El Salvador national football team
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{{Infobox National football team |
Name = El Salvador |
Badge = El_Salvador_football_association.gif |
FIFA Trigramme = SLV |
FIFA Rank = 117 |
FIFA max = 50 |
FIFA max date = December 1992 |
FIFA min = 169 |
FIFA min date = November 2006 |
Elo Rank = 100 |
Nickname = La Selecta<br> Selección Cuscatleca<br> Cuscatlecos<br> La Azul<br> |
Association = [[Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol|Federación Salvadoreña<br>de Fútbol]] |
Confederation = [[CONCACAF]] ([[North America]]) |
Coach = {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Carlos de los Cobos]]|
Captain = [[Alfredo Alberto Pacheco|Alfredo Pacheco]]|
Most caps = [[Luis Guevara Mora]] (89)|
Top scorer = [[Mágico González|Jorge "Mágico" González]] (41) |
Home Stadium = [[Estadio Cuscatlán]] |
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First game = {{flagicon|El Salvador}} El Salvador 0 - 7 [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] {{flagicon|Costa Rica}}<br>([[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]; [[September 14|Sept 14]], [[1921]]) |
Largest win = {{flagicon|El Salvador}} El Salvador 12 - 0 [[Anguilla national football team|Anguilla]] {{flagicon|Anguilla}}<br>([[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]]; [[February 6]], [[2008]]) |
Largest loss = {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] 10 - 1 El Salvador {{flagicon|El Salvador}}<br>([[Elche]], [[Spain]]; [[June 15]], [[1982]]) |
World cup apps = 2 |
World cup first = 1970 |
World cup best = Round 1, [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] and [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] |
Regional name = [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] |
Regional cup apps = 5 |
Regional cup first = [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]] |
Regional cup best = Quarterfinals, [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]] and [[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2003]]
}}
The '''El Salvador national football team''' is the national team of [[El Salvador]] and is controlled by the [[Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol]]. {{ref|FESFUT1}} The team have qualified twice to the [[FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup Finals]]; firstly in the [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] and then in [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]. {{ref|WC1970}} {{ref|WC1982}}
==History==
===The beginning of the national team===
Although El Salvador played a few games in the early part of the 20th Century, it is seen by many, that it did not become a fully committed national team until 1921. This year is seen by many as being the starting point, to what we now know as "La Selecta". It was this year that many fans began to pay attention to the national football team, and many stars began to shine through the side, players such as Pablo Huezo, Carlos Escobar Leiva and Santiago Barrachina.
===El Salvador's first tournament===
In September 1921, Guatemala organised a football tournament comprising itself, Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador. The tournament was organised in order to celebrate 100 years of Central American independence, and was played in a round-robin format, with Guatemala playing Honduras and El Salvador playing Costa Rica.
Sadly, El Salvador lost their game 3-0 to Costa Rica who would then go on to defeat Guatemala in the final. Despite the loss, this tournament is seen as the starting point for the El Salvador national team.
===First win ever===
Since the tournament in Guatemala in 1921, El Salvador had only played 2 other international matches, both against Honduras. El Salvador had lost the first encounter 1-0 and drawn the second 0-0.
Three games without a win came to an end on December 7th 1928, when El Salvador recorded its first ever win. A 5-0 thumping of what would later become their traditional rivals, Honduras. The game was played on on a field called Marte de San Salvador. Not only was this El Salvador's first ever win, but also the first time they had scored in an international friendly. It was also a day that few will forget, as it saw Gustavo "Taviche" Marroquin become the first ever player to score 5 goals in one game for the national team.
