Liga Nacional de Ascenso
The Liga Nacional de Ascenso is the second level of Panama's national football club championship. It was founded in 1997 and the winner gains promotion to Liga Panameña de Fútbol. The league has the support and endorsement of the Panamanian Football Federation, Like the LPF, two tournaments are played per year, the Apertura and Clausura, each crowns a champion.
2019 Teams
| Club | City | Stadium | 2019 season |
| SD Atlético Nacional | Panama City | Estadio Javier Cruz | |
| San Martin FC | Panama City | Estadio Luis E. Tapia | |
| Colón C-3 | Colón | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés | |
| CD Centenario | Colón | Cancha Óscar Suman Carrillo | Relocated from Penonomé |
| Champions FC Academy | Colón | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés | Copa Rommel Fernández Champions |
| S.D. Panamá Oeste | Arraijan | Estadio Agustín Sánchez | |
| San Antonio FC | Penonomé | Estadio Virgilio Tejeira | Invited for the Apertura tournament |
| Azuero FC | Chitré | Estadio Los Milagros | during mid season announced name change to Herrera FC |
| Veraguas FC | Santiago | Complejo Atalaya | Leones de América relocated to Santiago and changed name |
2013-2014 Teams
Past champions & runners-up
Titles by team
| Club | Winner | Runner-up | Winning years and runner-up years |
| Río Abajo | 3 | 1 | 2008, 2009, 2011-12 |
| Municipal Chorrillo | 1 | 2 | 1998, 2000 |
| Atlético Municipal Colón | 1 | 0 | 1996-97, 1998 |
| Colón C-3 | 1 | 2 | 2010-11 |
| Chepo | 1 | 0 | 2006 |
| Policía Nacional | 2 | 2 | 2005, 2014, 2015 |
| Atlético Chiriquí | 2 | 1 | 2004, 2013, 2014 |
| Colón River | 1 | 0 | 2003 |
| Atlético Veragüense | 1 | 0 | 2001 |
| Alianza | 1 | 0 | 1999 |
| Sporting '89 | 1 | 0 | 1996-97 |
| C.A.I. | 1 | 1 | 2011-12 2012-13 |
| Pan de Azúcar | 0 | 3 | 1993, 2003, 2006 |
| Orión | 0 | 2 | 2008, 2009 |
| SUNTRACS | 0 | 1 | 2010-11 |
| Atalanta | 0 | 1 | 2005 |
| Sabanitas | 0 | 1 | 2004 |
| Expreso Bocas | 0 | 1 | 2001 |
| Atlético Guadalupe | 0 | 1 | 1999 |