El Salvador national under-20 football team

El Salvador Under 20

Nickname(s)	La Selecta, La Azulita
Association	Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Mauricio Alfaro
FIFA code	SLV
First colours Second colours
First international
Curaçao 1 - 1 El Salvador (Panama City, Panama; March 6, 1962)
Biggest win
El Salvador 8 - 0 Nicaragua  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 17, 1982)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 6 - 0 El Salvador (Havana, Cuba; September 29, 1970) Records for competitive matches only.

The El Salvador Under 20's football team, more commonly known as La Azulita, is controlled by Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol and represents El Salvador in international Under 20 or youth football competitions.

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record[edit]

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Did Not Qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Qualified

UNCAF preliminary round[edit] Year Position GP W D* L GS GA 1995 1/2 2 2 0 0 8 1 Qualified 1998 2/2 2 1 0 1 4 5 Did not qualify 2001 3/3 2 0 1 1 1 2 Did not qualify 2003 2/5 4 2 1 1 7 4 Qualified 2005 3/5 4 2 0 2 9 6 Did not qualify 2007 2/3 2 1 0 1 6 7 Did not qualify / 2009 1/4 3 2 0 1 6 3 Qualified / 2011 2/3 Play-off 4 2 1 1 8 6 Disqualified¹ / 2013 1/3 2 1 0 1 4 4 Qualified 9/9 25 13 3 9 53 38 1The games were forbidden by Concacaf due to El Salvador using an ineligible player

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship[edit] Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1962 Round 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 1964 Champions 7 5 1 1 12 6 1970 Fourth Place 4 1 1 2 3 8 1973 Did not participate 1974 1976 Round 1 3 0 1 2 2 9 1978 Second Round 6 3 1 2 11 7 1980 Round 1 4 2 0 2 9 4 1982 Second Round 5 2 0 3 13 7 1984 Third Place 8 4 3 1 10 3 1986 Did not participate 1988 1990 Round 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 1992 Did not participate 1994 Fourth Place 8 5 1 2 22 10 1996 Round 1 3 0 1 2 3 6 1998 Did not qualify 2001 2003 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 5 2005 Did not qualify 2007 2009 Round 1 3 0 1 2 3 6 2011 Disqualified 2013 Third Place 5 3 0 2 6 6 Total 1 Champions 64 25 11 25 94 78

Fixtures and results[edit]

2013 Firxture and results.

Date:	Location:	Opponent:	Score*	Competition:	El Salvador scorers:
10 January 2013	Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Santa Tecla	1–2	F	Alexander Suazo  3'
12 January 2013	San Salvador, El Salvador	UES	1–1	F	Anthony Dheming  89'
15 January 2013	Sonsonate, El Salvador	Atlético Marte	1–1	F	Rommel Mejía
18 January 2013	San Juan Opico, El Salvador	Juventud Independiente	2–2	F	Rommel Mejía  60', Omar Acosta  89'
27 January 2013	Usulutan, El Salvador	Luis Angel Firpo	0–1	F
6 February 2013	Mexico City, Mexico	América U-20	0–1	F
8 February 2013	Pachuca, Mexico	Pachuca U-20	0–2	F
14 February 2013	Toluca, Mexico	Toluca U-20	0–1	F
21 February 2013	Puebla, Mexico	Curaçao	2–1	U-20 CC - GS	Oliver Ayala  25', Romel Mejia  65'
23 February 2013	Puebla, Mexico	Mexico	0–3	U-20 CC - GS
27 February 2013	Puebla, Mexico	Panama	3–1	U-20 CC - QF	Jairo Henríquez  55', 90+3', José Peña  80'
1 March 2013	Puebla, Mexico	Mexico	0–2	U-20 CC - SF
7 March 2013	Estadio Nacional	Nicaragua	5-0	CAG	I. Castro  23', K. Ayala  45', J. Peña  71,74', D. Galdamez  81'
9 March 2013	Estadio Nacional	Belize	1-1	CAG	R. Gonzalez  67'
11 March 2013	Estadio Nacional	Costa Rica	0-3	CAG
13 March 2013	Estadio Nacional	Honduras	0-3	CAG
15 March 2013	Estadio Nacional	Guatemala	2-1	CAG	J. Villavicencio  75', G. Zavaleta  90+4'
24 April 2013	San Salvador, El Salvador	Atletico Marte	0–0	F
4 May 2013	Belmopan, Belize	Belize	cancelled	F
15 May 2013	Valparaíso, Chile	Chile	1–2	F	Kevin Herrera  45'
23 May 2013	San Salvador, El Salvador	Vendaval	4–0	F	Marvin Baumgartner  1', Diego Coca  13', Miguel Lemus  23', Bernardo Majano  67'
1 June 2013	Washington, D.C., USA	Honduras		F
10 June 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Mali		F
13 June 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Uruguay		F
16 June 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Iraq		F
22 June 2013	Trabzon, Turkey	Turkey		U-20 WC - GS
25 June 2013	Rize, Turkey	Australia		U-20 WC - GS
28 June 2013	Gaziantep	Colombia		U-20 WC - GS