===1970 FIFA World Cup===
In the 1970 tournament, El Salvador lost their first game 3-0 to [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] in [[Mexico City]] on June 3. {{ref|Belgium1}} On June 7, the team played its second match against the [[Mexico national football team|host nation]]. It proved to be a controversial affair: with the score still at 0-0, the Egyptian referee Hussain Kandil awarded a free-kick to the Salvadorans in their own half. It was immediately taken by Mexico, who scored a couple of seconds later. The Salvadoran players protested vigorously, to the extent of physically jostling Bermudan linesman Keith Dunstan, but the goal was allowed to stand. {{ref|Mexico2}} El Salvador were demoralised as a result, and Mexico subsequently won the game 4-0 with ease in Mexico City. {{ref|Mexico1}} On June 10, El Salvador lost their final match in the tournament 2-0 to the [[USSR national football team|USSR]] in Mexico City, to finish bottom of Group A. {{ref|USSR1}}
===1982 FIFA World Cup===
In [[1982]], El Salvador took a 20-man squad (two players short of the normal 22, for reasons that remain unclear), coached by Mauricio "Pipo" Rodríguez, to Spain. However, the team's experience was an unhappy one. In their first match on June 15, in [[Elche]], they were defeated 10-1 by [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]], a scoreline that stands as a [[football World Cup|World Cup]] record to this day. {{ref|Hungary1}} One crumb of comfort was that [[Luis Ramírez Zapata|Luis Baltazar Ramírez Zapata]] did score the country's first ever World Cup goal during the game, albeit at a point when the Salvadorans were already down 5-0. {{ref|Hungary2}}
El Salvador managed to regain some pride in their subsequent games: displaying much-improved levels of organisation and commitment, they lost 1-0 to [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] on June 19 in Elche and 2-0 to the then reigning world champions [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in [[Alicante]] on June 23. {{ref|Belgium2}} {{ref|Argentina1}}
==Tournament records==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
====World Cup Record====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy|old}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||''Withdrew''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|style="border: 3px solid blue"|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]||Round 1||3||0||0||3||0||9
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|style="border: 3px solid blue"|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]||Round 1||3||0||0||3||1||13
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|}
{{col-2}}<div style="text-align:left">
====CONCACAF Gold Cup Record====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}}{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1993]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]]||First Round||2||1||0||1||3||4
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]]||First Round||3||0||1||2||0||6
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]]||Quarter-Finals||3||1||0||2||1||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2003]]||Quarter-Finals||3||1||0||2||7||3
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]]||First Round||3||1||0||2||2||6
|}
{{col-end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
====CONCACAF Championships Record====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[1963 CONCACAF Championship|1963]]||Second Place||7||3||3||1||17||7
|-
|{{flagicon|Guatemala}} [[1965 CONCACAF Championship|1965]]||Fourth Place||5||2||1||2||7||9
|-
|{{flagicon|Honduras}} [[1967 CONCACAF Championship|1967]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[1969 CONCACAF Championship|1969]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[1971 CONCACAF Championship|1971]]||''Withdrew''**||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Haiti|1964}} [[1973 CONCACAF Championship|1973]]||First Round*||2||0||0||2||0||2
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1977 CONCACAF Championship|1977]]||Third Place*||11||4||4||3||18||16
|-
|{{flagicon|Honduras}} [[1981 CONCACAF Championship|1981]]||Second Place*||13||7||4||2||14||5
|-
