The is the national team of
El Salvador and is controlled by the
Federación Salvadoreña De Fútbol . They have qualified for two
World Cups ,
Mexico 70 and
España 82 .
In the 1970 tournament, El Salvador lost their first game 3-0 to in Mexico City, to finish bottom of Group A.
In
1982 , El Salvador took a 20-man squad (two players short of the normal 22, for reasons that remain unclear), coached by Mauricio "Pipo" Rodríguez, to Spain. However, the team's experience was an unhappy one. In their first match on June 15, in
Elche , they were defeated 10-1 by
Hungary , a scoreline that stands as a
World Cup record to this day. One crumb of comfort was that Luis Ramírez Zapata did score the country's first ever World Cup goal during the game, albeit at a point when the Salvadorans were already 5-0 down.
El Salvador managed to regain some pride in their subsequent games: displaying much-improved levels of organisation and commitment, they lost 1-0 to
Belgium on June 19 in Elche and 2-0 to the then reigning world champions
Argentina in
Alicante on June 23.
The Salvadoran football is also known for its part in the
Football War , which started after a qualifying game for
Mexico 70 against
Honduras . After massive rioting between the fans, the Salvadoran army launched an attack against Honduras on
July 14 ,
1969 . A ceasefire came into effect six days later.
- 1991 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1993 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1996 - Round 1
- 1998 - Round 1
- 2000 - ''Did not qualify''
- 2002 - Quarterfinals
- 2003 - Quarterfinals
- 2005 - ''Did not qualify''
- Central American champions-(1954, 2002),
- CCCF champions-(1943)
- Misael ALFARO
- Marvin BENITEZ
- Victor VELASQUEZ (Captain)
- Erick PRADO
- Fredy GONZALEZ
- Ronald CERRITOS
- Dennis ALAS MORALES
- Deris UMANZOR
- Julio CASTRO
- Jorge RODRÍGUEZ
- Cristian ALVAREZ
- Noel RIVERA
- Santos CABRERA
- Rudis CORRALES
- Isaac SARAVIA
- Emiliano PEDROZO
- Edwin GONZALEZ
- Mauricio QUINTANILLA
