2015 Copa Panamá

2015 Copa Panamá
Copa Cable Onda Satelital
Tournament details
Country	Panama
Venue(s)	Estadio Maracaná, Panama City
Dates	5 August – 9 December 2015
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	San Francisco
Runners-up	Chepo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	88 (2.38 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sergio Moreno; (5 goals)
	Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included.

The 2015 Copa Panamá (officially known as Copa Cable Onda Satelital because of its sponsorship with Cable Onda) was the 1st season of the annual Panamanian knockout football cup competition. Thirty-two clubs from the first to the third tier of the Panamanian football league system participated in this year's competition^[1] which began on 5 August 2015 with the first of five rounds and ended on 9 December 2015 with the final at the Estadio Maracaná in Panama City.^[2]

San Francisco won the final against Chepo 5-4 on penalties, as the match finished 0–0 after extra time, to win their first title.^[3]

Format

The Copa Panamá is open to eligible clubs down to the third tier of the Panamanian football league system – all 10 and 14 teams from the Liga Panameña de Fútbol and Liga Nacional de Ascenso respectively participate as well as 8 of the highest ranking amateur teams in the Copa Rommel Fernández tournament based on the results and points they obtained during the FIFA calendar year prior to the start of the cup.^[4]

The competition is a 5-round knockout tournament with pairings for each round made in advance; the draw for the whole competition is made before a ball is kicked. Each tie is played as a single leg, with the exception of the two-legged quarter-finals and semi-finals. In the single leg ties clubs from lower-ranking leagues are given field preference when facing opponents from a higher-ranked league. If a match is drawn, extra time is played and in the event of a draw after 120 minutes, a penalty shoot-out is contested.^[5]

Participating teams

Alianza
Atl. Nacional
Chorrillo
Costa del Este
P. Amador
Río Abajo
Tauro
Tierra Firme

Chepo

Árabe Unido
Bambú
Colón C-3
New York

Atl. Chiriquí
River Plate

Solano

Municipal SM
Sporting SM
SUNTRACS

Atl. Veragüense

Deportivo Aroon

Centenario

Cosmos

Don Bosco

Sporting Empalme

Santo Domingo

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Locations of the 2015 Copa Panamá teams

Club	Home city	Stadium	Tier
Alianza	Panama City	Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia	1
Árabe Unido	Colón	Estadio Armando Dely Valdés	1
Atlético Chiriquí	David	Estadio San Cristóbal	1
Atlético Veragüense	Santiago	Estadio Áristocles Castillo	2
Atlético Nacional	Panama City	Estadio Maracaná	1
Bambú	Colón	Estadio Armando Dely Valdés	3
Centenario	Penonomé	Estadio Virgilio Tejeira	2
Chepo	Chepo	Estadio Óscar Sumán Carrillo (in Panama City)	1
Chiriquí Occidente	Puerto Armuelles	Estadio Glorias Deportivas Baruenses	2
Chorrillo	Panama City	Estadio Maracaná	1
Club Atlético Independiente	La Chorrera	Estadio Agustín Sánchez	2
Colón C-3	Colón	Estadio Armando Dely Valdés	2
Costa del Este	Panama City	Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia	2
Cosmos	Antón	Estadio Miraflores	3
Deportivo Aroon	La Mesa	Estadio Áristocles Castillo	3
Don Bosco	Monagrillo	Estadio Los Milagros	3
New York	Colón	Estadio Armando Dely Valdés	2
Municipal San Miguelito ^{[note 1]}	San Miguelito	Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia	2
Panamá Oeste	Arraiján	Estadio Agustín Sánchez	2
Plaza Amador	Panama City	Estadio Maracaná	1
Río Abajo	Panama City	Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia	2
River Plate	David	Estadio San Cristóbal	3
San Francisco	La Chorrera	Estadio Agustín Sánchez	1
Sporting Empalme	El Empalme	Estadio Calvin Byron	3
Sporting San Miguelito	San Miguelito	Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia	1
Santa Gema	La Chorrera	Estadio Agustín Sánchez	2
Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo	Estadio Olmedo Solé	3
Solano	Bugaba	Estadio Municipal de Bugaba	3
SUNTRACS	San Miguelito	Estadio Maracaná	2
Tauro	Panama City	Estadio Rommel Fernández	1
Tierra Firme	Panama City	Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia	2
Vista Alegre	Arraiján	Estadio Agustín Sánchez	2

Results

Bracket

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

Atlético Veragüense	1 (4)

