El Salvador national football team

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El Salvador

Nickname(s)

La Selecta
Selección Cuscatleca
Cuscatlecos
La Azul

Association

Federación Salvadoreña
de Fútbol

Confederation

CONCACAF (North America)

Head coach

Carlos de los Cobos

Captain

Alfredo Pacheco

Most caps

Luis Guevara Mora (89)

Top scorer

Jorge "Mágico" González (41)

Home stadium

Estadio Cuscatlán

FIFA code

SLV

FIFA ranking

120

Highest FIFA ranking

50 (December 1992)

Lowest FIFA ranking

169 (November 2006)

Elo ranking

107





First kit





Second kit

First international

El Salvador 0 - 7 Costa Rica

(Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept 14, 1921)

Biggest win

El Salvador 12 - 0 Anguilla

(San Salvador, El Salvador; February 6, 2008)

Biggest defeat

Hungary 10 - 1 El Salvador

(Elche, Spain; June 15, 1982)

World Cup

Appearances

2 (First in 1970)

Best result

Round 1, 1970 and 1982

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Appearances

5 (First in 1996)

Best result

Quarterfinals, 2002 and 2003

The El Salvador national football team is the national team of El Salvador and is controlled by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. ^[1] The team have qualified twice to the FIFA World Cup Finals; firstly in the 1970 and then in 1982. ^[2] ^[3]

[edit] History

[edit] 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.

[edit] El Salvador's first tournament

In September of 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 1970 FIFA World Cup

In the 1970 tournament, El Salvador lost their first game 3-0 to Belgium in Mexico City on June 3. ^[4] On June 7, the team played its second match against the 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. ^[5] El Salvador were demoralised as a result, and Mexico subsequently won the game 4-0 with ease in Mexico City. ^[6] On June 10, El Salvador lost their final match in the tournament 2-0 to the USSR in Mexico City, to finish bottom of Group A. ^[7]

[edit] 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, a scoreline that stands as a World Cup record to this day. ^[8] One crumb of comfort was that 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. ^[9]

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 on June 19 in Elche and 2-0 to the then reigning world champions Argentina in Alicante on June 23. ^[10] ^[11]

[edit] Tournament records

[edit] World Cup Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Round 1	3	0	0	3	0	9
1974	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	13
1986	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] CONCACAF Gold Cup Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1991	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	First Round	2	1	0	1	3	4
1998	First Round	3	0	1	2	0	6
2000	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Quarter-Finals	3	1	0	2	1	5
2003	Quarter-Finals	3	1	0	2	7	3
2005	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	First Round	3	1	0	2	2	6

[edit] CONCACAF Championships Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1963	Second Place	7	3	3	1	17	7
1965	Fourth Place	5	2	1	2	7	9
1967	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1971	Withdrew**	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	First Round*	2	0	0	2	0	2
1977	Third Place*	11	4	4	3	18	16
1981	Second Place*	13	7	4	2	14	5
1985	Second Round*	6	4	1	1	15	2
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

[edit] UNCAF Nations Cup Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1991	Fourth Place	3	0	1	2	2	9
1993	Fourth Place	3	0	1	2	1	5
1995	Third Place	4	2	0	2	5	5
1997	Third Place	5	3	1	1	5	5
1999	Fourth Place	5	1	1	3	3	9
2001	Third Place	6	2	4	0	8	4
2003	Third Place	5	3	0	2	6	4
2005	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	1	3
2007	Fourth Place	5	2	1	2	6	2

[edit] CCCF Championship Record

1941 - Second Place
1943 - Champions
1946 - Fourth Place
1948 - Fifth Place
1951 - Did not enter
1953 - Fifth Place
1955 - Fourth Place
1957 - Did not enter
1960 - Withdrew
1961 - Second place

