El Salvador national under-20 football team

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.

El Salvador Under 20
Nickname(s)La Selecta Sub 20
AssociationFederación Salvadoreña
de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachErnesto Góchez
FIFA codeSLV
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.

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 Stage310227
2015 Did Not Qualify
2017
2019
2021 To Be Determined
Total1/23310227

Fixtures and results

Date: Location: Opponent: Score* Competition: El Salvador scorers:
19 February San Salvador, El Salvador Luis Angel Firpo 23 F José Villavicencio  9' Bryan Pérez  21'
12 March 2014 Santa Ana, El Salvador FAS 12 F Amilcar Gonzalez  70'
2 November 2018 IMG Soccer Complex Field #2, Florida, United States  Curaçao 2 1 CC Gerson Sánchez  59'
Christian Rosales  88'
4 November 2018 IMG Soccer Stadium, Florida, United States  Cayman Islands 3-1 CC Jose Portillo  39'
Jorge Cruz  41'
Fernando Clavel  51'
6 November 2018 IMG Soccer Stadium, Florida, United States  Guatemala 2-1 CC Siliazar Henríquez 32'
 58'
10 November 2018 IMG Soccer Stadium, Florida, United States  Guyana TBD TBD CC TBD  83'

Key

Players

Current squad

The following 20-man squad were called up for Under 20 World Cup qualifiers.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Rodrigo Artiga Sonsonate reserves
2 2DF Kevin Menjívar Turín-FESA
3 2DF Siliazar Henríquez Turín-FESA
4 2DF Jorge Cruz Once Lobos
5 2DF William Pinto Atlético Marte
6 3MF José Portillo Alianza reserves
7 3MF Ángel Callejas Santa Tecla reserves
8 3MF Rodrigo Santamaría FAS reserves
9 4FW Gerson Sánchez Santa Tecla reserves
10 4FW Josué Rivera FAS
11 4FW Alexis Cerritos DC United Academy
12 3MF Sebastien Rondeau 01/19/00 Sonsonate reserves
13 3MF Eric García Club America under 20
14 3MF Oswaldo González Turín-FESA
15 2DF José García Santa Tecla reserves
16 2DF Gabriel Escobar Vancouver Whitecaps Academy
17 3MF Álvaro Arévalo Santa Tecla reserves
18 1GK Isaí Saravia Washington
19 4FW Cristian Rosales Turín-FESA
20 3MF Fernando Clavel Metapan reserves

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the current U-20 cycle.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Rodrigo Alexis Perez Santa Tecla

2DF TBD TBD

3MF Herbert Marcelo Diaz TBD
3MF Lisandro Rafael Mejia TBD
3MF Milton Quintanilla TBD
3MF TBD TBD

4FW Josue Rivas TBD
4FW Cristian Benjamin Martinez Turín-FESA
4FW Jose Edin Mendez Sonsonate Reserva

Former squads

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad

Head coach: Mauricio Alfaro [1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals 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

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

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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. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15.
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