Panama national football team

Panama
Nickname(s) Los Canaleros (The Canal Men)
La Marea Roja (The Red Tide)
Association Federación Panameña de Fútbol
Confederation CONCACAF
Sub-confederation UNCAF (Central America)
Head coach Hernán Darío Gómez
Captain Felipe Baloy
Most caps Gabriel Gómez (129)
Top scorer Luis Tejada (43)
Home stadium Estadio Rommel Fernández
FIFA code PAN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 58 Increase 5 (24 November 2016)
Highest 29 (March 2014)
Lowest 150 (August 1995)
Elo ranking
Current 40 Increase 7 (15 November 2016)
Highest 28 (July 2013)
Lowest 151 (June 1984)
First international
 Panama 3–1 Venezuela 
(Panama City, Panama; 12 February 1938)[1]
Biggest win
 Panama 12–1 Puerto Rico 
(Barranquilla, Colombia; 13 December 1946)[1]
Biggest defeat
 Panama 0–11 Costa Rica 
(Panama City, Panama; 16 February 1938)[1]
CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
Appearances 8 (first in 1963)
Best result Runners-up, 2005 and 2013

The Panama national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Panama) represents Panama in international football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Panama, Panamanian Football Federation, which is a member of CONCACAF and the regional UNCAF. Panama finished as runners-up in the 2005 Gold Cup and 2013 Gold Cup. Panama has never qualified for the World Cup, but it has reached the final ("Hexagonal") round of the CONCACAF qualifications for the 2006, 2014, and 2018 tournaments. Panama is currently competing in the latter.

Panama came very close to advancing out of the fourth round of the qualifications for the 2014 World Cup. In their last match, which was against the USA, they led 2–1 after 90 minutes and were posed 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.[2]

History

The first Panama national football team was constituted in 1937.

At their fourth round qualification match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup against the United States, played at the Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City, they were about 90 seconds away from beating the U.S. and advancing to play-offs against New Zealand, but they were eventually out of the spot by conceding twice in stoppage time.[2]

Competition records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978 Did Not Qualify
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998
South Korea Japan 2002
Germany 2006
South Africa 2010
Brazil 2014
Total0/20

CCCF Championship

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

CONCACAF Championship

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

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Main article: CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
United States Mexico 1993Group Stage301238
United States 2005Runners-up631276
United States 2007Quarter-Finals411267
United States 2009Quarter-Finals411275
United States 2011Semi-Finals531176
United States 2013Runners-up6411114
United States Canada 2015Third Place605167
TotalTotal281211114743

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 2014 Third Place
Total 12/13

Honours

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2016

2017

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — 5 Sep '17 7–8 Jun '17 6 Oct '17 11–12 Jun '17 4–0
2  Mexico 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 24 Mar '17 — 1 Sep '17 7–8 Jun '17 6 Oct '17 11–12 Jun '17
3  Panama 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 10 Oct '17 0–0 — 11–12 Jun '17 5 Sep '17 28 Mar '17
4  Honduras 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs 28 Mar '17 10 Oct '17 0–1 — 3–1 5 Sep '17
5  Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0 0–2 28 Mar '17 24 Mar '17 1 Sep '17 — 10 Oct '17
6  United States 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 1 Sep '17 1–2 6 Oct '17 24 Mar '17 7–8 Jun '17 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Players

