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El Salvador national under-20 football team

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El Salvador Under 20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) La Azulita
Association
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachSpain Juan Cortés
Captain Walter Menjívar
FIFA code SLV
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Curaçao 1–19 El Salvador El Salvador
(Panama City, Panama; March 6, 1962)
Biggest win
El Salvador El Salvador 16–0 Nicaragua  
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 17, 1982)
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 12–0 El Salvador El Salvador
(Havana, Cuba; September 29, 1970)
Records for competitive
matches only.

The El Salvador Under 20s football team, is commonly known as La Azulita. La Azulita is controlled by Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol(FESFUT) and represents El Salvador in all international Under 20 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.

CONCACAF Championship

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2024 CONCACAF Championship

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On April 11, 2024, CONCACAF had their official draw. El Salvador was placed in Group B alongside, Honduras, Dominican Republic, and Canada. All games will be played in Estadio Sergio León Chávez in Irapuato, Mexico starting July 20, 2024.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 3 2 1 0 11 5 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Canada 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
3  El Salvador 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4  Dominican Republic 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: tiebreakers

El Salvador's U-20 national team participated in the 2024 Concacaf U-20 Championship, held in Irapuato, Mexico. They were drawn into Group B alongside Honduras, Canada, and the Dominican Republic. The team began their campaign with a 1-0 victory over the Dominican Republic, with Christopher Argueta scoring the lone goal in the 62nd minute. Goalkeeper Daniel Franco played a crucial role, making several important saves including a penalty stop.

However, El Salvador's fortunes turned in their subsequent matches. They suffered a heavy 4-1 defeat against Honduras, despite initially taking the lead through Nelson Díaz. In their final group match, they lost 2-1 to Canada in a closely contested game. Francis Castillo scored El Salvador's goal, but a late bicycle kick by Bunbury secured Canada's win. El Salvador thought they had equalized in the final moments through Walter Menjívar, but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review. With one win and two losses, El Salvador finished third in Group B with three points and a goal difference, which was insufficient to advance to the knockout stages as one of the best third-placed teams.

Dominican Republic  0-1 El Salvador
Report Christopher Argueta 62'
El Salvador  1-4 Honduras
Nelson Díaz 40' Report Diego Guardado 45'+1 (OG)

Dereck Moncada 53'

Anfronit Tatúm 66', 84'
El Salvador  1-2 Canada
Francis Castillo 77' Report Santiago López 21' Mataeo Bunbury 90'+3

2024 Qualifiers

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La Azulita qualified for the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship which is slated for the Summer of 2024. El Salvador U20 started the CONCACAF Qualifying on Friday, February 23, 2024, till Saturday, March 2, 2024, at ABFA Technical Center in Antigua and Barbuda. The Azulita finished first with 10 points. Suriname came in second with 9, Antigua and Barbuda with 6, Guyana with 4 and Turks and Caicos 0.

El Salvador belongs to Group B. Group B consist of the following Nations:

After round-robin play between February 23 and March 2, 2024, the first-place team from each group will advance to the 2024 CONCACAF Men's U-20 Championship, joining the six pre-seeded top-ranked nations.[1] Which include in order, United States, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

El Salvador   v  Turks and Caicos Islands
February 23, 2024 (2024年02月23日) El Salvador   7-0  Turks and Caicos Islands Stadium in Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda
09:30 Christopher Argueta 26'

Daniel Espana 37'
Walter Menjívar 41'
Wilber Diaz 67'
Wilber Diaz 80'
Darwin Lopez 90+1'

Nelson Díaz 90+3' Report Stadium: ABFA Technical Center, Antigua and Barbuda
Guyana   v  El Salvador
February 25, 2024 (2024年02月25日) Guyana   2-2  El Salvador Stadium in Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda
09:30 Nathaniel Pydana 10'
Nathaniel Pydana 83' Report 22' Kiano Falcao
62' Wilber Diaz Stadium: ABFA Technical Center, Antigua and Barbuda
El Salvador   v  Suriname
February 29, 2024 (2024年02月29日) El Salvador   3-0  Suriname Stadium in Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda
14:00 Christopher Argueta 10'

Nestor Delgado 24'

Kiano Falcao 66' Report Stadium: ABFA Technical Center, Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda   v  El Salvador
March 2, 2024 (2024年03月02日) Antigua and Barbuda   0-1  El Salvador Stadium in Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda
14:00 Report Christopher Guardado 57' Stadium: ABFA Technical Center, Antigua and Barbuda

UNCAF 2024

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La Azulita, along with seven other selections, gathered in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to participate in an international competition through the tournament UNCAF FIFA FORWARD.[2] La Azulita was grouped in Group A with Honduras, Panamá, and Nicaragua.

