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Panama
Nickname(s)	Las Canaleras (The Canal Girls)
Association	Federación Panameña de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Toña Is
Most caps	Raiza Gutiérrez
Home stadium	Estadio Rommel Fernández
FIFA code	PAN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	57 3 (13 December 2024)
Highest	52 (March – June 2023)
Lowest	70 (September 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)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2023)
Best result	Group stage (2023)
CONCACAF Women's Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2002)
Best result	Fourth place (2018)

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]

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

Panama plays their home matches on the Estadio Rommel Fernández.

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.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2023

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	Rangel 15' Jaen 60'			Stadium: Estadio Universitario (Panamá)

21 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Panama	0–6	Colombia	San Diego, United States
		Report	Pavi 26', 34' Usme 36' Vanegas 72' Caicedo 84' Salazar 89'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

24 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Puerto Rico	2–1	Panama	San Diego, United States
	Cox 73' Marcano 90+3'		Mills 27'	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	Garcia 23' Viso 60'	Report		Stadium: Brígido Iriarte Stadium

8 April Friendly	Venezuela	3–0	Panama	Caracas, Venezuela
	Romero 40' Viso 47', 54'			Stadium: Brígido Iriarte Stadium

11 July Friendly	Nicaragua	2–0	Panama	Managua, Nicaragua
19:00 UTC−6	Humphreys 45+2' Aguilar 90'	Report		Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium

14 July Friendly	Nicaragua	0–0	Panama	Diriamba, Nicaragua
20:00				Stadium: Estadio Cacique Diriangén

27 October Friendly	Costa Rica	0–1	Panama	Alajuela,Costa Rica
15:00		Report	González 67'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

30 October Friendly	Costa Rica	0–2	Panama	Alajuela,Costa Rica
11:00		Report	Cox 24' Gil 72'	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo FCRF Referee: Steven Madrigal (Costa Rica)

27 November Friendly	Costa Rica	1–2	Panama	Cancún, Mexico
	Salas 59' (pen.)	Report	King 50' Quintero 53'	Stadium: Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo Referee: Janeishka Caban (Puerto Rico)

3 December Friendly	Mexico	1–1	Panama	Mérida, Mexico
20:00	Pérez 24'		Espino 29' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Iturralde

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 10 October 2024^[19]

Technical Corps

Position	Name	Ref
Head coach	Toña Is

Medical staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Doctor	Luis Sevillano
Physiotherapist	Lisbeth Vallecilla

Administrative

Position	Name	Ref.
Delegate	Pedro Núñez
Press Delegate	Adán De Gracia-Esmenjaud

Manager history

Ignacio Quintana^[20] (2020–2024)
Toña Is (2024-)

Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the official squad for the friendly match against Costa Rica and Mexico on 27 November and 3 December 2024.^[21]

Caps and goals updated as of xxxx after match xxxxxx

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	María Cervantes				Mario Méndez [es]
12	1GK	Yenith Bailey	(2001-03-29) 29 March 2001 (age 23)	13	0	Santa Fé FC
	1GK	Valeska Domínguez	(1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 25)			Mario Méndez [es]

3	2DF	Wendy Natis	(2001-08-19) 19 August 2001 (age 23)	8	0	Bahia
5	2DF	Katherine González	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 27)			Mario Méndez [es]
16	2DF	Rebeca Espinosa	(1992-07-05) 5 July 1992 (age 32)	9	0	UMECIT [es]
17	3MF	Mickeylis Gutiérrez	(2002-09-03) 3 September 2002 (age 22)			Santa Fé FC
4	2DF	Katherine Castillo	(1996-03-23) 23 March 1996 (age 28)	16	1	Deportivo Cali
20	2DF	Yulieth Araúz				Mario Méndez [es]
	2DF	Carina Baltrip-Reyes	(1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 26)	11	1	Lazio
	2DF	Rosario Vargas	(2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 (age 22)	5	0	Monte Soccer Féminas

14	3MF	Carmen Montenegro	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000 (age 24)			Panama City [es]
10	3MF	Marta Cox (captain)	(1997-07-20) 20 July 1997 (age 27)	19	9	Tijuana
11	3MF	Aaliyah Gil	(2004-07-18) 18 July 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Panama City [es]
	3MF	Yamileth Palacio	(2003-08-22) 22 August 2003 (age 21)			FC Samegrelo
7	3MF	Ericka Araúz	(2003-07-20) 20 July 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Mario Méndez [es]
	3MF	Karla Rivas				Santa Fé FC
18	4FW	Alison Onodera	(2008-08-03) 3 August 2008 (age 16)	0	0	Santa Fé FC
	3MF	Aldrith Quintero	(2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 (age 23)	7	1	Al-Hilal
13	3MF	Riley Tanner	(1999-10-15) 15 October 1999 (age 25)	7	3	Spokane Zephyr FC
	3MF	Sherline King	(2006-03-03) 3 March 2006 (age 18)			FPF

9	4FW	Milagro Roberts				Inter FC
	4FW	Ana Quintero	(2004-08-14) 14 August 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Sporting San Miguelito
19	4FW	Lineth Cedeño	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000 (age 24)			Unattached

