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)
Head coach Colombia Eduardo Lara
FIFA code SLV
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Curaçao 1 - 1 El Salvador El Salvador
(Panama City, Panama; March 6, 1962)
Biggest win
El Salvador El Salvador 8 - 0 Nicaragua 
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 17, 1982)
Biggest defeat

 Mexico 6 - 0 El Salvador El Salvador
(Havana, Cuba; September 29, 1970)

Records for competitive
matches only.

The El Salvador Under 20's 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
Tunisia 1977 Did Not Qualify
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013 Group Stage310227
New Zealand 2015 Did Not Qualify
Total1/20310227

UNCAF preliminary round

Year Position GP W D* L GS GA
19951/2220081Qualified
19982/2210145Did not qualify
Panama 20013/3201112Did not qualify
20032/5421174Qualified
20053/5420296Did not qualify
20072/3210167Did not qualify
Honduras/Guatemala 20091/4320163Qualified
Panama/Honduras 20112/3 Play-off421186Disqualified¹
Honduras/Guatemala 20131/3210144Qualified
El Salvador 2013-------Qualified
9/92513395338

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
Panama 1962Round 1302123
Guatemala 1964Champions7511126
Cuba 1970Fourth Place411238
Mexico 1973 Did not participate
Canada 1974
Puerto Rico 1976Round 1301229
Honduras 1978Second Round6312117
United States 1980Round 1420294
Guatemala 1982Second Round5203137
Trinidad and Tobago 1984Third Place8431103
Trinidad and Tobago 1986 Did not participate
Guatemala 1988
Guatemala 1990Round 1200214
Canada 1992 Did not participate
Honduras 1994Fourth Place85122210
Mexico 1996Round 1301236
GuatemalaTrinidad and Tobago1998Did not qualify
CanadaTrinidad and Tobago2001
PanamaUnited States2003Round 1300315
United StatesHonduras2005 Did not qualify
PanamaMexico2007
Trinidad and Tobago2009Round 1301236
Guatemala 2011 Disqualified
Mexico 2013Third Place530266
Jamaica 2015Playoff Stage6222910
Total1 Champions642511259478

Fixtures and results

Date: Location: Opponent: Score* Competition: El Salvador scorers:
19 February 2014 San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador Luis Angel Firpo 23 F José Villavicencio  9' Bryan Pérez  21'
12 March 2014 Santa Ana, El Salvador El Salvador FAS 12 F Amilcar Gonzalez  70'
19 March 2014 San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador Atletico Marte 21 F Bryan Pérez  78' Aldair Rivera  91'
26 March 2014 San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador Alianza 22 F Josue Hernandez  65', Juan Barahona  86'
8 April 2014 San Salvador, El Salvador  Honduras 12 F Denis Pineda  83'
30 May 2014 San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador Atletico Marte 00 F
26 June 2014 San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador Luis Angel Firpo 11 F
11 July 2014 San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador FAS 11 F Josué Hernández
17 July 2014 San Salvador, El Salvador  Belize 60 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 22 U-20 CCQ Juan Barahona  64' (pen.) Josué Hernández  78' (pen.)
21 July 2014 San Salvador, El Salvador  Honduras 00 U-20 CCQ
25 July 2014 San Salvador, El Salvador  Nicaragua 71 U-20 CCQ Pérez  14' (pen.) Pineda  29', 46' Hernández  35', 44' Landaverde  71' Ventura  77'
27 July 2014 Santa Tecla, El Salvador  Panama 21 U-20 CCQ Pineda  30' Dominguez  82'
29 July 2014 San Salvador, El Salvador  Costa Rica 12 U-20 CCQ Pineda  58'
10 January 2015 Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Honduras 22 U-20 CC Juan Barahona  84' José Villavicencio  90' (pen.)
12 January 2015 Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Haiti 11 U-20 CC José Villavicencio  27'
15 January 2015 Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Canada 32 U-20 CC Bryan Perez  43' José Villavicencio  77' Romilio Hernández  90+4'
19 January 2015 Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Mexico 13 U-20 CC Nelson Moreno  89'
22 January 2015 Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  Cuba 20 U-20 CC Juan Barahona  57' 87'
24 January 2015 Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay  United States 02 U-20 CC

