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El Salvador national football team records and statistics

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

Player records edit

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

Most appearances edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

FIFA World Cup edit

Main article: El Salvador at the 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
  1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
  1934
  1938 Did not enter Did not enter
  1950 Withdrew[note 1] Withdrew
  1954 Did not enter Did not enter
  1958
  1962
  1966
  1970 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 0 9 Squad 10 7 0 3 19 12
  1974 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 2
  1978 11 4 4 3 18 16
  1982 Group stage 24th 3 0 0 3 1 13 Squad 13 7 4 2 14 6
  1986 Did not qualify 6 4 1 1 15 2
  1990 8 2 2 4 8 8
  1994 14 8 1 5 28 11
  1998 16 5 5 6 23 22
    2002 10 6 1 3 23 15
  2006 8 2 2 4 6 14
  2010 20 8 3 9 39 21
  2014 12 7 2 3 28 16
  2018 10 3 3 4 12 16
  2022 20 7 5 8 27 19
      2026 To be determined To be determined
Total Group stage 2/22 6 0 0 6 1 22 — 160 70 33 57 260 180

CONCACAF Gold Cup edit

Main article: El Salvador at the 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
  1963 Runners-up 2nd 7 3 3 1 17 11 Squad Qualified as hosts
  1965 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 7 9 Squad 2 2 0 0 7 1
  1967 Did not enter Did not enter
  1969 Banned Banned
  1971 Withdrew Withdrew
  1973 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 2
  1977 Third place 3rd 5 2 1 2 8 9 Squad 6 2 3 1 10 7
  1981 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 2 1 Squad 8 5 2 1 12 5
1985 Fourth place 4th 4 2 1 1 7 2 Squad 2 2 0 0 8 0
1989 Fifth place 5th 6 0 2 4 2 8 Squad 2 2 0 0 6 0
  1991 Did not qualify 5 2 1 2 7 11
    1993 3 0 1 2 1 5
  1996 Group stage 6th 2 1 0 1 3 4 Squad 4 3 0 1 7 3
  1998 Group stage 8th 3 0 1 2 0 6 Squad 5 1 1 3 2 5
  2000 Did not qualify 8 1 2 5 6 15
  2002 Quarter-finals 8th 3 1 0 2 1 5 Squad 6 2 4 0 8 4
    2003 Quarter-finals 6th 3 1 0 2 3 7 Squad 5 3 0 2 6 4
  2005 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 3
  2007 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 2 6 Squad 5 2 1 2 4 5
  2009 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 2 3 Squad 5 1 1 3 5 8
  2011 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 2 1 8 8 Squad 5 2 1 2 7 6
  2013 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 4 8 Squad 4 1 2 1 2 2
    2015 Group stage 9th 3 0 2 1 1 2 Squad 4 2 0 2 4 3
  2017 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 4 6 Squad 5 2 1 2 5 4
      2019 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 1 4 Squad 4 3 0 1 7 2
  2021 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 6 4 Squad 6 5 0 1 10 1
    2023 Group stage 14th 3 0 2 1 3 4 Squad 4 1 2 1 6 5
Total Runners-up 19/27 74 22 20 32 81 107 — 102 44 22 36 131 101

CONCACAF Nations League edit

CONCACAF Nations League record
Season Division Group Pld W D L GF GA P/R RK
  2019–20 B B 6 5 0 1 10 1   14th
  2022–23 A D 4 1 2 1 6 5   8th
  2023–24 A A 4 0 1 3 2 6   15th
Total 14 6 3 5 18 12 8th

Copa Centroamericana edit

Copa Centroamericana record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1991 Fourth place 4th 3 0 1 2 2 9
  1993 Fourth place 4th 3 0 1 2 1 5
  1995 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 5 5
  1997 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 5 5
  1999 Fourth place 4th 5 1 1 3 3 9
  2001 Third place 3rd 6 2 4 0 8 4
  2003 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 6 4
  2005 Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 1 3
  2007 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 4 5
  2009 Fourth place 4th 5 1 1 3 5 6
  2011 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 7 6
  2013 Third place 3rd 4 1 2 1 2 2
  2014 Fourth place 4th 4 2 0 2 4 3
  2017 Third place 3rd 5 2 1 2 5 4
Total Third place 14/14 57 19 14 24 54 67

CCCF Championship edit

CCCF Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1941 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 15 8
  1943 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 28 11
  1946 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 15 11
  1948 Fifth place 5th 8 2 1 5 6 17
  1951 Did not enter
  1953 Fifth place 5th 6 2 1 3 10 14
  1955 Fourth place 4th 6 3 0 3 8 13
  1957 Did not enter
  1960 Withdrew
  1961 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 18 7
Total 1 Title 7/10 41 20 5 16 100 81