|[[1985 CONCACAF Championship|1985]]||Second Round*||6||4||1||1||15||2
|-
|[[1989 CONCACAF Championship|1989]]||Fifth Place*||8||2||2||4||8||9
|}
:''*Results include games played in qualifiers
:''**El Salvador withdrew from the tournament, as a result of the infamous [[Football War]] with Honduras
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====UNCAF Nations Cup Record====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[UNCAF Nations Cup 1991|1991]]||Fourth Place||3||0||1||2||2||9
|-
|{{flagicon|Honduras}} [[UNCAF Nations Cup 1993|1993]]||Fourth Place||3||0||1||2||1||5
|-
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[UNCAF Nations Cup 1995|1995]]||Third Place||4||2||0||2||5||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Guatemala}} [[UNCAF Nations Cup 1997|1997]]||Third Place||5||3||1||1||5||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[UNCAF Nations Cup 1999|1999]]||Fourth Place||5||1||1||3||3||9
|-
|{{flagicon|Honduras}} [[UNCAF Nations Cup 2001|2001]]||Third Place||6||2||4||0||8||4
|-
|{{flagicon|Panama}} [[UNCAF Nations Cup 2003|2003]]||Third Place||5||3||0||2||6||4
|-
|{{flagicon|Guatemala}} [[UNCAF Nations Cup 2005|2005]]||Group Stage||2||0||0||2||1||3
|-
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[UNCAF Nations Cup 2007|2007]]||Fourth Place||5||2||1||2||6||2
|}
{{col-end}}
===CCCF Championship Record===
*[[1941 CCCF Championship|1941]] - Second Place
*[[1943 CCCF Championship|1943]] - '''Champions'''
*[[CCCF Championship|1946]] - Fourth Place
*[[CCCF Championship|1948]] - Fifth Place
*[[CCCF Championship|1951]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[CCCF Championship|1953]] - Fifth Place
*[[CCCF Championship|1955]] - Fourth Place
*[[CCCF Championship|1957]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[1960 CCCF Championship|1960]] - ''Withdrew''
*[[CCCF Championship|1961]] - Second place
==[[Pan American Games]] record==
*[[Football at the 1951 Pan American Games|1951]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1955 Pan American Games|1955]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1959 Pan American Games|1959]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1963 Pan American Games|1963]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1967 Pan American Games|1967]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1971 Pan American Games|1971]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1975 Pan American Games|1975]] - Round 1
*[[Football at the 1979 Pan American Games|1979]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1983 Pan American Games|1983]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1987 Pan American Games|1987]] - Round 1
*[[Football at the 1991 Pan American Games|1991]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1995 Pan American Games|1995]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1999 Pan American Games|1999]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 2003 Pan American Games|2003]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 2007 Pan American Games|2007]] - ''Did not enter''
===Olympic Games Record===
*[[1896]] to [[1964]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] - Round 1
*[[1927]] to [[1996]] - ''Did not qualify''
===Other Major Honours===
*'''[[Central American and Caribbean Games]] Gold Medal:''' 1954, 2002
*'''[[Central American Games]] Gold Medal:''' 1977
==Top Ten Goalscorers==
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Name
!Career
!Goals
|-
|1
|align="left"|[[Mágico González|Jorge "Mágico" González]]
|1976-1998
|41
|-
|2
|align="left"|[[Raúl Díaz Arce]]
|1991-2000
|39
|-
|3
|align="left"|[[José María Rivas]]
|1979-1989
|39
|-
|4
|align="left"|[[Norberto Huezo Montoya]]
|1973-1987
|29
|-
|5
|align="left"|[[Luis Ramírez Zapata|Luis Baltazar Ramírez Zapata]]
|1971-1989
|27
|-
|6
|align="left"|[[Juan Francisco Barraza]]
|1953-1969
|23
|-
|7
|align="left"|Miguel "Americano" Cruz
|1935-1943
|21
|-
|8
|align="left"|Rafael "Bazooka" Corado
|1943-1955
|17
|-
|9
|align="left"|[[Ever Hernández]]
|1976-1985
|16
|-
|10
|align="left"|[[Juan Ramón Martínez]]
|1967-1976
|16
|-
|}
==Current squad==
List of players selected for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]] against [[Panama national football team|Panama]] on [[June 22]] [[2008]].