Atlético Nacional	1 (2)
		Atlético Veragüense	0

		Río Abajo	2
River Plate	0

Río Abajo	4
				Río Abajo	0	1

				San Francisco	1	3
Sporting Empalme	0

San Francisco	7
		San Francisco	2

		Árabe Unido	0
Deportivo Aroon	2

Árabe Unido	3
							San Francisco	1	1

							Plaza Amador	1	0
Santo Domingo	1 (4)

Plaza Amador	1 (5)
		Plaza Amador	1

		Vista Alegre	0
SUNTRACS	0

Vista Alegre	1
				Plaza Amador	2	3

				Tauro	1	0
Cosmos	1 (1)

Tauro	1 (4)
		Tauro	1 (8)

		Centenario	1 (8)
Centenario	1

New York	0
										San Francisco	0 (5)

										Chepo	0 (4)
Solano	1 (2)

Sporting San Miguelito	1 (4)
		Sporting San Miguelito	0

		Chorrillo	2
Chiriquí Occidente	0

Chorrillo	2
				Chorrillo	1	3

				Panamá Oeste	1	0
Don Bosco	1

Alianza	7
		Alianza	0 (2)

		Panamá Oeste	0 (3)
Panamá Oeste	1

Santa Gema	0
							Chorrillo	0	1

							Chepo	1	1
Costa del Este	1

Club Atlético Independiente	2
		Club Atlético Independiente	1 (4)

		Municipal San Miguelito	1 (5)
Municipal San Miguelito	4

Tierra Firme	1
				Municipal San Miguelito	1	1

				Chepo	1	2
Colón C-3	0 (5)

Atlético Chiriquí	0 (6)
		Atlético Chiriquí	0 (2)

		Chepo	0 (4)
Bambú	0

Chepo	5

Round of 32

5 August 2015	Don Bosco (3)	1-7	(1) Alianza	Chitré
16:00	Josué Brown 89'	Report	12' 44' 70' José Muñoz 54' 57' Ricauter Barsallo 17' Alberto Quiñones 85' Kenneth Chase	Stadium: Estadio Los Milagros

5 August 2015	Atlético Veragüense (2)	1-1 (4–2 p)	(1) Atlético Nacional	Santiago
19:00	Cristian Bernal 36'	Report	90+4' Luis Jiménez	Stadium: Estadio Áristocles Castillo

5 August 2015	Solano (3)	1-1 (2–4 p)	(1) Sporting San Miguelito	Bugaba
19:00	Martín Jiménez 46' (o.g.)	Report	14' Israel Fearon	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Bugaba

5 August 2015	Santo Domingo (3)	1-1 (4–5 p)	(1) Plaza Amador	Las Tablas
21:00	Jheyskoll Atencio 47'	Report	85' (pen.) Ricardo Buitrago	Stadium: Estadio Olmedo Solé

5 August 2015	Cosmos (3)	1-1 (1–4 p)	(1) Tauro	Penonomé
21:00		Report	Jesús Araya	Stadium: Estadio Miraflores

5 August 2015	River Plate (3)	0-4	(2) Río Abajo	David
21:00		Report	Fernando Clavero Samir Ortiz Gabriel Ríos	Stadium: Estadio San Cristóbal

12 August 2015	Sporting Empalme (3)	0-7	(1) San Francisco	El Empalme
19:00		Report	29' 69' 81' Boris Alfaro 20' Ervin Zorrilla 30' Daniel Morán 47' Andrés Andrade 77' Salvador Herrera	Stadium: Estadio Calvin Byron

12 August 2015	Colón C-3 (2)	0-0 (5-6 p)	(1) Atlético Chiriquí	Colón
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Armando Dely Valdés

12 August 2015	Deportivo Aroon (3)	2-3	(1) Árabe Unido	Santiago
19:00	Jairo Castillo 11' Erick Quiroz 66'	Report	7' 90+1' Enrico Small 85' Renán Addles	Stadium: Estadio Áristocles Castillo

12 August 2015	Costa del Este (2)	1-2	(2) Club Atlético Independiente	Panama City
21:00	Luis Zúñiga 58'	Report	31' 33' Juan Velásquez	Stadium: Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia

25 August 2015	SUNTRACS (2)	0-1	(2) Vista Alegre	Panama City
19:00		Report	33' Juan Luis Murillo	Stadium: Estadio Maracaná

25 August 2015	Centenario (2)	1-0	(2) New York	Penonomé
19:00	Juan Largacha 73'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Miraflores

25 August 2015	Panamá Oeste (2)	1-0	(2) Santa Gema	La Chorrera
21:00	Gabriel Martínez 25'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Agustín Sánchez

