El Salvador national football team records and statistics

The following are the El Salvador national football team statistical records.

Player records

As of 16 November 2022[1]
Players in bold are still active with El Salvador.

Most appearances

Darwin Cerén is El Salvador's most capped player with 90 appearances.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Darwin Cerén 90 5 2012–present
2 Alfredo Pacheco 85 7 2002–2013
3 Dennis Alas 83 3 2001–2012
4 Leonel Cárcamo 82 0 1988–2000
5 Marvin González 81 1 2002–2011
6 Rudis Corrales 78 17 1999–2011
Alexander Larín 78 7 2012–present
Ramón Sánchez 78 2 2003–2012
9 Osael Romero 77 16 2007–2013
10 Guillermo Rivera 76 15 1988–2000
Jorge Rodríguez 76 9 1995–2004

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Raúl Díaz Arce 39 72 0.54 1991–2000
2 Rodolfo Zelaya 23 52 0.43 2008–2019
3 Jorge "Mágico" González 21 62 0.34 1976–1998
4 Juan Francisco Barraza 19 40 0.48 1953–1969
José María Rivas 19 47 0.4 1979–1989
Nelson Bonilla 19 57 0.33 2012–present
7 Rudis Corrales 17 78 0.22 2001–2011
8 Luis Ramírez Zapata 16 58 0.28 1971–1989
Osael Romero 16 77 0.21 2007–2013
10 Miguel Cruz 15 14 1.07 1935–1950
Eliseo Quintanilla 15 68 0.22 2006–2012
Guillermo Rivera 15 76 0.2 1988–2000

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

El Salvador has never advanced beyond the first round of the finals competition. El Salvador declined to participate at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[note 1]

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Did not enter
Italy 1934
France 1938 Withdrew[note 1] Withdrew
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954 Did not enter Did not enter
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 0 9 Squad 10 7 0 3 19 12
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify 7 3 2 2 15 9
Argentina 1978 11 4 4 3 18 16
Spain 1982 Group stage 24th 3 0 0 3 1 13 Squad 13 7 4 2 14 6
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify 6 4 1 1 15 2
Italy 1990 8 2 2 4 8 8
United States 1994 14 8 1 5 28 11
France 1998 16 5 5 6 23 22
South Korea Japan 2002 10 6 1 3 23 15
Germany 2006 8 3 1 4 6 14
South Africa 2010 20 8 3 9 39 21
Brazil 2014 12 7 2 3 28 16
Russia 2018 10 3 3 4 12 16
Qatar 2022 20 7 5 8 27 19
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total Group stage 2/22 6 0 0 6 1 22 165 74 34 57 275 187

CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
El Salvador 1963Runners-up2nd73311711 Squad Qualified as hosts
Guatemala 1965Fourth place4th521279 Squad 2 2 0 0 7 1
Honduras 1967Did not enter Did not enter
Costa Rica 1969Banned Banned
Trinidad and Tobago 1971Withdrew Withdrew
Haiti 1973Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 2
Mexico 1977Third place3rd521289 Squad 6 2 3 1 10 7
Honduras 1981Runners-up2nd522121 Squad 8 5 2 1 12 5
1985Fourth place4th421172 Squad 2 2 0 0 8 0
1989Fifth place5th602428 Squad 2 2 0 0 6 0
United States 1991Did not qualify 5 2 1 2 7 11
Mexico United States 1993 3 0 1 2 1 5
United States 1996Group stage6th210134 Squad 4 3 0 1 7 3
United States 1998Group stage8th301206 Squad 5 1 1 3 2 5
United States 2000Did not qualify 8 1 2 5 6 15
United States 2002Quarter-finals8th310215 Squad 6 2 4 0 8 4
Mexico United States 2003Quarter-finals6th310237 Squad 5 3 0 2 6 4
United States 2005Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 3
United States 2007Group stage9th310226 Squad 5 2 1 2 4 5
United States 2009Group stage9th310223 Squad 5 1 1 3 5 8
United States 2011Quarter-finals7th412188 Squad 5 2 1 2 7 6
United States 2013Quarter-finals7th411248 Squad 4 1 2 1 2 2
Canada United States 2015Group stage9th302112 Squad 4 2 0 2 4 3
United States 2017Quarter-finals8th411246 Squad 5 2 1 2 5 4
Costa Rica Jamaica United States 2019Group stage9th311114 Squad 4 3 0 1 7 2
United States 2021Quarter-finals6th420264 Squad 6 5 0 1 10 1
Canada United States 2023Group stage14th302134 Squad 4 1 2 1 6 5
TotalRunners-up19/277422203281107102442236131101

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
Season Division Group Pld W D L GF GA P/R RK
United States 2019−20 B B 6 5 0 1 10 1 Rise 14th
United States 2022–23 A D 4 1 2 1 6 5 Same position 8th
Total 10 6 2 2 16 6 8th

Copa Centroamericana

Copa Centroamericana record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Costa Rica 1991Fourth place4th301229
Honduras 1993Fourth place4th301215
El Salvador 1995Third place3rd420255
Guatemala 1997Third place3rd531155
Costa Rica 1999Fourth place4th511339
Honduras 2001Third place3rd624084
Panama 2003Third place3rd530264
Guatemala 2005Group stage6th200213
El Salvador 2007Fourth place4th521245
Honduras 2009Fourth place4th511356
Panama 2011Fourth place4th521276
Costa Rica 2013Third place3rd412122
United States 2014Fourth place4th420243
Panama 2017Third place3rd521254
TotalThird place14/14571914245467

