El Salvador national under-20 football team

El Salvador Under 20
Nickname(s)	La Selecta Sub 20
Association	Federación Salvadoreña; de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
FIFA code	SLV
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Curaçao 1 - 19 El Salvador ; (Panama City, Panama; March 6, 1962)
Biggest win
	El Salvador 16 - 0 Nicaragua ; (Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 17, 1982)
Biggest defeat
	Mexico 12 - 0 El Salvador ; (Havana, Cuba; September 29, 1970); Records for competitive; matches only.

The El Salvador Under 20s football team, more commonly known as La Azulita, is controlled by Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol and represents El Salvador in international Under 20 or youth football competitions.

Their first U-20 World Cup was at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where they saw their first victory at a major FIFA tournament (outside of beach soccer) to Australia by 2-1, scored respectively by Diego Coca and José Peña.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Did Not Qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	2	7
2015	Did Not Qualify
2017	Did Not Qualify
2019	To be determined
Total	1/20	3	1	0	2	2	7

UNCAF preliminary round

Year	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1995	1/2	2	2	0	0	8	1	Qualified
1998	2/2	2	1	0	1	4	5	Did not qualify
2001	3/3	2	0	1	1	1	2	Did not qualify
2003	2/5	4	2	1	1	7	4	Qualified
2005	3/5	4	2	0	2	9	6	Did not qualify
2007	2/3	2	1	0	1	6	7	Did not qualify
/ 2009	1/4	3	2	0	1	6	3	Qualified
/ 2011	2/3 Play-off	4	2	1	1	8	6	Disqualified¹
/ 2013	1/3	2	1	0	1	4	4	Qualified
2013	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualified
	9/9	25	13	3	9	53	38

¹The games were forbidden by Concacaf due to El Salvador using an ineligible player

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1962	Round 1	3	0	2	1	2	3
1964	Champions	7	5	1	1	12	6
1970	Fourth Place	4	1	1	2	3	8
1973	Did not participate
1974	Did not participate
1976	Round 1	3	0	1	2	2	9
1978	Second Round	6	3	1	2	11	7
1980	Round 1	4	2	0	2	9	4
1982	Second Round	5	2	0	3	13	7
1984	Third Place	8	4	3	1	10	3
1986	Did not participate
1988	Did not participate
1990	Round 1	2	0	0	2	1	4
1992	Did not participate
1994	Fourth Place	8	5	1	2	22	10
1996	Round 1	3	0	1	2	3	6
1998	Did not qualify
2001	Did not qualify
2003	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	5
2005	Did not qualify
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Round 1	3	0	1	2	3	6
2011	Disqualified
2013	Third Place	5	3	0	2	6	6
2015	Playoff Stage	6	2	2	2	9	10
Total	1 Champions	64	25	11	25	94	78

Fixtures and results

Date:	Location:	Opponent:	Score*	Competition:	El Salvador scorers:
19 February 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Luis Angel Firpo	2–3	F	José Villavicencio 9' Bryan Pérez 21'
12 March 2014	Santa Ana, El Salvador	FAS	1–2	F	Amilcar Gonzalez 70'
19 March 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Atletico Marte	2–1	F	Bryan Pérez 78' Aldair Rivera 91'
26 March 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Alianza	2–2	F	Josue Hernandez 65', Juan Barahona 86'
8 April 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Honduras	1–2	F	Denis Pineda 83'
30 May 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Atletico Marte	0–0	F
26 June 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Luis Angel Firpo	1–1	F
11 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	FAS	1–1	F	Josué Hernández
17 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Belize	6–0	U-20 CCQ	Juan Barahona 3' (pen.) Roberto Domínguez 44' Bryan Pérez 62' Josué Hernández 77', 88' Bryan Tamacas 90+2'
19 July 2014	Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Guatemala	2–2	U-20 CCQ	Juan Barahona 64' (pen.) Josué Hernández 78' (pen.)
21 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Honduras	0–0	U-20 CCQ
25 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Nicaragua	7–1	U-20 CCQ	Pérez 14' (pen.) Pineda 29', 46' Hernández 35', 44' Landaverde 71' Ventura 77'
27 July 2014	Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Panama	2–1	U-20 CCQ	Pineda 30' Dominguez 82'
29 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Costa Rica	1–2	U-20 CCQ	Pineda 58'
10 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Honduras	2–2	U-20 CC	Juan Barahona 84' José Villavicencio 90' (pen.)
12 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Haiti	1–1	U-20 CC	José Villavicencio 27'
15 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Canada	3–2	U-20 CC	Bryan Perez 43' José Villavicencio 77' Romilio Hernández 90+4'
19 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Mexico	1–3	U-20 CC	Nelson Moreno 89'
22 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Cuba	2–0	U-20 CC	Juan Barahona 57' 87'
24 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	United States	0–2	U-20 CC
10 July 2016	Nuevo Estadio Maracaná de Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá	Honduras	1–2	U-20 CC

Key

F = Friendly
UF = Unofficial Friendly
U-20 CCQ = 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying
U-20 CC = U-20 Championship
U-20 WC = U-20 World Cup
GS = Group Stage
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
Fi = Final
PSO = Penalty shootout
a.e.t. = After extra time
El Salvador's scores listed first

Players

Current squad

The following 20-man squad were called up for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying.