Key

Key

• F = Friendly
• UF = Unofficial Friendly
• U-20 CCQ = U-20 Championship qualifying
• U-20 CC = U-20 Championship
• U-20 WC = U-20 World Cup
• GS = Group Stage
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals
• Fi = Final
• PSO = Penalty shootout
• a.e.t. = After extra time
• El Salvador's scores listed first

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following 21-man squad are called-up for the U-20 World Cup 2013 on June, 2013.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Rolando Morales (1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 19) FESA 1GK Adolfo Menéndez Jr. (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 19) FAS Reserves 17 2DF Kevin Ayala (1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 (age 18) FESA 4 2DF Giovanni Zavaleta (1994-09-27) 27 September 1994 (age 18) Rush Soccer 13 2DF Miguel Lemus (1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 19) FESA 6 2DF Marvin Baumgartner (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 20) FC Zürich Under 21 2 2DF Oliver Ayala (1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 19) León Under 20 2DF Carlos Cañas 12 3MF Kevin Barahona (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 18) Rush Soccer 15 3MF René Gómez (1993-01-08) 8 January 1993 (age 20) FESA 10 3MF Diego Coca (1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 18) Rush Soccer 8 3MF José Villavicencio (1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 (age 18) FESA 3MF Tomas Granitto 3MF Oscar Rodriguez San Jose Sacare 3MF Bernardo Majano Louisburg College 3MF Benjamin Diaz University of Washington 3MF Romilio Hernández Baltimore Bays Soccer Academy 7 4FW Jairo Henríquez (1993-08-31) 31 August 1993 (age 19) FESA 9 4FW José Peña (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 18) FESA 4FW Roberto Alexis González Santa Tecla F.C. 4FW Maikon Orellana Brøndby IFUnder 21

Recent call-ups[edit]

The following players have been called up to the El Salvador U-20 squad in the past 12 months.

