2008 Primera A

The Primera A 2008 season (officially "Torneo Primera A 2008") started on February 23, 2008. The Apertura champions was Orión and the Clausura champion was Río Abajo F.C.. On November 15, 2008 a grand final was played and Río Abajo were crowned champions after defeating 2–1 Orión. However Río Abajo lost the promotion play-off against Plaza Amador in a 3–2 aggregate score, thus failing to promote to ANAPROF.

Primera A 2008 team distribution

Changes for 2008
  • The league is once again separated into Apertura and Clausura.
  • The Primera A champion will play a playoff for promotion with the last team in the ANAPROF general standings instead of being promoted directly.
  • There will be no relegation during this season.
  • The Apertura and Clausura winners will play a match in order to decide an overall champion who would play the playoff for promotion to ANAPROF. This playoff between the Apertura and Clausura champions is the same as the Grand Championship format used previously in ANAPROF and Primera A.
  • Club Deportivo Policía Nacional renamed themselves during mid-season to Sociedad Deportiva Atlético Nacional.

Primera A 2008 teams
Club City Stadium
Atlético Nacional Panama City Estadio Kobee
Chorrillito Arraiján Campo de Campana
C.A.I. La Chorrera Ciudad del Niño Valdes
Génesis Panama City Estadio Balboa
Orión San Miguelito Estadio Bernardo Gil
Pan de Azúcar San Miguelito Campo de la UTP
Paraíso San Miguelito Estadio Bernardo Gil
Río Abajo Panama City Estadio Balboa

Primera A Apertura 2008

Apertura 2008 Standings
Place
(Posición)		 Team
(Equipo)		 Played
(PJ)		 Won
(PG)		 Draw
(PE)		 Lost
(PP)		 Goals Scored
(GF)		 Goals Conceded
(GC)		 +/-
(Dif.)		 Points
(Pts.)
1. Río Abajo F.C. 14 10 1 3 41 19 +22 31
2. Orión 14 9 1 4 30 17 +13 28
3. Paraíso 14 7 3 4 28 24 +4 24
4. Chorrillito 14 7 2 5 32 24 +8 23
5. Atlético Nacional 14 6 3 5 28 31 -3 21
6. Pan de Azúcar 14 6 1 7 22 34 -12 19
7. C.A.I. 14 3 1 10 20 31 -11 10
8. Génesis 14 3 0 11 15 35 -20 9

Green indicates Semifinal Berth

Apertura 2008 Results table
Home \ Away CHO CAI GÉN ORI PAN ATL PAR RÍO
Chorrillito — 1–4 6–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 1–3
C.A.I. 1–1 — 0–3 0–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–3
Génesis 1–3 0–5 — 0–1 1–3 1–0 [*] 1–2
Orión 1–0 2–0 3–2 — 0–1 1–1 3–4 4–1
Pan de Azúcar 1–4 3–1 3–2 0–4 — 1–2 1–2 1–3
Atlético Nacional 0–7 5–1 3–2 2–3 2–2 — 3–1 4–3
Paraiso 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–6 6–2 2–2 — 1–1
Río Abajo 6–0 5–1 6–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • [*] The score is unknown, but it was reported as a win for Paraiso F.C..

Final round
Semifinals (agg) Final
      
Río Abajo F.C. 8
Chorrillito 9
Chorrillito 2
Orion 3
Orion 5
Paraíso 1

Semifinals 1st leg
Río Abajo F.C.5–4Chorrillito
Ciudad del Niño Valdes
Orion1–1Paraíso

Semifinals 2nd leg
Chorrillito5–3Río Abajo F.C.
Paraíso0–4Orion

Final
Chorrillito2–3Orión
Apertura 2008 Champion:
Orión

Primera A Clausura 2008

Clausura 2008 standings
Place
(Posición)		 Team
(Equipo)		 Played
(PJ)		 Won
(PG)		 Draw
(PE)		 Lost
(PP)		 Goals Scored
(GF)		 Goals Conceded
(GC)		 +/-
(Dif.)		 Points
(Pts.)
1. Orión 14 9 2 3 52 21 +31 29
2. Río Abajo F.C. 14 8 3 3 39 20 +19 27
3. Pan de Azúcar 14 7 5 2 30 15 +15 25
4. Chorrillito 14 6 3 5 30 26 +4 21
5. Paraíso 14 6 3 5 25 25 0 21
6. Atlético Nacional 14 4 6 4 27 19 +8 18
7. Génesis 14 2 3 9 17 58 -41 9
8. C.A.I. 14 0 3 11 15 50 -35 3

Green indicates Semifinal Berth (Los equipos en verde señalan los clasificados a semifinales).

Clausura 2008 results table
Home \ Away CHO CAI GÉN ORI PAN ATL PAR RÍO
Chorrillito — 5–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–1
C.A.I. 2–4 — 3–3 0–6 0–4 2–3 1–1 0–5
Génesis 0–2 2–1 — 3–3 1–5 2–1 0–4 0–9
Orión 3–1 6–1 9–1 — 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–3
Pan de Azúcar 4–2 4–1 0–0 2–2 — 1–1 3–0* 4–2
Atlético Nacional 1–1 1–1 11–2 1–4 1–1 — 1–1 1–1
Paraíso 0–3** 3–0 7–1 1–8 1–0 2–1 — 3–2
Río Abajo 5–4 3–2 1–0 5–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • [*] Awarded 3–0 to Pan de Azúcar by ANAPROF because Paraíso failed the league's regulation by not bringing their away kit, thus since both teams' home kit was white the game had to be suspended.[1]
  • [**] Originally 3–1 victory for Paraíso but awarded to Chorrillito.[2]

Final round
Semifinals (agg) Final
      
Orión 2
Chorrillito 3
Chorrillito 0
Río Abajo F.C. 2
Río Abajo F.C. 8
Pan de Azúcar 0

Semifinals 1st leg
Chorrillito2–1Orión
Mario Cox
Aristides Ortega		 Roberty Morales
Campo de Campana
Pan de Azúcar0–2Río Abajo F.C.
Eladio Carranza  70'
Eduardo Valerezco  80'

Semifinals 2nd leg
Río Abajo F.C.6–0Pan de Azúcar
Albrook Field
Orion1–1Chorrillito

Final
Río Abajo F.C.2–0Chorrillito
Jefferson Vivero  75'  90'
Clausura 2008 Champion:
Río Abajo F.C.

Primera A 2008 Grand Final
Club Champion
Orión Primera A 2008 Apertura Champion
Río Abajo F.C. Primera A 2008 Clausura Champion

Final
Orión1-2Río Abajo F.C.
Jose Ruiz  14' Joshua Bailey  18'
Jefferson Vivero  27'
Primera A 2008 Champion:
Río Abajo
1st Title

Promotion playoff
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Plaza Amador 3–2 Río Abajo F.C. 2–2 1–0
Río Abajo remain in Primera A

1st Leg
Plaza Amador2–2Río Abajo F.C.
Luis Olivardia  24'  37' Hector de la Cruz  8'
Aramis Haywood 83'

2nd Leg
Río Abajo F.C.0–1Plaza Amador
Nestor Murillo  56'

References
  1. Pan de Azucar awarded 3-0 victory over Paraiso
  2. Chorrillito awarded victory over Paraiso in the Matchday 10
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