El Salvador national under-20 football team

El Salvador Under 20

Nickname(s)

La Selecta Sub 20

Association

Federación Salvadoreña
de Fútbol

Confederation

CONCACAF (North America)

Head coach

Mauricio Alfaro

FIFA code

SLV

First colours

Second colours

First international

Curaçao 1 - 1 El Salvador

(Panama City, Panama; March 6, 1962)

Biggest win

El Salvador 8 - 0 Nicaragua

(Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 17, 1982)

Biggest defeat

Mexico 6 - 0 El Salvador
(Havana, Cuba; September 29, 1970)

Records for competitive
matches only.

The El Salvador Under 20's football team, more commonly known as La Azulita, is controlled by Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol and represents El Salvador in international Under 20 or youth football competitions.

Their first U-20 World Cup was at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where they saw their first victory at a major FIFA tournament (outside of beach soccer) to Australia by 2-1, scored respectively by Diego Coca and José Peña.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Did Not Qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	2	7
2015	Did Not Qualify
Total	1/20	3	1	0	2	2	7

UNCAF preliminary round

Year	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1995	1/2	2	2	0	0	8	1	Qualified
1998	2/2	2	1	0	1	4	5	Did not qualify
2001	3/3	2	0	1	1	1	2	Did not qualify
2003	2/5	4	2	1	1	7	4	Qualified
2005	3/5	4	2	0	2	9	6	Did not qualify
2007	2/3	2	1	0	1	6	7	Did not qualify
/ 2009	1/4	3	2	0	1	6	3	Qualified
/ 2011	2/3 Play-off	4	2	1	1	8	6	Disqualified¹
/ 2013	1/3	2	1	0	1	4	4	Qualified
2013	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualified
	9/9	25	13	3	9	53	38

¹The games were forbidden by Concacaf due to El Salvador using an ineligible player

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1962	Round 1	3	0	2	1	2	3
1964	Champions	7	5	1	1	12	6
1970	Fourth Place	4	1	1	2	3	8
1973	Did not participate
1974	Did not participate
1976	Round 1	3	0	1	2	2	9
1978	Second Round	6	3	1	2	11	7
1980	Round 1	4	2	0	2	9	4
1982	Second Round	5	2	0	3	13	7
1984	Third Place	8	4	3	1	10	3
1986	Did not participate
1988	Did not participate
1990	Round 1	2	0	0	2	1	4
1992	Did not participate
1994	Fourth Place	8	5	1	2	22	10
1996	Round 1	3	0	1	2	3	6
1998	Did not qualify
2001	Did not qualify
2003	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	5
2005	Did not qualify
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Round 1	3	0	1	2	3	6
2011	Disqualified
2013	Third Place	5	3	0	2	6	6
2015	Playoff Stage	6	2	2	2	9	10
Total	1 Champions	64	25	11	25	94	78

Fixtures and results

Date:	Location:	Opponent:	Score*	Competition:	El Salvador scorers:
19 February 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Luis Angel Firpo	2–3	F	José Villavicencio 9' Bryan Perez 21'
12 March 2014	Santa Ana, El Salvador	FAS	1–2	F	Bryan Pérez 70'
19 March 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Atletico Marte	2–1	F	Bryan Pérez 78' Aldair Rivera 91'
26 March 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Alianza	2–2	F	Josue Hernandez 65', Josue Barahona 86'
8 April 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Honduras	1–2	F	Denis Pineda 83'
30 May 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Atletico Marte	0–0	F
26 June 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Luis Angel Firpo	1–1	F
11 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	FAS	1–1	F	Josué Hernández
17 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Belize	6–0	U-20 CCQ	Juan Barahona 3' (pen.) Roberto Domínguez 44' Bryan Pérez 62' Josué Hernández 77', 88' Bryan Tamacas 90+2'
19 July 2014	Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Guatemala	2–2	U-20 CCQ	Juan Barahona 64' (pen.) Josué Hernández 78' (pen.)
21 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Honduras	0–0	U-20 CCQ
25 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Nicaragua	7–1	U-20 CCQ	Pérez 14' (pen.) Pineda 29', 46' Hernández 35', 44' Landaverde 71' Ventura 77'
27 July 2014	Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Panama	2–1	U-20 CCQ	Pineda 30' Dominguez 82'
29 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Costa Rica	1–2	U-20 CCQ	Pineda 58'
10 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Honduras	2–2	U-20 CC
12 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Haiti	1–1	U-20 CC
15 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Canada	3–2	U-20 CC
19 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Mexico		U-20 CC
22 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Cuba		U-20 CC