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Juan José Gomez]]|age=[[August 11]] [[1980]]|caps=52|goals=0|club=[[C.D. Luis Angel Firpo]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=GK|name=[[Miguel Montes]]|age=[[February 12]] [[1980]]|caps=6|goals=0|club=[[Nejapa F.C.]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"
{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=[[Luis Miguel Hernández]]|age=[[February 9]] [[1985]]|caps=7|goals=0|club=[[C.D. Aguila]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Marvin Rene Gonzalez]]|age=[[April 17]] [[1982]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Club Deportivo FAS|FAS]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Luis Alonso Anaya]]|age=[[May 19]] [[1981]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[C.D. Chalatenango|Chalatenango]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name=[[José Rolando Torres Mendonza]]|age=[[December 21]] [[1982]]|caps=11|goals=0|club=[[C.D. Aguila]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=DF|name=[[Alfredo Alberto Pacheco]]|age=[[December 1]] [[1982]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Club Deportivo FAS|FAS]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=DF|name=[[Alexander Escobar]]|age=[[April 4]] [[1984]]|caps=15|goals=0|club=[[A.D. Isidro Metapán|Isidro Metapán]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name=[[Ramón Ulises Flores]]|age=[[August 21]] [[1982]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Club Deportivo FAS|FAS]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"
{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=MF|name=[[Shawn Hasani Martin]]|age=[[February 15]] [[1987]]|caps=7|goals=3|club=[[C.D. Aguila]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=MF|name=[[Ramón Alfredo Sánchez]]|age=[[May 25]] [[1982]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[C.D. Chalatenango|Chalatenango]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=[[Eliseo Quintanilla]]|age=[[February 5]] [[1982]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[LD Alajuelense]]|clubnat=Costa Rica}}
{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=MF|name=[[Oscar Armando Jimenez]]|age=[[April 18]] [[1979]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Club Deportivo FAS|FAS]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=FW|name=[[Christian Castillo]]|age=[[July 27]] [[1984]]|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[C.D. Chalatenango|Chalatenango]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"
{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=FW|name=[[Salvador Arturo Coreas]]|age=[[29 September]] [[1984]]|caps=5|goals=0|club=[[C.D. Vista Hermosa]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=[[William Reyes|William Enrique Reyes]]|age=[[December 30]] [[1976]]|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[A.D. Isidro Metapán|Isidro Metapán]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Rodolfo Zelaya]]|age=[[3 July]] [[1988]]|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[C.D. Chalatenango|Chalatenango]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=FW|name=[[José Orlando Martínez]]|age=[[September 30]] [[1979]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Alianza F.C.]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=FW|name=[[Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera]]|age=[[November 6]] [[1979]]|caps=35|goals=9|club=[[C.D. Aguila]]|clubnat=El Salvador}}
{{nat fs end}}
===Recent Call Ups===
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=DF|name=[[Manuel Alejandro Salazar Rivas]]|age=[[January 23]] [[1986]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[C.D. Luis Angel Firpo]]|clubnat=El Salvador}} <sup>*</sup>
{{nat fs g end}}
<sup>*</sup> Player will not take part in [[June 22]] [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|WCQ]] game v Panama as he is currently suspended after receiving a [[Penalty card|red card]] in the first leg of the series on [[June 15]]''
==Personnel==
===Current Staff===
{|
|-
| Head Coach
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Carlos De Los Cobos]]
|-
| Assistant Coach
| {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Jaime Rodríguez]]
|-
| 2nd Assistant Coach
| {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Mauricio Alfaro]]
|-
| GK Coach
| {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Romeo Ulises Lozano]]
|-
| Physical Coordinator
| {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Alvaro Briones]]
|-
| Medical Trainer
| {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Francisco Amaya Cruz]]
|-
| Massage Therapist
| {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[José Luis Rodríguez(El Salvador)|José Luis Rodríguez]]
|-
| Trainer
| {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Rodrigo Antonio]]
|-
|}
==Previous Squads==
*[[1982 FIFA World Cup squads#El Salvador|1982 FIFA World Cup - Spain]]
*[[1970 FIFA World Cup squads#El Salvador|1970 FIFA World Cup - Mexico]]
===Famous Players===
{| width=100%
|width=33% valign="top"|
===1950s===
*[[Juan Francisco Barraza]]
*[[Conrado Miranda]]
===1960s===
*[[Mauricio "Pipo" Rodríguez]]
*[[Raúl Magaña]]
===1970s===
*[[Ever Hernández]]
