Panama national football team
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| Nickname(s) | La Marea Roja "The Red Tide" Los Canaleros |
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| Association | Federación Panameña de Fútbol |
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| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Gary Stempel |
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| Captain | Felipe Baloy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Estadio Rommel Fernandez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | PAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 52 (June 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 150 (August 1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Panama 3 - 1 Venezuela  (Panama City, Panama; February 2, 1938) |
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Panama 12 - 0 Puerto Rico  (Barranquilla, Colombia; December 13, 1946) |
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Panama 0 - 11 Costa Rica  (Panama City, Panama; February 16, 1938) |
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| CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Second place, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Panama national football team is the national team of Panama and is controlled by the Federación Panameña de Fútbol. They have never qualified for the World Cup.
After being considered one of the weakest teams in CONCACAF for decades, Panama is currently undergoing a resurgence. It reached the final round of regional qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and then went farther beyond expectation by reaching the final game of the 2005 Gold Cup. Several of the national players are in clubs in overseas leagues.
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] CONCACAF Championship record
- 1963 - Round 1
- 1965 - Did not enter
- 1967 - Did not qualify
- 1969 - Did not qualify
- 1971 - Did not enter
- 1973 - Did not enter
- 1977 - Did not qualify
- 1981 - Did not qualify
- 1985 - Did not qualify
- 1989 - Did not qualify
[edit] Gold Cup record
| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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 1991 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1993 |
First round | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 1996 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1998 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 |
Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2002 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 |
Runnerup | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2007 |
Quarter-Finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
[edit] UNCAF Nations Cup record
[edit] Continental titles
[edit] Top 6 goalscorersPlayers in bold text are still active with Panama.
[edit] Top 10 most games
[edit] Current squadSquad for friendly match against Bolivia on 18 August 2008.
[edit] Recent call upsThe following players have been called up for the team in 2008.
[edit] Tournament historyPanama's national team entered their first FIFA World Cup preliminary competition ahead of Argentina '78. They have competed regularly ever since, but never come close to qualifying for the finals. In the 2002 preliminaries, they scored early wins over Nicaragua, Honduras and Jamaica but were defeated by stronger opposition from Mexico, Canada and Trinidad and Tobago. [edit] 2005 CONCACAF Gold CupPanama qualified for the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup by virtue of reaching the semi-finals of the 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup, and surpassed expectations by qualifying for the knockout stages by finishing second in group A, ahead of Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago, but behind Honduras. They beat South Africa in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw in the semifinal, and beat Colombia for a second time in the semi-final, by a 3-2 scoreline. The final, against host USA, finished in a 0-0 draw, and Panama were defeated 3-1 in the penalty shootout. [edit] 2006 Qualification for GermanyDuring the 2006 qualifiers they crushed St. Lucia 4-0 in Panama City on June 13, 2004 and then when on to win 3-0 in the second leg securing a place in Round 2 of qualifying. In Group 1 with the USA, Jamaica, and El Salvador, they performed well and advanced to the final stage of qualifying after ending in second with 8 points, one point ahead of Jamaica. With the final phase of qualifying underway, there were high hopes for the Panamian squad under Jose ‘Che Che’ Hernandez. Even with the likes Ricardo Phillips, Jorge Luis Dely Valdes, Felipe Baloy, Luis Tejada and Jaime Penedo, but the talented Panamanians were unable to turn things round at the end as they were eliminated from the running for Germany 2006 with two games still to go. [edit] Stage 1 - Group 4June 13, 2004, Panama City, Panama - June 20, 2004, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia - Panama advanced to Stage 2. [edit] Stage 2 - Group 1
August 18, 2004, San Salvador, El Salvador - September 4, 2004, Kingston, Jamaica - September 8, 2004, Panama City, Panama - October 9, 2004, Panama City, Panama - October 13, 2004, Washington DC, USA - November 17, 2004, Panama City, Panama - Panama advanced to Stage 3 [edit] Stage 3 - Final round
February 9, 2005, Panama City, Panama - March 26, 2005, San José, Costa Rica - March 30, 2005, Panama City, Panama - June 4, 2005, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - June 8, 2005, Panama City, Panama - August 17, 2005, Guatemala City, Guatemala - September 3, 2005, Panama City, Panama - September 7, 2005, Mexico City, Mexico - October 8, 2005, Panama City, Panama - October 12, 2005, Foxboro, USA - Panama fail to qualify [edit] Fixtures & results since 1938February 12, 1938, Panama City, Panama - April 2, 1938, Panama City, Panama - April 16, 1938, Panama City, Panama - April 20, 1938, Panama City, Panama - April 23, 1938, Panama City, Panama - May 8, 1941, San José, Costa Rica - May 11, 1941, San José, Costa Rica - May 15, 1941, San José, Costa Rica - May 18, 1941, San José, Costa Rica - February 23, 1946, San José, Costa Rica - February 26, 1946, San José, Costa Rica - March 10, 1946, San José, Costa Rica - March 13, 1946, San José, Costa Rica - December 9, 1946, Barranquilla, Colombia - December 13, 1946, Barranquilla, Colombia - December 16, 1946, Barranquilla, Colombia - December 17, 1946, Barranquilla, Colombia - December 20, 1946, Barranquilla, Colombia - December 21, 1946, Barranquilla, Colombia - April 2, 1948, Guatemala City, Guatemala - April 4, 1948, Guatemala City, Guatemala - April 7, 1948, Guatemala City, Guatemala - April 9, 1948, Guatemala City, Guatemala - April 11, 1948, Guatemala City, Guatemala - April 14, 1948, Guatemala City, Guatemala - April 21, 1948, Guatemala City, Guatemala - April 21, 1948, Guatemala City, Guatemala - February 27, 1951, Panama City, Panama - February 28, 1951, Panama City, Panama - March 2, 1951, Panama City, Panama - March 4, 1951, Panama City, Panama - March 16, 1952, Santiago de Chile, Chile - April 23, 1952, Santiago de Chile, Chile - April 6, 1952, Santiago de Chile, Chile - April 10, 1952, Santiago de Chile, Chile - April 13, 1952, Santiago de Chile, Chile - March 10, 1953, San José, Costa Rica - March 12, 1953, San José, Costa Rica - March 14, 1953, San José, Costa Rica - March 17, 1953, San José, Costa Rica - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
