustavo Favali   25'

El Chorrillo3–2Plaza Amador
Ricardo Paschall (2)
Temistocles Perez
Diego Maier
Alejandro Dawson

References

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