*[[Carlos Recinos]]
*[[Luis Ramírez Zapata]]
===1980s===
*[[Mágico González|Jorge "Mágico" González]]
*[[Norberto Huezo Montoya]]
*[[Jaime Rodríguez]]
*[[Luis Guevara Mora]]
|width=33% valign="top"|
===1990s===
*[[Raúl Díaz Arce]]
*[[Mauricio Cienfuegos]]
*[[Wilfredo Iraheta]]
*[[Jorge Humberto Rodríguez]]
*[[Carlos Castro Borja]]
*[[Vladan Vicevic]]
===2000's to date===
*[[Eliseo Quintanilla]]
*[[José Alexander Amaya del Cid]]
*[[Ronald Cerritos]]
|}
===Selected Famous Managers===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Period
!country
|-
|[[Marck Scott Thompson]]
|1930-1935
|{{flagicon|United States}}
|-
|Pablo Ferre Elias
|1935-1938
|{{flagicon|Spain}}
|-
|Maximo Garay
|1940-1941
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|-
|Amaricano Gonzalez
|1943-1948
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|Orlandini
|1949-1951
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|-
|Marcelo Estrada
|1953
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|-
|Carbilio Tomasino
|1954-1959
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}*{{flagicon|Peru}}
|-
|Milo Guardado
|1959-1960
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|-
|[[Gregorio Bundio]]
|1960-1961
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}} {{flagicon|Argentina}}
|-
|[[Conrado Miranda]]
|1961
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|Luis Comitante
|1962-1963
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}}
|-
|[[Hernán Carrasco Vivanco]]
|1965-1967
|{{flagicon|Chile}}
|-
|Rigoberto Guzman
|1968
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
| [[Gregorio Bundio]]
|1968-1970
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}} {{flagicon|Argentina}}
|-
|[[Hernán Carrasco Vivanco]]
|1970
|{{flagicon|Chile}}
|-
|[[Conrado Miranda]]
|1971
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|Hector D'Angelo
|1972
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|Jorge Tupinamba
|1973
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Mauricio "Pipo" Rodríguez]]
|1973-1974
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Conrado Miranda]]
|1975
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|Marcelo Estrada
|1975-1976
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Raúl Magaña]]
|1976
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|Aurelio Pinto Beltrao
|1976
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|-
|[[Roberto Porta|Porta]]
|1977
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}}
|-
|Julio Contreras Cardona
|1977
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|Ricardo Tomasino
|1977
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Raúl Magaña]]
|1979
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Mauricio "Pipo" Rodríguez]]
|1979-1982
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Armando Contreras Palma]]
|1983
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Raúl Magaña]]
|1984
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Juan Quarterone]]
|1984-85
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|-
|Paulo Roberto Cabrera
|1986
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Raúl Magaña]]
|1987
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Milovan Djoric]]
|1988
|{{flagicon|Serbia}}
|-
|[[Miroslav Vukasinovic]]
|1988-89
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}}
|-
|[[Conrado Miranda]]
|1988
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Kiril Dojcinovski]]
|1989
|{{flagicon|Macedonia}}
|-
|[[Oscar Emigdio Benitez]]
|1991
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Jorge Aude]]
|1991-1992
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}}
|-
|[[Aníbal Ruiz]]
|1992
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}}
|-
|[[Jorge Vieira]]
|1993-1994
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|-
|[[José Omar Pastoriza]]
|1995-1996
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|-
|[[Armando Contreras Palma]]
|1996-1997
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Milovan Djoric]]
|1997-1998
|{{flagicon|Serbia}}
|-
|[[Kiril Dojcinovski]]
|1998
|{{flagicon|Macedonia}}
|-
|[[Marinho Peres]]
|1998
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|-
|[[Oscar Emigdio Benitez]]
|1999-2000
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Carlos Recinos]]
|2001-02
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Carlos Recinos]]
|2003
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Juan Ramon Paredes]]
|2004
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}*{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|-
|[[Armando Contreras Palma]]
|2004
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}}
|-
|[[Carlos Cavagnaro]]
|2005
|{{flagicon|Argentina}}
|-
|[[Carlos De Los Cobos]]
|2006-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}}
|-
|}
==Schedule and Recent Results==
===Last Five Match Results===
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
! width=12%|Category
! width=10%|Home Team
! width=6%|Result
! width=10%|Away Team
! width=12%|Date
! width=20%|Venue
! width=30%|Scorers
|-
| ''WCQ''
| {{fb|Anguilla}}
| 0-4
| {{flagicon|SLV}} El Salvador
| [[March 26]], [[2008]]
| [[Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium|RFK Stadium]], [[Washington, D.C.]]
