Panama national under-20 football team

Panama U-20
Nickname(s)	La Marea Roja (The Red Tide) ; Los Canaleros (The Canal Men)
Association	Federación Panameña de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	UNCAF (Central America)
Head coach	Jorge Dely Valdés
Home stadium	Estadio Rommel Fernández
FIFA code	PAN
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Brazil 7–1 Panama ; (Caracas, Venezuela; 23 March 1954)
Biggest win
	Belize 0–6 Panama ; (Panama City, Panama; 4 December 2000) ; Panama 6–0 Nicaragua ; (Panama City, Panama; 8 July 2016)
Biggest defeat
	Paraguay 9–1 Panama ; (Caracas, Venezuela; 26 March 1954)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 2003)
Best result	Round of 16 (2019)
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances	12 (first in 1962)
Best result	Runners-up (2015)
UNCAF U-19 Tournament
Appearances	3 (first in 2018)
Best result	Runners-up (2018, 2024)
Medal record
Men's football
CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The Panama national under-20 football team (Spanish: Selección nacional sub-20 de Panamá) represents Panama in international youth competitions, it is also managed as the under-19 team for the regional UNCAF under-19 tournaments. The team has made seven FIFA U-20 World Cup appearances, with the most recent being the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosted in Chile. Their best result so far was reaching the round of 16 in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, hosted in Poland.

Competitive Record

Champions Runners-up Third place Tournament played on home soil

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	4
2005		3	0	0	3	2	8
2007		3	0	1	2	1	8
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	5
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	5
2017	Did not qualify
2019	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	4	8
2023	Did not qualify
2025	Group stage	3	0	1	2	4	6
2027	To be determined
Total	Round of 16	22	1	5	16	15	44

Recent results and fixtures

Excluding friendlies. Last updated: October 3 2025

2025

3 June 2025 (2025-06-03) 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament	Mali	1–2	Panama	Stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer
14:00	Samaké 89'	Report	Herrera 21' (pen.) Cuello 46'	Referee: Ermis Çelaj (Albania)

6 June 2025 (2025-06-06) 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament	Panama	1–2	Saudi Arabia	Parc des Sports, Avignon
14:00	Castillo 43'	Report	Al-Othman 35' Radif 58'	Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)

9 June 2025 (2025-06-09) 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament	Panama	1–2	France	Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
17:30	Herrera 34'	Report	Ngoura 16' Michal 36'	Referee: Yusuke Ohashi (Japan)

27 September 2025 (2025-09-27) 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Paraguay	3–2	Panama	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso
20:00	Maidana 42' González 62' Caballero 90+4'	Report	Krug 5' G. Herbert 76'	Attendance: 2,923 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

30 September 2025 (2025-09-30) 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Panama	1–1	Ukraine	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso
17:00	Herrera 36'	Report	Synchuk 6' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,471 Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

3 October 2025 (2025-10-03) 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Panama	1–2	South Korea	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso
17:00	Walder 52'	Report	Kim Hyun-min 24' Shin Min-ha 58'	Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

Current squad

A preliminary 24-player squad was announced on 1 September 2025.^[2] The final 21-player squad was announced on 22 September 2025.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ian Flores	(2005-03-20)20 March 2005 (aged 20)	San Francisco
2	2DF	Javier Arboleda	(2006-04-17)17 April 2006 (aged 19)	Independiente
3	2DF	Julio Rodríguez	(2005-03-09)9 March 2005 (aged 20)	Plaza Amador
4	2DF	Erick Díaz	(2006-03-04)4 March 2006 (aged 19)	Los Angeles FC
5	2DF	Ariel Arroyo	(2005-01-23)23 January 2005 (aged 20)	Árabe Unido
6	3MF	Luis Villarreal	(2005-08-25)25 August 2005 (aged 20)	Veraguas
7	3MF	Kairo Walters	(2005-04-30)30 April 2005 (aged 20)	Los Angeles FC
8	3MF	Anel Ryce	(2006-07-06)6 July 2006 (aged 19)	Chornomorets Odesa
9	4FW	Gustavo Herrera	(2005-11-18)18 November 2005 (aged 19)	Saprissa
10	3MF	Giovany Herbert	(2005-03-12)12 March 2005 (aged 20)	Athletico Paranaense
11	3MF	Ryan Gómez	(2006-01-04)4 January 2006 (aged 19)	Grêmio
12	1GK	Cecilio Burgess	(2005-10-21)21 October 2005 (aged 19)	UMECIT
13	2DF	Martín Krug	(2006-07-09)9 July 2006 (aged 19)	Levante
14	2DF	Juan Hall	(2006-03-09)9 March 2006 (aged 19)	Herrera
15	3MF	Joseph Jones	(2005-07-30)30 July 2005 (aged 20)	Plaza Amador
16	4FW	Kevin Walder	(2006-04-13)13 April 2006 (aged 19)	Plaza Amador
17	3MF	Ernesto Gómez	(2007-08-13)13 August 2007 (aged 18)	Universitario
18	4FW	Karlo Kurányi	(2005-09-27)27 September 2005 (aged 20)	SGV Freiberg
19	3MF	Rafael Mosquera	(2005-05-25)25 May 2005 (aged 20)	New York Red Bulls
20	2DF	Antony Herbert	(2005-03-12)12 March 2005 (aged 20)	Conquense
21	1GK	Sean Deane	(2005-04-14)14 April 2005 (aged 20)	Plaza Amador

