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El Salvador national football team - Definition and Overview
El Salvador

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Shirt badge/Association crest

Nickname-
AssociationFederación Salvadoreña
de Fútbol
CoachArmando Contreras
Most caps?
Top scorerRaul Diaz Arce (39)
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Home colours
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Away colours
First International
El Salvador 0 - 7 Costa Rica
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept 14, 1921)
Largest win
El Salvador 9 - 0 Nicaragua
(El Salvador; May 1, 1929)
El Salvador 10 - 1 Nicaragua
(El Salvador; December 16, 1943)
Worst defeat
Hungary 10 - 1 El Salvador
(Elche, Spain; June 15, 1982)
World Cup
Appearances 2 (First in 1970)
Best resultRound 1, 1970 and 1982
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances 4 (First in 1996)
Best resultQuarterfinals, 2002 and 2003

The El Salvador national football team is the national team of El Salvador and is controlled by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. They made two World Cups, but lost all six games, including a World Cup record 10-1 defeat against Hungary in 1982.

The Football War started after a qualifying game for the 1970 World Cup against Honduras. After massive rioting between the fans, on July 14, 1969, the Salvadorian army launched an attack against Honduras. A cease fire was put in effect six days later.

World Cup record

Gold Cup record

  • 1991 - Did not qualify
  • 1993 - Did not qualify
  • 1996 - Round 1
  • 1998 - Round 1
  • 2000 - Did not qualify
  • 2002 - Quarterfinals
  • 2003 - Quarterfinals

Selected famous players


National football teams of North America (CONCACAF)

Anguilla | Antigua and Barbuda | Aruba | Bahamas | Barbados | Belize | Bermuda | British Virgin Islands | Canada | Cayman Islands | Costa Rica | Cuba | Dominica | Dominican Republic | El Salvador | French Guiana | Grenada | Guadeloupe | Guatemala | Guyana | Haiti | Honduras | Jamaica | Martinique | Mexico | Montserrat | Netherlands Antilles | Nicaragua | Panama | Puerto Rico | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint-Martin | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Sint Maarten | Surinam | Trinidad and Tobago | Turks and Caicos Islands | U.S. Virgin Islands | U.S.A.


International Football

FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year
Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF - African Nations Cup
South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup
Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA - European Championship

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