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
GK	Mariam Sanjur				UMECIT [es]	v. Nicaragua, July 2024
GK	Farissa Córdoba	(1989-06-30)30 June 1989 (aged 34)	4	0	Sporting Cristal [es]	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup

DF	Hilary Jaén	(2002-08-29) 29 August 2002 (age 22)	15	0	Jones County Bobcats	v. Nicaragua, July 2024
DF	Anuvis Angulo	(2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 23)			Inter Panamá CF	v. Nicaragua, July 2024
DF	Sara Nieto	(2005-09-19) 19 September 2005 (age 19)			Inter Panamá CF	v. Nicaragua, July 2024
DF	Izaura Tryhane	(2003-10-18) 18 October 2003 (age 21)			Puerto Viejo FC [es]	v. Nicaragua, July 2024
DF	Claudia Dutary	(1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 27)			Mario Méndez [es]	v. Venezuela, 9 April 2024
DF	Mariana Molina				Mario Méndez [es]	v. Venezuela, 9 April 2024
DF	Ana Rodríguez	(2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22)			CIEX SA	v. Venezuela, 9 April 2024
DF	Yomira Pinzón	(1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 (age 28)	19	3	Sporting San Miguelito	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
DF	Nicole Cargill	(2004-11-28) 28 November 2004 (age 20)			Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
DF	Yerenis De León	(1995-02-23) 23 February 1995 (age 29)			Atlético Nacional	v. Colombia, 29 November 2023
DF	Elka Mojica	(2003-05-16) 16 May 2003 (age 21)			Mario Méndez [es]	v. Costa Rica, 30 October 2024

MF	Nicole De Obaldía	(2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 24)	7	0	FC Samegrelo	v. Nicaragua, July 2024
MF	Emily Cedeño	(2003-11-22) 22 November 2003 (age 21)	4	0	FPF	v. Nicaragua, July 2024
MF	Erika Hernández	(1999-03-17) 17 March 1999 (age 25)	1	0	UMECIT [es]	v. Nicaragua, July 2024
MF	Leydis Sánchez				Mario Méndez [es]	v. Venezuela, 9 April 2024
MF	Gloria Sáenz	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 22)			FC Chorrillo	v. Venezuela, 9 April 2024
MF	María Montenegro	(2000-09-17) 17 September 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Mario Méndez [es]	v. Venezuela, 9 April 2024
MF	Natalia Mills (captain)	(1993-03-22) 22 March 1993 (age 31)	12	0	Alajuelense	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
MF	Kenia Rangel	(1995-08-06) 6 August 1995 (age 29)			Alajuelense	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup {{nat fs r player\|no=6\|pos=MF\|name=Deysiré Salazar\|age= (2004-05-04) 4 May 2004 (age 20)\|caps=18\|goals=1\|club=Panama City [es]\|clubnat=PAN\|latest=v. Costa Rica, 30 October 2024}
MF	Schiandra González	(1995-07-04) 4 July 1995 (age 29)	11	0	Santa Fé FC	v. Costa Rica, 30 October 2024
MF	Laurie Batista	(1996-05-29) 29 May 1996 (age 28)	10	0	Chorrillo [es]	v. Costa Rica, 30 October 2024

FW	Karla Riley	(1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 (age 27)	10	4	FPF	v. Nicaragua, July 2024
FW	Gianna Hall	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Nevada Wolf Pack	v. Nicaragua, July 2024
FW	Yanixa Batista		0	0	Mario Méndez [es]	v. Venezuela, 9 April 2024
FW	Yarelis Palacio	(2003-08-22) 22 August 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Diriangén	v. Venezuela, 9 April 2024
FW	Katherine Parris	(2003-02-02) 2 February 2003 (age 21)			Maryland Terrapins	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
FW	Yeisy Fuentes				Diriangén	v. Costa Rica, 30 October 2024

Records

As of 16 March 2021

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps
1	Raiza Gutiérrez	20??–20??	??

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1999
2003	Did not qualify
2007	Did not qualify
2011	Did not enter
2015	Did not qualify
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	11
2027	To be determined
Total	1/10	3	0	0	3	3	11

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record									Qualifying record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not enter								1995 FIFA WWC
2000	Did not enter								1999 FIFA WWC
2004	Did not qualify								5	2	1	2	23	13
2008	Did not enter								Did not enter
2012
2016
2020	Did not qualify								5	2	0	3	7	21
2024	Did not qualify								7	5	0	2	28	4
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	9	1	7	58	38

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF Women's Championship

CONCACAF Women's Championship record								Qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter							Did not enter
1993
1994
1998
2000
2002	Group stage	3	1	0	2	5	16	4	2	0	2	8	12
2006	First round	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	5	0
2010	Did not enter							Did not enter
2014	Did not qualify							3	2	0	1	17	3
2018	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	7	14	3	2	0	1	11	5
2022	Group stage	3	1	0	2	1	4	3	1	0	2	1	4
Total	Fourth place	12	4	1	7	13	36	15	9	0	6	42	24

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF W Gold Cup

CONCACAF W Gold Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2024	Qualified
Total	1/1	0	0	0	0	0

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1999	Did not enter
2003	Did not enter
2007	Group stage	4	0	1	3	2	8
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Did not qualify
2019	Fifth place	4	0	1	3	3	10
Total	Fifth place	8	0	2	6	5	18