Copa Rommel Fernández

Copa Rommel Fernández
Country	Panama
Confederation	CONCACAF
Founded	1996
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Liga Nacional de Ascenso
Relegation to	Local district leagues
Current champions	River Plate David
Website	Fepafut
Copa Rommel Fernández 2013

The Copa Rommel Fernández is the third level of Panama's national club championship. It was founded in 1996 and it is a seasonal tournament that lasts 2 months in which the champion is promoted to Liga Nacional de Ascenso. The tournament is named after Panamanian football legend Rommel Fernández. The tournament is presided by Lucas Fernández and managed by Panamanian Football Federation.

Since the championship is seasonal only, at the end of each competition each of the teams (except the champions) are relegated to their respective district leagues where they compete to earn a spot for the following season. Additionally, the team relegated from the Liga Nacional de Ascenso automatically holds a spot to compete in the Copa Rommel Fernández after the end of the second division championship.

Format

The tournament is divided into three zones which include the qualified teams from each respective provincial tournaments (see below). Each province is represented by two teams except Panamá and Chiriquí which are represented by four teams each. Each team plays a single game against the other teams from their same zone, the two teams with most points in their respective zones will qualify to the final round. The eight qualified teams play a knock out stage which starts with rounds of 16 and finishes with a two team final. The champion gains promotion to the Liga Nacional de Ascenso held that same year.

Qualification

In order to gain the right to play in this tournament each team has to first participate in their respective district leagues. The champions of each respective district league will later on play with each other in a provincial tournament held by their respective province. The champion and the runner-up of the provincial tournaments obtain the right to represent their province in the Copa Rommel Fernández held the following year.

In the case of Panamá and Chiriquí the provincial tournament are divided by half (West and East Panamá and Occidental and Oriental (simply referred as "Chiriquí") Chiriquí). West Panama includes the districts that are over the Bridge of the Americas (Arraiján, La Chorrera, Chame and San Carlos). East Panama include the rest of the districts in the Panamá Province. Occidental Chiriquí includes the districts of Alanje, Boquerón, Bugaba, Renacimiento and Barú. The rest of the districts constitute Oriental Chiriquí (simply referred to as "Chiriquí").

Teams by Seasons

Copa Rommel Fernández 2013 teams

Zone 1 CD Pan de Azúcar San Joaquin FC San Martín Atlético Darién Garachine FC Bambu FC Olympic FC Promesas de Dios UDELAS-Paraná Zone 2 Atlético Don Bosco Los Milagros FC Prado FC Atl.Don Bosco Veraguas La Mesa Atlético Penonomé Cosmos FC Niupy FC Las Tablas FC Zone 3 Solano FC River Plate Deportivo Junior El Palmar FC

Copa Rommel Fernández 2010 teams

Zone 1 Deportivo Cali Deportivo El Valle Navy Bay ParaisoFC-Arraijan Santa Fe Suntracs FC Zone 2 Atlético Darién La Primavera Los Pumas Río de Jesús F.C. San Antonio de Pmé Santa Gema F.C. Zone 3 Club 20-30 Llano Rio Los Milagros F.C. Monagrillo F.C. Niupy FC Zone 4 Atlético Bocas Isla Deportivo Los Halcones Deportivo Bades Majagua Malca F.C. San José F.C.

Past Champions & Runners-up

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1996 Details	N/A	N/A	^[1]
1997 Details	La Primavera (Veraguas)	N/A
1998 Details	Solano FC	Inter de Guabito	2-2 5-2**^[2]
1999-00 Details	C.A.I.	Zona Libre FC (Changuinola)	3-1^[3]
2000-01 Details	Orión (San Miguelito)	Vista Hermosa (Penonomé)	3-1^[4]
2002 Details	River Plate de Colón	Río Abajo	1-0
2003 Details	Boxer FC	Chitre FC
2004 Details	Atalanta Jr.	Chorrillito FC
2005-06 Details	Deportivo Génesis (Panamá Este)	Independiente F.C. (Veracruz)	5-2^[5]
2006-07 Details	Paraíso FC (San Miguelito)	Chorrillito FC (Panamá Oeste)	3-0^[6]
2007-08 Details	Chorrillito (Panamá Oeste)	Five Star (Bocas del Toro)	4-2^[7]
2008-09 Details	Millenium (Barraza)	El Tecal (Arraijan)	5-4*^[8]
2009-10 Details	SUNTRACS (San Miguelito)	Los Pumas (Penonomé)	5-0^[9]
2010-11 Details	Santa Gema FC (Arraijan)	Atlético Evolution (Capira)	4-0^[10]
2011-12 Details	Santos FC (La Chorrera)	AD San Antonio (Penonomé)	3-0^[11]
2012-13 Details	CD Centenario (Panamá Este)	La Mesa FC (Veraguas)	2-1* ^[12]
2013-14 Details	River Plate David	Promesa de Dios (Pto. Caimito)	1-1 4-2**^[13]

[*] Won after extra time
[**] Won penalty kick

References

Football in Panama

Panamanian Football Federation

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-23 U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Liga Panameña de Fútbol Liga Nacional de Ascenso Copa Rommel Fernández

Domestic cups

Men	Copa Panamá

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

Third level association football leagues of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

North America	Canada (L1O, PLSQ) Mexico United States

Central America	Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Panama

Caribbean	Puerto Rico Suriname

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