2004 ANAPROF

{{Infobox football league season |competition = ANAPROF Bellsouth |season = 2004 |winners = Árabe Unido Apertura Árabe Unido Clausura |promoted = |relegated = - |continentalcup1 = - |continentalcup1 qualifiers = - |matches = |total goals = |league topscorer = |biggest home win = |biggest away win = |highest scoring = |longest wins = |longest unbeaten = |longest losses = |highest attendance = |lowest attendance = |average attendance = |prevseason = 2003 |nextseason = 2005 }} thumb|350px|right|ANAPROF 2004 team distribution '''ANAPROF 2004''' is the 2004 season of the Panamanian football league, ANAPROF. The season started on February 13, 2004, with the ''Torneo Apertura Bellsouth 2004'' and finalized on November 7, 2004, with the ''Torneo Clausura Bellsouth 2004.'' Both the Apertura and Clausura champion was Arabe Unido, therefore, for the third time in ANAPROF history, Arabe Unido were crowned '''ANAPROF 2004''' champions without the need to play a grand final.

==Change for 2004== *The number of teams in the league increased from '''8''' to '''10'''. *'''River Plate F.C.''' were renamed '''Colón River F.C.''' at the end of the Apertura championship. *For the '''Clausura championship''' the final was played in two matches, each at the respective team's stadium.

==Teams== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! Club ! City ! Stadium |- | Alianza F.C. | Panama City | Estadio Camping Resort |- bgcolor=#D0E7FF | Árabe Unido | Colon | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés |- | Atletico Veragüense | Santiago | Estadio Toco Castillo |- bgcolor=#D0E7FF | Colón River F.C. | Colon | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés |- | El Chorrillo F.C. | Panama City | Estadio Municipal de Balboa |- bgcolor=#D0E7FF | Pan de Azúcar | San Miguelito | Estadio Javier Cruz |- | Plaza Amador | Panama City | Estadio Municipal de Balboa |- bgcolor=#D0E7FF | San Francisco F.C. | La Chorrera | Estadio Agustín Sánchez |- | Sporting Coclé | Penonome | Estadio Municipal de Ciruelito |- bgcolor=#D0E7FF | Tauro F.C. | Panama City | Campo de Deportes Giancarlo Gronchi |}

==Apertura 2004== ===Standings=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_limit=5 |res_col_header=Q

|col_QF=#ccffcc|text_QF=Qualified to the final round. |result1=QF|result2=QF|result3=QF|result4=QF |update=complete|source= }}</onlyinclude>

==Results table==

| match_TAU_ALI = 2-1 | match_TAU_ÁRA = 0-1 | match_TAU_ATL = 2-0 | match_TAU_COL = 2-0 | match_TAU_CHO = 0-0 | match_TAU_PAN = 6-0 | match_TAU_PLA = 0-2 | match_TAU_SAN = 0-1 | match_TAU_SPO = 3-0 }}

===Final round=== {{4TeamBracket | RD1=Semifinals (agg) | RD2=Final | score-width=30px | team-width=160px | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= Plaza Amador | RD1-score1= '''3''' | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= Tauro | RD1-score2= 2 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= Árabe Unido | RD1-score3= '''3''' | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= El Chorrillo | RD1-score4= 0 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= Plaza Amador | RD2-score1= 0 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= Árabe Unido | RD2-score2= '''1''' }}

====Semifinals 1st leg====

{{footballbox |date = May 16, 2004 |team1 = Plaza Amador |score = 3-1 |team2 = Tauro |goals1 = Alejandro Dawson (2) Alfredo Hernandez |goals2 = Pablo Romero |stadium = Estadio Rommel Fernández }} ---- {{footballbox |date = May 16, 2004 |team1 = El Chorrillo |score = 0-1 |team2 = Árabe Unido |goals1 = |goals2 = Julio Medina III |stadium = Estadio Rommel Fernández }}

====Semifinals 2nd leg====

{{footballbox |date = May 20, 2004 |team1 = Tauro |score = 1-0 |team2 = Plaza Amador |goals1 = Eric Martinez |goals2 = |stadium = Campo de Deportes Giancarlo Gronchi }} ---- {{footballbox |date = May 19, 2004 |team1 = Árabe Unido |score = 2-0 |team2 = El Chorrillo |goals1 = Julio Dely Valdés Jorge Dely Valdés |goals2 = |stadium = Estadio Armando Dely Valdés }}

====Final==== {{footballbox |date = May 23, 2004 |team1 = Plaza Amador |score = 0-1 |team2 = Árabe Unido |goals1 = |goals2 = Amílcar Henríquez |stadium = Estadio Rommel Fernández }}

===Top goal scorer=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! Position ! Player ! Scored for ! Goals |- | 1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|Panama}} '''Jorge Dely Valdés''' | align="left"| '''Árabe Unido''' | '''12''' |- |}

==Clausura 2004== ===Standings=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_limit=5 |res_col_header=Q

|col_QF=#ccffcc|text_QF=Qualified to the final round. |result1=QF|result2=QF|result3=QF|result4=QF |update=complete|source= }}</onlyinclude>