Number	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mario Martinez		Luis Angel Firpo
	1GK	Emilio Rivera		FAS

3	2DF	Roberto Domínguez	(1997-05-09) 9 May 1997	Santa Tecla
16	2DF	Diego Chavez		FAS
	2DF	Alexis Renderos		Turín FESA
15	2DF	Denilson Vidal		Quequeisque
20	2DF	Amilcar Bermudez		Toros
2	2DF	Oscar Menjivar		Universidad de El Salvador
	2DF	Joaquin Lozano		Turín FESA

	3MF	Roberto Alvarez		Municipal Limeño
	3MF	Hector Pineda		Georgia United
7	3MF	Kevin Reyes		Santa Tecla
	3MF	Nidelson Fernandez		Aguila
6	3MF	Emilio Cartagena		Turín FESA
14	3MF	Marco Rodriguez		sonsonate

8	4FW	Enrique Contreras		Alianza
13	4FW	Fernando Castillo		FAS
9	4FW	Brayan Paz		Águila
10	4FW	Marvin Marquez		Alianza
11	4FW	Isai Aguilar		Turín FESA

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad

Head coach: Mauricio Alfaro ^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Rolando Morales	(1994-03-01)1 March 1994 (aged 19)	Turín-FESA
2	2DF	Oliver Ayala	(1994-01-04)4 January 1994 (aged 19)	León
3	3MF	Tomás Granitto	(1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 20)	Florida Gulf Coast University
4	2DF	Giovanni Zavaleta	(1994-09-27)27 September 1994 (aged 18)	Turín-FESA
5	3MF	Romilio Hernández	(1995-06-06)6 June 1995 (aged 18)	Baltimore Bays
6	2DF	Marvin Baumgartner	(1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (aged 20)	Zürich
7	3MF	Jairo Henríquez	(1993-08-31)31 August 1993 (aged 19)	Turín-FESA
8	3MF	José Villavicencio	(1995-01-24)24 January 1995 (aged 18)	Turín-FESA
9	4FW	José Peña	(1994-12-10)10 December 1994 (aged 18)	Turín-FESA
10	3MF	Diego Coca	(1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 18)	Turín-FESA
11	4FW	Maikon Orellana	(1993-11-12)12 November 1993 (aged 19)	Brøndby
12	2DF	Kevin Barahona	(1994-10-01)1 October 1994 (aged 18)	Turín-FESA
13	2DF	Miguel Lemus	(1993-10-26)26 October 1993 (aged 19)	Turín-FESA
14	3MF	Óscar Rodríguez	(1995-04-16)16 April 1995 (aged 18)	Atlético San José
15	3MF	René Gómez	(1993-01-08)8 January 1993 (aged 20)	Turín-FESA
16	3MF	Benjamín Díaz	(1993-05-08)8 May 1993 (aged 20)	University of the District of Columbia
17	2DF	Kevin Ayala	(1994-07-15)15 July 1994 (aged 18)	Turín-FESA
18	1GK	Adolfo Menéndez, Jr.	(1993-07-03)3 July 1993 (aged 19)	FAS
19	3MF	Bernardo Majano	(1995-12-09)9 December 1995 (aged 17)	D.C. United
20	4FW	Roberto González	(1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 20)	Santa Tecla
21	1GK	Carlos Cañas	(1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 18)	Longwood University

Personnel

Current staff

Info may be outdated

Head Coach
Assistant Coach	Jose Helmer Silva
GK Coach	Raúl Antonio García
Physical Coordinator	Harold Rodriguez
Medical Trainer
Kinesiologist
Equipment Manager	Abraham Beltrán

Manager History

Conrado Miranda (1964, 1979)
Raul Magana (1985,1994)
Carlos Recinos (2000–2001)
Ricardo Herrera (2002–2003)
Cesar Acevedo (2004–2005)
José Luis Rugamas (2006–2007)
Norberto Huezo (2008–2009)
Mauricio Alfaro (2009-2015)
Eduardo Lara (2016-2017)
Alexsander Rodriguez (2017-2018)
Ernesto Gochez (2018-)

Record versus other nations

Records for competitive matches only. As of 01-22-15

Nat	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Australia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Barbados	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Belize	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4
Bermuda	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
Canada	6	1	1	4	4	8	-4
Colombia	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
Costa Rica	8	1	2	5	6	13	-7
Cuba	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3
Curaçao	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4
Grenada	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Guatemala	12	3	3	6	13	20	-7
Guyana	1	1	0	5	5	0	+5
Haiti	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3
Honduras	7	2	2	4	10	16	-6
Jamaica	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2
Mexico	8	0	0	8	3	25	-12
Nicaragua	6	5	1	0	26	5	+21
Panama	7	4	0	3	13	13	0
Suriname	1	0	0	1	1	6	-5
Trinidad and Tobago	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1
Turkey	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
United States	7	3	1	3	11	9	+2

Honours

CONCACAF U-20 Championship
- Winners (1): 1964
- Third Place (2): 1984, 2013

References

↑ "Completa la nómina de la Selección Sub-20 para Copa del Mundo Turquía 2013" (in Spanish). www.culebritamacheteada.sv. 2013-05-23. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15.

External links

Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol Official Site (Spanish)
El Salvador national football team (Non-Official Site) (Spanish)

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[1] "Completa la nómina de la Selección Sub-20 para Copa del Mundo Turquía 2013" (in Spanish). www.culebritamacheteada.sv. 2013-05-23. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15.

National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-20 U-17 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings The Best FIFA Football Awards Timeline of association football Comparison of association football and futsal
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU) Intercontinental (UAFA)
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, CAFA, WAFF) Intercontinental (UAFA)
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17 Nations League
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 Nations League Regional (CFU, UNCAF)
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-19 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA – ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IIGA – Island Games
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games
See also Geography Codes Player/Club of the Century Women's football