Key

F = Friendly
UF = Unofficial Friendly
U-20 CCQ = U-20 Championship qualifying
U-20 CC = U-20 Championship
U-20 WC = U-20 World Cup
GS = Group Stage
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
Fi = Final
PSO = Penalty shootout
a.e.t. = After extra time
El Salvador's scores listed first

Players

Current squad

The following 20-man squad were called up for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of Birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Carlos Cañas	(1995-03-26)26 March 1995 (aged 19)	Longwood Lancers
2	2DF	Nelson Moreno	(1996-11-23)23 November 1996 (aged 18)	Club Social Ciclón del Golfo
3	2DF	Roberto Dominguez	(1997-05-09)9 May 1997 (aged 17)	Juventud Independiente
4	2DF	Bryan Tamacas	(1995-02-21)21 February 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. FAS
5	2DF	Edwin Cuellar	(1995-06-17)17 June 1995 (aged 19)	Santa Tecla F.C.
6	3MF	Narciso Orellana	(1995-01-28)28 January 1995 (aged 19)	A.D. Isidro Metapán
7	3MF	Alvaro Lizama	(1995-05-24)24 May 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. Aguila
8	3MF	Alvaro Guardado	(1995-09-11)11 September 1995 (aged 19)	Juventud Independiente
9	4FW	Bryan Pérez	(1996-03-04)4 March 1996 (aged 18)	C.D. Luis Angel Firpo
10	3MF	Josue Hernandez	(1996-06-02)2 June 1996 (aged 18)	C.D. Atletico Marte
11	3MF	Jose Villavicencio	(1995-01-24)24 January 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. FAS
12	2DF	Cesar Flores	(1995-03-17)17 March 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. Luis Angel Firpo
13	4FW	Jonathan Miranda	(1995-02-15)15 February 1995 (aged 19)	Audaz
14	3MF	Andres Flores Jaco	(1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 19)	Alianza F.C.
15	4FW	William Canales	(1995-02-18)18 February 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. Atletico Marte
16	3MF	Eduardo Merino	(1995-12-21)21 December 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. Atletico Marte
17	2DF	Juan Barahona	(1995-02-12)12 February 1995 (aged 19)	Santa Tecla F.C.
18	1GK	Nicolas Pacheco	(1995-04-07)7 April 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. FAS
19	3MF	Julio Amaya	(1995-03-29)29 March 1995 (aged 19)	Marte Soyapango
20	3MF	Romilio Hernandez	(1995-03-20)20 March 1995 (aged 19)	University of Louisville

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the El Salvador U-20 squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Kevin Caravantes		Luis Angel Firpo	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying

DF	Christian Renderos		UES	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying

MF	Bryan Landaverde	(1995-05-27) May 27, 1995	UES	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
MF	Denis Pineda	(1996-04-01) April 1, 1996	UANL	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying

	Carlos Jose Garcia		FAS	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
	Ronald Ventura	(1996-04-11) April 11, 1996	D.C. United U-18	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
	Kerin Perlera		Luis Angel Firpo	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad

