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
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)La Selecta Sub 20
AssociationFederación Salvadoreña
de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachSpain Manuel Torres Núñez
FIFA codeSLV
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Curaçao 1–19 El Salvador El Salvador
(Panama City, Panama; March 6, 1962)
Biggest win
El Salvador El Salvador 16–0 Nicaragua 
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 17, 1982)
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 12–0 El Salvador 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
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
South Korea 2017
Poland 2019
Indonesia 2021 Cancelled
Argentina 2023 Did not qualify
Total1/23310227

Fixtures and results

Date: Location: Opponent: Score* Competition: El Salvador scorers:
19 February 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'
2 November 2018 IMG Soccer Complex Field #2, Florida, United States  Curaçao 21 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 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.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Damián Alguera (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 4 0 United States Philadelphia Union
1GK Sergio Sibrián (2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 0 0 El Salvador Alianza

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

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

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

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 El Salvador Santa Tecla

2DF TBD El Salvador TBD

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

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

Former squads

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad

Head coach: Mauricio Alfaro El Salvador[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Rolando Morales (1994-03-01)1 March 1994 (aged 19) El Salvador Turín-FESA
2 2DF Oliver Ayala (1994-01-04)4 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)6 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)1 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)8 January 1993 (aged 20) El Salvador Turín-FESA
16 3MF Benjamín Díaz (1993-05-08)8 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)3 July 1993 (aged 19) El Salvador FAS
19 3MF Bernardo Majano (1995-12-09)9 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)9 September 1994 (aged 18) United States Longwood University

Personnel

Current staff

Info may be outdated

Head coach Spain Manuel Torres Núñez
Assistant coach
GK Coach
Physical Coordinator
Medical Trainer
Kinesiologist
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. "Listas finales anunciadas para el Campeonato Sub-20 de Concacaf 2022" (in Spanish). Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. "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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