Panama national football team
The Panamanian national football team is the national football team of the Central American country of Panama.
After she has counted over the years to the poorer teams in the CONCACAF continental federation, one could achieve considerable success in recent years. So far, it's the team not yet been able to qualify for a World Cup, but reached Panama in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, the final qualifying round. In the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the team reached most recently in 2005 the 2nd place, you had to admit defeat on penalties in the final USA.
As part of the qualification for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, the team met in the second round of CONCACAF zone on El Salvador. After the first leg ended 1-0 for Panama, the return game was lost with 1:3 and Panama was eliminated.
The team is in the official FIFA world rankings with the 38th rank currently their best ever placement (April 2013).
Tournaments
World cup
CONCACAF Championship
CONCACAF Nations Cup
In the years before World Championships, the tournament served as a World Cup qualifier.
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Copa Centroamericana Nations Cup
The UNCAF Nations Cup is the Central American Cup.
Central American Cup
The Central American Cup is the successor to the Copa Centroamericana Nations Cup.
- 2011 - 3rd place.
- 2013 - 5th place.
Known player
- Julio César Dely Valdés
- Jorge Dely Valdés
- Rommel Fernandez
Well-known former coach
- Alexandre Guimaraes