Panama women's national football team

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.

Panama
Nickname(s)Las Canaleras (The Canal Girls)
AssociationFederación Panameña de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachIngnacio Quintana
Most capsRaiza Gutiérrez
Home stadiumEstadio Rommel Fernández
FIFA codePAN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 59 1 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest53 (December 2019)
Lowest140 (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
Appearances3 (first in 2002)
Best result4th place (2018)

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
1991Did Not Enter-------
1995Did Not Enter-------
1999Did Not Enter-------
2003Did Not Qualify-------
2007Did Not Qualify-------
2011Did Not Enter-------
2015Did Not Qualify-------
2019Did Not Qualify-------
2023To Be Determined-------
Total0/9-------
*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
1991Did Not Enter-------
1993Did Not Enter-------
1994Did Not Enter-------
1998Did Not Enter-------
2000Did Not Enter-------
2002Group Stage3102516−11
2006First Round100102−2
2010Did Not Enter-------
2014Did Not Qualify-------
2018Fourth place5212770
Total3/1093151223−13
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Coaching staff
PositionNameRef.
Head coach Ignacio Quintana

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) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Yenith Bailey (2001-03-29) 29 March 2001 Tauro
12 1GK Sasha Fábrega (1990-10-23) 23 October 1990 Tauro
20 1GK Nadia Ducreux (1992-01-26) 26 January 1992 Comunicaciones
2 2DF Rebeca Espinosa (1992-07-05) 5 July 1992 Unattached
3 2DF Yomira Pinzón (1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 Atlético Nacional
4 2DF Hilary Jaén (2002-08-29) 29 August 2002 Tauro
6 2DF María Murillo (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 Atlético Nacional
14 2DF Maryorie Pérez (1997-11-25) 25 November 1997 Tauro
15 2DF Ana Rodríguez (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 CAI
19 2DF Arlen Hernández (1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 Tauro
5 3MF Yerenis De León (1995-02-23) 23 February 1995 Pozoalbense
7 3MF María Guevara (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 Universitario
8 3MF Katherine Castillo (1996-03-23) 23 March 1996 Universitario
10 3MF Aldrith Quintero (2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 Real Unión Tenerife
11 3MF Marta Cox (1997-07-20) 20 July 1997 CODEA-LDA
9 4FW Amarelis De Mera (1985-03-28) 28 March 1985 Tauro
13 4FW Susy Cassinova (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 Plaza Amador
16 4FW Gloria Sáenz (2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 Atlético Nacional
17 4FW Gabriela Villagrand (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 Angelo State Rams
18 4FW Keisilyn Gutiérrez (1997-03-19) 19 March 1997 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

Individual records
Main article: List of Panama women's international footballers
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

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

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  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.
  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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