ANAPROF 2003 is the 2003 season of the Asociación Nacional Pro Fútbol (ANAPROF), the Panamanian professional football league. The season started on February 26, 2003 with the Torneo Apertura Bellsouth 2003 (Bellsouth Opening Tournament 2003), and ended on October 26, 2003 with the Torneo Clausura Bellsouth 2003 (Bellsouth Closing Tournament 2003). The champion of both the opening and closing tournaments were Tauro; therefore, for the second time in history, Tauro were crowned ANAPROF champions without the need to play a grand final.

ANAPROF Bellsouth
Season2003
ChampionsTauro FC
Apertura
Tauro FC
Clausura
Relegated-
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2002
2004
ANAPROF 2003 team distribution

Changes for 2003

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  • There was no relegation. ANAPROF expanded the number of teams from eight to ten starting with the 2004 season.
  • In the closing tournament, the four-team semifinal group was dropped; it was replaced with a pair of home-and-away series featuring the top four teams of the season.
  • For the closing championship, the final was played in a single match format.

Teams

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Club City Stadium
Alianza F.C. Panama City Estadio Camping Resort
Club Deportivo Árabe Unido Colon Estadio Armando Dely Valdés
Atlético Veragüense Santiago Estadio Omar Torrijos
El Chorrillo F.C. Panama City Estadio Municipal de Balboa
Plaza Amador Panama City Estadio Municipal de Balboa
Estadio Javier Cruz
San Francisco F.C. La Chorrera Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Sporting Coclé Penonome Estadio Municipal de Ciruelito
Tauro F.C. Panama City Campo de Deportes Giancarlo Gronchi

Apertura 2003

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Árabe Unido 14 7 6 1 20 10 +10 27 Qualified for the final round
2 Plaza Amador 14 7 5 2 24 12 +12 26
3 El Chorrillo 14 4 8 2 20 16 +4 20
4 Tauro 14 5 5 4 17 16 +1 20
5 San Francisco 14 4 6 4 15 14 +1 18
6 Alianza 14 4 3 7 18 20 −2 15
7 Atlético Veragüense 14 2 8 4 19 25 −6 14
8 Sporting Coclé 14 1 3 10 10 30 −20 6
Source: [citation needed]

Results table

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Home \ Away ALI ÁRA ATL CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU
Alianza 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–3 4–0 1–1
Árabe Unido 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1
Atl. Veragüense 2–1 0–3 1–4 2–2 2–2 1–0 4–4
Chorrillo 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–1 0–0 1–1
Plaza Amador 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–0
San Francisco 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–1
Sporting 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–4 0–4 1–1 1–2
Tauro 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2
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 DAU TAU CHO PLA
Árabe Unido 6 3 3 0 10 4 +6 12 Qualified for the final 2–0 1–1 2–0
Tauro 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 1–1 1–0 2–0
El Chorrillo 6 1 3 2 5 7 −2 6 1–3 2–1 0–0
Plaza Amador 6 0 3 3 2 8 −6 3 1–1 0–2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]

Final 1st leg

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Final 2nd leg

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Árabe Unido1-4Tauro
Nicolás Muñoz Luis Tejada (2)
Mario Mendez
Alfredo Hernandez


 Apertura 2003 champion 
Tauro

Top goal scorer

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Position Player Scored for Goals
1   Anel Canales Chorrillo 11

Clausura 2003

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tauro 14 6 7 1 28 11 +17 25 Qualified for the final round
2 Alianza 14 7 4 3 26 21 +5 25
3 San Francisco 14 6 4 4 21 15 +6 22
4 Atlético Veragüense 14 6 4 4 20 19 +1 22
5 Árabe Unido 14 5 6 3 21 10 +11 21
6 Plaza Amador 14 4 6 4 19 18 +1 18
7 El Chorrillo 14 3 7 4 20 23 −3 16
8 Sporting Coclé 14 0 0 14 4 42 −38 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results table

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Home \ Away ALI ÁRA ATL CHO PLA SAN SPO TAU
Alianza 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–2 2–3 3–1 2–4
Árabe Unido 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 5–0 0–0
Atl. Veragüense 1–1 1–0 4–4 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Chorrillo 4–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1
Plaza Amador 3–3 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–3
San Francisco 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–3
Sporting 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–4 0–4 0–4 1–6
Tauro 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 3–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

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Semifinals (agg) Final
      
San Francisco 3
Alianza 4
Alianza 1
Tauro 5
Atlético Veragüense 3
Tauro 6

Semifinals 1st leg

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Atlético Veragüense1-2Tauro
Wilfredo Mojica William Aguilar
Jonathan Levi (OG)

Semifinals 2nd leg

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Tauro4-2Atlético Veragüense
Hector Nazarith (3)
Eric Martínez
José Panezo (2)

Final

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Alianza1-5Tauro
Alberto Zapata Hector Nazarith
Marco Aparicio
Rolando Palma
Ricardo Phillips
John Jairo Garcia


 Clausura 2003 champion 
Tauro

Top goal scorer

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Position Player Scored for Goals
1   Hector Nazarith
  Wilson Zuñiga
Tauro
Alianza
9

ANAPROF 2003 Grand Final

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Cancelled, as Tauro won both tournaments.


 ANAPROF 2003 champion 
Tauro
6th title

Local derby statistics

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El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador






Tauro2–0Plaza Amador

Plaza Amador3–3Tauro

Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v El Chorillo






El Chorrillo0–0Plaza Amador

Plaza Amador0–0El Chorrillo

References

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