Current squad

The following 25 players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Honduras on November 11, and Mexico on November 15. Caps and goals as of November 15, 2016, after the match against Honduras.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jaime Penedo (1981-09-26) 26 September 1981 124 0 Romania Dinamo București
1GK José Calderón (1985-08-14) 14 August 1985 17 0 Honduras Platense
2DF Román Torres (1986-03-20) 20 March 1986 100 8 United States Seattle Sounders
2DF Felipe Baloy (Captain) (1981-02-24) 24 February 1981 94 3 Colombia Rionegro Águilas
2DF Adolfo Machado (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 65 1 Costa Rica Saprissa
2DF Harold Cummings (1992-03-01) 1 March 1992 46 0 Costa Rica Alajuelense
2DF Erick Davis (1991-03-31) 31 March 1991 28 0 Slovakia Dunajská Streda
2DF Roderick Miller (1992-04-03) 3 April 1992 24 0 Colombia Atlético Nacional
2DF Fidel Escobar (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 9 1 Portugal Sporting CP B
2DF Luis Ovalle (1988-09-07) 7 September 1988 9 0 Venezuela Zamora
2DF Amir Murillo (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 5 1 Panama San Francisco
3MF Gabriel Gómez (1984-05-29) 29 May 1984 131 11 Colombia Deportes Tolima
3MF Armando Cooper (1987-11-26) 26 November 1987 77 5 Canada Toronto FC
3MF Alberto Quintero (1987-12-18) 18 December 1987 77 5 United States San Jose Earthquakes
3MF Amílcar Henríquez (1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 32) 77 0 Panama Árabe Unido
3MF Aníbal Godoy (1990-02-10) 10 February 1990 67 1 United States San Jose Earthquakes
3MF Ricardo Buitrago (1985-03-10) 10 March 1985 23 3 Peru Juan Aurich
3MF Édgar Bárcenas (1993-10-23) October 23, 1993 9 0 Panama Árabe Unido
4FW Blas Pérez (1981-03-13) 13 March 1981 111 41 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
4FW Luis Tejada (1982-03-28) 28 March 1982 99 43 Peru Juan Aurich
4FW Gabriel Torres (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988 59 10 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport
4FW Rolando Blackburn (1990-01-09) 9 January 1990 23 4 Costa Rica Saprissa
4FW Roberto Nurse (1983-12-16) 16 December 1983 19 3 Mexico Zacatecas
4FW Abdiel Arroyo (1993-12-13) 13 December 1993 19 2 Colombia Deportes Tolima
4FW Tony Taylor (1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 1 0 Unattached

Recent call-ups

The following players were also called up in 2016 or late 2015.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Álex Rodríguez (1990-08-05) 5 August 1990 5 0 Costa Rica Pérez Zeledón v.  Mexico, October 11, 2016
GK Eliéser Powell (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 0 0 Panama Chepo Copa América Centenario PRE
DF Richard Peralta (1993-09-20) 20 September 1993 5 0 Panama Alianza v.  Mexico, October 11, 2016
DF Ángel Patrick (1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 3 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  Mexico, October 11, 2016
DF Jean Carlos Vargas (1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 2 0 Panama Tauro v.  Mexico, October 11, 2016
DF Azmahar Ariano (1991-01-14) 14 January 1991 1 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  Mexico, October 11, 2016
DF Richard Dixon (1992-03-28) March 28, 1992 8 0 Honduras Platense v.  Costa Rica, September 6, 2016
DF Luis Henríquez (1981-11-23) 23 November 1981 92 2 Panama Tauro v.  Chile, June 14, 2016
DF Jean Cedeño (1985-09-07) 7 September 1985 21 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  Haiti, March 29, 2016
DF Roberto Chen (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 12 1 Colombia Rionegro Águilas v.  Nicaragua, March 15, 2016
DF Leonel Parris (1982-06-13) 13 June 1982 26 0 Panama Atlético Veragüense v.  El Salvador, February 17, 2016
MF Josiel Núñez (1993-01-29) 29 January 1993 6 0 Venezuela Atlético Venezuela v.  Mexico, October 11, 2016
MF Manuel Vargas (1991-01-19) 19 January 1991 6 0 Panama Tauro v.  Mexico, October 11, 2016
MF José González (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 5 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  Mexico, October 11, 2016
MF Miguel Camargo (1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 13 1 Venezuela Mineros de Guayana v.  Costa Rica, September 6, 2016
MF Manuel Vargas (1991-01-19) 19 January 1991 5 0 Panama Tauro v.  Costa Rica, September 6, 2016
MF Ricardo Ávila (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 1 0 Slovenia Koper v.  Guatemala, August 10, 2016
MF Valentín Pimentel (1991-05-30) 30 May 1991 17 1 Colombia La Equidad v.  Chile, June 14, 2016
MF Alfredo Stephens (1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 7 0 Panama Chorrillo Copa América Centenario PRE
MF Cristian Martínez (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 2 0 United States Columbus Crew Copa América Centenario PRE
MF Hécgar Murillo (1992-09-13) 13 September 1992 1 0 Panama Tauro Copa América Centenario PRE
MF José Batista (1989-05-19) 19 May 1989 1 1 Panama Tauro v.  Martinique, April 27, 2016
MF José Murillo (1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 1 0 Panama Plaza Amador v.  Martinique, April 27, 2016
MF Pablo Pérez (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 1 0 Panama Atlético Nacional v.  Martinique, April 27, 2016
MF Jorge Samudio (1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 1 0 Panama Atlético Chiriquí v.  Martinique, April 27, 2016
MF Marcos Sánchez (1989-12-23) 23 December 1989 34 2 Panama Sporting San Miguelito v.  Nicaragua, March 15, 2016
MF Yairo Yau (1989-09-07) 7 September 1989 10 0 Panama San Francisco v.  Nicaragua, March 15, 2016
MF Abdiel Macea (1991-05-04) 4 May 1991 3 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  Nicaragua, March 15, 2016
MF José Muñoz (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 1 0 Panama Tauro v.  Nicaragua, March 15, 2016
MF Daniel Ortiz (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994 1 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  Nicaragua, March 15, 2016
FW Ronaldo Córdoba (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 4 0 Panama Chepo v.  Mexico, October 11, 2016
FW Ricardo Clarke (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992 2 0 Venezuela Zamora v.  Mexico, October 11, 2016
FW Ismael Díaz (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 3 1 Portugal Porto B Copa América Centenario
FW Sergio Moreno (1992-07-28) July 28, 1992 1 0 Peru Deportivo Municipal Copa América Centenario PRE
FW Jorman Aguilar (1994-09-11) 11 September 1994 2 0 Portugal S.C. Olhanense v.  Nicaragua, March 15, 2016

