)[note 3][24] The team was managed by Hector D'Angelo. The game was awarded 30 to Costa Rica. They beat Honduras 21 at home in their final game, but finished third in the group and were eliminated. . Detailed info on Squad, Results, Tables, Goals Scored, Goals Conceded, Clean Sheets, BTTS, Over 2.5, and more. [21] They lost 40 to Hungary,[22] 31 to Israel,[23] and drew 11 with Ghana. In 1966 the El Salvador football team took part in the Central American and Caribbean Games for the sixth time in a competition that took place in Puerto Rico. [43], The same format as the 1997 and 1999 editions was used at the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup, hosted in Honduras. On 14 July, as a result of existing tensions being exacerbated by these matches, the two countries began the hundred-hour-long conflict known as the Football War. In the semi-finals they lost 20 to Honduras, and lost 54 in a penalty shootout to Panama, after a 00 draw. hide caption. El Salvador finished last, with just two points, in the round-robin final tournament. It was also the second time a Salvadoran player (Miguel "Americano" Cruz) had scored five goals in a single match. Alexander Escobar and Eliseo Quintanilla were sent off in the first half, while Deris Umanzor, Rodolfo Zelaya and their goalkeeper Juan Jos Gmez were injured and had to leave the field after El Salvador had already used their three substitutions. First of all, El Salvador took 20 players to the World Cup, leaving behind Gilberto Quinteros and Miguel Gonzlez. In 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, El Salvador received a bye to the second round. [41] The 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup once again served as qualification to the Gold Cup, this time for the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The 1943 CCCF Championship took place in San Salvador with the participation of Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. They were coached by Carlos Cavagnaro. 4 fully equipped dressing rooms and a gymnasium. As of January2012[update], the El Salvador national football team has presented itself with 60 managers in the national team. El Salvador declined to participate at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. According to Luis Guevara Mora, the 20-year-old goalkeeper, the Salvadoran Football Federation decided to take members of the Federation, as well as their friends and family, and spent so much money they could not afford to bring a full squad. "Whenever I saw an image that resembled a Hispanic or Latino guy, I would open it and look at the name. 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification began on March 5, 2000 for El Salvador. He led the national team for the first time at the 1965 CONCACAF Championship, hosted in Guatemala, where they won two games, drew one and lost two, finishing in fourth place. Then they played against Brazil on the 15th and lost 02. How to get into football - the most popular sport in the world, with clubs and facilities throughout the UK. The tournament switched formats to a two round system, with two threeteam groups in the first round, with two teams advancing from each group, and a knockout style competition for the remaining four teams. [8] In 1968 El Salvador qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time. [59] At the 2011 Gold Cup, El Salvador was drawn into a group with Costa Rica, Cuba, and powerhouses Mexico. El Salvador wants best USMNT at start of World Cup qualifiers [34][44] Guatemala won the tournament for the first time. In the group stage of the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico, El Salvador recorded two wins, one tie, and one loss. In the second round, El Salvador withdrew from the playoff when they had to play against Honduras, meaning Honduras qualified by default. Some of these allegations involved games against Venezuela, Mexico, USA, and Costa Rica. [25] A play-off match took place in Mexico City on 26 June, which El Salvador won 32 after extra time. El Salvador | Forza Football This association football article is a stub. Prez says the Salvadoran team has come very far in a short time and he has set his sights beyond this year's World Cup qualifiers. Carlos Monteagudo received a ban of 18 months. Rudis Corrales was their top scorer in qualification with 8 goals. [26], In the World Cup finals El Salvador were drawn into a group with Belgium, Mexico and the Soviet Union. El Salvador: Meet fan who googled players to improve side - BBC Wednesday night's game in San Salvador, pitting La Selecta, as the men's national soccer team is known, against Canada is a make-or-break match. 