Panama   v  El Salvador
January 19, 2024 (2024年01月19日) Panama   3-0  El Salvador Tegucigalpa, Honduras
11:10 Stadium: Sede C.D. Olimpia, Honduras
Honduras   v  El Salvador
January 21, 2024 (2024年01月21日) Honduras   4-2  El Salvador Tegucigalpa, Honduras
15:10 Stadium: Sede C.D. Olimpia, Honduras
El Salvador   v  Nicaragua
January 23, 2024 (2024年01月23日) El Salvador   0-5  Nicaragua Tegucigalpa, Honduras
15:10 Stadium: Sede C.D. Olimpia, Honduras
Cuba   v  El Salvador
January 25, 2024 (2024年01月25日) Cuba   3-3  El Salvador Tegucigalpa, Honduras
10:30 Stadium: Sede C.D. Olimpia, Honduras
Penalties
3 4

2024 current squad

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On February 19, 2024, the Head Coach Juan Cortes named the following players to the CONCACAF Under-20 Qualifiers. The Qualifiers run from February 23, 2024, to March 2, 2024, in Antigua and Barbuda.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Daniel Franco 0 0 El Salvador Alianza F.C.
1GK Cristian Portillo 0 0 El Salvador C.D. Águila
21 1GK Hamilton Lemus (2006年11月16日) November 16, 2006 (age 18) 0 0 El Salvador C.D. ATL. COMALAPA
6 2DF Nestor Samoza (2006年01月31日) January 31, 2006 (age 19) 0 0 El Salvador 11 DEPORTIVO F.C.
2 2DF William Molina 0 0 El Salvador C.S.D. ATL. BALBOA
2DF Bryan Amaya 0 0 El Salvador C.D. Cacahuatique
11 2DF Víctor Mejía 0 0 El Salvador C.D. Once Lobos
4 2DF Darwin López (2006年06月03日) June 3, 2006 (age 18) 0 0 United States LA. SURF SOCCER CLUB
20 2DF Daniel España 0 0 Spain AD Unión Adarve
3 2DF Kiano Falcao (2006年04月11日) April 11, 2006 (age 18) 4 2 United States FC Cincinnati
12 3MF Inner Guevara 0 0 El Salvador Alianza F.C.
15 3MF David Funes 0 0 El Salvador C.D. FAS
14 3MF Christopher Ortiz 0 0 El Salvador C.D. FAS
3MF Christopher Guardado (2005年10月30日) October 30, 2005 (age 19) 0 0 El Salvador A.D. Isidro Metapán
8 3MF Walter Menjívar (2006年01月06日) January 6, 2006 (age 19) 0 0 El Salvador C.D. ATL. COMALAPA
7 3MF Nelson Díaz (2006年04月07日) April 7, 2006 (age 18) 0 0 El Salvador A.D. BRASILIA SUCHITOTO
19 3MF Melvin Urbina 0 0 El Salvador C.D. INCA
9 4FW Wilber Díaz (2007年05月16日) May 16, 2007 (age 17) 0 0 El Salvador Santa Tecla F.C.
16 4FW Anderson Ochoa 0 0 El Salvador C.D. Cruzeiro
10 4FW Steven Guerra (2007年03月12日) March 12, 2007 (age 18) 0 0 El Salvador C.D. Dragón
13 4FW Cristopher Argueta (2007年01月14日) January 14, 2007 (age 18) 4 2 United States D.C. United

History of La Azulita

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FIFA U-20 World Cup record

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Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Tunisia 1977 Did not qualify
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 7
New Zealand 2015 Did not qualify
South Korea 2017
Poland 2019
Indonesia 2021 Cancelled
Argentina 2023 Did not qualify
Chile 2025 To be determined
Total 1/24 3 1 0 2 2 7