CCCF Championship

CCCF Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Costa Rica 1941Runners-up2nd4211158
El Salvador 1943Champions1st64112811
Costa Rica 1946Third place3rd53021511
Guatemala 1948Fifth place5th8215617
Panama 1951Did not enter
Costa Rica 1953Fifth place5th62131014
Honduras 1955Fourth place4th6303813
Netherlands Antilles 1957Did not enter
Cuba 1960Withdrew
Costa Rica 1961Runners-up2nd6411187
Total1 Title7/10412051610081

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
France 1900Did not participate
United States 1904
United Kingdom 1908
Sweden 1912
Belgium 1920
France 1924
Netherlands 1928
Nazi Germany 1936
United Kingdom 1948
Finland 1952
Australia 1956
Italy 1960
Japan 1964
Mexico 1968Group stage15th301228 Squad
West Germany 1972Did not qualify
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984
South Korea 1988
Since 1992See El Salvador national under-23 football team
TotalGroup stage1/19301228

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Argentina 1951Did not qualify
Mexico 1955
United States 1959
Brazil 1963
Canada 1967
Colombia 1971
Mexico 1975Preliminary round10th311143
Puerto Rico 1979Did not qualify
Venezuela 1983
United States 1987Preliminary round7th311111
Cuba 1991Did not qualify
Argentina 1995
Since 1999See El Salvador national under-23 football team
TotalPreliminary round2/12622254

Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Cuba 1930Fourth place4th51041325
El Salvador 1935Third place3rd52031520
Panama 1938Fourth place4th5203719
Colombia 1946Did not qualify
Guatemala 1950Fourth place4th310245
Mexico 1954Champions1st431095
Venezuela 1959Did not qualify
Jamaica 1962
Puerto Rico 1966Fourth place4th512259
Panama 1970Did not qualify
Dominican Republic 1974
Colombia 1978Group stage9th5104221
Cuba 1982Did not qualify
Dominican Republic 1986
Mexico 1990
Puerto Rico 1993
Venezuela 1998
El Salvador 2002Champions1st5500101
Colombia 2006Quarter-finals5th310297
Puerto Rico 2010Quarter-finals5th211010
Mexico 2014Group stage5th310235
Colombia 2018Group stage6th310214
Total2 Titles12/22482042479121

Central American Games

Central American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Guatemala 1973Third place3rd412124
El Salvador 1977Champions1st6411172
Guatemala 1986Fourth place4th301204
Honduras 1990Did not participate
El Salvador 1994Runners-up2nd3300122
Honduras 1997Fourth place4th420252
Guatemala 2001Group stage6th200205
Honduras 2006Not held
Panama 2010
Costa Rica 2013Third place3rd6204623
Nicaragua 2017Fourth place4th412121
Total1 Title9/1132136134443

Head-to-head record

The list shown below shows the El Salvador national football team all-time international record against opposing nations. The stats are composed of FIFA World Cup and qualifiers, the CONCACAF Gold Cup, as well as numerous other international friendly tournaments and matches.

Updated to 17 October 2023 after the match against  Martinique.[2]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
 Anguilla2200160+16
 Antigua and Barbuda110030+3
 Argentina200204-4
 Armenia100104−4
 Aruba110020+2
 Barbados110030+3
 Belgium200204-4
 Belize9900266+20
 Bermuda521286+2
 Bolivia512269−3
 Brazil3003013−13
 Canada174491322−9
 Cayman Islands220081+7
 Chile300303−3
 China1010220
 Colombia8125918-9
 Costa Rica599133750128-78
 Cuba9720244+20
 Curaçao[lower-alpha 1]2012622915+14
 Denmark110010+1
 Dominican Republic430174+3
 Ecuador10127831-23
 Estonia100102−2
 Ghana1010110
 Greece200216-5
 Grenada321073+4
 Guatemala8521263872102-30
 Guyana211054+1
 Haiti2715663618+18
 Honduras7618203875123-48
 Hungary4013317−14
 Iceland100101-1
 Israel100113−2
 Ivory Coast100112−1
 Jamaica26610101827−9
 Japan200208−8
 Martinique411223−1
 Mexico37413220106−86
 Moldova110020+2
 Montserrat431062+4
 New Zealand1010220
 Nicaragua31273112021+99
 Panama431411185860−2
 Paraguay6006111−10
 Peru6204614−8
 Puerto Rico3210102+8
 Qatar200224−2
 Republic of Ireland110010+1
 Russia[lower-alpha 2]5005110-9
 Saint Kitts and Nevis4310123+9
 Saint Lucia220050+5
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines220092+7
 Serbia[lower-alpha 3]100114−3
 South Korea1010110
 Spain100102-2
 Suriname9801287+21
 Trinidad and Tobago134451617−1
 United States2817201663−47
 U.S. Virgin Islands110070+7
 Venezuela520367-1
 Zimbabwe1010000
Total610198132280767930-163
  1. Includes matches against  Netherlands Antilles.
  2. Includes matches against  Soviet Union.
  3. Includes matches against  Yugoslavia.

FIFA ranking record

The following is a chart of the yearly averages of El Salvador's FIFA ranking.

Notes

  1. El Salvador turned down an invitation from Brazil.

References

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