El Salvador national under-23 football team

El Salvador Under 23

Association	Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Albert Roca
FIFA code	SLV
First colours Second colours

The El Salvador U-23 men's national football team is the national under-23 football team of El Salvador and is controlled by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. Its primary role is qualification into the Olympic Football Tournament, the next of which is to be held during the 2012 Summer Olympics in the United Kingdom.

Olympic's History

At the 1968 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, El Salvador passed the first round with an aggregated score of 5–1 against Cuba. For the final round, the national team finished with an aggregate score of 4–1 against Trinidad and Tobago — three of them were scored by Juan Ramón Martínez.^[1]

In the 1972 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, El Salvador was so close to getting their second participation at the Olympics. In the first round, the national team got an aggregate score of 2–2 against the United States and an aggregate score of 7–2 against Barbados. The group was tied between El Salvador and the United States, so they had to play in a neutral setting. In regulatory time, the two teams were tied at 0–0. At the end of extra time, the game was tied 1–1 with a goal from Victor Manuel Valencia (112'). The United States advanced after a crucial victory of 6–5 in a penalty shootout. The team was coached by Conrado Miranda.^[1]

At the 1976 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, El Salvador, at home, surpassed with an aggregate score of 6–1 the preliminary round. In the first round of series B, El Salvador lost with an aggregate score of 1–3 with only goal from Luis Ramírez Zapata.^[1]

In the 1980 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, El Salvador lost in an aggregate score of 1–2 (0–2,1–0) against Guatemala. The only goal was scored by Alex Cordero. Coached by Raúl Magaña, they did not participate for that Olympics.^[1]

In the 1984 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, El Salvador lost in an aggregate score of 0–6 (0–2,0–4) against Guatemala. Coached by Contreras Palma, they did not participate for that Olympics.^[1]

In the 1988 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, El Salvador won in an aggregate score of 4–3 (1–1,3–2) against Panama. They did not participate for that Olympics.^[1]

The El Salvador U-23 national football team has failed to qualify for the Olympics Games since it became a specifically under-23 competition during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Previously El Salvador had only once participated at the Olympic Games. They achieved this in their first attempt in 1967 when they qualified to the 1968 Summer Olympics. This qualification was achieved after defeating both Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago in the qualifiers.

Tournament records

Olympic Record

Year Round GP W D L GF GA 1900 El Salvador national club did not exist 1904 1908 El Salvador national team did not exist 1912 1920 1924 Did Not Enter 1928 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 Round 1 3 0 1 2 2 8 1972 Did Not Qualify 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 Total 1/27 3 0 1 2 2 8

Pre-Olympic Tournament Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1964 Did Not Enter 1968 Champions 4 3 0 1 8 3 1972 Play-offs 5 1 2 2 7 7 1976 Round 1 4 1 0 3 6 5 1980 Preliminary Round 2 1 0 1 1 2 1984 Preliminary Round 2 0 0 2 1 6 1988 Final Round 5 1 1 3 7 12 1992 Group Stage 6 4 0 1 10 7 1996 Final Round 7 2 1 4 9 15 2000 Preliminary Round 2 0 0 2 2 3 2004 Second Round 2 1 0 1 1 1 2008 Preliminary Round 2 0 0 2 5 1 2012 Third Place 6 3 2 1 13 8 Total 12/13 47 17 6 23 70 70 *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Pan American Games Year Round GP W D L GF GA 1951 ↓ 1971 Did not qualify 1975 Round 1 3 1 1 1 4 3 1979 ↓ 1983 Did not qualify 1987 Round 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1991 ↓ 2011 Did not qualify Total 2/16 6 2 2 2 5 4