Name	DOB (Age)	Club	Caps	Goals	Most Recent Call up
Goalkeepers
Wilberth Hernández	(1994-04-05) 5 April 1994 (age 19)				2013 U-20 Championship
Josué Coreas	(1994-12-22) December 22, 1994 (age 18)	Águila Reserves			2013 U-20 Championship qualifying
Andrés Morataya	(1993-07-13) July 13, 1993 (age 19)	Marte Soyapango			Preliminary squad; November 19, 2012
Martín Mejía		Luis Angel Firpo Reserves			Preliminary squad; November 19, 2012
Defenders
Bryan Bonilla	(1992-12-21) 21 December 1992 (age 20)	Rush Soccer			2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Alex Mejía	(1994-11-01) 1 November 1994 (age 18)	FESA
Brayan Landaverde	(1995-05-27) May 27, 1995 (age 18)	FESA			2013 U-20 Championship qualifying
Jairo Rosales		Luis Angel Firpo Reserves			Preliminary squad; November 12, 2012
Mauricio Chavarría		Atlético Marte			Preliminary squad; November 19, 2012
Erasmo Turcios		Ciclon de Golfo			Preliminary squad; November 19, 2012
Midfielders
Melvin Alfaro	(1993-03-06) 6 March 1993 (age 20)	FESA			2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Anthony Dheming	(1993-10-07) 7 October 1993 (age 19)	Chivas USA Academy			2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Alexander Suazo	(1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 (age 19)	UES			2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Rubén Sigüenza		Unattached			2013 U-20 Championship qualifying
Gerardo Iraheta	(1994-08-17) August 17, 1994 (age 18)	Santa Tecla			2013 U-20 Championship qualifying
Kelvin Herrera	TBD	Falls Church High School			2013 U-20 Championship qualifying
Douglas Gil	TBD	Atletico Marte			2013 U-20 Championship qualifying
Kenny Benitez		Unattached			Preliminary squad; November 12, 2012
Emerson Turcios		Ciclon de Golfo			Preliminary squad; November 12, 2012
Rafael Gonzalez		Ciclon de Golfo			Preliminary squad; November 12, 2012
Omar Mejía		Municipal Limeño			Preliminary squad; November 19, 2012
Ivan Barahona		Once Municipal			Preliminary squad; January 28, 2013
Mauricio Chavarría		Atlético Marte			Preliminary squad; January 28, 2013
Iván Castro		UES			Preliminary squad; January 28, 2013
Forwards
Roberto González	(1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 20)	Santa Tecla			2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championshi
Rommel Mejía	(1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 19)	Dragón			2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Romel Mejía	(1994-02-04) February 4, 1994 (age 19)				Mexico Tour squad; July 4, 2011
Omar Acosta		Rush Soccer			2013 U-20 Championship qualifying
Alexis Chacon		Sonsonate			Preliminary squad; November 12, 2012
Eder Polanco		Juventud Independiente			Preliminary squad; November 19, 2012
Wilfredo Granados		Luis Angel Firpo Reserves			Preliminary squad; November 19, 2012
Hugo Montes		Atlético Marte			Preliminary squad; January 28, 2013

Personnel[edit]

Current staff[edit]

Head Coach	Mauricio Alfaro
Assistant Coach	Guillermo Rivera
GK Coach	Raúl Antonio García
Physical Coordinator	Esteban Rodolfo Coppia
Medical Trainer	José María Rivas
Kinesiologist	José Luis Rodríguez
Equipment Manager	Abraham Beltrán

Manager History[edit]

• Conrado Miranda (1964, 1979)
• Raul Magana (1985,1994)
• Carlos Recinos (2000–2001)
• Ricardo Herrera (2002–2003)
• Cesar Acevedo (2004–2005)
• José Luis Rugamas (2006–2007)
• Norberto Huezo (2008–2009)
• Mauricio Alfaro (2009-)

Record versus other nations[edit]

Records for competitive matches only. As of 03-01-13

Nat	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Barbados	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Belize	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4
Bermuda	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
Canada	5	0	1	4	1	6	-5
Costa Rica	8	1	2	5	6	13	-7
Cuba	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
Curaçao	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4
Grenada	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Guatemala	12	3	3	6	13	20	-7
Guyana	1	1	0	5	5	0	+5
Haiti	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3
Honduras	6	2	1	4	8	14	-6
Jamaica	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2
Mexico	7	0	0	7	2	22	-10
Nicaragua	6	5	1	0	26	5	+21
Panama	7	4	0	3	13	13	0
Suriname	1	0	0	1	1	6	-5
Trinidad and Tobago	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1
United States	7	3	1	3	11	9	+2

Honours[edit]

• CONCACAF U-20 Championship
  • Winners (1): 1964
  • Third Place (2): 1984, 2013

See also[edit]

• El Salvador national football team
• El Salvador national under-17 football team
• El Salvador national under-21 football team
• El Salvador national under-23 football team
• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship

External links[edit]

• Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol Official Site (Spanish)
• El Salvador national football team (Non-Official Site) (Spanish)

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