25 August 2015	Municipal San Miguelito (2)	4-1	(2) Tierra Firme	Panama City
21:00	Esteban Jaén 21' Alcibíades Londoño 28' Luis Hurtado 50' Alberto Fonseca 60'	Report	53' José Rivas	Stadium: Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia

26 August 2015	Bambú (3)	0-5	(1) Chepo	Colón
19:00		Report	30' 66' Ángel Sánchez 31' Paul Roderick 82' Nilson Espinoza 88' Delano Welch	Stadium: Estadio Armando Dely Valdés

^{[note 2]}1 September 2015	Chiriquí Occidente (2)	0-2	(1) Chorrillo	Puerto Armuelles
		Report	4' Andrés Peñalba 88' Sergio Moreno	Stadium: Estadio Glorias Deportivas Baruenses

Round of 16

6 October 2015	Centenario (2)	1-1 ^{[note 3]} (8-8 p)	(1) Tauro	Penonomé
19:00	Jahamet Ortiz 55'	Report	48' Israel Sanjur	Stadium: Estadio Miraflores Referee: Edwin Jordan

6 October 2015	Chorrillo (1)	2-0	(1) Sporting San Miguelito	Panama City
19:00	Sergio Moreno 31' Caio Milan 67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Maracaná Referee: Albis González

6 October 2015	San Francisco (1)	2-0	(1) Árabe Unido	La Chorrera
19:00	Daniel Morán 6' Richard Rodríguez 27'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Agustín Sánchez

7 October 2015	Atlético Chiriquí (1)	0-0 (2-3 p)	(1) Chepo	David
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio San Cristóbal

7 October 2015	Panamá Oeste (2)	0-0 (3-2 p)	(1) Alianza	Panama City
19:00		Report		Stadium: Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia Referee: Leonel García

7 October 2015	Vista Alegre (2)	0-1	(1) Plaza Amador	La Chorrera
19:00		Report	37' José Luis Garcés	Stadium: Estadio Agustín Sánchez Referee: Wenceslao Aguilar

7 October 2015	Atlético Veragüense (2)	0-2	(2) Río Abajo	Santiago
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Áristocles Castillo

7 October 2015	Municipal San Miguelito (2)	0-0 (5–4 p)	(2) Club Atlético Independiente	Panama City
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Maracaná Referee: César Colpas

Quarter-finals

First leg

20 October 2015	Tauro (1)	1-2	(1) Plaza Amador	Panama City
21:00	Jorman Aguilar 78'	Report	36' (pen.) Josiel Núñez 87' Carlos Gutiérrez	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández

21 October 2015	Panamá Oeste (2)	1-1	(1) Chorrillo	Panama City
19:00	José Pérez 44'	Report	3' (pen.) Ricardo Ávila	Stadium: Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia

21 October 2015	Municipal San Miguelito (2)	1-1	(1) Chepo	Panama City
21:00	Rául Moreno 78'	Report	90+3' Juan de Gracia	Stadium: Estadio Maracaná Referee: Alvis González

28 October 2015	Río Abajo (2)	0-1	(1) San Francisco	Panama City
19:00		Report	Richard Rodríguez 34'	Stadium: Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia

Second leg

27 October 2015	Plaza Amador (1)	3-0 (5-1 agg.)	(1) Tauro	Panama City
21:00	Erwin del Busto 6' 38' José Luis Garcés 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Maracaná Referee: Víctor Ríos

28 October 2015	Chepo (1)	2-1 (3-2 agg.)	(2) Municipal San Miguelito	Panama City
19:00	Delano Welch 52' Marlon Ávila 85'	Report	66' John Ramírez	Stadium: Estadio OÓscar Sumán Carrillo

28 October 2015	Chorrillo (1)	3-0 (4-1 agg.)	(2) Panamá Oeste	Panama City
21:00	Sergio Moreno José Luis Rodríguez	Report		Stadium: Estadio Maracaná

4 November 2015	San Francisco (1)	3-1 (4-1 agg.)	(2) Río Abajo	La Chorrera
21:00	19' 65' Johnny Ruiz 22' Ervin Zorrilla	Report	Martín Longinos 78'	Stadium: Estadio Agustín Sánchez Referee: Oliver Vergara

Semi-finals

First leg

18 November 2015	Chorrillo (1)	0-1	(1) Chepo	Panama City
19:00		Report	Nilson Espinosa	Stadium: Estadio Maracaná

18 November 2015	Plaza Amador (1)	1-1	(1) San Francisco	Panama City
21:30	Ariel Bonilla 59'	Report	35' Johnny Ruiz	Stadium: Estadio Maracaná