| '''El Salvador''': [[Ronald Cerritos|Cerritos]] 8', [[Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera|Corrales]] 15', [[Carlos Romeo Monteagudo|Monteagudo]] 22', [[William Torres Alegria|Alegria]] 35'
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{flagicon|SLV}} El Salvador
| 2-2
| {{fb|China}}
| [[April 23]], [[2008]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]], [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]
| '''El Salvador''': [[Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera|Corrales]] 39', 46' '''China''': [[Xiao Zhanbo|Zhanbo]] 63', [[Qu Bo|Bo]] 66'
|-
| ''Friendly''
| {{flagicon|SLV}} El Salvador
| 0-0
| {{fb|Guatemala}}
| [[May 30]], [[2008]]
| [[Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium|RFK Stadium]], [[Washington, D.C.]]
|
|-
| ''WCQ''
| {{fb|Panama}}
| 1-0
| {{flagicon|SLV}} El Salvador
| [[June 15]], [[2008]]
| [[Estadio Rod Carew]], [[Panama City]]
| '''Panama''': [[Luis Tejada]] 21'
|-
| ''WCQ''
| {{flagicon|SLV}} El Salvador
| 3-1
| {{fb|Panama}}
| [[June 22]], [[2008]]
| [[Estadio Cuscatlan]], [[San Salvador]]
| '''Panama''': [[José Luis Garcés|José Garcés]] 14' '''El Salvador''': [[Eliseo Quintanilla]] 69', 82', [[Luis Alonso Anaya|Luis Anaya]] 88'
|-
|}
===Upcoming Games===
{| class="wikitable"
!Date
!Location
!Opponent
!Competition
|-
| 20 July
| [[Home Depot Center]], [[Carson, California]]
| {{fb|Guatemala}}
| ''Friendly''
|-
| 25 July
| [[Pizza Hut Park]], [[Frisco Texas]]
| {{fb|Jamaica}}
| ''Friendly''
|-
|14 August
|[[RFK Stadium]], [[Washington DC]]
|{{fb|Trinidad and Tobago}}
| ''Friendly''
|-
| 20 August
| [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá]], [[San José, Costa Rica]]
| {{fb|Costa Rica}}
| ''WCQ''
|-
| 6 September
| [[Estadio Cuscatlan]], [[San Salvador]]
| {{fb|Haiti}}
| ''WCQ''
|-
| 10 September
| [[André Kamperveen Stadion]], [[Paramaribo]]
| {{fb|Suriname}}
| ''WCQ''
|-
| 11 October
| [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
| {{fb|Haiti}}
| ''WCQ''
|-
| 15 October
| [[Estadio Cuscatlan]], [[San Salvador]]
| {{fb|Suriname}}
| ''WCQ''
|-
| 19 November
| [[Estadio Cuscatlan]], [[San Salvador]]
| {{fb|Costa Rica}}
| ''WCQ''
|-
|}
==Trivia==
* First Central American team to qualify for a [[FIFA World Cup]] (1970) and first Central American team to qualify twice (1982).
* El Salvador was the first Central American team to defeat [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] at [[Estadio Azteca]]
* For the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]], [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] did not qualify because they were eliminated by El Salvador in the qualifying hexagonal tournament. {{ref|MexicoEliminated}}
==Notes and references==
<div class="references-small">
#{{note|FESFUT1}} [http://www.fifa.com/en/organisation/confederations/associationdetails/0,1483,SLV,00.html?countrycode=SLV FIFA.com] Association page at FIFA.com. Accessed 12 April 2006.
