2013 El Salvador national football team season

2013 El Salvador national football team season
Season2013
ManagerAgustín Castillo
CaptainRafael Burgos
Home stadiumEstadio Cuscatlán
2013 Copa CentroamericanaThird Place
Wins2
Losses6
Goals scored7
Top goalscorerRodolfo Zelaya (1)
Most caps(5 Players) (4)
Players26
Goalscorers2
Debutants8
Biggest home win1–0 v. Belize
(1 January 2013)
Highest scoring0–5 v. Ecuador
(21 March 2013)
Highest attendance70,540 v. United States
(21 July 2013)
Lowest attendance250 v. Panama
(20 January 2013)
Home colours
Away colours
← 2012
2014 →

The 2013 season is the 92nd season in El Salvador's history, their 75th in FIFA and 51st in CONCACAF. As of December 2012, the team was managed by Agustín Castillo.

Most of January 2013 was spent playing in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana. El Salvador reached the semi-finals, lost, and took part in the third-place finals. They finished in third place but were able to qualify for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Players

The following players have been capped during the 2012 season (listed alphabetically):
name (games played)

Debutants

Player statistics

Competitions

Overall

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Started Round Current
Position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
International Friendlies 2 0 0 2 0 8 -8 0 — — — 6 February 2013 —
2013 Copa Centroamericana 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 5 Group Stage Third place match Third place match 18 January 2013 27 January 2013
2013 Gold Cup 4 1 1 2 4 8 -4 0 Group Stage — — 8 July 2013 —

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
6 1 2 3 2 10  −8 5 1 1 0 1 0  +1 0 1 3 1 10  −9

Friendly

6 February 2013 Friendly Paraguay  3–0  El Salvador Asunción, Paraguay
20:30 UTC−4 Aguilar 36'
Ortiz 56', 62'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz
Attendance: 4,099[1]
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
21 March 2013 Friendly Ecuador  5–0  El Salvador Quito, Ecuador
16:30 UTC−5 Caicedo 18', 46'
Benítez 36'
Montero 64'
Rojas 89'
Noboa Yellow card 31'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Attendance: 10,000[2]
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
22 May 2013 Friendly Venezuela  2–1  El Salvador Mérida, Venezuela
González 56' (pen.)
Martínez 68' (pen.)		 Report Cerén 24' Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida
Attendance: 28,133[3]
Referee: Diego Lara (Ecuador)

2013 Copa Centroamericana

Main article: 2013 Copa Centroamericana
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Honduras 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
 El Salvador 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
 Panama 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2

El Salvador and Panama finished with identical records and so their positions were determined by drawing of lots. El Salvador won and was placed second.[4]

18 January 2013 Group Stage Honduras  1–1  El Salvador San José, Costa Rica
18:00 UTC−06 Bengtson 75'
García Yellow card 43'
Peralta Yellow card 80'		 Report Burgos 77'
Blanco Yellow card 90+2'
Castillo Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
20 January 2013 Group Stage El Salvador  0–0  Panama San José, Costa Rica
16:00 UTC−06 Burgos Yellow card 72'
Henríquez Yellow card 86'
Cerén Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Torres Yellow card 27'
Rodríguez Yellow card 63'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 250
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
25 January 2013 Semifinals Costa Rica  1–0  El Salvador San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−06 Wallace 72'
González Yellow card 28'
Rodríguez Yellow card 40'
Saborío Yellow card 44'
Meneses Yellow card 45'		 Report Castillo Yellow card 26'
Burgos Yellow card 39'		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 4,993
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)
27 January 2013 Third place match El Salvador  1–0  Belize San José, Costa Rica
14:30 UTC−06 Bonilla 50'
Mayen Yellow card 29'		 Report Makin Yellow card 45' Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 1,997
Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

Group B

Main article: 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  El Salvador 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Haiti 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
Source: [citation needed]
El Salvador 2–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Zelaya 22', 69' Report Daniel 11'
Jones 73'
Attendance: 20,000
Honduras 1–0 El Salvador
Claros 90+2' Report
Attendance: 28,713
El Salvador 1–0 Haiti
Zelaya 76' Report
Attendance: 21,783
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

Quarter-finals

United States 5–1 El Salvador
Goodson 21'
Corona 29'
Johnson 60'
Donovan 78'
Diskerud 83'		 Report Zelaya 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 70,540

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Peru Agustín Castillo
First assistant manager El Salvador José Rafael Tobar Lemus
Second assistant manager/Advisor El Salvador Jorge "Mágico" González
First physical coordinator Colombia Carlos Eduardo Villareal
Goalkeeping coach El Salvador Carlos Felipe Cañadas
Doctor El Salvador José María Rivas

Last updated: 8 November 2011
Source: FESFUT (in Spanish)

Ranking

Date FIFA ranking position Total Points +/- Ranking +/- Points
January 2013 96 374 7 Increase 26
February 2013 81 434 15 Increase 60
March 2013 83 432 -2 Decrease -2

References

  1. ^ "Paraguay vs. El Salvador - 7 February 2013 - Soccerway".
  2. ^ "Ecuador vs. El Salvador - 21 March 2013 - Soccerway".
  3. ^ "Venezuela vs. El Salvador - 23 May 2013 - Soccerway".
  4. ^ "El segundo y tercer lugar del grupo B se definio por sorteo - Uncaf". Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-03-22.