# Panama at the Copa América

The Copa América is South America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1967, the tournament was known as South American Championship. It is the oldest continental championship in the world.
Panama are not members of the South American football confederation CONMEBOL. But because CONMEBOL only has ten member associations, guest nations have regularly been invited since 1993.

## Record at the Copa América

Copa América record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 1993$^1$ | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 1995 | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 1997 | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 1999 | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 2001 | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 2004 | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 2007 | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 2011 | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 2015 | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 2016$^2$ | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2019 | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 2021 | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited | Not invited |
| 2024 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Total | Quarter-finals | 2/13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20 |
    $^1$ Ecuador 1993 was the first time nations from outside the CONMEBOL were invited.
    $^2$ United States 2016 was the first time nations from outside the CONMEBOL could qualify and host.

## Copa América Centenario
### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |

### Panama vs Bolivia

The two teams had met in four previous encounters, the latest being a friendly held at the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz, which Panama won 3–1. This match marked Panama's debut in Copa América, making them the third Central American country to appear at the tournament, after Costa Rica and Honduras.
| Panama | Bolivia |
| GK | 1 | Jaime Penedo |
| RB | 13 | Adolfo Machado | 79' |
| CB | 23 | Felipe Baloy (c) | 77' |
| CB | 3 | Harold Cummings | 53' | 63' |
| LB | 5 | Roderick Miller |
| RM | 11 | Armando Cooper | 68' | 74' |
| CM | 20 | Aníbal Godoy |
| CM | 6 | Gabriel Gómez |
| LM | 19 | Alberto Quintero |
| CF | 7 | Blas Pérez | 60' |
| CF | 8 | Gabriel Torres | | 56' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 10 | Luis Tejada | | 56' |
| DF | 17 | Luis Henríquez | | 63' |
| FW | 16 | Abdiel Arroyo | | 74' |
| Manager: ||
| Hernán Darío Gómez ||
| GK | 1 | Carlos Lampe (c) |
| CB | 21 | Ronald Eguino | | 46' |
| CB | 5 | Nelson Cabrera |
| CB | 22 | Edward Zenteno |
| RM | 4 | Diego Bejarano |
| CM | 20 | Fernando Saucedo | | 46' |
| CM | 15 | Pedro Azogue | 77' |
| LM | 17 | Marvin Bejarano |
| RW | 8 | Martin Smedberg-Dalence |
| CF | 9 | Yasmani Duk | | 87' |
| LW | 7 | Juan Carlos Arce | 17' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 10 | Jhasmani Campos | | 46' |
| MF | 13 | Alejandro Meleán | | 46' |
| FW | 18 | Rodrigo Ramallo | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Julio César Baldivieso ||
* Man of the Match:
* Blas Pérez (Panama)
* Assistant referees:
* Octavio Jara (Costa Rica)
* Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica)
* Fourth official:
* Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)
* Fifth official:
* Peter Manikowski (United States)

### Argentina vs Panama

The two teams had met in just one previous occasion, a friendly match held at the Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López in 2011, won by Argentina 3–1.
| Argentina | Panama |
| GK | 1 | Sergio Romero |
| RB | 4 | Gabriel Mercado |
| CB | 17 | Nicolás Otamendi |
| CB | 13 | Ramiro Funes Mori |
| LB | 16 | Marcos Rojo |
| CM | 19 | Éver Banega |
| CM | 14 | Javier Mascherano (c) | 17' |
| CM | 8 | Augusto Fernández | 15' | 61' |
| RF | 20 | Nicolás Gaitán | 66' |
| CF | 9 | Gonzalo Higuaín | | 76' |
| LF | 7 | Ángel Di María | | 43' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 18 | Erik Lamela | | 43' |
| FW | 10 | Lionel Messi | | 61' |
| FW | 11 | Sergio Agüero | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Gerardo Martino ||
| GK | 1 | Jaime Penedo |
| RB | 13 | Adolfo Machado |
| CB | 23 | Felipe Baloy (c) | 17' |
| CB | 5 | Roderick Miller |
| LB | 17 | Luis Henríquez | 78' |
| DM | 6 | Gabriel Gómez |
| RM | 20 | Aníbal Godoy | 22' 31' |
| CM | 14 | Valentín Pimentel | | 20' |
| CM | 19 | Alberto Quintero |
| LM | 11 | Armando Cooper | 47' | 76' |
| CF | 7 | Blas Pérez | 6' | 75' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 2 | Miguel Camargo | | 20' |
| FW | 10 | Luis Tejada | | 75' |
| FW | 16 | Abdiel Arroyo | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Hernán Darío Gómez ||
* Man of the Match:
* Lionel Messi (Argentina)
* Assistant referees:
* Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
* William Torres (El Salvador)
* Fourth official:
* Víctor Carrillo (Peru)
* Fifth official:
* Coty Carrera (Peru)

### Chile vs Panama

The two teams had met in three previous occasions, the last being a friendly held at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso in Coquimbo in 2010, which Chile won 2–1.
| Chile | Panama |
| GK | 1 | Claudio Bravo (c) |
| RB | 4 | Mauricio Isla | 90+2' |
| CB | 17 | Gary Medel | | 90' |
| CB | 18 | Gonzalo Jara |
| LM | 15 | Jean Beausejour | | 60' |
| CM | 8 | Arturo Vidal | | 90' |
| CM | 21 | Marcelo Díaz |
| CM | 20 | Charles Aránguiz |
| RW | 6 | José Pedro Fuenzalida |
| CF | 11 | Eduardo Vargas |
| LW | 7 | Alexis Sánchez |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 22 | Edson Puch | | 60' |
| DF | 3 | Enzo Roco | | 90' |
| MF | 10 | Pablo Hernández | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Juan Antonio Pizzi ||
| GK | 1 | Jaime Penedo |
| RB | 13 | Adolfo Machado (c) |
| CB | 3 | Harold Cummings | 72' |
| CB | 5 | Roderick Miller |
| LB | 17 | Luis Henríquez |
| RM | 2 | Miguel Camargo | 52' |
| CM | 6 | Gabriel Gómez |
| CM | 21 | Amílcar Henríquez | 78' |
| LM | 19 | Alberto Quintero | | 71' |
| CF | 9 | Roberto Nurse | | 46' |
| CF | 10 | Luis Tejada | | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 8 | Gabriel Torres | | 46' |
| FW | 16 | Abdiel Arroyo | | 46' |
| MF | 18 | Ricardo Buitrago | | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Hernán Darío Gómez ||
* Man of the Match:
* Eduardo Vargas (Chile)
* Assistant referees:
* Byron Romero (Ecuador)
* Luis Vera (Ecuador)
* Fourth official:
* Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
* Fifth official:
* John Alexander León (Colombia)

## 2024 Copa América
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Panama | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | United States (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |