El Salvador national under-21 football team

El Salvador U21

Nickname(s)	La Azulita
Association	Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Mauricio Alfaro
FIFA code	SLV
First colours Second colours

The El Salvador national under 21 football team, is the national under-21 football team of El Salvador and is controlled by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. The team competes in the international under-21 and youth football competitions. They compete for qualification to the Central American and Caribbean Games.

History

2010 FIFA suspension

On 11 May 2010, the FIFA Emergency Committee suspended the Salvadoran Football Association (FESFUT) on account of government interference. This decision by FIFA was based on the fact that the statutes ratified by the FESFUT general assembly in August 2009 had not been formally entered in the country's official register, and that the government had failed to acknowledge the authority of the Normalisation Committee set up to represent FESFUT.

On 25 May, El Salvador, which had qualified for both of the men's and women's 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, were disqualified and be not included in the draw due to its suspension by FIFA over governmental interference in the affairs of the country's soccer federation.^[1]

On 7 June, the CONCACAF lifted the ban, and allowed the male & female U-21 teams to participate once again in the CAC games.^[2][3]

Fixtures and results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	El Salvador Scorers
November 18, 2014	CACG - GS	Estadio Luis “Pirata” Fuente	Jamaica	1-3	El Salvador
November 20, 2014	CACG - GS	Estadio Luis “Pirata” Fuente	Mexico		El Salvador
November 22, 2014	CACG - GS	Estadio Luis “Pirata” Fuente	El Salvador		Honduras

Players

Current squad

The following 20–man squad was named for the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Kevin Caravante Luis Angel Firpo 1GK Rolando Morales (1994-03-01) March 1, 1994 Alianza 2DF Kevin Mendoza Alianza 2DF Bryan Tamacas (1994-02-21) February 21, 1994 FAS 2DF Oliver Ayala (1994-01-04) January 4, 1994 Alianza 2DF Roberto Fuentes Juventud Independiente 2DF Marvin Baumgartner (1993-01-13) January 13, 1993 Wettswil-Bonstetten 2DF Miguel Lemus (1993-10-26) October 26, 1993 FAS 2DF Juan Barahona (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 Santa Tecla 3MF Santos Ortiz (1990-01-22) January 22, 1990 Dragón 3MF Bryan Landaverde (1995-05-27) May 27, 1995 UES 3MF Narciso Orellana Isidro Metapan 3MF René Gómez (1993-01-08) January 8, 1993 Aguila 3MF Álvaro Lizama Aguila 3MF Diego Coca (1994-08-26) August 26, 1994 Aguila 4FW Jairo Henríquez (1993-08-31) 31 August 1993 Tlaxcala 4FW Kevin Sagastizado Pasaquina 4FW Bryan Perez Luis Angel Firpo 4FW Rafael Burgos (1988-06-03) June 3, 1988 C.D. FAS 4FW José Peña (1994-12-10) December 10, 1994 UANL

Coaching staff

Head Coach	Mauricio Alfaro
Assistant Coach	Guillermo Rivera
Physical Coordinator	Juan Pablo Rodas
Goalkeeping Coach	Carlos Cañadas
Medical Trainer	Francisco Amaya

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-23 football team
• Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol

References