[edit] Pan American Games record

1951 - Did not enter
1955 - Did not enter
1959 - Did not enter
1963 - Did not enter
1967 - Did not enter
1971 - Did not enter
1975 - Round 1
1979 - Did not enter
1983 - Did not enter
1987 - Round 1
1991 - Did not enter
1995 - Did not enter
1999 - Did not enter
2003 - Did not enter
2007 - Did not enter

[edit] Olympic Games Record

1896 to 1964 - Did not enter
1968 - Round 1
1927 to 1996 - Did not qualify

[edit] Other Major Honours

Central American and Caribbean Games Gold Medal: 1954, 2002
Central American Games Gold Medal: 1977

[edit] Top Ten Goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Goals
1	Jorge "Mágico" González	1976-1998	41
2	Raúl Díaz Arce	1991-2000	39
3	José María Rivas	1979-1989	39
4	Norberto Huezo Montoya	1973-1987	29
5	Luis Baltazar Ramírez Zapata	1971-1989	27
6	Juan Francisco Barraza	1953-1969	23
7	Miguel "Americano" Cruz	1935-1943	21
8	Rafael "Bazooka" Corado	1943-1955	17
9	Ever Hernández	1976-1985	16
10	Juan Ramón Martínez	1967-1976	16

[edit] Current squad

List of players selected for friendly v Guatemala, to be played May 30.

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Miguel Montes	12 February 1980	6	0	Nejapa F.C.
GK	Benji Villalobos	15 July 1988	0	0	C.D. Aguila
DF	Luis Miguel Hernández	9 February 1985	7	0	C.D. Aguila
DF	José Rolando Torres Mendonza	21 February 1982	11	0	C.D. Aguila
DF	Alexander Escobar	4 April 1984	15	0	Metapán
DF	Moises Xavier Garcia	26 June 1990	0	0	San Salvador F.C.
DF	Jonathan Barrios	20 October 1985	0	0	Alianza F.C.
MF	William Osael Romero	18 April 1986	9	0	C.D. Vista Hermosa
MF	Ramón Alfredo Sánchez	25 May 1982	24	1	Chalatenango
MF	Shawn Hasani Martin	15 February 1987	7	3	C.D. Aguila
MF	Dennis Jonathan Alas	10 January 1985	21	1	Real Maryland F.C.
MF	William Torres Alegria	27 October 1976	27	1	C.D. Aguila
MF	Christian Castillo	27 July 1984	1	0	Chalatenango
FW	Salvador Arturo Coreas	29 September 1984	5	0	C.D. Vista Hermosa
FW	Andres Alexander Flores		2	0	Free Agent
FW	Rodolfo Zelaya	3 July 1988	1	0	Chalatenango
FW	Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera	6 November 1979	35	9	C.D. Aguila
FW	Jose Orlando Martinez	30 September 1979			Alianza F.C.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Current Staff

Head Coach	Carlos De Los Cobos
Assistant Coach	Jaime Rodríguez
2nd Assistant Coach	Mauricio Alfaro
GK Coach	Romeo Ulises Lozano
Physical Coordinator	Alvaro Briones
Medical Trainer	Francisco Amaya Cruz
Massage Therapist	José Luis Rodríguez
Trainer	Rodrigo Antonio