#{{note|WC1970}} [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/pwc/r/1970.html 1970 FIFA World Cup History] Accessed 12 April 2006.
#{{note|WC1982}} [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/pwc/r/1982.html 1982 FIFA World Cup History] Accessed 12 April 2006.
#{{note|Belgium1}} [http://2002.fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/02/en/pf/h/pwc/mr/1747.html FIFA Match Report for Belgium-El Salvador on June 3, 1970] Accessed 12 April 2006.
#{{note|Mexico2}} [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsh080cOTVk Number 4 in the top dodgiest goals of the World Cup History Gürkan topsun olm] Accessed 20 September 2007
#{{note|Mexico1}} [http://2002.fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/02/en/pf/h/pwc/mr/1820.html FIFA Match Report for Mexico-El Salvador on June 7, 1970] Accessed 12 April 2006.
#{{note|USSR1}} [http://2002.fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/02/en/pf/h/pwc/mr/1823.html FIFA Match Report for Soviet Union-El Salvador on June 10, 1970] Accessed 12 April 2006.
#{{note|Hungary1}} [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/pwc/1982.html Did You Know? table] Stating that Hungary broke the record for most lopsided victory against El Salvador. Accessed 12 April 2006.
#{{note|Hungary2}} [http://2002.fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/02/en/pf/h/pwc/mr/896.html FIFA Match Report for Hungary-El Salvador on June 15, 1982] Accessed 12 April 2006.
#{{note|Belgium2}} [http://2002.fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/02/en/pf/h/pwc/mr/774.html FIFA Match Report for Belgium-El Salvador on June 19, 1982] Accessed 12 April 2006.
#{{note|Argentina1}} [http://2002.fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/02/en/pf/h/pwc/mr/751.html FIFA Match Report for Argentina-El Salvador on June 23, 1982] Accessed 12 April 2006.
#{{note|MexicoEliminated}} [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/pwc/q/1982.html 1982 FIFA World Cup Preliminary History] Overview which mentions that Mexico was eliminated by El Salvador and Honduras during the final qualifying stage. Accessed 21 July 2006.
</div>
==See also==
*[[Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol]]
*[[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional]]
*[[El Salvador U-23 men's national football team]]
*[[List of football clubs in El Salvador]]
*[[List of current Primera División de Fútbol Profesional players|Salvadoran Primera División player list]]
*[[List of Salvadoran football players playing abroad]]
*[[El Salvador national beach soccer team]]
==External links==
*[http://www.digicelfutbol.com/medias/El%20Salvador3.jpg A Picture of the Team]
*[http://www.fesfut.org.sv/ Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol Official Site] (Spanish)
*[http://www.elbaloncuscatleco.com/ El Salvador national football team (Non-Official Site)] (Spanish)
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/elsal-intres-detwcq.html El Salvador - Details of World Cup Qualifiers]
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| before = [[1941 CCCF Championship|1941]] {{fb-rt|CRC}}
| title = [[CCCF Championship|CCCF Champions]]
| years = [[1943 CCCF Championship|1943]] (First title)
| after = [[CCCF Championship|1946]] {{fb-rt|CRC}}
}}
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| before = [[1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|1950]] [[Curaçao national football team|Curaçao]] {{Flagicon|Curaçao}}
| title = [[Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games Champions]]
| years = [[1954 Central American and Caribbean Games|1954]] (Second title)
| after = [[1959 Central American and Caribbean Games|1959]] {{fb-rt|Mexico}}
}}
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| before = [[1998 Central American and Caribbean Games|1998]] {{fb-rt|Venezuela}}
| title = [[Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games Champions]]
| years = [[2002 Central American and Caribbean Games|2002]] (Third title)
| after = [[2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|2006]] {{fb-rt|Colombia}}
}}
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