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]

Nicknames

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

Home stadium

Estadio Rommel Fernández in September 2021

Panama plays their home matches on the Estadio Rommel Fernández.

2023

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

Panama  v  Colombia

17 June Friendly	Panama	0–2	Colombia	Panama City, Panama
18:00 UTC−5			Usme 34' Montoya 87'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández

Colombia  v  Panama

21 June Friendly	Colombia	1–1	Panama	Cali, Colombia
19:30 UTC−5	Usme 17'		Riley 52'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero

Gibraltar  v  Panama

26 June Friendly	Gibraltar	0–7	Panama	Gibraltar
19:00 (CET)				Stadium: Victoria Stadium

Spain  v  Panama

29 June Friendly	Spain	7–0	Panama	Avilés, Spain
				Stadium: Ramón Suárez Puerta

Japan  v  Panama

14 July MS & AD Cup	Japan	5–0	Panama	Sendai, Japan
19:05 UTC+9		Source		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai

Brazil  v  Panama

24 July 2023 FIFA WC	Brazil	4–0	Panama	Adelaide, Australia
	Borges 19', 39', 70' Zaneratto 48'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 13,142 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Panama  v  Jamaica

29 July 2023 FIFA WC	Panama	0–1	Jamaica	Perth, Australia
		Report	A. Swaby 56'	Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 15,987 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

Panama  v  France

2 August 2023 FIFA WC	Panama	3–6	France	Sydney, Australia
	Cox 2' Pinzón 64' (pen.) L. Cedeño 87'	Report	Lakrar 21' Diani 28', 37' (pen.), 52' (pen.) Le Garrec 45+5' Bècho 90+10'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 40,498 Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

Guatemala  v  Panama

20 September 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification	Guatemala	0–3	Panama	Antigua
20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)		Report	Tanner 35' Cox 74' Montenegro 82'	Stadium: Estadio Pensativo Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)

Panama  v  Guatemala

24 September 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification	Panama	2–3	Guatemala	Penonomé
19:00 (18:00 UTC−5)	Castillo 38' Tanner 40'	Report	Monterroso 17' Martínez 67', 90'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

Panama  v  Jamaica

25 October 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification	Panama	2–1	Jamaica	Panama City, Panama
	Keene 44' (o.g.) Cedeño 84'	Report	Walker 21'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)

Jamaica  v  Panama

29 November 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification

Jamaica

1–1

Panama

TBD, Jamaica

2024

Panama  v  Colombia

21 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Panama	v	Colombia	San Diego, United States
				Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

Haiti /Puerto Rico  v  Panama

24 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Haiti /Puerto Rico	v	Panama	San Diego, United States
				Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

Brazil  v  Panama

27 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Brazil	v	Panama	San Diego, United States
				Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

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

Current coaching staff

As of 23 May 2021^[19]

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

Manager history

• Ignacio Quintana^[19] (2020–)

Current squad

• The following players were named to the squad to play the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification game against Jamaica on 29 November 2023.^[20]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Valeska Domínguez	(1999-06-13) 13 June 1999			Mario Méndez
12	1GK	Yenith Bailey	(2001-03-29) 29 March 2001	13	0	Tauro
22	1GK	Farissa Córdoba	(1989-06-30)30 June 1989 (aged 34)	4	0	Sporting San Miguelito
2	2DF	Hilary Jaén	(2002-08-29) 29 August 2002	15	0	Jones County Bobcats
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	Sporting San Miguelito
6	2DF	Yerenis De León	(1995-02-23) 23 February 1995			Atlético Nacional
15	2DF	Rosario Vargas	(2002-08-09) 9 August 2002	5	0	Monte Soccer Féminas
16	2DF	Rebeca Espinosa	(1992-07-05) 5 July 1992	9	0	Sporting San Miguelito
21	2DF	Nicole De Obaldía	(2000-03-16) 16 March 2000	7	0	Pérez Zeledón
23	2DF	Carina Baltrip-Reyes	(1998-07-01) 1 July 1998	11	1	Lazio
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
13	3MF	Riley Tanner	(1999-10-15) 15 October 1999	7	3	Washington Spirit
17	3MF	Kenia Rangel	(1995-08-06) 6 August 1995			Alajuelense
18	3MF	Erika Hernández	(1999-03-17) 17 March 1999	1	0	Sporting San Miguelito
20	3MF	Aldrith Quintero	(2002-01-01) 1 January 2002	7	1	Fleury
7	4FW	Sherline King	(2006-03-03) 3 March 2006			Tauro
9	4FW	Ana Quintero	(2004-08-14) 14 August 2004	0	0	Sporting San Miguelito
14	4FW	Carmen Montenegro	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000	3	0	Sporting San Miguelito
19	4FW	Katherine Parris	(2003-02-02) 2 February 2003			University of Maryland

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	Nadia Ducreux	(1992-01-26) 26 January 1992	1	0	Sporting San Miguelito	v. Dominican Republic, 6 April 2023
GK	Stephani Vargas	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999	1	0	Plaza Amador	v. Dominican Republic, 6 April 2023
GK	Sasha Fábrega	(1990-10-23) 23 October 1990	3	0	Independiente La Chorrera	v.  Guatemala, 24 September 2023
DF	Adriana García	(2000-10-18) 18 October 2000				v.  Guatemala, 24 September 2023
DF	Dayane Madrid	(2006-10-30) 30 October 2006	0	0	Tauro	v.  Jamaica, 25 October 2023
DF	Izaura Tryhane	(2003-10-18) 18 October 2003			Chorrillo FC	v.  Jamaica, 25 October 2023
MF	Deysiré Salazar	(2004-05-04) 4 May 2004	18	1	Tauro	v.  Jamaica, 29 November 2023 PRE
MF	Meredith Rosas	(2005-01-15) 15 January 2005	0	0	Sporting San Miguelito	v.  Colombia, 21 June 2023
MF	Laurie Batista	(1996-05-29) 29 May 1996	10	0	Tauro	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
MF	Mickeylis Gutiérrez	(2002-09-03) 3 September 2002			Tauro	v.  Guatemala, 24 September 2023
MF	Emily Cedeño	(2003-11-22) 22 November 2003	4	0	Tauro	v.  Guatemala, 24 September 2023
FW	Gianna Hall	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999	0	0	Stockton Cargo SC	v.  Colombia, 21 June 2023
FW	Karla Riley	(1997-09-18) 18 September 1997	10	4	Sporting San José	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
FW	Gabriela Villagrand	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999	6	3	Unattached	v.  Guatemala, 24 September 2023
FW	Lineth Cedeño	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000	14	8	Al Hilal	v.  Jamaica, 25 October 2023

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
2011	Did not enter
2015	Did not qualify
2019
2023	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	11
Total	1/9	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										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

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

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

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

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.