Panama National Football team represents Panama in the international football competitions and is handled by Panamanian Football Federation. The Panamanian football team is also known by the nicknames Los Canaleros (The Canal Men) and La Marea Roja (The Red Tide). The home ground of the team is Estadio Rommel Fernández.
Panama has qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2018 for the first time in the world cup history. The team stood third in the CONCACAF qualification. Besides, Panama has participated in eight CONCACAF Championships and is the winner of 1963. Moreover, the team was placed runner-up in 2005 and 2013. The team is currently ranked 49 in the FIFA ranking and their best ever ranking is 29. The lowest ranking ever was 150 in August 1995.
The highest capped player on the team is Gabriel Gómez with 140 caps and Luis Tejada stands top of the highest scoring player with 43 goals. The team is currently managed by Hernán Darío Gómez and Felipe Baloy is the captain.
List of players with most possible chance to be included in the final squad of the Panama Team for the FIFA World Cup 2018.
Goalkeepers
Jaime Penedo
José Calderón
Álex Rodríguez
Defenders
Román Torres
Felipe Baloy
Adolfo Machado
Erick Davis
Luis Ovalle
Fidel Escobar
Michael Murillo
Jan Carlos Vargas
Roberto Chen
Harold Cummings
Roderick Miller
Ángel Patrick
Midfielders
Gabriel Gómez
Armando Cooper
Alberto Quintero
Aníbal Godoy
Édgar Bárcenas
Ricardo Buitrago
José González
Valentín Pimentel
Miguel Camargo
Josiel Núñez
Forwards
Blas Pérez
Gabriel Torres
Luis Tejada
Roberto Nurse
Abdiel Arroyo
Rolando Blackburn
Ismael Díaz
