Panama national under-17 football team
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The Panama U-17 men's national football team is the national under-17 football team of Panama and is controlled by the Federación Panameña de Fútbol. The highest level of competition in which the team may compete is in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.
| Nickname | La Rojita | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Federación Panameña de Fútbol | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
| Head coach |   Mike Stump | ||
| Captain | Juriel Nereida | ||
| FIFA code | PAN | ||
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| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2011) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2011) | ||
| CONCACAF Under-17 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1985) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (2013) | ||
UNCAF and CONCACAF U-17 Championship record
| UNCAF | CONCACAF | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 1983 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1985 | 4/5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | ||||||||
 1987 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | 3/4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||
 1992¹ | 3/4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||
 1994 | 4/4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||
| 1996 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | 2/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | / 1999 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 2000 | 3/4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | / 2001 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| / 2002 | 2/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |  / 2003 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| / 2004 | 2/3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |  / 2005 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2006 | 3/5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | / 2007 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| / 2008 | 2/7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2009 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| / 2010 | 2/3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2011 | 3/12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | Qualified as hosts | 2013 | 2/12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | ||||||
| / 2014 | 1/3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2015 | 7/12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 |
| 2016 | Qualified as hosts | 2017 | 5/12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| 2018 | Suspended | 2019 |
7/20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | ||||||
| 2022 | 4/4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2023 | 3/20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| Total | – | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 31 | Total | – | 45 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 71 | 87 |
1 Panama was invited after El Salvador declined its invitation.[1]
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
| FIFA U-17 World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pts |
 1985 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1987 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 1989 | |||||||||
 1991 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1993 | |||||||||
 1995 | |||||||||
 1997 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 1999 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2001 | |||||||||
 2003 | |||||||||
 2005 | |||||||||
 2007 | |||||||||
 2009 | |||||||||
| 2011 | Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
 2013 | Group stage | 20th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
 2015 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2017 | |||||||||
 2019 | |||||||||
 2023 | Group Stage | 19th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
 2025 | Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 4/20 | Round of 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 5 |
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
Current squad
The following 21 players were selected to play in the most recent fixtures of the 2026 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification.
Head coach: Felipe Baloy
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Isaías Abuabara | 26 October 2010 |  Celta | ||
| 12 | GK | Adamir Aparicio | 14 January 2009 | Plaza Amador | ||
| 16 | GK | Sebastián Sotelo | 7 March 2010 | Plaza Amador | ||
| 2 | DF | Cristian Ibarra | 16 May 2009 | Plaza Amador | ||
| 3 | DF | Stephen Domínguez | 19 January 2009 | Sporting San Miguelito | ||
| 4 | DF | Arián Reyes | 19 April 2009 | Indiana Fire | ||
| 11 | DF | Joseph Choy | 28 May 2009 | Academia Costa del Este | ||
| 13 | DF | Alberto Adams | 9 April 2009 | Plaza Amador | ||
| 17 | DF | Davis Wallace | 25 January 2010 | Sporting San Miguelito | ||
| 20 | DF | Gabriel Quiroz | 14 January 2009 | Tauro | ||
| 15 | DF | Emanuel Edwards | 31 July 2009 | C. A. Independiente | ||
| 5 | MF | Lucas Norte | 16 July 2009 | Plaza Amador | ||
| 6 | MF | Jossimar Insturain | 7 June 2009 | Tauro | ||
| 7 | MF | Alexander Tull | 20 May 2010 | C. A. Independiente | ||
| 14 | MF | Lucio Ceballos | 13 May 2009 | Sporting San Miguelito | ||
| 18 | MF | Oliver Pinzón | 14 January 2009 | Universidad Latina de Panamá | ||
| 21 | MF | Pablo Arosemena | 11 May 2009 | Ourense | ||
| 8 | MF | Alfredo Maduro | 18 March 2010 | Academia Costa del Este | ||
| 10 | FW | Estevis López | 22 October 2009 | Veraguas | ||
| 9 | FW | Ronaldo Matos | 30 May 2009 | Sporting San Miguelito | ||
| 19 | FW | Thiago Chalmers | 12 December 2009 | Plaza Amador | ||
Fixtures and results
Referee: Victor Rivas ( United States)
Referee: Reginald Gumbs ( St. Kitts and Nevis)
Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)
Referee: Joseph Dickerson ( United States)
Referee: Jose Fuentes (Guatemala)
Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)
Honours
- CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
- Runners-up (1): 2013