Panama national football team

Panama
Nickname(s) Los Canaleros (The Canal Men)
La Marea Roja (The Red Tide)
Association Federación Panameña de Fútbol
Sub-confederation UNCAF (Central America)
Confederation CONCACAF
Head coach Hernán Darío Gómez
Captain Felipe Baloy
Most caps Gabriel Gómez (103)
Top scorer Luis Tejada (37)
Home stadium Estadio Rommel Fernández
FIFA code PAN
FIFA ranking 53 Increase 8 (April 9, 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking 29 (March 2014)
Lowest FIFA ranking 150 (August 1995)
Elo ranking 34 (31 March 2015)
Highest Elo ranking 28 (July 2013)
Lowest Elo ranking 151 (June 1984)
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
 Panama 2–1 Venezuela 
(Panama City, Panama; February 12, 1938)[1]
Biggest win
 Panama 12–1 Puerto Rico 
(Barranquilla, Colombia; December 13, 1946)[1]
Biggest defeat
 Panama 0–11 Costa Rica 
(Panama City, Panama; February 16, 1938)[1]
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances 6 (First in 1993)
Best result Runners-up, 2005 and 2013

The Panama national football team 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 reached the fourth round for the 2006 World Cup CONCACAF qualifications.

Panama also advanced to the fourth round for the 2014 World Cup qualifications. At their last qualification match against the USA, they were about 90 seconds away from beating the US and advancing to play-offs, but they conceded two goals in stoppage time and were eliminated from qualification.[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 USA at Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City, they were about 90 seconds away from beating the US 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.

Gold Cup

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
United States 1993First Round301238
United States 2005Runners-up631276
United States 2007Quarter-Finals411267
United States 2009Quarter-Finals411275
United States 2011Semi-Finals531176
United States 2013Runners-up6411114
TotalTotal28126104136

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

  • Winners (1): 2009
  • Runners-up (1): 2007
  • Third place (1): 1993, 2011, 2014
  • Winners (1): 1951
  • Third place (1): 1948

Results and fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss

2015

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were called up for the friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago on March 27 and Costa Rica on March 31, 2015.
Caps and goals as of March 31, 2015 after the match against Costa Rica

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
GK Jaime Penedo September 26, 1981 103 0 United States LA Galaxy
GK Óscar McFarlane November 29, 1980 37 0 Costa Rica Pérez Zeledón
DF Román Torres March 20, 1986 88 6 Colombia Millonarios
DF Luis Henríquez November 23, 1981 75 3 Poland Lech Poznań
DF Harold Cummings March 1, 1992 31 0 Colombia Santa Fe
DF Adolfo Machado February 14, 1985 20 1 Costa Rica Saprissa
DF Erick Davis March 31, 1991 17 0 Panama Sporting San Miguelito
DF Chin Hormechea May 12, 1996 1 0 Panama Árabe Unido
MF Gabriel Gómez May 29, 1984 108 10 Costa Rica Herediano
MF Armando Cooper November 26, 1987 52 3 Germany St. Pauli
MF Alberto Quintero December 18, 1987 52 3 Mexico BUAP
MF Aníbal Godoy February 10, 1990 47 1 Hungary Honvéd
MF Rolando Escobar October 24, 1981 38 1 Venezuela Deportivo Anzoátegui
MF Ricardo Buitrago March 10, 1985 17 3 Panama Plaza Amador
MF Miguel Camargo September 5, 1993 3 0 El Salvador Águila
FW Blas Pérez March 13, 1981 91 37 United States FC Dallas
FW Luis Tejada March 28, 1982 80 38 Peru Juan Aurich
FW Rolando Blackburn January 9, 1990 13 3 Guatemala Comunicaciones
FW Roberto Nurse December 16, 1983 10 2 Mexico Sinaloa
FW Jorman Aguilar September 11, 1994 1 0 Panama Independiente

