El Salvador at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.
From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. Currently, CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup is decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions.
Since 1963, the Gold Cup was held 24 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (10 titles).
El Salvador have hosted the inaugural CONCACAF Championship in 1963. In the final round, they started with two victories, but lost the final and decisive match against Costa Rica 1-4. In that tournament, Salvadoran striker Volkswagen Hernández was top striker with five goals.
Since then, El Salvador has scored another Second Place in 1981, and a Third Place in 1977. After sixteen total appearances, El Salvador is ranking 7th in the tournament's all-time table and are the most successful team to never win the title.
Records
Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup
| CONCACAF Championship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | T | L | GF | GA |
 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 |
 | Fourth Place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
 | Did Not Enter | |||||||
 | Disqualified due to the Football War | |||||||
 | Withdrew | |||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 | Third Place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1985 | Group Stage | 4th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 1989 | Group Stage | 5th | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||||||||
 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| ||||||||
| Group Stage | 6th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Group Stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| Quarter-Final | 8th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Quarter-Final | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| Group Stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Group Stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Quarter-Final | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Quarter-Final | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
 | Group Stage | 9th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Quarter-Final | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 16/24 | 7/27 | 64 | 19 | 17 | 28 | 71 | 95 |
Match Overview
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Record by Opponent
| CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 20 |
 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 20 |