===Results table===

{{#invoke:sports results|main | source =  | update = complete | matches_style = FBR | team1= ALI | team2= ÁRA | team3= ATL | team4= COL | team5= CHO | team6= PAN | team7= PLA | team8= SAN | team9= SPO | team10= TAU | name_ALI = Alianza | name_ÁRA = Árabe Unido | name_ATL = Atl. Veragüense | name_COL = Colón River | name_CHO = Chorrillo | name_PAN = Pan de Azúcar | name_PLA = Plaza Amador | name_SAN = San Francisco | name_SPO = Sporting Coclé | name_TAU = Tauro

| match_PLA_ATL_note=Plaza Amador vs Atlético Veragüense was not played due to irrelevance

}}

===Final round=== {{4TeamBracket | RD1=Semifinals (agg) | RD2=Final | score-width=30px | team-width=160px | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= San Francisco | RD1-score1= '''2''' | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= Tauro | RD1-score2= 1 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= Árabe Unido | RD1-score3= '''4''' | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= El Chorrilo | RD1-score4= 3 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= San Francisco | RD2-score1= 4 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= Árabe Unido | RD2-score2= '''6''' }}

====Semifinals 1st leg====

{{footballbox |date = October 24, 2004 |team1 = San Francisco |score = 1-1 |team2 = Tauro |goals1 = Rene Mendieta Jr. |goals2 = Ricardo Phillips |stadium = Estadio Agustín Sánchez }} ---- {{footballbox |date = October 24, 2004 |team1 = El Chorrillo |score = 0-1 |team2 = Árabe Unido |goals1 = |goals2 = Orlando Rodríguez |stadium = Estadio Municipal de Balboa }}

====Semifinals 2nd leg====

{{footballbox |date = October 28, 2004 |team1 = Tauro |score = 0-1 |team2 = San Francisco |goals1 = |goals2 = José Luis Garcés |stadium = Campo de Deportes Giancarlo Gronchi }} ---- {{footballbox |date = October 27, 2004 |team1 = Árabe Unido |score = 3-3 |team2 = El Chorrillo |goals1 = John Wilson Orlando Rodríguez (2) |goals2 = Ricardo Paschall Leonardo Ricardo Anel Canales |stadium = Estadio Armando Dely Valdés }}

====Final 1st leg==== {{footballbox |date = October 31, 2004 |team1 = San Francisco |score = 1-1 |team2 = Árabe Unido |goals1 = José Luis Garcés |goals2 = Orlando Rodríguez |stadium = Estadio Agustín Sánchez }}

===Final 2nd leg=== {{footballbox |date = November 7, 2004 |team1 = Árabe Unido |score = 5-3 |team2 = San Francisco |goals1 = Amílcar Henríquez Orlando Rodríguez (2) Alberto Cerezo (2) |goals2 = Omar Hidalgo (2) Victor Rene Mendieta Jr. |stadium = Estadio Armando Dely Valdés }}

==Grand final== Cancelled as Árabe Unido won both tournaments.

==Relegation table== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=R

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to Primera A. |result10=R |update=complete|source= }}

==Local derby statistics==

'''El Super Clasico Nacional''' - Tauro v Plaza Amador ---- {{football box |date = March 5, 2004 |team1 = Plaza Amador |score = 0–0 |team2 = Tauro |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Balboa}} ---- {{football box |date = April 21, 2004 |team1 = Tauro |score = 0–2 |team2 = Plaza Amador |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Giancarlo Gronchi}} ---- {{football box |date = May 16, 2004 |team1 = Plaza Amador |score = 3–1 |team2 = Tauro |goals1 = Alejandro Dawson (2) Alfredo Hernandez |goals2 =Pablo Romero |stadium = Rommel Fernández}} ---- {{football box |date = May 20, 2004 |team1 = Tauro |score = 1–0 |team2 = Plaza Amador |goals1 = Eric Martinez |goals2 = |stadium = Giancarlo Gronchi}} ---- {{football box |date = July 25, 2004 |team1 = Tauro |score = 2–0 |team2 = Plaza Amador |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Giancarlo Gronchi}} ---- {{football box |date = September 3, 2004 |team1 = Plaza Amador |score = 0–0 |team2 = Tauro |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Balboa}} ----

'''Clasico del Pueblo''' - Plaza Amador v Chorillo ---- {{football box |date = February 18, 2004 |team1 = El Chorrillo |score = 1–0 |team2 = Plaza Amador |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Balboa}} ---- {{football box |date = April 7, 2004 |team1 = Plaza Amador |score = 1–1 |team2 = El Chorrillo |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Balboa}} ---- {{football box |date = July 28, 2004 |team1 = El Chorrillo |score = 1–0 |team2 = Plaza Amador |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Balboa}} ---- {{football box |date = September 12, 2004 |team1 = Plaza Amador |score = 4–1 |team2 = El Chorrillo |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Balboa}} ----

==References== *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/panama04.html RSSF ANAPROF 2004]

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