Panama national football team

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Panama

Nickname

La Marea Roja "The Red Tide"

Association

Federación Panameña
de Fútbol

Head coach

Alexandre Guimaraes

Most caps

Top scorer

FIFA code

PAN

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

59 (July 2006)

Lowest FIFA ranking

150 (August 1995)

Elo ranking





Home kit





Away kit

First international

Panama 2 - 2 Mexico

(Cali, Colombia; July 28, 1937)

Largest win

Panama 12 - 0 Puerto Rico

(Barranquilla, Colombia; December 13, 1946)

Worst defeat

Panama 0 - 11 Costa Rica

(Panama City, Panama; February 16, 1938)

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Appearances

2 (First in 1993)

Best result

Second place, 2005

The Panama national football team is the national team of Panama and is controlled by the Federación Panameña de Fútbol. It has never qualified for the World Cup.

After being among the minnows of CONCACAF for decades, Panama is currently undergoing a resurgance. It made a surprising trip to the final round of regional qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and then turned heads by making the final game of the 2005 Gold Cup.

1 World Cup record
2 Gold Cup record
3 Continental titles
4 Panama Gold Cup 2005 squad
5 Panama current squad
6 Selected former players
7 Tournament history
8 2006 Qualification for Germany

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
1978 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Gold Cup record

1991 - Did not qualify
1993 - Round 1
1996 - Did not qualify
1998 - Did not qualify
2000 - Did not enter
2002 - Did not qualify
2003 - Did not qualify
2005 - Second place

[edit] Continental titles

CCCF Champions: 1951

[edit] Panama Gold Cup 2005 squad

Goalkeepers 1. Jaime Penedo 12. Donaldo Gonzalez 22. Jos Calderon Defenders 2. Carlos Rivera 3. Luis Moreno 4. Mario José "Chalate" Anthony Torres 5. Felipe Abdiel Baloy Ramirez 13. Roman Torres 16. Ubaldo Gustavo "Tito" Guardia 17. Luis Alfonso Henriquez

Midfielders 6. Gabriel "Gavilan" Gomez 8. Luis Alberto "Satu" Blanco 10.

[edit] Panama current squad

As of the previous 4 games

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Oscar McFarlane	29 November 1980	-	-	Tauro FC
12	GK	Donaldo Gonzalez	27 November 1971	-	-	Atletico Veraguense
2	DF	Carlos Rivera	30 May 1979	-	-	San Fracisco FC
17	DF	Luis Henríquez	23 November 1981	-	-	Tauro FC
16	DF	Ubaldo Guardia	6 August 1977	-	-	Tauro FC
4	DF	José Anthony Torres	27 August 1972	-	-	CD Victoria (Hon)
23	DF	Felipe Baloy (c)	24 February 1981	-	-	CF Monterrey (Mex)
	DF	Joel Solanilla	24 December 1983	-	-	Plaza Amador
	DF	Armando Gun	17 January 1986	-	-	LD Alajuelense (Crc)
3	DF	Luis Moreno	19 March 1981	-	-	Tauro FC
5	DF	Román Torres	20 March 1986	-	-	Cortuluá (Col)
15	MF	Ricardo Phillips	1 January 1976	-	-	San Fracisco FC
14	MF	Manuel Torres	25 November 1978	-	-	San Fracisco FC
7	MF	Reggie Arosemena	10 September 1986	-	-	Tauro FC
10	MF	Julio Medina III	14 July 1976	-	-	Arabe Unido
6	MF	Gabriel Gómez	29 May 1984	-	-	Independiente Santa Fe (Col)
8	MF	Alberto Blanco	8 January 1978	-	-	Al Nasr (Ksa)
	MF	Juan Ramón Solís	14 June 1984	-	-	San Fracisco FC
13	MF	Amilcar Henríquez	2 August 1983	-	-	Arabe Unido
20	MF	Armando Cooper		-	-	Arabe Unido
11	MF	Víctor Herrera Piggott	18 April 1980	-	-	San Fracisco FC
	FW	Jose Luis Garces	6 May 1981	-	-	Nacional de Montevideo (Uru)
9	FW	Gabriel Torres	31 October 1988	-	-	San Fracisco FC
18	FW	Luis Tejada	28 March 1982	-	-	Plaza Amador
	FW	Blas Perez	13 March 1981	-	-	Cucuta Deportivo (Col)
19	FW	Anel Canales	15 March 1978	-	-	Alianza FC (Slv)

[edit] Selected former players

[edit] Tournament history

Panama's national team entered their first FIFA World Cup preliminary competition ahead of Argentina '78. They have competed regularly ever since, but never come close to qualifying for the finals. In the 2002 preliminaries, they scored early wins over Nicaragua, Honduras and Jamaica but were defeated by stronger opposition from Mexico, Canada and Trinidad and Tobago.

[edit] 2006 Qualification for Germany

During the 2006 qualifiers they crushed St. Lucia 4-0 in Panama City on June 13, 2004 and then when on to win 3-0 in the second leg securing a place in Round 2 of qualifying. In Group 1 with the USA, Jamiaca, and El Salvador, they perfromed well and advanced to the final stage of qualifying after ending in second with 8 points, one point ahead of Jamiaca. During the 2005 Gold Cup they surprised everyone by beating Colombia 1-0 in the their opening match in the Group stage and earning a tie with Trinidad & Tobago - thus earning them a place in the quarterfinals against South Africa where they won in penalties. During the semifinals Panama "La Marea Roja" clipped Colombia 3-2 and lost respectively against the USA in the final on penalties after a scoreless draw. With the final phase of qualfying underway, there were high hopes for the Panamian squad under Jose ‘Che Che’ Hernandez. Even with the likes Ricardo Phillips, Jorge Luis Dely Valdes, Felipe Baloy, Luis Tejada and Jaime Penedo, the talented Panamanians were unable to turn things round at the end as they were eliminated from the running for Germany 2006 with two games still to go.