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.
Change for 2002 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 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 FernándezEstadio Municipal de Balboa San Francisco F.C. La Chorrera Estadio Agustín Sánchez Sporting San MiguelitoSporting Coclé* San MiguelitoPenonome Estadio Rommel FernándezEstadio Municipal de Ciruelito Tauro F.C. Panama City Estadio Rommel Fernández
[*] From the Clausura championship, Sporting San Miguelito re-located themselves to the Coclé Province.
Apertura 2002
Standings
Group A
Group B
Results table
Final round
Semifinals 1st leg
Semifinals 2nd leg
Árabe Unido advances to final 4-2 on penalties
San Francisco advances to final 4-2 on penalties
Final
Top goal scorer Position Player Scored for Goals 1 Gabriel de la Hoz Alianza 7
Clausura 2002
Standings
Results table
Final round
Cuadrangular semifinal
Final 1st leg
Final 2nd leg
Plaza Amador won 1-4 on penalties
Top goal scorer Position Player Scored for Goals 1 Anel Canales Tauro 10
ANAPROF 2002 grand final Club Champion Árabe Unido ANAPROF 2002 Apertura Champion Plaza Amador ANAPROF 2002 Clausura Champion
Final
Local derby statistics
El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador
Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v El Chorillo
References RSSF ANAPROF 2002