Player records

Most capped players

As of November 15, 2016, the players with the most appearances for Panama are:[4]

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Gabriel Gómez 2003–present 131 11
2 Jaime Penedo 2003–present 124 0
3 Blas Pérez 2001–present 112 41
4 Román Torres 2005–present 100 8
5 Luis Tejada 2001–present 99 43
6 Felipe Baloy 2001–present 94 3
7 Luis Henríquez 2003–present 92 2
8 Ricardo Phillips 1996–2010 84 9
9 Víctor René Mendieta 1980–2000 80 11
10 Armando Cooper 2003–present 77 5

Bold denotes still active players.

Top goalscorers

As of November 11, 2016, the players with the most goals for Panama are:[4]

# Name Career Goals Caps
1 Luis Tejada 2001–present 43 98
2 Blas Pérez 2001–present 41 110
3 Jorge Dely Valdés 1991–2005 19 48
4 Julio Dely Valdés 1990–2005 18 44
5 Roberto Brown 2000–2011 15 54
6 Gabriel Gómez 2003–present 11 130
Ricardo Phillips 1996–2010 11 84
8 Víctor René Mendieta 1980–2000 11 80
9 Gabriel Torres 2006–present 10 58
10 José Luis Garcés 2000–2009 9 34

Bold denotes still active players.

Managers

Managers of the Panama national football team throughout the years and the speculation of appointed dates that they took over.

  • Uruguay Romeo Parravicini (1938)
  • Peru Manuel Sánchez Durán (1941)
  • Panama Emel Ospino (1946)
  • Chile Óscar Rendoll Gómez (1946)
  • Panama Óscar Suman Carrillo (1949)
  • Colombia Gilberto Casanova (1950)
  • Austria Moses Stern (1950)
  • Chile Óscar Rendoll Gómez (1951)
  • Panama Rogelio Díaz (1952)
  • Colombia Emel Ospino (1956)
  • Spain José Bech Casablanca (1961)
  • Argentina Raúl "Che" Álvarez (1963–64)
  • Spain José Bech Casablanca (1967)
  • Panama Luis Carlos Ponce (1967)
  • Chile Néstor Valdez Moraga (1969)
  • Chile Renato Panay (1976)
  • Argentina Omar Muraco (1978)
  • Uruguay Edgardo Bone Baldi (1979)
  • Uruguay Luis Borghini (1980)
  • Panama Rubén Cárdenas (1980)
  • Panama Orlando Muñoz (1984)
  • Argentina Carlos Cavagnaro (1984)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Barrie Courtney. "Panama – International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 "USA Saves Mexico From World Cup Elimination In The Most Unbelievable Night In North American Soccer History". Business Insider. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  4. 1 2 Roberto Mamrud. "Panama – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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