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Revision as of 23:34, 7 June 2019

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Panama women's national football team.

Panama
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Los Canaleros (The Canal Men)
La Marea Roja (The Red Tide)
AssociationFederación Panameña de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Sub-confederationUNCAF (Central America)
Head coachJulio Dely Valdés (interim)
CaptainRomán Torres
Most capsGabriel Gómez (147)
Top scorerLuis Tejada, Blas Pérez (43)
Home stadiumEstadio Rommel Fernández
FIFA codePAN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 45 Decrease 1 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest29 (March 2014)
Lowest150 (August 1995)
First international
 Panama 3–1 Venezuela 
(Panama City, Panama; 12 February 1938)[2]
Biggest win
 Panama 12–1 Puerto Rico 
(Barranquilla, Colombia; 13 December 1946)[2]
Biggest defeat
 Panama 0–11 Costa Rica 
(Panama City, Panama; 16 February 1938)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best resultGroup Stage (2018)
CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1963)
Best resultRunners-up (2005, 2013)

The Panama national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Panamá) is governed by the governing body for football in Panama, Panamanian Football Federation, which is a member of CONCACAF and the regional UNCAF.

Panama qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time for the 2018 tournament in Russia and scored their first goal of the World Cup against England, although they lost the match 6-1.[4][5]

Panama finished as runners-up in the 2005 Gold Cup[6] and 2013 Gold Cup,[7] losing to the United States on both occasions. Panama has also competed in the sub-regional Central American Cup championship which they won in 2009, beating Costa Rica in the final (0–0 on full-time, 5–3 on penalties). They finished in third place on three occasions (1993, 2011, 2014), and finished as runners-up in the 2017 edition, which they hosted.

The national team is nicknamed "Los Canaleros" ("The Canal Men"), in reference to the Panama Canal.

History

2014 World Cup qualifying

Panama came close to advancing out of the fourth round of the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup. In their last match, which was against the United States, they led 2–1 after 90 minutes and were poised to advance to a play-off against New Zealand, but they conceded two goals in stoppage time and were eliminated, with Mexico taking the playoff slot instead.[8]

2018 World Cup qualifying

Four years after failing to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, Los Canaleros finally qualified for the World Cup after defeating Costa Rica 2−1,[9] thus resulting in the United States, who lost to Trinidad and Tobago by a score of 2−1, failing to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1986.[10] Román Torres was the hero of the match against Costa Rica, as he scored a dramatic 88th-minute winner, which sent Panama into their first ever World Cup, with Torres considered a national hero.[11] Only one day after this, on 11 October, Juan Carlos Varela, the President of Panama himself, declared a national holiday to commemorate the achievement, stating on his Twitter profile:,,The voice of the people has been heard... Tomorrow will be a national holiday".[12][13]

2018 World Cup

Panama were drawn in a group with European giants Belgium and England, and African side Tunisia, in Group G.[14] Their maiden match played at the World Cup was against Belgium, on 18 June 2018. Los Canaleros initially held on, holding the game to a 0–0 first-half, before eventually suffering a 3–0 loss.[15][16] On 24 June 2018, they faced England in their second game of the group stage, but lost with a score of 6–1 to the opposition. Felipe Baloy scored their first ever World Cup goal in the match, but it was not enough to save them from elimination.[17] A third loss from Tunisia 1-2 meant that Panama's overall performance were among the worst, having been unable to secure a single win and instead receiving all three losses from their three matches in their first FIFA World Cup debut. Panama ended up finishing dead last in the tournament.

2018 FIFA World Cup Group G

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group G

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup Group G table



Competition records

World Cup record

Main article: Panama at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Declined participation
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify 6 1 1 4 7 21
Spain 1982 8 0 1 7 3 24
Mexico 1986 2 0 0 2 0 4
Italy 1990 2 0 1 1 1 3
United States 1994 2 1 0 1 2 5
France 1998 8 3 2 3 14 13
South Korea Japan 2002 10 3 1 6 9 19
Germany 2006 18 4 4 10 19 32
South Africa 2010 2 1 0 1 2 3
Brazil 2014 20 8 7 5 31 18
Russia 2018 Group Stage 32nd 3 0 0 3 2 11 16 6 5 5 16 15
Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 2026
Total Group Stage 1/23 3 0 0 3 2 11 94 27 22 45 104 157

CCCF Championship

The CCCF tournament began in 1941, but was later abolished in 1961.

