The2010–11Liga Nacional de Ascenso season is the thirteenth edition since its establishment in 1996. A total of 16 teams contest the league, 10 of which returned from the2009 season, 1 of which was promoted fromCopa Rommel Fernández, and 5 of which have been invited to participate as part of the league's expansion project.
The league increased the number of participating teams from10 to16.SUNTRACS earned its spot as champions of the2010 edition of theCopa Rommel Fernández while 5 other teams from theColón, Chiriquí, Chiriquí Occidente, Coclé, andVeraguas provincial leagues were invited to participate as part of the league's expansion project.[1]
The teams were separated into2 groups (Group A and Group B) containing 8 teams in each.
There will be no morepromotion play-off in this edition, instead the overall champion (that is theGrand Champion or the winner of both theApertura andClausura) will be promoted directly. Additionally, the team with the worst record in the general standings of theLiga Panameña de Fútbol will be relegateddirectly.[1]
The original match betweenRío Abajo andColón C-3 was played on September 26 at 19:00 (UTC-5) atCancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia, but it was suspended at the 65th minute by the refereeLuis Rodríguez because of violence in the stands perpetuated by the team's supporters.[4] At the time of the suspension,Río Abajo was winning 1-0 but the rematch was scheduled to start from 0.[5]