Head coach: Mauricio Alfaro ^[1]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Rolando Morales	(1994-03-01)01 March 1994 (aged 19)	Turín-FESA
2	2DF	Oliver Ayala	(1994-01-04)04 January 1994 (aged 19)	León
3	3MF	Tomás Granitto	(1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 20)	Florida Gulf Coast University
4	2DF	Giovanni Zavaleta	(1994-09-27)27 September 1994 (aged 18)	Turín-FESA
5	3MF	Romilio Hernández	(1995-06-06)06 June 1995 (aged 18)	Baltimore Bays
6	2DF	Marvin Baumgartner	(1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (aged 20)	Zürich
7	3MF	Jairo Henríquez	(1993-08-31)31 August 1993 (aged 19)	Turín-FESA
8	3MF	José Villavicencio	(1995-01-24)24 January 1995 (aged 18)	Turín-FESA
9	4FW	José Peña	(1994-12-10)10 December 1994 (aged 18)	Turín-FESA
10	3MF	Diego Coca	(1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 18)	Turín-FESA
11	4FW	Maikon Orellana	(1993-11-12)12 November 1993 (aged 19)	Brøndby
12	2DF	Kevin Barahona	(1994-10-01)01 October 1994 (aged 18)	Turín-FESA
13	2DF	Miguel Lemus	(1993-10-26)26 October 1993 (aged 19)	Turín-FESA
14	3MF	Óscar Rodríguez	(1995-04-16)16 April 1995 (aged 18)	Atlético San José
15	3MF	René Gómez	(1993-01-08)08 January 1993 (aged 20)	Turín-FESA
16	3MF	Benjamín Díaz	(1993-05-08)08 May 1993 (aged 20)	University of the District of Columbia
17	2DF	Kevin Ayala	(1994-07-15)15 July 1994 (aged 18)	Turín-FESA
18	1GK	Adolfo Menéndez, Jr.	(1993-07-03)03 July 1993 (aged 19)	FAS
19	3MF	Bernardo Majano	(1995-12-09)09 December 1995 (aged 17)	D.C. United
20	4FW	Roberto González	(1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 20)	Santa Tecla
21	1GK	Carlos Cañas	(1994-09-09)09 September 1994 (aged 18)	Longwood University

Personnel

Current staff

Info may be outdated

Head Coach	Mauricio Alfaro
Assistant Coach	Geovanie Trigueros
GK Coach	Raúl Antonio García
Physical Coordinator	Esteban Rodolfo Coppia
Medical Trainer	José María Rivas
Kinesiologist	José Luis Rodríguez
Equipment Manager	Abraham Beltrán

Manager History

Conrado Miranda (1964, 1979)
Raul Magana (1985,1994)
Carlos Recinos (2000–2001)
Ricardo Herrera (2002–2003)
Cesar Acevedo (2004–2005)
José Luis Rugamas (2006–2007)
Norberto Huezo (2008–2009)
Mauricio Alfaro (2009-)

Record versus other nations

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

Nat	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Australia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Barbados	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Belize	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4
Bermuda	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
Canada	5	0	1	4	1	6	-5
Colombia	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
Costa Rica	8	1	2	5	6	13	-7
Cuba	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
Curaçao	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4
Grenada	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Guatemala	12	3	3	6	13	20	-7
Guyana	1	1	0	5	5	0	+5
Haiti	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3
Honduras	6	2	1	4	8	14	-6
Jamaica	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2
Mexico	7	0	0	7	2	22	-10
Nicaragua	6	5	1	0	26	5	+21
Panama	7	4	0	3	13	13	0
Suriname	1	0	0	1	1	6	-5
Trinidad and Tobago	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1
Turkey	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
United States	7	3	1	3	11	9	+2

Honours

CONCACAF U-20 Championship
- Winners (1): 1964
- Third Place (2): 1984, 2013

References

↑ "Completa la nómina de la Selección Sub-20 para Copa del Mundo Turquía 2013" (in Spanish). www.culebritamacheteada.sv. 2013-05-23.

External links

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

Football in El Salvador

Salvadoran Football Federation

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-21 U-20 U-17

Women	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Primera (Reserves) Segunda Tercera

Women	Salvadoran women's football championship

Domestic cups

Men	Copa Presidente

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

North America	Canada Mexico United States

Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Defunct	Netherlands Antilles

1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

International association football

FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Debuts Competitions Federations Codes

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also International women's football