Key

Players

Current squad

The following 20-man squad were called up for Friendly.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Carlos Cañas (1995-03-26)26 March 1995 (aged 19) United States Longwood Lancers
2 2DF Nelson Moreno (1996-11-23)23 November 1996 (aged 18) El Salvador Club Social Ciclón del Golfo
3 2DF Roberto Dominguez (1997-05-09)9 May 1997 (aged 17) El Salvador Juventud Independiente
4 2DF Bryan Tamacas (1995-02-21)21 February 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador C.D. FAS
5 2DF Edwin Cuellar (1995-06-17)17 June 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador Santa Tecla F.C.
6 3MF Narciso Orellana (1995-01-28)28 January 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador A.D. Isidro Metapán
7 3MF Alvaro Lizama (1995-05-24)24 May 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador C.D. Aguila
8 3MF Alvaro Guardado (1995-09-11)11 September 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador Juventud Independiente
9 4FW Bryan Pérez (1996-03-04)4 March 1996 (aged 18) El Salvador C.D. Luis Angel Firpo
10 3MF Josue Hernandez (1996-06-02)2 June 1996 (aged 18) El Salvador C.D. Atletico Marte
11 3MF Jose Villavicencio (1995-01-24)24 January 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador C.D. FAS
12 2DF Cesar Flores (1995-03-17)17 March 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador C.D. Luis Angel Firpo
13 4FW Jonathan Miranda (1995-02-15)15 February 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador Audaz
14 3MF Andres Flores Jaco (1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador Alianza F.C.
15 4FW William Canales (1995-02-18)18 February 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador C.D. Atletico Marte
16 3MF Eduardo Merino (1995-12-21)21 December 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador C.D. Atletico Marte
17 2DF Juan Barahona (1995-02-12)12 February 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador Santa Tecla F.C.
18 1GK Nicolas Pacheco (1995-04-07)7 April 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador C.D. FAS
19 3MF Julio Amaya (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 (aged 19) El Salvador Marte Soyapango
20 3MF Romilio Hernandez (1995-03-20)20 March 1995 (aged 19) United States University of Louisville
21 3MF Kelvin Argueta (1991-03-20)20 March 1991 (aged 23) El Salvador Fuerte San Francisco

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the El Salvador U-20 squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Kevin Caravantes El Salvador Luis Angel Firpo 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
DF Christian Renderos El Salvador UES 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
MF Bryan Landaverde (1995-05-27) May 27, 1995 El Salvador UES 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
MF Denis Pineda (1996-04-01) April 1, 1996 Mexico UANL 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
Carlos Jose Garcia El Salvador FAS 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
Ronald Ventura (1996-04-11) April 11, 1996 United States D.C. United U-18 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
Kerin Perlera El Salvador Luis Angel Firpo 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad

Head coach: Mauricio Alfaro El Salvador[1]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Rolando Morales (1994-03-01)01 March 1994 (aged 19) El Salvador Turín-FESA
2 2DF Oliver Ayala (1994-01-04)04 January 1994 (aged 19) Mexico León
3 3MF Tomás Granitto (1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 20) United States Florida Gulf Coast University
4 2DF Giovanni Zavaleta (1994-09-27)27 September 1994 (aged 18) El Salvador Turín-FESA
5 3MF Romilio Hernández (1995-06-06)06 June 1995 (aged 18) United States Baltimore Bays
6 2DF Marvin Baumgartner (1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (aged 20) Switzerland Zürich
7 3MF Jairo Henríquez (1993-08-31)31 August 1993 (aged 19) El Salvador Turín-FESA
8 3MF José Villavicencio (1995-01-24)24 January 1995 (aged 18) El Salvador Turín-FESA
9 4FW José Peña (1994-12-10)10 December 1994 (aged 18) El Salvador Turín-FESA
10 3MF Diego Coca (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 18) El Salvador Turín-FESA
11 4FW Maikon Orellana (1993-11-12)12 November 1993 (aged 19) Denmark Brøndby
12 2DF Kevin Barahona (1994-10-01)01 October 1994 (aged 18) El Salvador Turín-FESA
13 2DF Miguel Lemus (1993-10-26)26 October 1993 (aged 19) El Salvador Turín-FESA
14 3MF Óscar Rodríguez (1995-04-16)16 April 1995 (aged 18) El Salvador Atlético San José
15 3MF René Gómez (1993-01-08)08 January 1993 (aged 20) El Salvador Turín-FESA
16 3MF Benjamín Díaz (1993-05-08)08 May 1993 (aged 20) United States University of the District of Columbia
17 2DF Kevin Ayala (1994-07-15)15 July 1994 (aged 18) El Salvador Turín-FESA
18 1GK Adolfo Menéndez, Jr. (1993-07-03)03 July 1993 (aged 19) El Salvador FAS
19 3MF Bernardo Majano (1995-12-09)09 December 1995 (aged 17) United States D.C. United
20 4FW Roberto González (1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 20) El Salvador Santa Tecla
21 1GK Carlos Cañas (1994-09-09)09 September 1994 (aged 18) United States Longwood University

Personnel

Current staff

Info may be outdated

Head Coach Colombia Eduardo Lara
Assistant Coach Colombia Jose Silva
GK Coach El Salvador Raúl Antonio García
Physical Coordinator Colombia Harold Rodríguez
Medical Trainer El Salvador [[]]
Kinesiologist El Salvador José Luis Rodríguez
Equipment Manager El Salvador Abraham Beltrán

Manager History

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 110050+5
 Australia 110021+1
 Barbados 110030+3
 Belize 320184+4
 Bermuda 220052+3
 Canada 611448-4
 Colombia 100103-3
 Costa Rica 8125613-7
 Cuba 430152+3
 Curaçao 632195+4
 Grenada 110030+3
 Guatemala 123361320-7
 Guyana 110550+5
 Haiti 311163+3
 Honduras 72241016-6
 Jamaica 311142+2
 Mexico 8008325-12
 Nicaragua 6510265+21
 Panama 740313130
 Suriname 100116-5
 Trinidad and Tobago 412145-1
 Turkey 100103-3
 United States 7313119+2

Honours

See also

References

  1. "Completa la nómina de la Selección Sub-20 para Copa del Mundo Turquía 2013" (in Spanish). www.culebritamacheteada.sv. 2013-05-23.

External links

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