UNCAF preliminary round

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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
Panama 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
Honduras /Guatemala 2009 1/4 3 2 0 1 6 3 qualified
Panama /Honduras 2011 2/3 Play-off 4 2 1 1 8 6 Disqualified1
Honduras /Guatemala 2013 1/3 2 1 0 1 4 4 qualified
El Salvador 2015 2/6 6 3 2 1 18 6 qualified
Panama 2017 2/6 4 2 1 1 9 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

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Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Panama 1962 Round 1 3 0 2 1 2 3
Guatemala 1964 Champions 7 5 1 1 12 6
Cuba 1970 Fourth place 4 1 1 2 3 8
Mexico 1973 did not participate
Canada 1974
Puerto Rico 1976 Round 1 3 0 1 2 2 9
Honduras 1978 Second round 6 3 1 2 11 7
United States 1980 Round 1 4 2 0 2 9 4
Guatemala 1982 Second round 5 2 0 3 13 7
Trinidad and Tobago 1984 Third place 8 4 3 1 10 3
Trinidad and Tobago 1986 did not participate
Guatemala 1988
Guatemala 1990 Round 1 2 0 0 2 1 4
Canada 1992 did not participate
Honduras 1994 Fourth place 8 5 1 2 22 10
Mexico 1996 Round 1 3 0 1 2 3 6
Guatemala Trinidad and Tobago 1998 did not qualify
Canada Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Panama United States 2003 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 5
United States Honduras 2005 did not qualify
Panama Mexico 2007
Trinidad and Tobago 2009 Round 1 3 0 1 2 3 6
Guatemala 2011 Disqualified
Mexico 2013 Third place 5 3 0 2 6 6
Jamaica 2015 Playoff Stage 6 2 2 2 9 10
Costa Rica 2017 Classification stage 5 2 0 3 7 11
United States 2018 Qualification stage 6 3 0 3 7 7
United States 2022 Round 16 4 2 1 1 13 7
Total 1 Champions 79 30 13 33 110 103

Previous fixtures and results

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Date: Location: Opponent: Score* Competition: El Salvador scorers:
February 19 San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador Luis Angel Firpo 2–3 F José Villavicencio 9' Bryan Pérez 21'
March 12, 2014 Santa Ana, El Salvador El Salvador FAS 1–2 F Amilcar Gonzalez 70'
November 2, 2018 IMG Soccer Complex Field #2, Florida, United States  Curaçao 2–1 CC Gerson Sánchez 59'
Christian Rosales 88'
November 4, 2018 IMG Soccer Stadium, Florida, United States  Cayman Islands 3−1 CC Jose Portillo 39'
Jorge Cruz 41'
Fernando Clavel 51'
November 6, 2018 IMG Soccer Stadium, Florida, United States  Guatemala 2−1 CC Siliazar Henríquez 32'
58'
November 10, 2018 IMG Soccer Stadium, Florida, United States  Guyana TBD –TBD CC TBD 83'

Key

Formers players

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2022 squad

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  • The following players were called up for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[3]
  • Match dates: June 18 – July 3, 2022
  • Caps and goals correct as of: June 19, 2022
  • Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Damián Alguera (2004年02月11日) February 11, 2004 (age 21) 4 0 United States Philadelphia Union
1GK Sergio Sibrián (2004年07月08日) July 8, 2004 (age 20) 0 0 El Salvador Alianza
2DF Alejandro Cano (2004年05月21日) May 21, 2004 (age 20) 6 0 United States San Jose Earthquakes
2DF Mauricio Cerritos (2003年10月17日) October 17, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 El Salvador Atlético Marte
2DF René Dueñas (2004年05月02日) May 2, 2004 (age 20) 0 0 El Salvador FAS
2DF Cesar Orellana 0 0 Unknown
2DF Walter Pineda (2003年05月04日) May 4, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 El Salvador Águila
2DF Alexander Romero (2004年09月24日) September 24, 2004 (age 20) 4 0 United States Los Angeles FC
2DF Alejandro Serrano (2003年12月04日) December 4, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 El Salvador Santa Tecla
3MF Robinson Aguirre (2004年11月23日) November 23, 2004 (age 20) 7 0 United States Colorado Rapids
3MF Hamilton Benítez (2003年08月28日) August 28, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 El Salvador Alianza
3MF Danny Ríos (2003年03月29日) March 29, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 United States Houston Dynamo
3MF Jeremy Garay (2003年04月01日) April 1, 2003 (age 21) 5 1 United States D.C. United
3MF Mayer Gil (2003年09月07日) September 7, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Colombia Alianza Petrolera
3MF Harold Osorio (2003年08月20日) August 20, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 United States Chicago Fire FC
4FW Ronald Arévalo (2003年05月18日) May 18, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Finland OTP
4FW Isaac Esquivel (2003年12月30日) December 30, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 El Salvador Marte Soyapango
4FW Javier Mariona (2004年10月17日) October 17, 2004 (age 20) 2 2 United States Oakland Roots SC
4FW Alexander Umaña (2003年10月12日) October 12, 2003 (age 21) 5 3 United States Sporting Kansas City

