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Revision as of 20:29, 31 October 2006

El Salvador
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)La Selecta
Selección Cuscatleca
Cuscatlecos
AssociationFederación Salvadoreña
de Fútbol
Head coachMexico Carlos De Los Cobos
Most caps?
Top scorerEl Salvador Raúl Díaz Arce (39)
FIFA codeSLV
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current167
Highest60 (October 1993)
Lowest167 (October 2006)
First international
El Salvador El Salvador 0 - 7 Costa Rica Costa Rica
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept 14, 1921)
Biggest win
El Salvador El Salvador 9 - 0 Nicaragua Nicaragua
(El Salvador; May 1, 1929)
El Salvador El Salvador 10 - 1 Nicaragua Nicaragua
(El Salvador; December 16, 1943)
Biggest defeat
Hungary Hungary 10 - 1 El Salvador El Salvador
(Elche, Spain; June 15, 1982)
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1970)
Best resultRound 1, 1970 and 1982
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1996)
Best resultQuarterfinals, 2002 and 2003

The El Salvador national football team is the national team of El Salvador and is controlled by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. [1] They have qualified for two World Cups, Mexico 70 and España 82. [2] [3]

In the 1970 tournament, El Salvador lost their first game 3-0 to Belgium in Mexico City on June 3. [4] On June 7, the team played its second match against the host nation. It proved to be a controversial affair: with the score still at 0-0, the Egyptian referee Hussain Kandil awarded a free-kick to the Salvadorans in their own half. It was immediately taken by Mexico, who scored a couple of seconds later. The Salvadoran players protested vigorously, to the extent of physically jostling Bermudan linesman Keith Dunstan, but the goal was allowed to stand. [citation needed] El Salvador were demoralised as a result, and Mexico subsequently won the game 4-0 with ease in Mexico City. [5] On June 10, El Salvador lost their final match in the tournament 2-0 to the USSR in Mexico City, to finish bottom of Group A. [6]


In 1982, El Salvador took a 20-man squad (two players short of the normal 22, for reasons that remain unclear), coached by Mauricio "Pipo" Rodríguez, to Spain. However, the team's experience was an unhappy one. In their first match on June 15, in Elche, they were defeated 10-1 by Hungary, a scoreline that stands as a World Cup record to this day. [7] One crumb of comfort was that Luis Baltazar Ramírez Zapata did score the country's first ever World Cup goal during the game, albeit at a point when the Salvadorans were already down 5-0. [8]


El Salvador managed to regain some pride in their subsequent games: displaying much-improved levels of organisation and commitment, they lost 1-0 to Belgium on June 19 in Elche and 2-0 to the then reigning world champions Argentina in Alicante on June 23. [9] [10]


The Salvadoran football is also known for its part in the Football War, which started after a qualifying game for Mexico 70 against Honduras. After massive rioting between the fans, the Salvadoran army launched an attack against Honduras on July 14, 1969. A ceasefire came into effect six days later. However the reality is that the war came upon conflicts that had been going on for some time, due to problems with the national borders between the two countries.

World Cup record

Year Finish Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals Scored Goals Against
1930 to 1934 Did not enter
1938 Withdrew
1950 to 1966 Did not enter
1970 Round 1 3 0 0 3 0 9
1974 to 1978 Did not qualify
1982 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 13
1986 to 2006 Did not qualify
Total 6 0 0 6 1 22

Gold Cup record

  • 1991 - Did not qualify
  • 1993 - Did not qualify
  • 1996 - Round 1
  • 1998 - Round 1
  • 2000 - Did not qualify
  • 2002 - Quarterfinals
  • 2003 - Quarterfinals
  • 2005 - Did not qualify

Major Honours

Trivia

  • First Central American team to qualify for a FIFA World Cup (1970) and first Central American team to qualify twice (1982).

Current squad

Reserves

Selected Famous Players

selected famous Managers

Name Period country
Marck Scott Thompson 1930-1935 United States
Carbilio Tomasino 1950-1952 Peru
Gregorio Bundio 1960-1961 El Salvador
Hernán CARRASCO Vivanco 1964-1970 Chile
Mauricio “pipil” Rodriguez 1981-1982 El Salvador
Aníbal Ruiz Leites 1992 Paraguay
José Omar Pastoriza 1995-1996 Argentina
Anibal tarabini 1996 El Salvador
Armado palma contreras 1996-1997 El Salvador
Milovan Djoric 1997-1998 Serbia
Mario “marinho” Perez 1998 Brazil
Oscar emigado Benitez- 1999-2000 El Salvador
Carlos “humberto” Recinos 2001-02 El Salvador
Jorge “humberto” Recinos 2003 El Salvador
Juan Ramon Paredes 2004-2005 El Salvador*Argentina
Armando Contreras 2005 El Salvador
Carlos De Los Cobos 2006- Mexico

Notes and references

  1. ^ FIFA.com Association page at FIFA.com. Accessed 12 April 2006.
  2. ^ 1970 FIFA World Cup History Accessed 12 April 2006.
  3. ^ 1982 FIFA World Cup History Accessed 12 April 2006.
  4. ^ FIFA Match Report for Belgium-El Salvador on June 3, 1970 Accessed 12 April 2006.
  5. ^ FIFA Match Report for Mexico-El Salvador on June 7, 1970 Accessed 12 April 2006.
  6. ^ FIFA Match Report for Soviet Union-El Salvador on June 10, 1970 Accessed 12 April 2006.
  7. ^ Did You Know? table Stating that Hungary broke the record for most lopsided victory against El Salvador. Accessed 12 April 2006.
  8. ^ FIFA Match Report for Hungary-El Salvador on June 15, 1982 Accessed 12 April 2006.
  9. ^ FIFA Match Report for Belgium-El Salvador on June 19, 1982 Accessed 12 April 2006.
  10. ^ FIFA Match Report for Argentina-El Salvador on June 23, 1982 Accessed 12 April 2006.
  11. ^ 1982 FIFA World Cup Preliminary History Overview which mentions that Mexico was eliminated by El Salvador and Honduras during the final qualifying stage. Accessed 21 July 2006.


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