El Salvador national under-20 football team - Team

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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

Association

Federación Salvadoreña
de Fútbol

Confederation

CONCACAF (North America)

Head coach

Gerson Perez

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.

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
2019
2021	Cancelled
2023	Did Not Qualify
Total	1/23	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
2017	Classification stage	5	2	0	3	7	11
2018	Qualification stage	6	3	0	3	7	7
Total	1 Champions	79	30	13	33	110	103

Fixtures and results

Date:	Location:	Opponent:	Score*	Competition:	El Salvador scorers:
19 February	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'
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

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 players were called up for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[1]
Match dates: 18 June – 3 July 2022
Caps and goals correct as of: 19 June 2022
Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Damián Alguera	(2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 18)	4	0	Philadelphia Union
1GK	Sergio Sibrián	(2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 (age 18)	0	0	Alianza

2DF	Alejandro Cano	(2004-05-21) 21 May 2004 (age 18)	6	0	San Jose Earthquakes
2DF	Mauricio Cerritos	(2003-10-17) 17 October 2003 (age 18)	0	0	Atlético Marte
2DF	René Dueñas	(2004-05-02) 2 May 2004 (age 18)	0	0	FAS
2DF	Cesar Orellana		0	0	Unknown
2DF	Walter Pineda	(2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Águila
2DF	Alexander Romero	(2004-09-24) 24 September 2004 (age 18)	4	0	Los Angeles FC
2DF	Alejandro Serrano	(2003-12-04) 4 December 2003 (age 18)	0	0	Santa Tecla

3MF	Robinson Aguirre	(2004-11-23) 23 November 2004 (age 17)	7	0	Colorado Rapids
3MF	Hamilton Benítez	(2003-08-28) 28 August 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Alianza
3MF	Danny Ríos	(2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Houston Dynamo
3MF	Jeremy Garay	(2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 19)	5	1	D.C. United
3MF	Mayer Gil	(2003-09-07) 7 September 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Alianza Petrolera
3MF	Harold Osorio	(2003-08-20) 20 August 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Alianza

4FW	Ronald Arévalo	(2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 19)	0	0	OTP
4FW	Isaac Esquivel	(2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 18)	0	0	Marte Soyapango
4FW	Javier Mariona	(2004-10-17) 17 October 2004 (age 17)	2	2	Oakland Roots SC
4FW	Alexander Umaña	(2003-10-12) 12 October 2003 (age 18)	5	3	Sporting Kansas City

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Caps
1GK	Rodrigo Alexis Perez	Santa Tecla

2DF	TBD	TBD

3MF	Herbert Marcelo Diaz	TBD
3MF	Lisandro Rafael Mejia	TBD
3MF	Milton Quintanilla	TBD
3MF	Diego Barahona	Los Angeles FC Academy

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 [2]

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	Gerson Perez
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)
Gerson Perez (2022-)

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

"Listas finales anunciadas para el Campeonato Sub-20 de Concacaf 2022" (in Spanish). Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
"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)

Football in El Salvador

Salvadoran Football Federation

National teams

Men	El Salvador portal National team Olympic (U-23) U-21 U-20 U-17 Beach soccer
Women	National team U-23 U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Primera (Reserves) Segunda Tercera ADFA
Women	Salvadoran women's football championship

Domestic cups

Men	Copa Presidente

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

v t e 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.

v t e National sports teams of El Salvador
Badminton Baseball Basketball M W Beach soccer Football M MU-23 MU-21 MU-20 MU-17 W WU-17 Rugby league Rugby union Tennis M W
Olympics Paralympics Pan American Games

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