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Panama

National team · Panama

«Los Canaleros»

98 Matches
44 wins
25 draws
29 losses
154–125 Goals
+29 Difference
1.6 Scored per game
Form D 6 Jun · Home Bosnia & Herzegovina · 1:1 L 18 Jun · Away Ghana · 0:1 L 24 Jun · Home Croatia · 0:1 L 27 Jun · Home England · 0:2 D 25 Sep · Away India · 1:1 D 1 Oct · Home New Zealand · 1:1

Estadio Rommel Fernández sits in Panama City and reopened in its current form after a renovation completed in 2023–2024, work that trimmed the ground down to 23,000 seats and left it tighter and louder for a team that plays under the shadow of the canal running through the country's centre.

The federation behind the side, FEPAFUT, was founded in 1937 and joined FIFA the following year; the national team played its first official match on 12 February 1938, against Venezuela. Red is worn at home in tribute to the flag, white away, with a dark navy kit kept in reserve. The nickname Los Canaleros refers to the Panama Canal itself, and supporters filling the stands on matchdays are known as La Marea Roja, the red tide.

Costa Rica sharpens everything more than any other opponent, a fixture known on both sides of the border as the Clásico del Istmo.

No date matters more than 11 October 2017. A 2-1 win over Costa Rica that night sent Panama to a World Cup for the first time, and the government marked the occasion by declaring it a national holiday. Román Torres scored the goal that settled it; Felipe Baloy later scored the country's first-ever World Cup goal, in Russia. Panama has since qualified again, for the 2026 tournament.

Aníbal Godoy wears the captain's armband now, in a side still measured against Gabriel Gómez, whose 148 caps remain more than anyone else has played for Panama.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
5 Oct Kirin Cup Ecuador A
1 Oct Friendlies New Zealand H 1:1 D
25 Sep Friendlies India A 1:1 D
27 Jun World Cup England H 0:2 L
24 Jun World Cup Croatia H 0:1 L
18 Jun World Cup Ghana A 0:1 L

Standing

World Cup - Qualification CONCACAF

Group stage · Group A

# Team M W D L Goals Pts
1 Panama 6 3 3 0 9:4 12
2 Suriname 6 2 3 1 9:6 9
3 Guatemala 6 2 2 2 8:7 8
4 El Salvador 6 1 0 5 2:11 3
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Team statistics

matches counted in total: 98
98 Matches
44 wins
25 draws
29 losses
154–125 Goals
+29 Difference
1.6 Scored per game
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 98
44wins: 44 · 44% 25draws: 25 · 25% 29losses: 29 · 29%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
6 Jun · Home Bosnia & Herzegovina · 1:1
18 Jun · Away Ghana · 0:1
24 Jun · Home Croatia · 0:1
27 Jun · Home England · 0:2
25 Sep · Away India · 1:1
1 Oct · Home New Zealand · 1:1
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 98 43 55
Scored 154 76 78
Conceded 125 41 84
Scored per game 1.6 1.8 1.4
Conceded per game 1.3 1.0 1.5
Difference +29 +35 −6

Key players

by appearances over the last year
César Rodolfo Blackman Camarena Defender 5 Matches Cristian Jesús Martínez Midfielder 5 Matches Cesar Samudio Goalkeeper 5 Matches Éric Javier Davis Grajales Defender 5 Matches Ismael Díaz de León Forward 5 Matches Édgar Yoel Bárcenas Herrera Midfielder 5 Matches Jorge Abdiel Gutiérrez Cornejo Defender 5 Matches Roderick Alonso Miller Molina Defender 5 Matches

Squad of Panama

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
2 César Rodolfo Blackman Camarena Defender 5
6 Cristian Jesús Martínez Midfielder 5
12 Cesar Samudio Goalkeeper 5
15 Éric Javier Davis Grajales Defender 5
10 Ismael Díaz de León Forward 5
11 Édgar Yoel Bárcenas Herrera Midfielder 5
26 Jorge Abdiel Gutiérrez Cornejo Defender 5
25 Roderick Alonso Miller Molina Defender 5
22 Orlando Mosquera Goalkeeper 5
17 PA José Fajardo Forward 33 5
13 PA Jiovany Javier Ramos Díaz Defender 29 5
16 PA Andrés Alberto Andrade Cedeño Defender 27 5
3 PA José Ángel Córdoba Chambers Defender 25 5
7 José Luis Rodríguez Francis Midfielder 5
21 César Augusto Yanis Velasco Forward 5
18 PA Cecilio Waterman Forward 35 5
23 Amir Murillo Defender 5
14 Carlos Harvey Midfielder 5
4 F. Escobar Defender 4
24 PA Azarías Emmanuel Londoño González Forward 25 4
20 PA Aníbal Casis Godoy Lemus Midfielder 36 4
1 PA Luis Mejía Goalkeeper 35 4
9 PA Tomás Abdiel Rodríguez Mena Forward 27 4
19 PA Alberto Abdiel Quintero Medina Forward 38 4
5 PA Edgardo Isaac Fariña Wynter Defender 24 4
8 Adalberto Carrasquilla Midfielder 4
37 PA Kadi Barria Forward 19 2
1 J.J. Gunn Goalkeeper 1
6 PA Víctor Alfredo Griffith Mullins Midfielder 25 1
4 M. Kruk Defender 1

Fixtures of Panama

Honours of Panama

  • UNCAF Nations Cup 2009 1
  • CCCF Championship 1951 1
  • CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005, 2013, 2023 3
  • UNCAF Nations Cup 2007, 2017 2
  • CONCACAF Nations League 2025 1
  • UNCAF Nations Cup 1993, 2011, 2014 3
  • CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011, 2015 2
  • CCCF Championship 1948 1

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