16 booths for radio and television transmission. Proud is an understatement, says Ana Roldan, Alex's mother, in a phone interview from the family's home in Los Angeles. [81] El Salvador played at this stadium during qualification for the 1970 World Cup. El Salvador (2022) | National Football Teams This was the first time that El Salvador participated in World Cup qualifying. "But when I had, a couple of them told me, 'I wouldn't have been able to play against [Lionel] Messi and Argentina or [Andres] Iniesta or [Gerard] Pique if it wasn't for what you did for me'. El Salvador national football team results; Summary; 1920-1949; 1950-1959; 1960-1969; 1970-1979; 1980-1989; 1990-1999; 2000-2009; 2010-2019; 2020-2029; This article provides details of international football games played by the El Salvador national football team from 2020 to present. So when Guevara Mora cried off to stop a ball, the defender did not hear him. In the tournament, they won 21 against Panama, lost 10 to Costa Rica, beat Nicaragua 30 and Honduras 10, and lost 20 against Guatemala. The Salvadoran Football Association (FESFUT) named the Mexican Juan de Dios Castillo as his replacement. Umbro has become the new kit supplier of the El Salvador national football team. [1], The Estadio Cuscatln also features the following specifications:[77]. El Salvador's national stadium is the Estadio Cuscatln in San Salvador, which saw its first game in 1976. [34][37] At the finals of the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup, El Salvador was placed in a group with Trinidad and Tobago and the United States. Salvadoran football had its origins in the city of Santa Ana, on a field called "Campo Marte". The Central American country last qualified for a World Cup in 1982. They were drawn against Costa Rica, Haiti, and Suriname. Official MLS highlights, classic matches, video series and features. [30] El Salvador participated in the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games, hosted in Colombia. 10 ticket offices available for ticket sales. Forward Rafael Burgos jointly received the Golden Boot with Costa Rica's Marco Urea, with three goals. An injury-time header from Jordan Morris salvaged a 1-1 draw for the United States against El Salvador in a scrappy CONCACAF Nations League clash on Tuesday.. more 31.03.2022 05:24 [8][11], On April 26, 1940, the first national football federation was approved, with Dr. Luis Rivas Palacios as president. The US men's national team rallied back from a 1-0 deficit and a second-half red card to Paul Arriola, salvaging a 1-1 draw at El Salvador i GOAL: Alexander Larn, El Salvador - 35th minute | MLSSoccer.com, LIVE: USMNT Returns to El Salvador for Nations League Duel. El Salvador - Club profile | Transfermarkt El Salvador then flew to Croatia to face their next opponents. The final games in group C are set to deliver interesting moments for fans involved in the tournament. In the quarter-finals, they were beaten 52 by Costa Rica, with three of the seven goals coming from penalty kicks. [59], At the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup in Honduras, El Salvador finished second in their group after Belize 41, drawing 11 with Nicaragua and losing 20 to Honduras, and Nicaragua. Kirani James National Athletic Stadium. El Salvador took part for the first time alongside Costa Rica, Curaao, Nicaragua, and Panama. El Salvador lost their first friendly 30 against Costa Rica, while the second and third ended in a 10 loss and 00 draw against Honduras. There were several reasons the tournament went so badly for El Salvador. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 58-year-old moved to the United States when he was a kid, and went on to play on the U.S. 1984 Olympic and 1994 World Cup teams. On 19 November 1981, El Salvador beat Haiti 10, with a penalty by Norberto Huezo. [citation needed] Some fellow players tried to gather money to pay to bring their teammates but couldn't get enough. In the decisive match on 22 November, Honduras tied with Mexico 00, meaning Honduras won the tournament and Honduras and El Salvador qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, the second (and last) time El Salvador qualified for the World Cup. For unknown reasons they didn't participate in the 1957 and 1960 CCCF Championships. Costa Rica became the first champions, and El Salvador finished as runners-up. In the finals, they played three games, drawing one and losing two, finishing in last place and failing to advance to the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Salvadoran Football Association (FESFUT) under pressure following the surprise resignation of Rubn Israel, named the Mexican Juan de Dios Castillo at the head of the selection July 14, 2012. The game was awarded as a 30 win to Costa Rica. In the second round they were drawn into a group with Honduras, Jamaica, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. . Martnez, just signed with the United Soccer League's Monterey Bay, California team. [74] A one-off hame was played at the stadium to commemorate a major refurbishment, it was the last time El Salvador played a game in the stadium, on 15 November 2000, against Jamaica in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification process. Juan de Dios Castillo was removed from office in November 2012 and replaced on December 17 by the Peruvian Agustn Castillo, five national champion with C.D. In the finals, they played three games, drawing one and losing two, finishing in last place and failing to advance to the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Panama. * Banned from Football on suspicions of fixing match results. 