El Salvador national under-20 football team

El Salvador Under 20

Nickname(s)	La Selecta Sub 20
Association	Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Eduardo Lara
FIFA code	SLV
First colours Second colours
First international
Curaçao 1 - 1 El Salvador (Panama City, Panama; March 6, 1962)

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.

Their first U-20 World Cup was at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where they saw their first victory at a major FIFA tournament (outside of beach soccer) to Australia by 2-1, scored respectively by Diego Coca and José Peña.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

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	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	2	7
2015	Did Not Qualify
Total	1/20	3	1	0	2	2	7

UNCAF preliminary round

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
2013	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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

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
2015	Playoff Stage	6	2	2	2	9	10
Total	1 Champions	64	25	11	25	94	78

Fixtures and results

Date:	Location:	Opponent:	Score*	Competition:	El Salvador scorers:
19 February 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Luis Angel Firpo	2–3	F	José Villavicencio  9' Bryan Pérez  21'
12 March 2014	Santa Ana, El Salvador	FAS	1–2	F	Amilcar Gonzalez  70'
19 March 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Atletico Marte	2–1	F	Bryan Pérez  78' Aldair Rivera  91'
26 March 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Alianza	2–2	F	Josue Hernandez  65', Juan Barahona  86'
8 April 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Honduras	1–2	F	Denis Pineda  83'
30 May 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Atletico Marte	0–0	F
26 June 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Luis Angel Firpo	1–1	F
11 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	FAS	1–1	F	Josué Hernández
17 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Belize	6–0	U-20 CCQ	Juan Barahona  3' (pen.) Roberto Domínguez  44' Bryan Pérez  62' Josué Hernández  77', 88' Bryan Tamacas  90+2'
19 July 2014	Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Guatemala	2–2	U-20 CCQ	Juan Barahona  64' (pen.) Josué Hernández  78' (pen.)
21 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Honduras	0–0	U-20 CCQ
25 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Nicaragua	7–1	U-20 CCQ	Pérez  14' (pen.) Pineda  29', 46' Hernández  35', 44' Landaverde  71' Ventura  77'
27 July 2014	Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Panama	2–1	U-20 CCQ	Pineda  30' Dominguez  82'
29 July 2014	San Salvador, El Salvador	Costa Rica	1–2	U-20 CCQ	Pineda  58'
10 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Honduras	2–2	U-20 CC	Juan Barahona  84' José Villavicencio  90' (pen.)
12 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Haiti	1–1	U-20 CC	José Villavicencio  27'
15 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Canada	3–2	U-20 CC	Bryan Perez  43' José Villavicencio  77' Romilio Hernández  90+4'
19 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Mexico	1–3	U-20 CC	Nelson Moreno  89'
22 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	Cuba	2–0	U-20 CC	Juan Barahona  57' 87'
24 January 2015	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	United States	0–2	U-20 CC

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

Current squad

The following 20-man squad were called up for friendly.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Carlos Cañas	(1995-03-26)26 March 1995 (aged 19)	Longwood Lancers
2	2DF	Nelson Moreno	(1996-11-23)23 November 1996 (aged 18)	Club Social Ciclón del Golfo
3	2DF	Roberto Dominguez	(1997-05-09)9 May 1997 (aged 17)	Juventud Independiente
4	2DF	Bryan Tamacas	(1995-02-21)21 February 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. FAS
5	2DF	Edwin Cuellar	(1995-06-17)17 June 1995 (aged 19)	Santa Tecla F.C.
6	3MF	Narciso Orellana	(1995-01-28)28 January 1995 (aged 19)	A.D. Isidro Metapán
7	3MF	Alvaro Lizama	(1995-05-24)24 May 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. Aguila
8	3MF	Alvaro Guardado	(1995-09-11)11 September 1995 (aged 19)	Juventud Independiente
9	4FW	Bryan Pérez	(1996-03-04)4 March 1996 (aged 18)	C.D. Luis Angel Firpo
10	3MF	Josue Hernandez	(1996-06-02)2 June 1996 (aged 18)	C.D. Atletico Marte
11	3MF	Jose Villavicencio	(1995-01-24)24 January 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. FAS
12	2DF	Cesar Flores	(1995-03-17)17 March 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. Luis Angel Firpo
13	4FW	Jonathan Miranda	(1995-02-15)15 February 1995 (aged 19)	Audaz
14	3MF	Andres Flores Jaco	(1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 19)	Alianza F.C.
15	4FW	William Canales	(1995-02-18)18 February 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. Atletico Marte
16	3MF	Eduardo Merino	(1995-12-21)21 December 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. Atletico Marte
17	2DF	Juan Barahona	(1995-02-12)12 February 1995 (aged 19)	Santa Tecla F.C.
18	1GK	Nicolas Pacheco	(1995-04-07)7 April 1995 (aged 19)	C.D. FAS
19	3MF	Julio Amaya	(1995-03-29)29 March 1995 (aged 19)	Marte Soyapango
20	3MF	Romilio Hernandez	(1995-03-20)20 March 1995 (aged 19)	University of Louisville
21	3MF	Kelvin Argueta	(1991-03-20)20 March 1991 (aged 23)	Fuerte San Francisco

