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.
Changes for 2003 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 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 BalboaEstadio 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 Standings
Results table
Final round Cuadrangular semifinal
Final 1st leg
Final 2nd leg
Top goal scorer Position Player Scored for Goals 1 Anel Canales Chorrillo 11
Clausura 2003 Standings
Results table
Final round
Semifinals 1st leg
Semifinals 2nd leg
Final
Top goal scorer Position Player Scored for Goals 1 Hector Nazarith Wilson Zuñiga TauroAlianza 9
ANAPROF 2003 Grand Final Cancelled, as Tauro won both tournaments.
Local derby statistics
El Super Clasico Nacional - Tauro v Plaza Amador
Clasico del Pueblo - Plaza Amador v El Chorillo
References RSSF ANAPROF 2003