3 . Despite being considered underdogs, the team prevailed, reversing a 01 away loss with a 31 home win. )[24] Honduras won the group with 6 points (2 won, 2 tied.) El Salvador national football team - Simple English Wikipedia, the free The last of these was the thousandth goal scored by the national team. El Salvador hosted the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup. The current home and away kit features the traditional colours with the exception of bold curved trims that run from the center of the neck and open to the sides, forming two panels on the chest that contain the Mitre logo and emblem of the Salvadoran Football Federation. [80] Succeeding, El Salvador played at the Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca, now known as Estadio Jorge "Mgico" Gonzlez, also in San Salvador. "El Pajaro Picon Picon" was a Colombian song written by Eliseo Herrera which was very popular in El Salvador during the qualifying stages of the 1970 World Cup. Fixture. [8] In 1953, the El Salvador national football team took part in its fifth CCCF Championship, the 1953 CCCF Championship, hosted in Costa Rica, together with seven other national teams. On January 27, they lost to eventual champions United States by a score of 04.[38][45]. Info. The national team's first match was played in September 1921, when they were invited to participate in a tournament to celebrate 100 years of Central American Independence. They finished second in the group and advanced alongside Costa Rica to the final round, "The Hexagonal". [citation needed] El Salvador managed to regain some pride in their subsequent games. Fourteen players were handed lifetime bans from football on 20 September 2013: Luis Anaya, Osael Romero, Ramn Snchez, Christian Castillo, Miguel Granadino, Miguel Montes, Dagoberto Portillo, Dennis Alas, Darwin Bonilla, Ramn Flores, Alfredo Pacheco, Jos Mardoqueo Henrquez, Marvin Gonzlez, and Reynaldo Hernndez. Gregorio Bundio and his assistant Jose Santacolomba coached the team in the qualifying stages for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. El Salvador achieving only a runner-up in 1963. El Salvador won the second game 30 a week later in San Salvador, which was followed by even greater violence. In 1963 El Salvador participated in the first CONCACAF Championship which included all countries of the region, North America, Central America and the Caribbean. At the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games El Salvador won their second international title under the direction of coach Carbilio Tomasino, with a team consisting of Yohalmo Aurora, Manuel "tamalones" Garay, Hugo Moreno, Armando Larin, Luis Regalado, Conrado Miranda, Fernando Barrios, Ramon "pezote" Chavez, Jose Hernandez, Mario Montoya, Juan Francisco "cariota" Barraza, Ricardo "chilenito" Valencia, Alfredo "Baiza" Ruano, and Obdulio "calulo" Hernandez. [13], El Salvador participated at the Pan American Games for the first time in 1975 in Mexico. In the third round they were drawn into a homeandaway roundrobin group with Jamaica, Panama, and the United States. [7] The El Salvador-hosted 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games took place in the new government funded Estadio Flor Blanca, at that time the biggest stadium in the country. The second game, hosted on 15 June 1969 in the Salvadoran capital of San Salvador, was won 30 by El Salvador, and was followed by even greater violence. [14] In 1953, El Salvador took part in their fifth CCCF Championship. They qualified for the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup alongside Guatemala and Costa Rica (Honduras went to the playoffs). [38][39], At the 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup, hosted in Guatemala using a tworound twogroupstage system, El Salvador was drawn into a group with Honduras and Panama. In their first round, they topped a group containing Costa Rica and Belize, and lost 10 to Guatemala in the knockout round. El Salvador were placed in a four-team first group with Honduras, the Netherlands Antilles, and Nicaragua, which they topped with two wins and a draw. They were coached by "Pipo" Rodrguez. Once again the finals doubled up as World Cup qualification, this time for the 1982 World Cup, with the top two of the six teams qualifying. By half-time Costa Rica led 30, and at the final whistle, after two 40-minute halves, won 70. Members of the Salvadoran national team, including Walmer Martnez (facing the camera), arrive for practice at the Cuscatln Stadium in San Salvador, on Tuesday. They defeated Trinidad and Tobago 21 in their opening match with goals from Ramon Sanchez (38') and Dennis Alas (81'), but this was their only win of the tournament. in 1967 and C.D. Ricardo Guevara Mora, the goalkeeper, was the youngest player to play at the 1982 FIFA World Cup at 20 years old. When Guevara Mora called to him to stop a ball, the defender did not hear him, and the ball went past Jovel in front of the net. El Salvador has made two FIFA World Cup appearances: first in 1970 and again in 1982, but have never progressed beyond the first stage of a finals tournament. Despite losing 50 to Mexico,[60] a dramatic 11 draw with Costa Rica (where Rodolfo Zelaya scored a 25-yard free kick opener at 45' and Costa Rica equalized at 90+5[61]) and a 61 win over Cuba were enough to send El Salvador to the knockout stage. The Guatemalans and Costa Ricans had more experience than the Salvadorans and Hondurans. The United States national team needed a late goal from Jordan Morris to Salvage a 1-1 draw vs. El Salvador.