El Salvador national under-17 football team

El Salvador U17

Nickname(s)	La Azulita
Association	Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Rafael Tobar
FIFA code	SLV
First colours Second colours
First international
El Salvador 1 - 4 United States  (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; August 28, 1983)
Biggest win
Bermuda 1 - 11 El Salvador (August 18, 2006)
Biggest defeat
El Salvador 1 - 6 United States  (San Salvador, El Salvador; May 9, 1999)

The El Salvador Under 17's football team, is controlled by Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol and represents El Salvador in international Under 17 or youth football competitions.

Tournament Records

FIFA U-17 World Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
Total	0/15	0	0	0	0	0	0

UNCAF Preliminary Round Year Position Pld W D L GF GA 1999 Qualified as a Host 2001 1/5 4 3 1 0 16 4 Qualified / 2003 1/3 2 2 0 0 6 0 Qualified 2005 1/3 2 2 0 0 10 0 Qualified 2007 2/5 4 3 0 1 6 3 Qualified / 2009 3/4 3 1 1 1 8 4 Did not qualify / 2011 2/3 2 1 0 1 4 4 Qualified 2013 4/5 4 1 0 3 8 12 Did not qualify 7/7 21 13 2 6 58 27

CONCACAF U-17 Tournament Year Result Pld W D L GF GA 1983 Round 1 2 0 0 2 1 8 1985 Round 1 3 0 1 2 6 9 1987 Round 1 3 0 1 2 0 3 1988 Round 1 4 0 1 3 1 6 1991 Round 1 3 1 0 2 2 8 1992 Did not qualify 1994 Round 1 3 1 1 1 4 5 1997 Round 1 3 1 1 1 6 4 1999 Fourth Place 5 2 0 3 9 14 2001 Round 1 3 1 1 1 4 5 2003 Round 1 3 0 3 0 4 4 2005 Round 1 3 0 1 2 3 7 2007 Round 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 2009 Did not qualify 2011 Quarterfinals 3 1 0 2 7 6 2013 Did not qualify Total 13/16 41 7 11 23 49 85 From 1983 until 1991, competition was U-16, not U-17

Fixtures and results

Date	Location	Opponent	Score*	Competition	Salvadoran scorers
6 November 2014	Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia	Belize	7–0	2015 U-17 Q	Alexis Montes  8' Ricardo Bonilla  41' Jordi Blanco  43' Carlos Herrera  66', 86' Levin Espinal  71' Josué Meléndez  76' (pen.)
8 November 2014	Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia	Costa Rica	1–2	2015 U-17 Q	Carlos Herrera  42'
17 January 2015	TBA	Guatemala		2015 U-17 Q
24 January 2015	TBA	Guatemala		2015 U-17 Q

Key

Players

Current squad

The following 22 boys were called up for the second preliminary cycle in preparation for the 2015 U-17 Championship qualifying in November.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Levin Espinal Águila Carlos Menendez FAS Oscar Pacheco FAS Raul Alvarado Atlético Marte Jose Palomo Alianza Pedro Medrano Alianza Kevin Urquilla Alianza Gerardo Molina Alianza Josue Melendez Alianza Juan Martinez Alianza Jorge Najarro Alianza Marvin Vasquez Alianza Carlos Herrera Alianza Jose Romero Alianza David Hernandez Alianza Jairo Campos Juventud Independiente Jordi Bonilla Dragón Melvin Ochoa Dragón Kevin Mejia Dragón Herbert Gomez Dragón Kevin Delgado UES Cristian Ronaldo Burgos Santa Tecla

Recent Call-ups

The following players have been called up to the El Salvador U-17 squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up Edgar Castillo Águila August training camp Ronald Gomez Águila August training camp Sergio Briancesco Firpo August training camp Walter Serpas Firpo August training camp Brian Martinez Firpo August training camp Kevin Martinez ADFA La Unión August training camp Fernando Vidaurri FAS August training camp Kevin Mencia ADFA Ahuachapán August training camp Moises Lopez ADFA Ahuachapán August training camp Jose Tobar Juventud Independiente August training camp Jose Herrera Juventud Independiente August training camp Salvador Monge Juventud Independiente August training camp Felix Bautista Isidro Metapán August training camp Walter Molina Isidro Metapán August training camp Nestor Alfaro Alianza August training camp Marvin Marquez Alianza August training camp

Personnel

Current staff

Head Coach	Rafael Tobar
Assistant Coach	Geovanni Trigueros
Physical Coordinator	Juan Pablo Rodas
Physical Therapist	Sandra Linares
Medical Trainer	Francisco Amaya Cruz

List of Coaches

• Jorge Rajo (1990)
• Cesar Acevedo (1999)
• Armando Contreras Palma (2001)
• Remberto Santillana (2002)
• Hector Cocherari (2004)
• Norberto Huezo (Feb 2006 - )
• Mario Rodriguez (Jan 2008)
• Victor Manuel Pacheco (Nov 2010-Dec 2011)
• Jose Luis Rugamas (Jan 2012-Jan 2013)
• Victor Manuel Pacheco (Feb 2013-Oct 2013)
• Rafael Tobar (Aug 2014 -Feb 2015)

Record versus other nations

Records for competitive matches only. As of 03-01-13

Nat	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bermuda	1	1	0	0	11	1	+10
Canada	7	1	1	5	7	13	-6
Costa Rica	10	0	1	9	9	22	-13
Cuba	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4
Curaçao	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
Guatemala	6	3	2	1	12	10	+2
Haiti	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Honduras	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3
Jamaica	5	1	4	0	5	2	+3
Mexico	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4
Nicaragua	8	8	0	0	39	6	+33
Panama	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	2	1	10	9	+1
United States	8	0	1	7	5	30	-25

See also

• El Salvador national football team
• El Salvador national under-20 football team
• El Salvador national under-21 football team
• El Salvador national under-23 football team
• Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol

References

External links

• Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol Official Site (Spanish)
• El Salvador national football team (Non-Official Site) (Spanish)
• soccerway

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