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Emerson Dimas	(2001-08-10) 10 August 2001	3	0	Herrera	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
GK	Saúl Espinosa	(2002-04-18) 18 April 2002	0	0	Plaza Amador	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
GK	Jorginho Frías	(2001-03-21) 21 March 2001	0	0	Sporting San Miguelito	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022

DF	Eduardo Anderson	(2001-03-01) 1 March 2001	0	0	Alianza	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
DF	Luis Asprilla	(2001-05-28) 28 May 2001	0	0	Tauro	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
DF	Kevin Berkeley	Unknown	0	0	Coritiba	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
DF	José Córdoba	(2001-06-03) 3 June 2001	0	0	Levski Sofia	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
DF	Edgardo Fariña	Unknown	0	0	Independiente	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
DF	José Matos	(2002-03-08) 8 March 2002	0	0	CD Universitario	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
DF	Reyniel Perdomo	(2001-04-28) 28 April 2001	0	0	Alianza	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022

MF	Davis Contreras	(2001-12-09) 9 December 2001	0	0	Independiente	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
MF	Jamel González	(2001-02-28) 28 February 2001	0	0	CD Universitario	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
MF	Abdul Knight	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002	0	0	Plaza Amador	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
MF	Uziel Maltez	(2002-03-20) 20 March 2002	0	0	Independiente	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
MF	Víctor Medina	(2001-02-18) 18 February 2001	0	0	Deportivo Saprissa	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
MF	Martín Morán	(2001-08-30) 30 August 2001	0	0	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
MF	Yoameth Murillo	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001	0	0	Club del Este	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022

FW	Azarias Londoño	(2001-06-21) 21 June 2001	0	0	Alianza	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
FW	Jorge Méndez	(2001-04-06) 6 April 2001	9	0	Plaza Amador	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
FW	Ángel Orelien	(2001-04-02) 2 April 2001	8	3	Plaza Amador	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
FW	Ricardo Phillips	(2001-05-06) 6 May 2001	0	0	9 de Octubre	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022
FW	Carlos Rodríguez	(2001-05-17) 17 May 2001	0	0	Club del Este	2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, June 2022

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Panama's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	2	0	1	1	2	8	−6	000.00
Austria	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
Burkina Faso	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
China	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
France	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Ghana	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Mali	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
North Korea	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Slovakia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
South Korea	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Turkey	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	000.00
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total	22	1	5	16	15	44	−29	004.55

Historical list of coaches

2002–2004 Gary Stempel
2004–2005 Victor René Mendieta
2006–2007 Julio Dely Valdés
2008–2009 Cristóbal Maldonado
2010–2011 Jorge Dely Valdés
2011–2013 José Alfredo Poyatos
2013 (interim) Juan Carlos Cubillas
2013–2014 Javier Wanchope
2014–2017 Leonardo Pipino
2017–2018 Nelson Gallego
2018–2019 Jorge Dely Valdés
2019–2020 Julio Dely Valdes
2020–2021 Saúl Maldonado
2021–2022 Ángel Sánchez Mazana
2022–present Jorge Dely Valdés

References

^ "Sub-20 inicia torneo de UNCAF con goleada – sobre Nicaragua". Retrieved 3 October 2025.
^ "Panamá Sub-20 sale a su campamento mundialista en Chile" [Panama U-20 team heads to World Cup camp in Chile] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 1 September 2025.
^ "Definida la Selección Sub-20 de Panamá para el Mundial Chile 2025" [Panama's U-20 team for the 2025 World Cup in Chile has been announced] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 22 September 2025.

External links

[1] "Sub-20 inicia torneo de UNCAF con goleada – sobre Nicaragua". Retrieved 3 October 2025.

[2] "Panamá Sub-20 sale a su campamento mundialista en Chile" [Panama U-20 team heads to World Cup camp in Chile] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 1 September 2025.

[3] "Definida la Selección Sub-20 de Panamá para el Mundial Chile 2025" [Panama's U-20 team for the 2025 World Cup in Chile has been announced] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 22 September 2025.

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National and regional football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
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Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Martin³ Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
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