Panama women's national football team

Panama
Nickname(s)	Las Canaleras (The Canal Girls)
Association	Federación Panameña de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Vacant
Most caps	Raiza Gutiérrez
Home stadium	Estadio Rommel Fernández
FIFA code	PAN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	60 2 (16 August 2024)
Highest	53 (December 2019)
Lowest	140 (December 2015)
First international
	Guatemala 1–2 Panama ; (San Salvador, El Salvador; 28 July 2002)
Biggest win
	Panama 15–2 Belize ; (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 21 November 2003)
Biggest defeat
	United States 9–0 Panama ; (Seattle, United States; 2 November 2002)
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2002)
Best result	4th place (2018)

The Panama women's national football team is overseen by the Federación Panameña de Fútbol. After a 12 year absence, the team will return to the CONCACAF Women's Championship in 2018 after finishing second in UNCAF zone qualifying.

History

2000s

In 2002 Panama qualified for the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup for the first time after securing one of two spots in Central American Zone qualifying. They went 1–0–2 at the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup and did not qualify for the knockout round.^[2]

Panama once again qualified for the Women's Gold Cup in 2006 after winning their qualifying group. Panama lost their first round match 2–1 to Jamaica and were eliminated.^[3]

2010s

Panama did not participate in the 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying tournament as they did not enter Central American qualifying.^[4]

In 2013 Panama participated in the Central American Games for the first time. They went 1–0–1 and advanced to the semi-finals, where they lost to Costa Rica. Panama would finish in fourth place after losing the third place match to Guatemala.^[4]

Panama finished second in their group in 2014 Central American Qualifying and did not qualify for the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship as only the group winner advanced.^[5]

At the 2017 Central American Games, Panama improved on their result from four ago by defeating El Salvador on penalties to finish in third place.^[4]

Panama secured one of the two spots available in Central American Qualifying for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, this marked their first time playing in the CONCACAF Championship in 12 years.^[6] Panama was drawn into Group A, alongside the United States, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago.^[7]

Panama opened the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship with a 3–0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago. They suffered a 5–0 loss to the United States in their second match. The score could have been much worse if not for the excellent performance from 17-year old goalkeeper Yenith Bailey, as she made several big saves against the US who had 18 shots on goal.^[8] Panama secured their spot in the semi-final by defeating Mexico 2–0 in their final group match. Bailey once again made some big saves, including saving a penalty in the first half. Panama was beat by Canada 7–0 in the semi-final, but they would move on to the third place match where a win would secure them a spot in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[9]^[10] After losing the third place match to Jamaica on penalties, Panama played against Argentina at the CONCACAF-CONMEBOL play-off to secure a spot for France 2019 after Argentina secured their ticket Panama was eliminated from the qualification.

Home stadium

The Panama women's national team play their home matches on the Estadio Rommel Fernández.

Achievements

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	To Be Determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF Women's Championship & Gold Cup record

CONCACAF Women's Championship & Gold Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	5	16	−11
2006	First Round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
2010	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	7	7	0
Total	3/10	9	3	1	5	12	23	−13

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach

Players

Current squad

The following players were called-up for the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.^[11]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Yenith Bailey	(2001-03-29) 29 March 2001 (age 23)	Tauro
12	1GK	Sasha Fábrega	(1990-10-23) 23 October 1990 (age 34)	Tauro
20	1GK	Nadia Ducreux	(1992-01-26) 26 January 1992 (age 32)	Comunicaciones

2	2DF	Rebeca Espinosa	(1992-07-05) 5 July 1992 (age 32)	Unattached
3	2DF	Yomira Pinzón	(1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 (age 28)	Atlético Nacional
4	2DF	Hilary Jaén	(2002-08-29) 29 August 2002 (age 22)	Tauro
6	2DF	María Murillo	(1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 27)	Atlético Nacional
14	2DF	Maryorie Pérez	(1997-11-25) 25 November 1997 (age 27)	Tauro
15	2DF	Ana Rodríguez	(2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22)	CAI
19	2DF	Arlen Hernández	(1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 29)	Tauro

5	3MF	Yerenis De León	(1995-02-23) 23 February 1995 (age 29)	Pozoalbense
7	3MF	María Guevara	(2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 (age 24)	Universitario
8	3MF	Katherine Castillo	(1996-03-23) 23 March 1996 (age 28)	Universitario
10	3MF	Aldrith Quintero	(2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 (age 22)	Real Unión Tenerife
11	3MF	Marta Cox	(1997-07-20) 20 July 1997 (age 27)	CODEA-LDA

9	4FW	Amarelis De Mera	(1985-03-28) 28 March 1985 (age 39)	Tauro
13	4FW	Susy Cassinova	(1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28)	Plaza Amador
16	4FW	Gloria Sáenz	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 22)	Atlético Nacional
17	4FW	Gabriela Villagrand	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25)	Angelo State Rams
18	4FW	Keisilyn Gutiérrez	(1997-03-19) 19 March 1997 (age 27)	Atlético Nacional

Recent call ups

The following players were called-up in the last 12 months.

This list may be incomplete.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Previous squads

Individual records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Managers

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Lose Fixtures

2021

Notes

References

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "PREVIEW: Women's Gold Cup to determine tickets to China 2003". October 25, 2002. Archived from the original on February 5, 2003. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
^ "Women Gold Cup 2006". Retrieved October 13, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "PANAMA". Retrieved October 13, 2018.
^ "Selección femenina de fútbol inicia prácticas a Copa Centroamericana". Retrieved October 13, 2018.
^ "General preview of the teams participating in the Concacaf Women's Championship 2018". October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
^ "Draw Reveals Groups for the 2018 Concacaf Women's Championship". September 4, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
^ "USA vs. Panama, Concacaf Championship: Final Score 5–0 as Carli Lloyd's Hat Trick Leads the Way". October 7, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
^ "Canada thrashes Panama to book FIFA Women's World Cup berth". October 14, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
^ "Panama 2–0 Mexico: Panama one win from World Cup, Mexico out". October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
^ "Selección femenina lista para enfrentar triangular clasificatorio al Preolímpico". FEPAFUT (in Spanish). 28 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
FIFA profile

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[2] "PREVIEW: Women's Gold Cup to determine tickets to China 2003". October 25, 2002. Archived from the original on February 5, 2003. Retrieved October 13, 2018.

[3] "Women Gold Cup 2006". Retrieved October 13, 2018.

[stats-4] "PANAMA". Retrieved October 13, 2018.

[5] "Selección femenina de fútbol inicia prácticas a Copa Centroamericana". Retrieved October 13, 2018.

[6] "General preview of the teams participating in the Concacaf Women's Championship 2018". October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.

[7] "Draw Reveals Groups for the 2018 Concacaf Women's Championship". September 4, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.

[8] "USA vs. Panama, Concacaf Championship: Final Score 5–0 as Carli Lloyd's Hat Trick Leads the Way". October 7, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.

[9] "Canada thrashes Panama to book FIFA Women's World Cup berth". October 14, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.

[10] "Panama 2–0 Mexico: Panama one win from World Cup, Mexico out". October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.

[11] "Selección femenina lista para enfrentar triangular clasificatorio al Preolímpico". FEPAFUT (in Spanish). 28 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

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v t e National women's football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.