Panama will end 2023 with high-level competitions

Panama This November will seal an unprecedented year for football with teams competing at the same time in various parts of the world, fighting for positions in important regional disputes and finding themselves in the best position ever achieved.ranking FIFA.

The Panamanians started the year with their first placement at Nations League Final Four and spectacular Golden cup. And in 2023, they managed to achieve successes that raised the level of football in that Central American country.

Among these victories are those of the senior national team of Panama, which is currently in third place in the Concacaf and the first of UNCAFaccording to the FIFA rankings, an achievement that leaves them above Canada and Costa Rica ranked just below the United States and Mexico.
American Cup insight

The Panamanian “red” will try to reach the quarterfinals Concacaf Nations League your direct ticket Copa America 2024.
The Panamanians qualified for this stage as the first in Group A with 10 points and a +7 goal difference, beating the teams from Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique, Guatemala, Curaçao and El Salvador.

To be the best first place in two groups Concaca League of Nations League Af, The Panamanians meet again against Costa Rica, reviving an old rivalry.

Coach of the senior team, Hispano Danca Thomas Christiansenhe doesn’t want to waste time and this Wednesday he started his first microcycle of preparations for the match against Costa RicaAC. It is also expected that a call for applications for that historical classification will be published this weekend.

The first match of this round will be played next Thursday, November 16 at the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium, in Costa Rica, while the second leg will be played on November 20, at Rommel Fernández Gutiérr Stadiumez, in the capital of Panama.
This final match will determine passage to the Final Four of the Concacaf Nations League and thus to the 2024 Copa América.

U-17 World Cup
Leaving aside the senior football team, Panama He is also preparing to play in his third U-17 World Cup, as the Panamanians will make their World Cup debut on November 10 against the Panamanian national team. Morocco.
The group of young players, led on this occasion by American coach Mike Stump, aims to improve the performance of 2011 in Mexico, when they reached the round of 16.

The Central American side, who are in Group A, will seal their World Cup appearance against Indonesia on November 13 and Ecuador on November 16.
Girls for gold
Having played their first senior World Cup in this year’s edition held in Australia and New Zealand, they, led by Mexican, Ignacio “Nacho” Quinto, are now looking to qualify for W Gold Cup 2024.

The women will play their last match in Group B of League A on November 29 away from Jamaica.
With six points in their books, Panama is – for now – assured of a W Gold Cup play-off, but if they win that final match against the Jamaicans, they would earn direct qualification.

Panama on tour in China
The Central American Red will play three friendlies in China.
The senior team, in this case a group full of players from Panama Soccer League (LPF) and was commanded by a technical assistant Thomas Christiansen, Jorge Luis Dely Valdéshe is in China to fulfill three commitments.

The tour, which apart from giving minutes to some ffigures On a local level, according to LPF, he is scouting the Asian market and showing some players to teams in that area.

The first before Qingdao Huanghai FC, November 10. Then the national team will meet Uruguay U-20 on November 12, and the tour will end on November 18, when they will meet Uruguay U-20 again.