Panama at the FIFA World Cup

For the women's team, see Panama at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Panama national team at the 2018 World Cup in Russia

Panama has qualified once for the FIFA World Cup, the 2018 edition. They directly qualified after securing the third spot in the hexagonal on the final round. This meant that after 10 failed qualification campaigns, Panama appeared at the World Cup for the first time in their history. ^[1]

Overall record

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Not a FIFA member										Not a FIFA member
1934
1938	Did not enter										Declined participation
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978	Did not qualify										6	1	1	4	7	21
1982											8	0	1	7	3	24
1986											2	0	0	2	0	4
1990											2	0	1	1	1	3
1994											2	1	0	1	2	5
1998											8	3	2	3	14	13
2002											10	3	1	6	9	19
2006											18	4	4	10	19	32
2010											2	1	0	1	2	3
2014											20	8	7	5	31	18
2018	Group stage	32nd	3	0	0	3	2	11	Squad		16	6	5	5	16	15
2022	Did not qualify										20	11	4	5	38	21
2026	Qualified										10	7	3	0	19	5
2030	To be determined										To be determined
2034
Total	Group stage	1/20	3	0	0	3	2	11	—		124	45	29	50	161	183

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Russia 2018

Further information: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup

Following a 2–1 home win over Costa Rica in the final round of the hexagonal, Panama secured their spot in Russia 2018, finishing third in the CONCACAF qualification. ^{[2] [3]}

Group stage

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Panama	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Belgium	3–0	Panama
Mertens 47' Lukaku 69', 75'	Report

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 43,257 ^[4]

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

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24 June 2018 (2018-06-24)

15:00 MSK (UTC+3)

England	6–1	Panama
Stones 8', 40' Kane 22' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.), 62' Lingard 36'	Report	Baloy 78'

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 43,319 ^[5]

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

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28 June 2018 (2018-06-28)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Panama	1–2	Tunisia
Meriah 33' (o.g.)	Report	F. Ben Youssef 51' Khazri 66'

Mordovia Arena, Saransk

Attendance: 37,168 ^[6]

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Record players

Román Torres captained Panama in all three matches at the FIFA World Cup 2018.

Seven players were fielded in all three of Panama FIFA World Cup matches in 2018, making them record World Cup players for their country.

Rank	Player	Matches
1	Édgar Bárcenas	3
	Fidel Escobar	3
	Aníbal Godoy	3
	Gabriel Gómez	3
	Jaime Penedo	3
	José Luis Rodríguez	3
	Román Torres	3

Top goalscorers

At a score of 6–0 in favour of England at the 2018 World Cup, Felipe Baloy scored after a long free kick by Ricardo Avila for Panama's first World Cup goal. In the following match against Tunisia, Panama scored through an own goal by Tunisian defender Yassine Meriah.

Rank	Player	Goals	World Cups
1	Felipe Baloy	1	2018

See also

• North, Central American and Caribbean nations at the FIFA World Cup
• Panama at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
• Panama at the Copa América

References

1. "The wildest night in CONCACAF history? How the U.S. exit played out". ESPN. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
2. "Phantom goal helps Panama beat Costa Rica, qualify for WC over U.S." ESPN. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
3. "Final-day drama leaves Panama smiling, USA despairing". FIFA.com. 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
4. "Match report – Group G – Belgium v Panama" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
5. "Match report – Group G – England v Panama" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
6. "Match report – Group G – Panama v Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

External links

• Panama at FIFA.com