Football World Cup 1970 / El Salvador

This article covers the Salvadoran football team at the 1970 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	El Salvador	10: 5	6th
2	Dutch Guyana	10: 9	4th
3	Netherlands Antilles	3: 9	2

El Salvador	-	Dutch Guyana	6-0
El Salvador	-	Netherlands Antilles	1-0
Netherlands Antilles	-	El Salvador	1: 2
Dutch Guyana	-	El Salvador	4: 1

Salvadoran contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Raúl Magaña	CD FAS	02/24/1940
20th	Gualberto Fernández	CF Atlante	07/12/1941
Defense
2	Roberto Rivas	Atlético Marte	07/17/1941
3	Salvador Mariona	CD Universidad de El Salvador	December 16, 1943
4th	Santiago Cortés	Atlético Marte	January 19, 1945
5	Saturnino Osorio	CD Águila	01/06/1945
13	Tomas Pineda		1939
14th	Mauricio Manzano	Eagle	09/30/1943
18th	Guillermo Castro	Atlético Marte	06/25/1940
midfield
6th	José Quintanilla	Alianza FC	October 29, 1947
7th	Mauricio Rodríguez	CD Universidad de El Salvador	09/12/1945
8th	Jorge Vásquez	CF Atlante	04/23/1945
9	Juan Ramón Martínez	CD Águila	04/20/1948
16	Genaro Sarmeno	CD FAS	11/28/1948
19th	Sergio Méndez	Atlético Marte	02/14/1942
22nd	Alberto Villalta	Atlético Marte	11/19/1947
attack
10	Salvador Cabezas	Atlético Marte	02/28/1947
11	Ernesto Aparicio	Atlético Marte	12/28/1948
12	Mario Monge	CD FAS	11/27/1938
15th	David Cabrera	CD FAS	09/12/1945
17th	Jaime Portillo	Alianza FC	September 18, 1947
21st	Elmer Acevedo	CD FAS	02/24/1946
Trainer
	Hernán Carrasco		03/29/1928

Games of the Salvadoran team

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Soviet Union	6: 1	5
2	Mexico	5-0	5
3	Belgium	4: 5	2
4th	El Salvador	0: 9	0

• Belgium - El Salvador 3: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Aztec Stadium ( Mexico City )

Spectators: 92,000

Referee: Rădulescu ( Romania )

Goals: 1-0 Van Moer (12th), 2-0 Van Moer (54th), 3-0 Lambert (76th) 11m

• Mexico - El Salvador 4: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Aztec Stadium ( Mexico City )

Spectators: 103,000

Referee: Kandil ( Egypt )

Goals: 1-0 Valdivia (45th), 2-0 Valdivia (46th), 3-0 Fragoso (58th), 4-0 Basaguren (83rd)

• Soviet Union - El Salvador 2: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Aztec Stadium ( Mexico City )

Spectators: 89,000

Referee: Hormázabal ( Chile )

Goals: 1-0 Byschowez (51st), 2-0 Byschowez (74th)

The opening game in the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City in front of over 100,000 spectators was played by the favorites of Group 1, Mexico and the USSR. The disappointing encounter ended goalless, but should not be a yardstick for the World Cup tournament. However, the hosts were able to keep El Salvador (4-0) and Belgium (1-0) at a distance and finished second in the group. The USSR also triumphed against the other two opponents and, due to the more goals scored, they were just ahead of the group in the final accounts.