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Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Kevin Caravantes				Luis Angel Firpo	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
DF	Christian Renderos				UES	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
MF	Bryan Landaverde	(1995-05-27) May 27, 1995			UES	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
MF	Denis Pineda	(1996-04-01) April 1, 1996			UANL	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
	Carlos Jose Garcia				FAS	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
	Ronald Ventura	(1996-04-11) April 11, 1996			D.C. United U-18	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying
	Kerin Perlera				Luis Angel Firpo	2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifying

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2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad

Head coach: Mauricio Alfaro

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Rolando Morales (1994-03-01)01 March 1994 (aged 19) Turín-FESA 2 2DF Oliver Ayala (1994-01-04)04 January 1994 (aged 19) León 3 3MF Tomás Granitto (1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 20) Florida Gulf Coast University 4 2DF Giovanni Zavaleta (1994-09-27)27 September 1994 (aged 18) Turín-FESA 5 3MF Romilio Hernández (1995-06-06)06 June 1995 (aged 18) Baltimore Bays 6 2DF Marvin Baumgartner (1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (aged 20) Zürich 7 3MF Jairo Henríquez (1993-08-31)31 August 1993 (aged 19) Turín-FESA 8 3MF José Villavicencio (1995-01-24)24 January 1995 (aged 18) Turín-FESA 9 4FW José Peña (1994-12-10)10 December 1994 (aged 18) Turín-FESA 10 3MF Diego Coca (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 18) Turín-FESA 11 4FW Maikon Orellana (1993-11-12)12 November 1993 (aged 19) Brøndby 12 2DF Kevin Barahona (1994-10-01)01 October 1994 (aged 18) Turín-FESA 13 2DF Miguel Lemus (1993-10-26)26 October 1993 (aged 19) Turín-FESA 14 3MF Óscar Rodríguez (1995-04-16)16 April 1995 (aged 18) Atlético San José 15 3MF René Gómez (1993-01-08)08 January 1993 (aged 20) Turín-FESA 16 3MF Benjamín Díaz (1993-05-08)08 May 1993 (aged 20) University of the District of Columbia 17 2DF Kevin Ayala (1994-07-15)15 July 1994 (aged 18) Turín-FESA 18 1GK Adolfo Menéndez, Jr. (1993-07-03)03 July 1993 (aged 19) FAS 19 3MF Bernardo Majano (1995-12-09)09 December 1995 (aged 17) D.C. United 20 4FW Roberto González (1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 20) Santa Tecla 21 1GK Carlos Cañas (1994-09-09)09 September 1994 (aged 18) Longwood University

Personnel

Current staff

Info may be outdated

Head Coach	Eduardo Lara
Assistant Coach	Jose Silva
GK Coach	Raúl Antonio García
Physical Coordinator	Harold Rodríguez
Medical Trainer	[[]]
Kinesiologist	José Luis Rodríguez
Equipment Manager	Abraham Beltrán

Manager History

• 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 (2009-2015)
• Eduardo Lara (2015-present)

Record versus other nations

Records for competitive matches only. As of 01-22-15

Nat	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Australia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
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	6	1	1	4	4	8	-4
Colombia	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
Costa Rica	8	1	2	5	6	13	-7
Cuba	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3
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	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3
Honduras	7	2	2	4	10	16	-6
Jamaica	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2
Mexico	8	0	0	8	3	25	-12
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
Turkey	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
United States	7	3	1	3	11	9	+2

Honours

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

See also

• 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

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