The Panama women's national football team is overseen by the

Federación Panameña de Fútbol The Panamanian Football Federation ( es, Federación Panameña de Fútbol), known as FEPAFUT, is the official governing body of football in Panama and is in charge of the Panama national football team. FEPAFUT was a founding member of CONCACAF ...

. After a 12 year absence, the team will return to the CONCACAF Women's Championship in 2018 after finishing second in UNCAF zone qualifying.

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

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and did not qualify for the knockout round. Panama once again qualified for the Women's Gold Cup in

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after winning their qualifying group. Panama lost their first round match 2–1 to

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and were eliminated.

2010s

Panama did not participate in the

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tournament as they did not enter Central American qualifying. In 2013 Panama participated in the

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for the first time. They went 1–0–1 and advanced to the semi-finals, where they lost to

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

. Panama would finish in fourth place after losing the third place match to

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. Panama finished second in their group in 2014 Central American Qualifying and did not qualify for the

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as only the group winner advanced. At the

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, Panama improved on their result from four ago by defeating

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on penalties to finish in third place. Panama secured one of the two spots available in Central American Qualifying for the

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, this marked their first time playing in the

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in 12 years. Panama was drawn into Group A, alongside the

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and

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. Panama opened the

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. 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

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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

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. After losing the third place match to

on penalties, Panama played against

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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.

2020s

Panama qualified for the

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and took part in the group stage, against its arch-rival and neighbour

, alongside regional powerhouse

and

. Panama suffered two defeats to Costa Rica and Canada, thus lost the chance to finish in top two, but by winning 1–0 over Trinidad and Tobago in the decisive third place match, Panama was able to qualify for the inter-confederation play-offs for the

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, where the quest for its potential World Cup debut continues.

Team image

Nicknames

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

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Girls)".

Home stadium

Panama plays their home matches on the

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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

2022

2023

Panama Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

;Technical Corps ;Medical body ;Administratvos

Manager history

* Ignacio Quintana (2020–)

Players

Current squad

:The following players were called-up for the matches against

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and

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on 17 and 20 February 2022. :Caps and goals accurate up to and including 16 March 2021.

Recent call ups

:The following players were called-up in the last 12 months. :''This list may be incomplete.''

Records

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

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on

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