El Salvador national football team
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Nickname(s) | La Selecta Selección Cuscatleca Cuscatlecos La Azul |
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Association | Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
El Salvador 0 - 7 Costa Rica (Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept 14, 1921) |
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Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
El Salvador 12 - 0 Anguilla (San Salvador, El Salvador; February 6, 2008) |
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Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungary 10 - 1 El Salvador (Elche, Spain; June 15, 1982) |
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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. The team have qualified twice to the FIFA World Cup Finals; firstly in the 1970 and then in 1982.
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[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. 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. 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.
[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. 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.
[edit] Tournament records
[edit] World Cup Record
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[edit] CONCACAF Gold Cup Record
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[edit] CONCACAF Championships Record
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[edit] UNCAF Nations Cup Record
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[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
[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 |
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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.
[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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
[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
- A Picture of the Team
- Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol Official Site (Spanish)
- El Salvador national football team (Non-Official Site) (Spanish)
- El Salvador - Details of World Cup Qualifiers
Preceded by 1941 Costa Rica |
CCCF Champions 1943 (First title) |
Succeeded by 1946 Costa Rica |
Preceded by 1950 Curaçao |
Central American and Caribbean Games Champions 1954 (Second title) |
Succeeded by 1959 Mexico |
Preceded by 1998 Venezuela |
Central American and Caribbean Games Champions 2002 (Third title) |
Succeeded by 2006 Colombia |
International football
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