Head coach: Mauricio Alfaro El Salvador [4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Rolando Morales (1994年03月01日)March 1, 1994 (aged 19) El Salvador Turín-FESA
2 2DF Oliver Ayala (1994年01月04日)January 4, 1994 (aged 19) Mexico León
3 3MF Tomás Granitto (1993年06月12日)June 12, 1993 (aged 20) United States Florida Gulf Coast University
4 2DF Giovanni Zavaleta (1994年09月27日)September 27, 1994 (aged 18) El Salvador Turín-FESA
5 3MF Romilio Hernández (1995年06月06日)June 6, 1995 (aged 18) United States Baltimore Bays
6 2DF Marvin Baumgartner (1993年01月13日)January 13, 1993 (aged 20) Switzerland Zürich
7 3MF Jairo Henríquez (1993年08月31日)August 31, 1993 (aged 19) El Salvador Turín-FESA
8 3MF José Villavicencio (1995年01月24日)January 24, 1995 (aged 18) El Salvador Turín-FESA
9 4FW José Peña (1994年12月10日)December 10, 1994 (aged 18) El Salvador Turín-FESA
10 3MF Diego Coca (1994年08月26日)August 26, 1994 (aged 18) El Salvador Turín-FESA
11 4FW Maikon Orellana (1993年11月12日)November 12, 1993 (aged 19) Denmark Brøndby
12 2DF Kevin Barahona (1994年10月01日)October 1, 1994 (aged 18) El Salvador Turín-FESA
13 2DF Miguel Lemus (1993年10月26日)October 26, 1993 (aged 19) El Salvador Turín-FESA
14 3MF Óscar Rodríguez (1995年04月16日)April 16, 1995 (aged 18) El Salvador Atlético San José
15 3MF René Gómez (1993年01月08日)January 8, 1993 (aged 20) El Salvador Turín-FESA
16 3MF Benjamín Díaz (1993年05月08日)May 8, 1993 (aged 20) United States University of the District of Columbia
17 2DF Kevin Ayala (1994年07月15日)July 15, 1994 (aged 18) El Salvador Turín-FESA
18 1GK Adolfo Menéndez, Jr. (1993年07月03日)July 3, 1993 (aged 19) El Salvador FAS
19 3MF Bernardo Majano (1995年12月09日)December 9, 1995 (aged 17) United States D.C. United
20 4FW Roberto González (1993年03月25日)March 25, 1993 (aged 20) El Salvador Santa Tecla
21 1GK Carlos Cañas (1994年09月09日)September 9, 1994 (aged 18) United States Longwood University

Personnel

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Current staff

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As of January 2024 [1]

Head coach Spain Juan Cortez
Assistant coach El Salvador Francisco Hernández
Assistant coach El Salvador Ernesto de la Ocomo
Goalkeeper Coach El Salvador Misael Alfaro
Physical Trainer El Salvador Emerson Leal
Medical Trainer
Kinesiologist
Equipment Manager El Salvador Abraham Beltrán

Manager history

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Honours

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Draw reveals groups for 2024 Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers". October 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "Torneo Sub-19 UNCAF FIFA FORWARD". January 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "Listas finales anunciadas para el Campeonato Sub-20 de Concacaf 2022" (in Spanish). Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  4. ^ "Completa la nómina de la Selección Sub-20 para Copa del Mundo Turquía 2013" (in Spanish). www.culebritamacheteada.sv. May 23, 2013. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013.
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National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America
Central America
Caribbean
Defunct
  • 1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member.
  • 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU.
  • 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

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