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Luis Mejía March 16, 1991 11 0 Uruguay Fénix v.  Trinidad and Tobago, March 27, 2015
GK José Calderón August 14, 1985 10 0 Guatemala Coatepeque v.  United States, February 8, 2015
GK Álex Rodríguez August 5, 1990 2 0 Panama Sporting San Miguelito v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
GK Kevin Melgar November 19, 1992 3 0 Panama Tauro v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
GK Aimar Alvarado April 26, 1990 0 0 Panama Plaza Amador v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
GK Adán Córdoba October 31, 1994 0 0 Panama Río Abajo v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
GK Eddie Roberts May 24, 1994 0 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
DF Leonel Parris June 13, 1982 24 0 Panama Tauro v.  United States, February 8, 2015
DF Luis Ovalle September 7, 1988 4 0 Venezuela Zamora v.  United States, February 8, 2015
DF Fidel Escobar January 9, 1995 1 0 Panama Sporting San Miguelito v.  United States, February 8, 2015
DF Michael Murillo February 15, 1996 0 0 Panama San Francisco v.  United States, February 8, 2015
DF Carlos Rodríguez April 12, 1990 25 1 Colombia Fortaleza v.  Canada, November 18, 2014
DF Roderick Miller April 3, 1992 7 0 Mexico Mérida v.  Canada, November 18, 2014
DF Roberto Chen May 24, 1994 10 1 Spain Málaga 2014 Copa Centroamericana
DF Angel Patrick February 27, 1992 1 0 Panama Árabe Unido 2014 Copa Centroamericana
DF Richard Peralta September 20, 1993 1 0 Panama Alianza 2014 Copa Centroamericana
DF Richard Dixon March 28, 1992 3 0 Panama Chorrillo v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
DF Porfirio Ávila January 19, 1990 1 0 Panama Chepo v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
DF Joshua Hawkins January 1, 1982 1 0 Panama Plaza Amador v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
DF Tomás Milville February 29, 1996 1 0 Panama Río Abajo v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
DF Nahil Carroll September 9, 1983 7 0 Panama Tauro v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
DF Algish Dixon December 3, 1992 0 0 Panama Tauro v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
DF Luis Fraiz June 13, 1993 0 0 Italy Frosinone v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
DF Felipe Baloy February 24, 1981 81 2 Mexico Morelia v.  Brazil, June 3, 2014
MF Marcos Sánchez December 23, 1989 33 2 Venezuela Portuguesa v.  United States, February 8, 2015
MF Yairo Yau September 7, 1989 9 0 Panama Sporting San Miguelito v.  United States, February 8, 2015
MF Ismael Díaz May 12, 1997 2 1 Panama Tauro v.  United States, February 8, 2015
MF Héctor Murillo September 13, 1992 2 0 Panama Tauro v.  United States, February 8, 2015
MF Luís Pereira March 27, 1996 1 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  United States, February 8, 2015
MF Jhamal Rodríguez January 28, 1995 0 0 Panama Chorrillo v.  United States, February 8, 2015
MF Francisco Narbón February 11, 1995 2 0 United States James Madison University v.  Canada, November 18, 2014
MF Darwin Pinzón April 2, 1994 4 2 Panama Sporting San Miguelito v.  Mexico, October 12, 2014
MF Amílcar Henríquez August 2, 1983 68 1 Colombia Real Cartagena 2014 Copa Centroamericana
MF Juan de Gracia April 21, 1990 6 1 Panama Independiente v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
MF Gabriel Chiari January 29, 1992 1 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
MF Pedro Jeanine September 4, 1993 1 0 Panama San Francisco v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
MF Josiel Núñez January 29, 1993 1 0 Panama Plaza Amador v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
MF Adonis Villanueva April 3, 1993 1 0 Panama Chepo v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
MF Romeesh Ivey July 14, 1984 0 0 Panama Alianza v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
MF Édgar Murillo October 17, 1993 0 0 Panama Tauro v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
MF Richard Rodríguez December 25, 1995 0 0 Panama San Francisco v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
MF Justin Simons September 19, 1997 0 0 Panama San Francisco v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
MF Nelson Barahona November 22, 1987 46 4 Panama San Francisco v.  Brazil, June 3, 2014
MF Jairo Jiménez January 7, 1993 13 1 Spain Elche Ilicitano v.  Brazil, June 3, 2014
FW Gabriel Torres October 31, 1988 50 9 United States Colorado Rapids v.  United States, February 8, 2015
FW Alfredo Stephens December 25, 1994 4 0 Panama Chorrillo v.  United States, February 8, 2015
FW Nicolás Muñoz December 21, 1981 12 3 El Salvador Águila v.  Canada, November 18, 2014
FW Abdiel Arroyo December 13, 1993 1 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
FW Joel Bárcenas October 23, 1993 1 0 Panama Árabe Unido v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
FW Ameth Ramírez October 2, 1993 0 0 Panama Plaza Amador v.  Peru, August 6, 2014
FW Armando Polo April 2, 1990 1 0 Guatemala Coatepeque v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
FW Kenneth Chase May 19, 1993 0 0 Panama Chepo v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
FW Miguel Saavedra December 4, 1991 0 0 Panama Atlético Chiriquí v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE
FW Carlos Small March 13, 1995 0 0 Panama Sporting San Miguelito v.  Peru, August 6, 2014 PRE

INJ Withdrew due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Retired from international football.

Most capped players

As of 28 March 2015, the players with the most appearances for Panama are:

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Gabriel Gómez 2003–present 108 10
2 Jaime Penedo 2003–present 103 0
3 Blas Pérez 2001–present 91 37
= Román Torres 2005–present 88 6
5 José Anthony Torres 2000–2010 85 0
6 Felipe Baloy 2001–present 81 2
7 Luis Tejada 2001–present 80 38
8 Luis Ernesto Tapia 1963–1979 77 27
9 Luis Henríquez 2003–present 75 3
10 Ricardo Phillips 1997–2009 73 9

Bold denotes still active players.

Top goalscorers

As of 28 March 2015, the players with the most goals for Panama are:

# Name Career Goals Caps
1 Luis Tejada 2001–present 37 79
2 Blas Pérez 2001–present 36 90
3 Luis Ernesto Tapia 1963–1979 27 77
4 Julio Dely Valdés 1990–2005 22 32
5 Roberto Brown 2000–2011 20 60
6 Víctor René Mendieta 1980–2000 16 ?
7 José Luis Garcés 2000–2009 15 ?
8 Jorge Dely Valdés 1992–2005 13 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)
  • Chile 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Barrie Courtney. "Panama - International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "USA Saves Mexico From World Cup Elimination In The Most Unbelievable Night In North American Soccer History". Business Insider. 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-16.

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