El Salvador national football team
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| Nickname | La Selecta Selección Cuscatleca Cuscatlecos La Azul |
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| Association | Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol |
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| Head coach |  Carlos De Los Cobos |
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| Most caps | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer |  Raúl Díaz Arce (39) |
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| FIFA code | SLV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 169 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 60 (October 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 169 (November 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international El Salvador 0 - 7 Costa Rica  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept 14, 1921) |
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Largest win El Salvador 9 - 0 Nicaragua  (El Salvador; May 1, 1929) El Salvador 10 - 1 Nicaragua (El Salvador; December 16, 1943) |
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Worst defeat Hungary 10 - 1 El Salvador (Elche, Spain; June 15, 1982) |
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| Appearances | 2 (First in 1970) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 1, 1970 and 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 4 (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. They have qualified for two World Cups, Mexico 70 and España 82.
In the 1970 tournament, El Salvador lost their first game 3-0 to Belgium in Mexico City on June 3. 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. [citation needed] El Salvador were demoralised as a result, and Mexico subsequently won the game 4-0 with ease in Mexico City. 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.
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. 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.
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.
The Salvadoran football is also known for its part in the Football War, which started after a qualifying game for Mexico 70 against Honduras. After massive rioting between the fans, the Salvadoran army launched an attack against Honduras on July 14, 1969. A ceasefire came into effect six days later. However the reality is that the war came upon conflicts that had been going on for some time, due to problems with the national borders between the two countries.
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[edit] World Cup record
| Year | Finish | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals Scored | Goals Against |
| 1930 to 1934 | Did not enter | ||||||
| 1938 | Withdrew | ||||||
| 1950 to 1966 | Did not enter | ||||||
| 1970 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1974 to 1978 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1982 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 1986 to 2006 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
[edit] Gold Cup record
- 1991 - Did not qualify
- 1993 - Did not qualify
- 1996 - Round 1
- 1998 - Round 1
- 2000 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Quarterfinals
- 2003 - Quarterfinals
- 2005 - Did not qualify
[edit] Major Honours
- Central American and Caribbean Games Gold Medal: 1954, 2002
- CCCF champions: 1943
[edit] Trivia
- First Central American team to qualify for a FIFA World Cup (1970) and first Central American team to qualify twice (1982).
- For the 1982 FIFA World Cup, Mexico did not qualify because they were eliminated by both El Salvador and Honduras in the qualifying hexagonal tournament.
- The worst team finish ever in a World Cup was El Salvador in 1982 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] Current squad
Misael ALFARO
Marvin BENITEZ
Victor VELASQUEZ (Captain)- Erick PRADO
Fredy GONZALEZ
Ronald CERRITOS- Dennis ALAS MORALES
Deris UMANZOR
Julio CASTRO- Jorge RODRÍGUEZ
- Cristian ALVAREZ
[edit] Reserves
- Noel RIVERA
- Santos CABRERA
- Rudis CORRALES
- Isaac SARAVIA
- Emiliano PEDROZO
- Edwin GONZALEZ
- Mauricio QUINTANILLA
[edit] Selected Famous Players
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[edit] Selected Famous Managers
| Name | Period | country |
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| Marck Scott Thompson | 1930-1935 |  |
| Carbilio Tomasino | 1950-1952 |  |
| Gregorio Bundio | 1960-1961 | |
| Hernán CARRASCO Vivanco | 1964-1970 |  |
| Mauricio “pipil” Rodriguez | 1981-1982 | |
| Aníbal Ruiz Leites | 1992 |  |
| José Omar Pastoriza | 1995-1996 |  |
| Anibal tarabini | 1996 | |
| Armado palma contreras | 1996-1997 | |
| Milovan Djoric | 1997-1998 |  |
| Mario “marinho” Perez | 1998 |  |
| Oscar emigado Benitez- | 1999-2000 | |
| Carlos “humberto” Recinos | 2001-02 | |
| Jorge “humberto” Recinos | 2003 | |
| Juan Ramon Paredes | 2004-2005 | * |
| Armando Contreras | 2005 | |
| Carlos De Los Cobos | 2006- | |
[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.
- ↑ 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.