Olympic Games edit

Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
  1900 Did not participate
  1904
  1908
  1912
  1920
  1924
  1928
  1936
  1948
  1952
  1956
  1960
  1964
  1968 Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 2 8 Squad
  1972 Did not qualify
  1976
  1980
  1984
  1988
Since 1992 See El Salvador national under-23 football team
Total Group stage 1/19 3 0 1 2 2 8 —

Pan American Games edit

Pan American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1951 Did not qualify
  1955
  1959
  1963
  1967
  1971
  1975 Preliminary round 10th 3 1 1 1 4 3
  1979 Did not qualify
  1983
  1987 Preliminary round 7th 3 1 1 1 1 1
  1991 Did not qualify
  1995
Since 1999 See El Salvador national under-23 football team
Total Preliminary round 2/12 6 2 2 2 5 4

Central American and Caribbean Games edit

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1930 Fourth place 4th 5 1 0 4 13 25
  1935 Third place 3rd 5 2 0 3 15 20
  1938 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 7 19
  1946 Did not qualify
  1950 Fourth place 4th 3 1 0 2 4 5
  1954 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 9 5
  1959 Did not qualify
  1962
  1966 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 5 9
  1970 Did not qualify
  1974
  1978 Group stage 9th 5 1 0 4 2 21
  1982 Did not qualify
  1986
  1990
  1993
  1998
  2002 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 10 1
  2006 Quarter-finals 5th 3 1 0 2 9 7
  2010 Quarter-finals 5th 2 1 1 0 1 0
  2014 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 3 5
  2018 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 1 4
Total 2 Titles 12/22 48 20 4 24 79 121

Central American Games edit

Central American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1973 Third place 3rd 4 1 2 1 2 4
  1977 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 17 2
  1986 Fourth place 4th 3 0 1 2 0 4
  1990 Did not participate
  1994 Runners-up 2nd 3 3 0 0 12 2
  1997 Fourth place 4th 4 2 0 2 5 2
  2001 Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 0 5
  2006 Not held
  2010
  2013 Third place 3rd 6 2 0 4 6 23
  2017 Fourth place 4th 4 1 2 1 2 1
Total 1 Title 9/11 32 13 6 13 44 43

Head-to-head record edit

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 26 March 2024 after the match against   Honduras.[2]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
  Anguilla 2 2 0 0 16 0 +16
  Antigua and Barbuda 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
  Argentina 3 0 0 3 0 7 -7
  Armenia 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4
  Aruba 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
  Barbados 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
  Belgium 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4
  Belize 9 9 0 0 26 6 +20
  Bermuda 5 2 1 2 8 6 +2
  Bolivia 5 1 2 2 6 9 −3
  Bonaire 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
  Brazil 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13
  Canada 17 4 4 9 13 22 −9
  Cayman Islands 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7
  Chile 3 0 0 3 0 3 −3
  China 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
  Colombia 8 1 2 5 9 18 -9
  Costa Rica 60 9 13 38 50 130 -80
  Cuba 9 7 2 0 24 4 +20
  Curaçao[a] 22 12 8 2 31 17 +14
  Denmark 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
  Dominican Republic 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3
  Ecuador 10 1 2 7 8 31 -23
  Estonia 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
  Ghana 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
  Greece 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5
  Grenada 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4
  Guatemala 85 21 26 38 72 102 -30
  Guyana 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1
  Haiti 27 15 6 6 36 18 +18
  Honduras 77 18 21 38 76 124 –48
  Hungary 4 0 1 3 3 17 −14
  Iceland 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
  Israel 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2
  Ivory Coast 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1
  Jamaica 26 6 10 10 18 27 −9
  Japan 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8
  Martinique 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1
  Mexico 37 4 1 32 20 106 −86
  Moldova 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
  Montserrat 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4
  New Zealand 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
  Nicaragua 31 27 3 1 120 21 +99
  Panama 43 14 11 18 58 60 −2
  Paraguay 6 0 0 6 1 11 −10
  Peru 6 2 0 4 6 14 −8
  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8
  Qatar 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2
  Republic of Ireland 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
  Russia[b] 5 0 0 5 1 10 -9
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 3 1 0 12 3 +9
  Saint Lucia 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7
  Serbia[c] 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3
  South Korea 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
  Spain 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
  Suriname 9 8 0 1 28 7 +21
  Trinidad and Tobago 13 4 4 5 16 17 -1
  United States 28 1 7 20 16 63 −47
  U.S. Virgin Islands 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7
  Venezuela 5 2 0 3 6 7 -1
  Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total 616 198 136 282 771 939 –168
  1. ^ Includes matches against   Netherlands Antilles.
  2. ^ Includes matches against   Soviet Union.
  3. ^ Includes matches against   Yugoslavia.

FIFA ranking record edit

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

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b El Salvador turned down an invitation from Brazil.

References edit

  1. ^ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando. "El Salvador – Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: El Salvador".

External links edit

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