2013 El Salvador national football team season

The 2013 season is the 92nd season in El Salvador's history, their 75th in FIFA and 51st in CONCACAF. As of December 2012, the team was managed by Agustín Castillo.

2013 El Salvador national football team season
Season2013
ManagerAgustín Castillo
CaptainRafael Burgos
Home stadiumEstadio Cuscatlán
2013 Copa CentroamericanaThird Place
Wins2
Losses6
Goals scored7
Top goalscorerRodolfo Zelaya (1)
Most caps(5 Players) (4)
Players26
Goalscorers2
Debutants8
Biggest home win1–0 v. Belize
(1 January 2013)
Highest scoring0–5 v. Ecuador
(21 March 2013)
Highest attendance70,540 v. United States
(21 July 2013)
Lowest attendance250 v. Panama
(20 January 2013)
Home colours
Away colours
2012
2014

Most of January 2013 was spent playing in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana. El Salvador reached the semi-finals, lost, and took part in the third-place finals. They finished in third place but were able to qualify for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Players

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The following players have been capped during the 2012 season (listed alphabetically):
name (games played)

Debutants

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Player statistics

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Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Started Round Current
Position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
International Friendlies 2 0 0 2 0 8 -8 0 6 February 2013
2013 Copa Centroamericana 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 5 Group Stage Third place match Third place match 18 January 2013 27 January 2013
2013 Gold Cup 4 1 1 2 4 8 -4 0 Group Stage 8 July 2013

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
6 1 2 3 2 10  −8 5 1 1 0 1 0  +1 0 1 3 1 10  −9

Friendly

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6 February 2013 Friendly Paraguay   3–0   El Salvador Asunción, Paraguay
20:30 UTC−4 Aguilar   36'
Ortiz   56', 62'
Report Stadium: Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz
Attendance: 4,099[1]
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
21 March 2013 Friendly Ecuador   5–0   El Salvador Quito, Ecuador
16:30 UTC−5 Caicedo   18', 46'
Benítez   36'
Montero   64'
Rojas   89'
Noboa   31'
Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Attendance: 10,000[2]
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
22 May 2013 Friendly Venezuela   2–1   El Salvador Mérida, Venezuela
González   56' (pen.)
Martínez   68' (pen.)
Report Cerén   24' Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida
Attendance: 28,133[3]
Referee: Diego Lara (Ecuador)

2013 Copa Centroamericana

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Honduras 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
  El Salvador 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
  Panama 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2

El Salvador and Panama finished with identical records and so their positions were determined by drawing of lots. El Salvador won and was placed second.[4]

18 January 2013 Group Stage Honduras   1–1   El Salvador San José, Costa Rica
18:00 UTC−06 Bengtson   75'
García   43'
Peralta   80'
Report Burgos   77'
Blanco   90+2'
Castillo   90+3'
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
20 January 2013 Group Stage El Salvador   0–0   Panama San José, Costa Rica
16:00 UTC−06 Burgos   72'
Henríquez   86'
Cerén   90+2'
Report Torres   27'
Rodríguez   63'
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 250
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
25 January 2013 Semifinals Costa Rica   1–0   El Salvador San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−06 Wallace   72'
González   28'
Rodríguez   40'
Saborío   44'
Meneses   45'
Report Castillo   26'
Burgos   39'
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 4,993
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)
27 January 2013 Third place match El Salvador   1–0   Belize San José, Costa Rica
14:30 UTC−06 Bonilla   50'
Mayen   29'
Report Makin   45' Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 1,997
Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Honduras 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3   El Salvador 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4   Haiti 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
Source: [citation needed]
El Salvador  2–2  Trinidad and Tobago
Zelaya   22', 69' Report Daniel   11'
Jones   73'
Attendance: 20,000

Honduras  1–0  El Salvador
Claros   90+2' Report

El Salvador  1–0  Haiti
Zelaya   76' Report
Attendance: 21,783
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

Quarter-finals

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United States  5–1  El Salvador
Goodson   21'
Corona   29'
Johnson   60'
Donovan   78'
Diskerud   83'
Report Zelaya   39' (pen.)

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Head coach   Agustín Castillo
First assistant manager   José Rafael Tobar Lemus
Second assistant manager/Advisor   Jorge "Mágico" González
First physical coordinator   Carlos Eduardo Villareal
Goalkeeping coach   Carlos Felipe Cañadas
Doctor   José María Rivas

Last updated: 8 November 2011
Source: FESFUT (in Spanish)

Ranking

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Date FIFA ranking position Total Points +/- Ranking +/- Points
January 2013 96 374 7   26
February 2013 81 434 15   60
March 2013 83 432 -2   -2

References

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  1. ^ "Paraguay vs. El Salvador - 7 February 2013 - Soccerway".
  2. ^ "Ecuador vs. El Salvador - 21 March 2013 - Soccerway".
  3. ^ "Venezuela vs. El Salvador - 23 May 2013 - Soccerway".
  4. ^ "El segundo y tercer lugar del grupo B se definio por sorteo - Uncaf". Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-03-22.