[edit] Previous Squads

[edit] Famous Players

[edit] 1950s

[edit] 1960s

[edit] 1970s

[edit] 1980s

[edit] 1990s

[edit] 2000's to date

[edit] Selected Famous Managers

Name	Period	country
Marck Scott Thompson	1930-1935
Pablo Ferre Elias	1935-1938
Maximo Garay	1940-1941
Amaricano Gonzalez	1943-1948
Orlandini	1949-1951
Marcelo Estrada	1953
Carbilio Tomasino	1954-1959	*
Milo Guardado	1959-1960
Gregorio Bundio	1960-1961
Conrado Miranda	1961
Luis Comitante	1962-1963
Hernán Carrasco Vivanco	1965-1967
Rigoberto Guzman	1968
Gregorio Bundio	1968-1970
Hernán Carrasco Vivanco	1970
Conrado Miranda	1971
Hector D'Angelo	1972
Jorge Tupinamba	1973
Mauricio "Pipo" Rodríguez	1973-1974
Conrado Miranda	1975
Marcelo Estrada	1975-1976
Raúl Magaña	1976
Aurelio Pinto Beltrao	1976
Porta	1977
Julio Contreras Cardona	1977
Ricardo Tomasino	1977
Raúl Magaña	1979
Mauricio "Pipo" Rodríguez	1979-1982
Armando Contreras Palma	1983
Raúl Magaña	1984
Juan Quarterone	1984-85
Paulo Roberto Cabrera	1986
Raúl Magaña	1987
Milovan Djoric	1988
Miroslav Vukasinovic	1988-89
Conrado Miranda	1988
Kiril Dojcinovski	1989
Oscar Emigdio Benitez	1991
Jorge Aude	1991-1992
Aníbal Ruiz	1992
Jorge Vieira	1993-1994
José Omar Pastoriza	1995-1996
Armando Contreras Palma	1996-1997
Milovan Djoric	1997-1998
Kiril Dojcinovski	1998
Marinho Peres	1998
Oscar Emigdio Benitez	1999-2000
Carlos Recinos	2001-02
Carlos Recinos	2003
Juan Ramon Paredes	2004	*
Armando Contreras Palma	2004
Carlos Cavagnaro	2005
Carlos De Los Cobos	2006-

[edit] Schedule and Recent Results

[edit] Last Five Match Results

Category	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Date	Venue	Scorers
Friendly	Trinidad and Tobago	1-0	El Salvador	March 19, 2008	Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad & Tobago: Keon Daniel 57'
Friendly	Venezuela	1-0	El Salvador	March 23, 2008	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Venezuela: José Salomón Rondón 33'
WCQ	Anguilla	0-4	El Salvador	March 26, 2008	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.	El Salvador: Cerritos 8', Corrales 15', Monteagudo 22', Alegria 35'
Friendly	El Salvador	2-2	China PR	April 23, 2008	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles	El Salvador: Corrales 39', 46' China: Zhanbo 63', Bo 66'
Friendly	El Salvador	0-0	Guatemala	May 30, 2008	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

[edit] Upcoming Games

Date	Location	Opponent	Competition
15 June	Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City	Panama	WCQ 2010
22 June	Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador	Panama	WCQ 2010

[edit] 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 at Estadio Azteca

For the 1982 FIFA World Cup, Mexico did not qualify because they were eliminated by El Salvador in the qualifying hexagonal tournament. ^[12]

[edit] Notes and references

^ FIFA.com Association page at FIFA.com. Accessed 12 April 2006.
^ 1970 FIFA World Cup History Accessed 12 April 2006.
^ 1982 FIFA World Cup History Accessed 12 April 2006.
^ FIFA Match Report for Belgium-El Salvador on June 3, 1970 Accessed 12 April 2006.
^ Number 4 in the top dodgiest goals of the World Cup History Gürkan topsun olm Accessed 20 September 2007
^ FIFA Match Report for Mexico-El Salvador on June 7, 1970 Accessed 12 April 2006.
^ FIFA Match Report for Soviet Union-El Salvador on June 10, 1970 Accessed 12 April 2006.
^ Did You Know? table Stating that Hungary broke the record for most lopsided victory against El Salvador. Accessed 12 April 2006.
^ FIFA Match Report for Hungary-El Salvador on June 15, 1982 Accessed 12 April 2006.
^ FIFA Match Report for Belgium-El Salvador on June 19, 1982 Accessed 12 April 2006.
^ FIFA Match Report for Argentina-El Salvador on June 23, 1982 Accessed 12 April 2006.
^ 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.

[edit] 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
Salvadoran Primera División player list
List of Salvadoran football players playing abroad
El Salvador national beach soccer team

[edit] External links

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