  • 1941 – Fourth Place
  • 1946 – Fifth Place
  • 1948 – Third Place
  • 1951 – Champions
  • 1953 – Seventh Place
  • 1957 – Fourth Place
  • 1961 – First Round

CONCACAF Championship

The CONCACAF Championship tournament began in 1963, but was later abolished in 1989.

  • 1963 – First Round

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Main article: Panama at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Mexico United States 1993 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 3 8
United States 2005 Runners-up 6 2 3 1 7 6
United States 2007 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 6 7
United States 2009 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 7 5
United States 2011 Semi-finals 5 2 2 1 7 6
United States 2013 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 11 4
Canada United States 2015 Third Place 6 0 5 1 6 7
United States 2017 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 6 3
Costa Rica Jamaica United States 2019 Qualified
Total Runners-up 38 12 15 11 53 46

Copa Centroamericana

Copa Centroamericana record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Costa Rica 1991 First Round
Honduras 1993 Third Place
El Salvador 1995 Fifth Place
Guatemala 1997 Fifth Place
Costa Rica 1999 Did not enter
Honduras 2001 Fourth Place
Panama 2003 Fifth Place
Guatemala 2005 Fourth Place
El Salvador 2007 Runners-up
Honduras 2009 Champions
Panama 2011 Third Place
Costa Rica 2013 Fifth Place
United States 2015 Third Place
Panama 2017 Runners-up
Total 13/14

Honours

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2018

11 September 2018 Friendly Panama  0–2  Venezuela Panama City, Panama
21:00 EST (UTC−5) Report Rondón 67', 90+3' Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernandez
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
12 October 2018 Friendly Japan  3–0  Panama Niigata, Japan
19:35 (UTC+9) Minamino 42'
J. Ito 66'
Cummings 85' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 38,322
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)
16 October 2018 Friendly South Korea  2–2  Panama Cheonan, South Korea
20:00 KST (UTC+9) Park Joo-ho 6'
Hwang In-beom 33'		 Report Arroyo 45'
Blackburn 49'		 Stadium: Cheonan Stadium
Attendance: 25,556
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
16 November 2018 Friendly Honduras  1–0  Panama Tegucigalpa, Honduras
20:00 CST (UTC–6) Lozano 75' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 12,309
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
20 November 2018 Friendly Panama  1–2  Ecuador Panama City, Panama
20:00 ET (UTC–5) Cummings 84' Report Cifuente 57'
E. Valencia 88'		 Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

2019

27 January 2019 Friendly United States  3–0  Panama Glendale, Arizona
20:00 ET
Report Stadium: State Farm Stadium
Attendance: 9,040
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
23 March 2019 Friendly Brazil  1–1  Panama Porto, Portugal
18:00 UTC+1 Lucas Paquetá 31' Machado 35' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 39 410
Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)
29 May 2019 Unofficial friendly Panama  0–0  Basque Country Panama City, Panama
20:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jaime Alfredo Herrera (El Salvador)
3 June 2019 Friendly Colombia  3–0  Panama Bogotá, Colombia
17:00 UTC−5 Tesillo 6'
Muriel 38'
Falcao 45' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Estadio El Campín
Referee: Luis Eduardo Quiroz (Ecuador)
8 June 2019 Friendly Uruguay  v  Panama Montevideo, Uruguay
Report Stadium: Estadio Centenario
18 June 2019 2019 GC Group D Panama  v  Trinidad and Tobago Saint Paul, United States
18:30 UTC−5 Report Stadium: Allianz Field
22 June 2019 2019 GC Group D Guyana  v  Panama Cleveland, United States
17:30 UTC−4 Report Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium
26 June 2019 2019 GC Group D Panama  v  United States Kansas City, United States
20:00 UTC−5 Report Stadium: Children's Mercy Park

