Panama_women's_national_football_team

Panama women's national football team

Panama women's national football team

Women's national football team representing Panama

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

The Panama women's national football team represents Panama in international women's football. The team is overseen by the Federación Panameña de Fútbol. Panama has made four appearances at the CONCACAF Women's Championship, with their best result being the semi-final finish in 2018. In 2023, Panama made their debut in the FIFA Women's World Cup, finishing last in Group F.[2]

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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.[3]

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.[4]

2010s

Panama did not participate in the 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying tournament as they did not enter Central American qualifying.[5]

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.[5]

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.[6]

At the 2017 Central American Games, Panama improved on their result from four years ago by defeating El Salvador on penalties to finish in third place.[5]

2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship

After not entering the 2016 Olympics, 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, after defeating Nicaragua and El Salvador.[7] Their qualification was aided by the suspension of perennial rivals, Guatemala, by FIFA. Panama was drawn into Group A, alongside the United States, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10][11] 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 but was eliminated from the qualification after losing 1–5 to the Argentines on aggregate.

2020 Olympic qualifiers

After failing to qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, the Panamanians turned their interest to the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification. In Central American qualifying, they were drawn into a group containing Guatemala and Honduras. Held at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panama City, they beat Honduras 3–0 in their first match but due to the Guatemalans beating Honduras 4–0, anything other than a win in their last game would eliminate them. But Panama held their nerve and secured their qualification to 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship after winning their group with 3–1 win.

At the championship, where the two finalists make the 2020 Olympics, Panama struggled immensely and couldn't recreate their 2018 performance. They first started with a poor 6–1 loss to Costa Rica, followed by a 8–0 loss to United States which eliminated them from Olympic contention. Also their goalkeeper, Yenith Bailey, was subbed off injured. In their final game, which was a dead rubber against Haiti, they had a dismal performance and lost 6–0, although they were very lucky that they didn't concede more. Las Caneleras ended the tournament with 0 wins and a –19 goal difference. After the competition, their manager Raiza Gutiérrez was replaced by Mexican coach, Ignacio Quintana.

2023 Women's World Cup qualifying

After comfortable victories against El Salvador, Belize, Aruba and Barbados, Panama qualified for the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship.

They took part in the group stage, against its arch-rival and neighbor Costa Rica, alongside regional powerhouse Canada and Trinidad and Tobago. Panama suffered two defeats to Costa Rica and Canada losing its the chance to finish in top two. By winning 1–0 over Trinidad and Tobago in the third place match, Panama was able to qualify for the inter-confederation play-offs for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. In the inter-confederation play-offs, Panama defeated Papua New Guinea 2–0 and Paraguay 1–0 to qualify for the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup.[12] Panama was the final team to qualify and will join Group F along with France, Jamaica, and Brazil.[13]

2023 Women's World Cup

At the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Panama lost its opening match 4–0 to Brazil.[14] In their second game, against Jamaica, they narrowly lost 1–0, which eliminated them from the tournament.[15][16] In their final game, against France, they played an entertaining game, where Las Caneleras capped off their tournament with a 6–3 loss.[17] Marta Cox scored her nation's first ever World Cup goal with a free kick from a long way out, which hit the top corner in the second minute. Their other goals were scored by Yomira Pinzón and Lineth Cedeño. After the match, French manager Herve Renard was severely disappointed with his team's performance.[18]

Team image

Nicknames

The Panama women's national football team have been nicknamed as "Las Canaleras (The Canal Girls)."

Home stadium

Estadio Rommel Fernández in September 2021

Panama plays their home matches on the Estadio Rommel Fernández.

Results and fixtures

See also: 2024 in association football, 2024 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

17 June Friendly Panama  0–2  Colombia Panama City, Panama
18:00 UTC−5
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
21 June Friendly Colombia  1–1  Panama Cali, Colombia
19:30 UTC−5
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
26 June Friendly Gibraltar  0–7  Panama Gibraltar
19:00 (CET) Stadium: Victoria Stadium
29 June Friendly Spain  7–0  Panama Avilés, Spain
Stadium: Ramón Suárez Puerta
14 July MS & AD Cup Japan  5–0  Panama Sendai, Japan
19:05 UTC+9 Source Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
24 July 2023 FIFA WC Brazil  4–0  Panama Adelaide, Australia
 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 13,142
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
29 July 2023 FIFA WC Panama  0–1  Jamaica Perth, Australia
Report A. Swaby 56' Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium
Attendance: 15,987
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
2 August 2023 FIFA WC Panama  3–6  France Sydney, Australia
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 40,498
Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)
20 September 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification Guatemala  0–3  Panama Antigua
20:00 (18:00 UTC−6) Report
Stadium: Estadio Pensativo
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)
24 September 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification Panama  2–3  Guatemala Penonomé
19:00 (18:00 UTC−5)
Report
Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)
25 October 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification Panama  2–1  Jamaica Panama City, Panama
 Report
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 Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)
29 November 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification Jamaica  1–1  Panama TBD, Jamaica

2024

16 February Friendly Panama  2–0  Paraguay Coclé Province
18:00
Stadium: Estadio Universitario (Panamá)
21 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS Panama  0–6  Colombia San Diego, United States
Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
24 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS Puerto Rico  2–1  Panama San Diego, United States
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
27 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS Brazil  5–0  Panama San Diego, United States
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
5 April Friendly Venezuela  2–0  Panama Caracas, Venezuela
18:30 UTC−4
Report Stadium: Brígido Iriarte Stadium
8 April Friendly Venezuela  3–0  Panama Caracas, Venezuela
 Stadium: Brígido Iriarte Stadium

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 23 May 2021[19]
Technical Corps
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Manager history

Players

Main article: List of Panama women's international footballers
See also: Category:Panama women's international footballers

Current squad

The following players were named to the official squad for the friendly game against  Venezuela in 05–08 April .[20]

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Recent call-ups

The following players were called-up in the last 12 months.
This list may be incomplete.
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Records

Main article: List of Panama women's international footballers
See also: Category:Panama women's international footballers
As of 16 March 2021
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
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Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: Panama at the FIFA Women's World Cup
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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF Women's Championship

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF W Gold Cup

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Central American and Caribbean Games

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Central American Games

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

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