Second leg

24 November 2015	San Francisco (1)	1-0 (2-1 agg.)	(1) Plaza Amador	La Chorrera
21:30	Luis Olivardía 77'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Agustín Sánchez Referee: José Luis Rodríguez

25 November 2015	Chepo (1)	1-1 (2-1 agg.)	(1) Chorrillo	Panama City
19:00	Bernardo Palma 36'	Report	11' Sergio Moreno	Stadium: Estadio Óscar Sumán Carrillo Referee: Víctor Ríos

Final

9 December 2015	San Francisco (1)	0-0 (5–4 p)	(1) Chepo	Panama City
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Maracaná Referee: Oliver Veragara
	Penalties
	Richard Rodríguez Eduardo Jiménez Luis Olivardía Johnny Ruiz Eybir Bonaga		Ángel Sánchez Óscar Linton Delano Welch Carlos Valdez Isaías Olmedo

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[9]
1	Sergio Moreno	Chorrillo	5
2	José Muñoz	Alianza	3
	Johnny Ruiz	San Francisco
	Boris Alfaro	San Francisco
	Fernando Clavero	Río Abajo

Notes

^ While on 13 May 2015 the club changed its name from Millenium Universidad de Panamá F.C to Asociación Deportiva Municipal de San Miguelito, the change was not officiated by the Panamanian Football Federation until 29 February 2016. Therefore, in official reports Municipal San Miguelito's name appear as Millenium.^[6]
^ The match was originally scheduled to be played on August 25 (19:00) but due to heavy rain it had to be postponed.^[7]
^ Due to the lack of stadium lights, after 16 penalty shots the match was suspended as the visibility in the field was poor given that the match was scheduled late in the afternoon. The delegates from the Comité de Competencia (Competition Committee in english) ordered that there was not to be a re-match and the winner had to be decided over a coin-toss which Tauro won to secure their place in the quarter-finals.^[8]

References

^ Confirmada la primera ronda de partidos en la Copa Cable Onda Panamá, Cable Onda Sports, archived from the original on 13 October 2016, retrieved 10 August 2015
^ "La final de la Copa Satelital tiene sede". Panama America. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
^ "Monjes hacen historia". Bitacora Deportiva. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
^ Inicia la Copa Cable Onda Satelital, LPF, archived from the original on 23 September 2015, retrieved 24 November 2015
^ La Copa que une al fútbol panameño, Bitacora Deportiva, retrieved 15 December 2015
^ Tito Gutierrez. "Nota de prensa del Municipal San Miguelito". Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ "El Chorrillo avanza en Copa Cable Onda Satelital". LPF. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
^ "La moneda de la discordia". Bitacora Deportiva. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
^ "Por la primera copa". La Prensa. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

[Municipal_San_Miguelito-7] While on 13 May 2015 the club changed its name from Millenium Universidad de Panamá F.C to Asociación Deportiva Municipal de San Miguelito, the change was not officiated by the Panamanian Football Federation until 29 February 2016. Therefore, in official reports Municipal San Miguelito's name appear as Millenium.^[6]

[Chiriquí_Occidente-Chorrillo-9] The match was originally scheduled to be played on August 25 (19:00) but due to heavy rain it had to be postponed.^[7]

[Deportivo_Centenario-Tauro-11] Due to the lack of stadium lights, after 16 penalty shots the match was suspended as the visibility in the field was poor given that the match was scheduled late in the afternoon. The delegates from the Comité de Competencia (Competition Committee in english) ordered that there was not to be a re-match and the winner had to be decided over a coin-toss which Tauro won to secure their place in the quarter-finals.^[8]

[1] Confirmada la primera ronda de partidos en la Copa Cable Onda Panamá, Cable Onda Sports, archived from the original on 13 October 2016, retrieved 10 August 2015

[2] "La final de la Copa Satelital tiene sede". Panama America. Retrieved 24 November 2015.

[3] "Monjes hacen historia". Bitacora Deportiva. Retrieved 20 December 2015.

[4] Inicia la Copa Cable Onda Satelital, LPF, archived from the original on 23 September 2015, retrieved 24 November 2015

[5] La Copa que une al fútbol panameño, Bitacora Deportiva, retrieved 15 December 2015

[Municipal_San_Miguelito-6] Tito Gutierrez. "Nota de prensa del Municipal San Miguelito". Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[CHOvsCFC-8] "El Chorrillo avanza en Copa Cable Onda Satelital". LPF. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

[CENvsTAU-10] "La moneda de la discordia". Bitacora Deportiva. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

[12] "Por la primera copa". La Prensa. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.