El Salvador national football team records and statistics

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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
Uruguay 1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Italy 1934
France 1938 Did not enter Did not enter
Brazil 1950 Withdrew[note 1] Withdrew
Switzerland 1954 Did not enter Did not enter
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 0 9 Squad 10 7 0 3 19 12
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 2
Argentina 1978 11 4 4 3 18 16
Spain 1982 Group stage 24th 3 0 0 3 1 13 Squad 13 7 4 2 14 6
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify 6 4 1 1 15 2
Italy 1990 8 2 2 4 8 8
United States 1994 14 8 1 5 28 11
France 1998 16 5 5 6 23 22
South Korea Japan 2002 10 6 1 3 23 15
Germany 2006 8 2 2 4 6 14
South Africa 2010 20 8 3 9 39 21
Brazil 2014 12 7 2 3 28 16
Russia 2018 10 3 3 4 12 16
Qatar 2022 20 7 5 8 27 19
Canada Mexico United States 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
El Salvador 1963 Runners-up 2nd 7 3 3 1 17 11 Squad Qualified as hosts
Guatemala 1965 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 7 9 Squad 2 2 0 0 7 1
Honduras 1967 Did not enter Did not enter
Costa Rica 1969 Banned Banned
Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Withdrew Withdrew
Haiti 1973 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 2
Mexico 1977 Third place 3rd 5 2 1 2 8 9 Squad 6 2 3 1 10 7
Honduras 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
United States 1991 Did not qualify 5 2 1 2 7 11
Mexico United States 1993 3 0 1 2 1 5
United States 1996 Group stage 6th 2 1 0 1 3 4 Squad 4 3 0 1 7 3
United States 1998 Group stage 8th 3 0 1 2 0 6 Squad 5 1 1 3 2 5
United States 2000 Did not qualify 8 1 2 5 6 15
United States 2002 Quarter-finals 8th 3 1 0 2 1 5 Squad 6 2 4 0 8 4
Mexico United States 2003 Quarter-finals 6th 3 1 0 2 3 7 Squad 5 3 0 2 6 4
United States 2005 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 3
United States 2007 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 2 6 Squad 5 2 1 2 4 5
United States 2009 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 2 3 Squad 5 1 1 3 5 8
United States 2011 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 2 1 8 8 Squad 5 2 1 2 7 6
United States 2013 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 4 8 Squad 4 1 2 1 2 2
Canada United States 2015 Group stage 9th 3 0 2 1 1 2 Squad 4 2 0 2 4 3
United States 2017 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 4 6 Squad 5 2 1 2 5 4
Costa Rica Jamaica United States 2019 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 1 4 Squad 4 3 0 1 7 2
United States 2021 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 6 4 Squad 6 5 0 1 10 1
Canada United States 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
United States 2019–20 B B 6 5 0 1 10 1 Rise 14th
United States 2022–23 A D 4 1 2 1 6 5 Same position 8th
United States 2023–24 A A 4 0 1 3 2 6 Fall 15th
Total 14 6 3 5 18 12 8th

Copa Centroamericana[edit]

Copa Centroamericana record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Costa Rica 1991 Fourth place 4th 3 0 1 2 2 9
Honduras 1993 Fourth place 4th 3 0 1 2 1 5
El Salvador 1995 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 5 5
Guatemala 1997 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 5 5
Costa Rica 1999 Fourth place 4th 5 1 1 3 3 9
Honduras 2001 Third place 3rd 6 2 4 0 8 4
Panama 2003 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 6 4
Guatemala 2005 Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 1 3
El Salvador 2007 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 4 5
Honduras 2009 Fourth place 4th 5 1 1 3 5 6
Panama 2011 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 7 6
Costa Rica 2013 Third place 3rd 4 1 2 1 2 2
United States 2014 Fourth place 4th 4 2 0 2 4 3
Panama 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
Costa Rica 1941 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 15 8
El Salvador 1943 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 28 11
Costa Rica 1946 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 15 11
Guatemala 1948 Fifth place 5th 8 2 1 5 6 17
Panama 1951 Did not enter
Costa Rica 1953 Fifth place 5th 6 2 1 3 10 14
Honduras 1955 Fourth place 4th 6 3 0 3 8 13
Netherlands Antilles 1957 Did not enter
Cuba 1960 Withdrew
Costa Rica 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
France 1900 Did not participate
United States 1904
United Kingdom 1908
Sweden 1912
Belgium 1920
France 1924
Netherlands 1928
Nazi Germany 1936
United Kingdom 1948
Finland 1952
Australia 1956
Italy 1960
Japan 1964
Mexico 1968 Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 2 8 Squad
West Germany 1972 Did not qualify
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984
South Korea 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
Argentina 1951 Did not qualify
Mexico 1955
United States 1959
Brazil 1963
Canada 1967
Colombia 1971
Mexico 1975 Preliminary round 10th 3 1 1 1 4 3
Puerto Rico 1979 Did not qualify
Venezuela 1983
United States 1987 Preliminary round 7th 3 1 1 1 1 1
Cuba 1991 Did not qualify
Argentina 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
Cuba 1930 Fourth place 4th 5 1 0 4 13 25
El Salvador 1935 Third place 3rd 5 2 0 3 15 20
Panama 1938 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 7 19
Colombia 1946 Did not qualify
Guatemala 1950 Fourth place 4th 3 1 0 2 4 5
Mexico 1954 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 9 5
Venezuela 1959 Did not qualify
Jamaica 1962
Puerto Rico 1966 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 5 9
Panama 1970 Did not qualify
Dominican Republic 1974
Colombia 1978 Group stage 9th 5 1 0 4 2 21
Cuba 1982 Did not qualify
Dominican Republic 1986
Mexico 1990
Puerto Rico 1993
Venezuela 1998
El Salvador 2002 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 10 1
Colombia 2006 Quarter-finals 5th 3 1 0 2 9 7
Puerto Rico 2010 Quarter-finals 5th 2 1 1 0 1 0
Mexico 2014 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 3 5
Colombia 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
Guatemala 1973 Third place 3rd 4 1 2 1 2 4
El Salvador 1977 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 17 2
Guatemala 1986 Fourth place 4th 3 0 1 2 0 4
Honduras 1990 Did not participate
El Salvador 1994 Runners-up 2nd 3 3 0 0 12 2
Honduras 1997 Fourth place 4th 4 2 0 2 5 2
Guatemala 2001 Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 0 5
Honduras 2006 Not held
Panama 2010
Costa Rica 2013 Third place 3rd 6 2 0 4 6 23
Nicaragua 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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