Fixtures

2012 Fixtures and Result season.

Date:	Location:	Opponent:	Score*	Competition:	El Salvador scorers:
February 22, 2012	San Salvador, El Salvador	Puerto Rico	2–1	F	Isidro Gutiérrez  22', Irvin Valdez  84'
March 1, 2012	Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Santa Tecla	0–0	UF
March 11, 2012	Germantown, United States	Maryland Terrapins	3–1	F	Alexander Larín  16', Jaime Alas  24', Dustin Corea  53'
March 17, 2012	Houston, United States	Honduras	0–2	F
March 22, 2012	Nashville, United States	Canada	0–0	OQ-GS
March 24, 2012	Nashville, United States	Cuba	4–0	OQ-GS	Léster Blanco  3' Andrés Flores  52', 79' Richard Menjivar  67'
March 26, 2012	Nashville, United States	United States	3–3	OQ-GS	Léster Blanco  35' Andrés Flores  36' Jaime Alas  90+4'
March 31, 2012	Kansas City, United States	Honduras	2–3(a.e.t.)	OQ-SF	Milton Molina  77' Edwin Sanchez  106'

Key

Players

Current squad

The following 23-man squad was called up for a training camp.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 2DF Bryan Tamacas (1994-02-21) February 21, 1994 Santa Tecla 2DF Giovanni Zavaleta (1994-09-27) September 27, 1994 Santa Tecla 2DF Juan Barahona (1996-02-12) February 12, 1996 Santa Tecla 2DF Edwin Cuellar (1995-06-17) June 17, 1995 Santa Tecla 1GK Nicolas Pacheco (1995-04-07) April 7, 1995 FAS 4FW Jairo Henríquez (1993-08-31) 31 August 1993 FAS 3MF Jose Villavicencio (1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 FAS 4FW José Peña (1994-12-10) December 10, 1994 FAS 4FW William Canales (1995-02-18)18 February 1995 (aged 19) Atlético Marte 3MF Josue Hernandez (1996-06-02) 2 June 1996 Atlético Marte 3MF Eduardo Merino (1995-12-21) 21 December 1995 Atlético Marte 3MF Santos Ortiz (1990-01-22) January 22, 1990 Aguila 3MF Diego Coca (1994-08-26) August 26, 1994 Aguila 1GK Rolando Morales (1994-03-01) March 1, 1994 Alianza 2DF Oliver Ayala (1994-01-04) January 4, 1994 Alianza 3MF Andres Flores Jaco (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 Alianza 3MF Bryan Landaverde (1995-05-27) May 27, 1995 UES Christian Rivera UES 2DF Roberto Fuentes Juventud Independiente 4FW Kevin Sagastizado Pasaquina Milton Hernandez Isidro Metapán 4FW Rommel Mejía (1994-02-04) February 4, 1994 Dragón 3MF Julio Amaya (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 Marte Soyapango 2DF Cesar Flores (1995-03-17) 17 March 1995 Luis Ángel Firpo 4FW Bryan Perez Luis Ángel Firpo 2DF Nelson Moreno (1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 Ciclón del Golfo

Personnel

Staff

Head Coach	Albert Roca
Assistant Coach	Carles Cuadrat
2nd Assistant Coach	TBA
GK Coach	TBA

Former squads

• 1968 Summer Olympics squads - El Salvador

Record versus other nations

Records for competitive matches only from 1991. As of 03-31-12

Nat	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
Belize	2	2	0	0	5	0
Canada	6	2	1	3	6	10
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	3	9
Cuba	1	1	0	0	4	0
Guatemala	5	3	1	1	6	5
Honduras	4	0	1	3	3	11
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	3	1
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	3
Panama	4	1	1	2	5	6
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	3	4
United States	1	0	1	0	3	3

Honours

• CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
  • Winners (1): 1968
  • Third Place (1): 2012

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Olympic tournaments". Elbaloncuscatleco.com. Retrieved 2011-04-21. 

See also

• El Salvador national football team
• El Salvador national under-17 football team
• El Salvador national under-20 football team
• El Salvador national under-21 football team
• Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol
• Football at the Summer Olympics

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