Salvadoran national soccer team

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El Salvador
República de El Salvador
Association logo
Nickname (s) La Selecta, Selección Cuscatleca
Cuscatlecos, La Azul, Guanacos
Association Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol
confederacy CONCACAF
Head coach MexicoMexico Carlos de los Cobos (since 2018)
captain Victor Turcios
Record scorer Raúl Díaz Arce (39)
Record player Alfredo Pacheco (85)
Home stadium Estadio Cuscatlán
FIFA code SLV
FIFA rank 69th (1346 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international El Salvador 0-7 Costa Rica ( Guatemala City ; Guatemala ; September 14, 1921 )
El SalvadorEl Salvador Costa RicaCosta Rica
Biggest win El Salvador 12-0 Anguilla ( San Salvador , El Salvador ; February 6, 2008 )
El SalvadorEl Salvador AnguillaAnguilla
Biggest defeat Hungary 10: 1 El Salvador ( Elche ; Spain ; June 15, 1982 )
Hungary 1957Hungary El SalvadorEl Salvador
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals 2 ( first : 1970 )
Best results Preliminary round 1970 and 1982
North and Central American Championship
Participation in the finals 18 ( first : 1963 )
Best results Second in 1963 , 1981
(As of October 8, 2017)
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The Salvadoran national soccer team , also known as La Selecta (The Selection) , is the team selected by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol to select the best soccer players from the Central American state of El Salvador . El Salvador has so far qualified for a soccer world championship twice , but lost all six preliminary round matches there, including 1:10 against Hungary at the 1982 World Cup in Spain , which is still the highest defeat of a team at all soccer world championships.

history

After winning the qualifying games for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico against Honduras , the so-called football war broke out between the two neighboring countries , killing thousands. The occasion was the first leg on June 8, 1969 in Honduras , which caused a riot. The causes, however, lay in the strong social tensions between the Honduran population and the Salvadoran minority in Honduras. Six days after the fighting broke out on July 14, 1969, an armistice was reached, and peace was only concluded in 1980.

Tournaments

Olympic games

1900 to 1964 not participated
1968 in Mexico City Preliminary round
1972 in Munich not qualified
1976 in Montreal not qualified
1980 in Moscow not qualified
1984 in Los Angeles not qualified
1988 in Seoul not qualified

After 1988 the senior national team stopped taking part in the Olympic Games and the qualifying games. An Olympic team has not yet qualified.

World Championship

El Salvador has so far qualified for a World Cup finals twice, but has not yet won a point in six games. In the eternal table of finalists, the team is 77th and last.

year Host country Participation until ... Last opponent Result Trainer Comments and special features
1930 Uruguay not participated not a FIFA member
1934 Italy not participated not a FIFA member
1938 France withdrawn
1950 Brazil not participated
1954 Switzerland not participated
1958 Sweden not participated
1962 Chile not participated
1966 England not participated
1970 Mexico Preliminary round Belgium , Mexico , USSR 16. Hernán Carrasco After qualifying, there was a football war between El Salvador and Honduras.
Eliminated as bottom group after three defeats without a goal. The game against hosts Mexico is the only World Cup game between two Central American teams.
1974 Germany not qualified In the qualification in the first round, Guatemala failed, which also failed to qualify.
1978 Argentina not qualified In the qualification in the second round at Mexico failed.
1982 Spain Preliminary round Hungary , Belgium , Argentina 24. Mauricio Rodríguez After three defeats, eliminated again as bottom of the group. The 1:10 against Hungary is the biggest World Cup defeat to date.
1986 Mexico not qualified In the qualification in the second round of Honduras failed, which also failed to qualify.
1990 Italy not qualified In the qualification in the finals as bottom group failed to Costa Rica and the USA .
1994 United States not qualified In qualifying in the finals, Mexico and Canada failed, which also failed to qualify.
1998 France not qualified In the qualification in the final round to Mexico , the USA and Jamaica failed.
2002 South Korea / Japan not qualified In the qualification in the second round of Honduras and Jamaica failed, which also could not qualify.
2006 Germany not qualified The USA and Panama failed in qualifying in the 3rd round , which also failed to qualify.
2010 South Africa not qualified The USA , Mexico and Honduras failed in qualifying in the 4th round . In the first round, the highest win in El Salvador's international history was achieved against Anguilla 12-0.
2014 Brazil not qualified In the qualification El Salvador failed in the 3rd round to Mexico and Costa Rica .
2018 Russia not qualified In the qualifying failed in the fourth round.
2022 Qatar

CONCACAF championship

CONCACAF Nations Cup

From 1973 the tournament also served as a World Cup qualifier.

  • 1963 - 2nd place
  • 1965 - 4th place
  • 1967 - did not participate
  • 1969 - El Salvador was disqualified due to the football war with Honduras
  • 1971 - El Salvador, which had to face Honduras in the second qualifying round, withdrew because of the football war.
  • 1973 - did not qualify
  • 1977 - 3rd place
  • 1981 - 2nd place
  • 1985 - did not qualify
  • 1989 - 5th place

CONCACAF Gold Cup

1991 not qualified
1993 not qualified
1996 Preliminary round
1998 Preliminary round
2000 not qualified
2002 Quarter finals
2003 Quarter finals
2005 not qualified
2007 Preliminary round
2009 Preliminary round
2011 Quarter finals
2013 Quarter finals
2015 Preliminary round
2017 Preliminary round
2019 Preliminary round
2021 qualified

Central American Championship

UNCAF Nations Cup

  • 1991 - 4th place
  • 1993 - 4th place
  • 1995 - 3rd place
  • 1997 - 3rd place
  • 1999 - 4th place
  • 2001 - 3rd place
  • 2003 - 3rd place
  • 2005 - preliminary round
  • 2007 - 4th place
  • 2009 - 4th place

Copa Centroamericana

Record player

As of January 19, 2020

Record player
Games player Period Gates
85 (84) Alfredo Pacheco † 2002-2013 07th
83 Dennis Jonathan Alas Morales 2001–2012 03
82 Leonel Carcamo Batres 1988-2000 00
81 Marvin Rene González Leiva 2002-2011 01
78 Rudis Corrales 2001-2011 17th
78 Ramón Sánchez 2003-2012 02
77 William Osael Romero Castillo 2007-2013 16
76 José Guillermo Rivera Escobar 1988-2000 15th
76 Jorge Humberto Rodríguez 1995-2004 09
75 Jaime Enrique Alas 2010-active 06th
Record shooters
Gates player Period Games
39 Raúl Díaz Arce 1991-2000 72
23 Rodolfo Antonio Zelaya 2008 – active 53
21st Mágico González 1976-1998 62
19th Juan Francisco Barraza † 1953-1969 40
19th José María Rivas † 1979-1989 47
17th Rudis Corrales 2001-2011 78
16 Nelson Bonilla 2012 – active 45
16 Luis Ramírez Zapata 1971-1989 58
16 William Osael Romero Castillo 2007-2013 77
15th Miguel Cruz † 1935-1950 14th
  1. ↑ a b rsssf.com: El Salvador - Record International Players
  2. ↑ Incl. possible matches and goals against French Guiana , Guadeloupe , Martinique , Saint Martin and Sint Maarten , who are members of CONCACAF but not members of FIFA and are therefore not taken into account by FIFA. (Matches and goals recognized by FIFA in brackets if known, if different.)
  3. ↑ Shooter of the only World Cup goal (at 1:10 against Hungary)

Coach history

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF; 200 kB)

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