Panama women's national football team

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]

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 but was eliminated from the qualification after losing 1–5 to the Argentines on aggregate.

Panama qualified for the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship and 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.[11] Panama was the final team to qualify and will join Group F along with France, Jamaica, and Brazil.[12]

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

Estadio Rommel Fernández in September 2021

Panama plays their home matches on the Estadio Rommel Fernández.

Chile  v  Panama

3 February Friendly	Chile	1–3	Panama	Santiago, Chile
17:00	Figueroa	Report	Riley Jaén Cox	Stadium: Juan Pinto Durán Sports Complex

Chile  v  Panama

5 February Friendly	Chile	4–0	Panama	Santiago, Chile
17:00	Figueroa Olivares Groff Hidalgo	Report		Stadium: Juan Pinto Durán Sports Complex

Papua New Guinea  v  Panama

19 February 2023 inter-confederation play-offs	Papua New Guinea	0–2	Panama	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report	Cox 12' Tanner 63'	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 746 Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Paraguay  v  Panama

23 February 2023 FIFA WWC qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)	Paraguay	0–1	Panama	Hamilton, New Zealand
		Report	Cedeño 75'	Stadium: Waikato Stadium

Panama  v  Dominican Republic

6 April Friendly	Panama	1–0	Dominican Republic	Panama City, Panama
20:00 UTC−5	Jaén 67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández

Panama  v  Dominican Republic

9 April Friendly	Panama	4–3	Dominican Republic	Panama City, Panama
	Cox 9' Cedeño 56' Hernandez 86' Riley 90+1'	Report	Kara 12' Asenjo 65' 79'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández

Japan  v  Panama

14 July MS&AD Cup[13]	Japan	v	Panama	Sendai, Japan
19:05 UTC+9				Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai

Brazil  v  Panama

24 July 2023 FIFA WC	Brazil	v	Panama	Adelaide, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium

Panama  v  Jamaica

29 July 2023 FIFA WC	Panama	v	Jamaica	Perth, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium

Panama  v  France

2 August 2023 FIFA WC	Panama	v	France	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium

• Next Games – FEPAFUT.com
• Panama: Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

As of 23 May 2021[14]

Technical Corps

Position	Name	Ref
Head coach	Ignacio Quintana
Assistant coach	Raiza Gutiérrez
Assistant coach	Tania Camposortega
Goalkeeping coach	Donaldo González
Physical coach	Gustavo Avendaño
Utility	Maycool Castañeda

Medical staff

Administrative

• Ignacio Quintana[14] (2020–)

The following players were called-up for the match against the Dominican Republic on 6 April 2023.[15]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sasha Fábrega	(1990-10-23) 23 October 1990	3	0	C.A.Independiente
12	1GK	Nadia Ducreux	(1992-01-26) 26 January 1992	1	0	Sporting
22	1GK	Stephani Vargas	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999	1	0	Plaza Amador
2	2DF	Hilary Jaén	(2002-08-29) 29 August 2002	15	0	South Alabama Jaguars
3	2DF	Wendy Natis	(2001-08-19) 19 August 2001	8	0	América de Cali
4	2DF	Katherine Castillo	(1996-03-23) 23 March 1996	16	1	Tauro
5	2DF	Yomira Pinzón	(1996-08-23) 23 August 1996	19	3	Saprissa
15	2DF	Rosario Vargas	(2002-08-09) 9 August 2002	5	0	Rayo Vallecano B
16	2DF	Rebeca Espinosa	(1992-07-05) 5 July 1992	9	0	Sporting
21	2DF	Nicole De Obaldía	(2000-03-16) 16 March 2000	7	0	Herediano
23	2DF	Carina Baltrip-Reyes	(1998-07-01) 1 July 1998	11	1	Marítimo
6	3MF	Deysiré Salazar	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000	18	1	Tauro
7	3MF	Emily Cedeño	(2003-11-22) 22 November 2003	4	0	Tauro
8	3MF	Schiandra González	(1995-07-04) 4 July 1995	11	0	Tauro
10	3MF	Marta Cox	(1997-07-20) 20 July 1997	19	9	Pachuca
11	3MF	Natalia Mills (captain)	(1993-03-22) 22 March 1993	12	0	Alajuelense
14	3MF	Laurie Batista	(1996-05-29) 29 May 1996	10	0	Tauro
18	3MF	Erika Hernández	(1999-03-17) 17 March 1999	1	0	Plaza Amador
20	3MF	Aldrith Quintero	(2002-01-01) 1 January 2002	7	1	Alhama
9	4FW	Karla Riley	(1997-09-18) 18 September 1997	10	4	Sporting
13	4FW	Riley Tanner	(1999-10-15) 15 October 1999	2	1	Washington Spirit
17	4FW	Gabriela Villagrand	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999	6	3	Unattached
19	4FW	Lineth Cedeño	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000	14	8	Unattached

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	Yenith Bailey	(2001-03-29) 29 March 2001	13	0		v. Paraguay, 23 February 2023
MF	Carmen Montenegro	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000	3	0	Universitario	v. Paraguay, 23 February 2023

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
2011	Did not enter
2015	Did not qualify
2019
2023	Qualified
Total	1/9	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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										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										To be determined
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		10	4	1	5	30	34

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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.

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

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2010	Did not enter
2014
2018
2022	To be determined
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Central American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2001	Did not enter
2013	Fourth place	4	1	0	3	8	13
2017	Bronze medal	5	1	2	2	8	10
2022	To be determined
Total	Bronze medal	9	2	2	5	16	23

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.