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the provisional roster for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the friendly matches against Colombia on 3 June and Uruguay on 8 June 2019.[18][19]
Caps and goals as of 3 June 2019, after the match against Colombia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK José Calderón (1985-08-14) 14 August 1985 (age 38) 36 0 Guatemala Guastatoya
1GK Luis Mejía (1991-03-16) 16 March 1991 (age 33) 19 0 Uruguay Nacional
1GK José Guerra (1994-09-12) 12 September 1994 (age 29) 0 0 Panama Independiente La Chorrera
1GK Orlando Mosquera (1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 29) 0 0 Panama Tauro
2DF Román Torres (1986-03-20) 20 March 1986 (age 38) 110 10 United States Seattle Sounders
2DF Adolfo Machado (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 39) 82 2 Bolivia The Strongest
2DF Harold Cummings (1992-03-01) 1 March 1992 (age 32) 58 1 United States San Jose Earthquakes
2DF Erick Davis (1991-03-31) 31 March 1991 (age 33) 47 0 Slovakia Dunajská Streda
2DF Fidel Escobar (1995-01-09) 9 January 1995 (age 29) 35 1 Mexico UAT
2DF Michael Murillo (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 28) 30 2 United States New York Red Bulls
2DF Luis Ovalle (1988-09-07) 7 September 1988 (age 35) 26 0 Venezuela Atlético Venezuela
2DF Roberto Chen (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30) 23 1 Panama Árabe Unido
2DF Jan Carlos Vargas (1994-09-27) 27 September 1994 (age 29) 11 0 Panama Tauro
2DF Francisco Palacios (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 33) 4 0 Panama San Francisco
2DF César Blackman (1998-04-02) 2 April 1998 (age 26) 3 0 Slovakia Dunajská Streda
2DF Kevin Galván (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 (age 28) 3 0 Panama Sporting San Miguelito
2DF Édgar Góndola (1993-03-13) 13 March 1993 (age 31) 3 0 Panama Costa del Este
3MF Gabriel Gómez (1984-05-29) 29 May 1984 (age 40) 141 11 Colombia Atlético Bucaramanga
3MF Armando Cooper (Captain) (1987-11-26) 26 November 1987 (age 36) 107 7 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
3MF Aníbal Godoy (1990-02-10) 10 February 1990 (age 34) 98 1 United States San Jose Earthquakes
3MF Alberto Quintero (1987-12-18) 18 December 1987 (age 36) 95 4 Peru Universitario
3MF Nelson Barahona (1987-11-22) 22 November 1987 (age 36) 46 4 Colombia Real Cartagena
3MF Marcos Sánchez (1989-12-23) 23 December 1989 (age 34) 39 2 Panama Tauro
3MF Édgar Bárcenas (1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 30) 33 0 Spain Oviedo
3MF Valentín Pimentel (1991-05-30) 30 May 1991 (age 33) 26 1 Panama Plaza Amador
3MF José Luis Rodríguez (1998-06-19) 19 June 1998 (age 25) 13 0 Spain Alavés B
3MF Leslie Heráldez (1993-03-30) 30 March 1993 (age 31) 6 0 Panama Árabe Unido
3MF Omar Browne (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 30) 4 0 Canada Montreal Impact
3MF Armando Polo (1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 34) 4 0 El Salvador Sonsonate
3MF Rolando Botello (1991-11-20) 20 November 1991 (age 32) 3 0 Panama Tauro
3MF Jesús González (1996-07-25) 25 July 1996 (age 27) 2 0 Colombia La Equidad
3MF Ernesto Walker (1999-02-09) 9 February 1999 (age 25) 2 0 United States LA Galaxy II
3MF Abdiel Ayarza (1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 31) 0 0 Panama Independiente La Chorrera
4FW Gabriel Torres (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988 (age 35) 80 15 Chile Universidad de Chile
4FW Abdiel Arroyo (1993-12-13) 13 December 1993 (age 30) 43 6 Panama Árabe Unido
4FW Rolando Blackburn (1990-01-09) 9 January 1990 (age 34) 33 5 Bolivia The Strongest
4FW Ricardo Buitrago (1985-03-10) 10 March 1985 (age 39) 27 3 Peru Deportivo Municipal
4FW José Fajardo (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 30) 5 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Kawkab
4FW Ronaldo Dinolis (1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 29) 2 2 Panama Universitario
4FW Romeesh Ivey (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Panama Independiente La Chorrera

