El Salvador national under-17 football team

El Salvador U17
Nickname(s)	La Azulita
Association	Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Erick Dowson Prado
FIFA code	SLV
First colours	Second colours
First international
	El Salvador 1–4 United States ; (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; 28 August 1983)
Biggest win
	Bermuda 1–11 El Salvador ; (Trinidad and Tobago; 18 August 2006)
Biggest defeat
	El Salvador 1–6 United States ; (San Salvador, El Salvador; 9 May 1999)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	0
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Appearances	14 (first in 1983)
Best result	Fourth place, 1999

The El Salvador Under 17's football team, is controlled by Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol and represents El Salvador in international under-17 or youth football competitions.

Tournament Records[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup[]

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	To be determined
Total	0/19	0	0	0	0	0	0

UNCAF preliminary round[]

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Result
1999	Qualified as a host
2001	1/5	4	3	1	0	16	4	Qualified
/ 2003	1/3	2	2	0	0	6	0	Qualified
/ 2005	1/3	2	2	0	0	10	0	Qualified
2007	2/5	4	3	0	1	6	3	Qualified
/ 2009	3/4	3	1	1	1	8	4	Did not qualify
/ 2011	2/3	2	1	0	1	4	4	Qualified
2013	4/5	4	1	0	3	8	12	Did not qualify
/ 2015	2/3	2	1	0	1	8	2	Did not qualify
2017	3/5	4	2	0	2	4	6	Qualified
	9/10	27	16	2	9	70	35

CONCACAF U-17 tournament[]

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1983	Round 1	2	0	0	2	1	8
1985	Round 1	3	0	1	2	6	9
1987	Round 1	3	0	1	2	0	3
1988	Round 1	4	0	1	3	1	6
1991	Round 1	3	1	0	2	2	8
1992	Did not qualify
1994	Round 1	3	1	1	1	4	5
1996	Round 1	3	1	1	1	6	4
1999	Fourth Place	5	2	0	3	9	14
2001	Round 1	3	1	1	1	4	5
2003	Round 1	3	0	3	0	4	4
2005	Round 1	3	0	1	2	3	7
2007	Round 1	3	0	1	2	2	6
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Quarterfinals	3	1	0	2	7	6
2013	Did Not Qualify
2015	Did Not Qualify
2017	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	10
Total	14/18	44	7	11	26	50	95

From 1983 until 1991, competition was U-16, not U-17.

Fixtures and results[]

Date	Location	Opponent	Score*	Competition	Salvadoran scorers
6 November 2014	Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia		7–0	2015 U-17 Q	Alexis Montes 8' Ricardo Bonilla 41' Jordi Blanco 43' Carlos Herrera 66', 86' Levin Espinal 71' Josué Meléndez 76' (pen.)
8 November 2014	Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia	Costa Rica	1–2	2015 U-17 Q	Carlos Herrera 42'
17 January 2015	TBA	Guatemala		2015 U-17 Q
24 January 2015	TBA	Guatemala		2015 U-17 Q

Key

F = Friendly
UF = Unofficial Friendly
U-17 Q = 2015 U-17 Championship qualifying
PSO = Penalty shootout
a.e.t. = After extra time
El Salvador's scores listed first

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following 22 boys were called up for the second preliminary cycle in preparation for the 2015 U-17 Championship qualifying in November.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
		Diego Chavez				Atlético Marte
		Mauricio Gomez				Atlético Marte
		Denis cornejo				Atlético Marte
		Raul Alvarado				Atlético Marte
		Jose Palomo				Atlético Marte
		Pedro Medrano				Atlético Marte
		Kevin Urquilla				Atlético Marte
		Jose Aguilar				Turín FESA F.C.
		Carlos Alfaro				Turín FESA F.C.
		Juan Martinez
		Giovanni Avila				Santa Tecla
		Jairo Guardado
		Carlos Herrera				Alianza
		Jose Romero				Alianza
		David Hernandez				Alianza
		Jairo Guerrero				Juventud Independiente
		Anthony Chavez
		Alexis Pineda				Municipal Limeño
		Ever Guzman				Santa Tecla
		Rodrigo Santamaria				Vancouver Whitecaps FC
		Christian Gomez				LA Galaxy
		Jason Vaca
		Josael Sanabria				D.C. United

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been called up to the El Salvador U-17 squad in the past 12 months.

Player	Club	Latest call-up
Edgar Castillo	Águila	August training camp
Ronaldo Gomez	Águila	August training camp
Sergio Briceño	Firpo	August training camp
Walter Paz	Firpo	August training camp
Brian Martinez		August training camp
Kevin Martinez		August training camp
Fernando Vidal	FAS	August training camp
Kevin Mancia		August training camp
Moises Lopez		August training camp
Sebastien Rondeau		August training camp
Jose Tovar	Juventud Independiente	August training camp
Jose Herrera	Juventud Independiente	August training camp
Salvador Monreal	Juventud Independiente	August training camp
Felix Bautista	Isidro Metapán	August training camp
Walter Molina	Isidro Metapán	August training camp
Nestor Alfaro	Alianza	August training camp
Marvin Marquez	Alianza	August training camp

Personnel[]

Current staff[]

Head Coach	Erick Dowson Prado
Assistant Coach
Physical Coordinator	Harold Rodriguez
Physical Therapist	Sandra Linares
Medical Trainer	Francisco Amaya Cruz

List of coaches[]

Jorge Araujo (1990)
Cesar Acevedo (1999)
Armando Contreras Palma (2001)
Remberto Santillana (2002)
Hector Cocherari (2004)
Norberto Huezo (Feb 2006 –)
Mario Rodriguez (Jan 2008)
Victor Manuel Pacheco (Nov 2010 – Dec 2011)
Jose Luis Rugamas (Jan 2012 – Jan 2013)
Victor Manuel Pacheco (Feb 2013 – Oct 2013)
Rafael Tobar (Aug 2014 – Feb 2015)
Edgar Henríquez (May 2015 – Dec 2015)
Erick Dowson Prado (Jan 2016 – April 2017)
Diego Pizarro (Sep 2017 – Dec 2017)
José de la Cruz (Jan 2017 - Dec 2017)
Ernesto Gochez (Dec 2018-)

Record versus other nations[]

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

Nat	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bermuda	1	1	0	0	11	1	+10
Canada	7	1	1	5	7	13	-6
Costa Rica	10	0	1	9	9	22	-13
Cuba	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4
	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
Guatemala	6	3	2	1	12	10	+2
Haiti	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Honduras	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3
Jamaica	5	1	4	0	5	2	+3
Mexico	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4
	8	8	0	0	39	6	+33
Panama	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	2	1	10	9	+1
United States	8	0	1	7	5	30	-25

References[]

External links[]

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