El Salvador U21

Nickname(s)	La Azulita
Association	Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Edgar Henríquez [1]
FIFA code	SLV
First colours Second colours

The El Salvador national under 21 football team, is the national under-21 football team of El Salvador and is controlled by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. The team competes in the international under-21 and youth football competitions. They compete for qualification to the Central American and Caribbean Games. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

History

2010 FIFA suspension

On 11 May 2010, the FIFA Emergency Committee suspended the Salvadoran Football Association (FESFUT) on account of government interference. This decision by FIFA was based on the fact that the statutes ratified by the FESFUT general assembly in August 2009 had not been formally entered in the country's official register, and that the government had failed to acknowledge the authority of the Normalisation Committee set up to represent FESFUT.

On 25 May, El Salvador, which had qualified for both of the men's and women's 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, were disqualified and be not included in the draw due to its suspension by FIFA over governmental interference in the affairs of the country's soccer federation. ^[9]

On 7 June, the CONCACAF lifted the ban, and allowed the male & female U-21 teams to participate once again in the CAC games. ^{[10] [11]}

Fixtures and results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	El Salvador Scorers
June 10, 2023	Friendly	Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz, Hidalgo, Morelos	Escorpiones Zacatepec	1-0	El Salvador	Nil
June 12, 2023	Friendly	Complejo Deportivo La Noria, Ciudad de México	Cruz Azul Sub23	1-7	El Salvador
June 14, 2023	Friendly	Complejo Deportivo Casa Club, Toluca, Estado de México	Toluca Sub23		El Salvador
30 June, 2023	CACG - GS	Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla	Dominican Republic		El Salvador
July 2, 2023	CACG - GS	Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla	Mexico		El Salvador

Players

Current squad

As of June 13, 2023 [1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Sergio Sibrian				Once Deportivo
	1 GK	Danilo Joya				Aguila
	1 GK	Adriel Martinez				CF Motril
	2 DF	Edwin Gabriel				ADM Juyuva
	2 DF	Alejandro Serrano				AD Destroyer
	2 DF	Diego Lemus				Santa Tecla F.C.
	2 DF	Melvin Cruz				Dragon
	2 DF	Tereso Benitez				Municipal Limeno
	2 DF	Diego Flores				LA Firpo
	2 DF	Jefferson Valladares				Municipal Limeno
	2 DF	Walter Pineda				Aguila
	2 DF	Nelson Rodriguez				LA Firpo
	2 DF	Josue Artola
	3 MF	Mauricio Cerritos				Atletico Marte
	3 MF	Javier Bolanos				Once Deportivo
	3 MF	Alexis Menedez				Once Deportivo
	3 MF	Enrico Duenas				Cartagena B
	3 MF	Luis Vasquez				Chalatenango
	3 MF	Rafael Tejeda				FAS
	3 MF	Elmer Bonilla				Dragon
	3 MF	Kevin Roman				Isidro Metapan
	3 MF	Jorge Gonzalez				Cadiz C.F.
	4 FW	Emerson Mauricio				Alianza
	4 FW	Juan Sanchez				Once Deportivo
	4 FW	Styven Vasquez				LA Firpo

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Edgar Henríquez
Assistant coach
Fitness coach
Goalkeeping coach
Medical trainer

Coaching history

See also

• El Salvador national football team
• El Salvador national under-17 football team
• El Salvador national under-20 football team
• El Salvador national under-23 football team
• Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol

References