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the past year.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Eddie Roberts (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Panama Independiente La Chorrera v.  United States, 27 January 2019
GK Jaime Penedo RET (1981-09-26) 26 September 1981 (age 42) 130 0 Retired 2018 FIFA World Cup
GK Álex Rodríguez (1990-08-05) 5 August 1990 (age 33) 6 0 Costa Rica San Carlos 2018 FIFA World Cup
MF Adalberto Carrasquilla (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 25) 6 0 Panama Tauro v.  Colombia, 3 June 2019
DF Iván Anderson (1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 26) 1 0 Panama Tauro v.  United States, 27 January 2019
DF Guillermo Benítez (1999-03-05) 5 March 1999 (age 25) 1 0 United States Atlanta United 2 v.  United States, 27 January 2019
DF José Garibaldi (1997-05-28) 28 May 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  United States, 27 January 2019
DF Andrés Andrade (1998-10-16) 16 October 1998 (age 25) 1 0 Austria LASK v.  Ecuador, 20 November 2018
DF Chin Hormechea (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  Venezuela, 11 September 2018
DF Felipe Baloy RET (1981-02-24) 24 February 1981 (age 43) 99 4 Retired 2018 FIFA World Cup
DF Richard Peralta (1993-09-20) 20 September 1993 (age 30) 7 0 Panama Alianza 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
DF Azmahar Ariano (1991-01-14) 14 January 1991 (age 33) 3 0 Panama Tauro 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Ángel Orelién (2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 23) 2 0 Panama Sporting San Miguelito v.  Brazil, 23 March 2019
MF Luis Cañate (1996-08-09) 9 August 1996 (age 27) 1 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  United States, 27 January 2019
MF Carlos Harvey (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 (age 24) 1 0 Panama Tauro v.  United States, 27 January 2019
MF Edson Samms (1995-03-27) 27 March 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Panama Costa del Este v.  United States, 27 January 2019
MF Miguel Camargo (1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 (age 30) 23 2 Venezuela Mineros de Guayana v.  Ecuador, 20 November 2018
MF Cristian Martínez (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27) 7 0 United States Chicago Fire v.  Ecuador, 20 November 2018
MF Ricardo Ávila (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 27) 7 0 United States Real Monarchs v.  South Korea, 16 October 2018
MF José González Joly (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 33) 10 0 Panama Árabe Unido 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
FW Ernesto Sinclair (1989-03-10) 10 March 1989 (age 35) 1 0 Panama Costa del Este v.  United States, 27 January 2019
FW Carlos Small (1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 29) 5 2 United States Rio Grande Valley Toros v.  Ecuador, 20 November 2018
FW Ricardo Clarke (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992 (age 31) 5 0 Paraguay Guaraní v.  Ecuador, 20 November 2018
FW Jorlian Sánchez (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Mexico UdeG v.  Ecuador, 20 November 2018
FW Alfredo Stephens (1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 29) 10 1 Portugal Santa Clara v.  Honduras, 16 November 2018 INJ
FW Blas Pérez RET (1981-03-13) 13 March 1981 (age 43) 116 43 Retired 2018 FIFA World Cup
FW Luis Tejada RET (1982-03-28) 28 March 1982 (age 42) 104 43 Peru Molinos El Pirata 2018 FIFA World Cup
FW Ismael Díaz (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 27) 12 2 Uruguay El Tanque Sisley 2018 FIFA World Cup
FW Roberto Nurse (1983-12-16) 16 December 1983 (age 40) 21 3 Mexico Zacatecas 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE

INJ Withdraw due to injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Retired from the national team.
WD Withdrew for personal reasons.

Player records

Most capped players

As of 7 June 2019, the players with the most appearances for Panama are:[20]

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Gabriel Gómez 2003–2018 147 12
2 Jaime Penedo 2003–2018 134 0
3 Blas Pérez 2001–2018 120 43
4 Román Torres 2005–present 115 10
5 Luis Tejada 2001–2018 107 43
6 Felipe Baloy 2001–2018 103 4
7 Armando Cooper 2006–present 102 7
8 Aníbal Godoy 2010–present 97 1
9 Alberto Quintero 2007–present 93 5
10 Luis Henríquez 2003–2016 89 2

Bold denotes still active players.

Top goalscorers

As of 28 June 2018, the players with the most goals for Panama are:[20]

# Name Career Goals Caps
1 Luis Tejada 2001–2018 43 107
Blas Pérez 2001–2018 43 120
3 Luis Ernesto Tapia 1960–1979 20 77
4 Jorge Dely Valdés 1991–2005 19 48
5 Julio Dely Valdés 1990–2005 18 44
6 Roberto Brown 2000–2011 16 54
7 Gabriel Torres 2006–present 14 74
8 Gabriel Gómez 2003–2018 12 147
9 Víctor René Mendieta 1980–2000 11 31
Ricardo Phillips 1996–2010 11 84

Bold denotes still active players.

Managers

Managers of the Panama national football team and their terms.

References

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External links

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