El Salvador national football team season 2013

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.

El Salvador national football team season 2013

Season	2013
Manager	Agustín Castillo
Captain	Rafael Burgos
Home stadium	Estadio Cuscatlán
2013 Copa Centroamericana	Third Place
Wins	2
Losses	6
Goals scored	7
Top goalscorer	Rodolfo Zelaya (1)
Most caps	(5 Players) (4)
Players	26
Goalscorers	2
Debutants	8
Biggest home win	1–0 v. Belize (1 January 2013)
Highest scoring	0–5 v. Ecuador (21 March 2013)
Highest attendance	70,540 v. United States (21 July 2013)
Lowest attendance	250 v. Panama (20 January 2013)
Home colours Away colours
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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)

Jonathan Águila (1) Jaime Alas (1) Léster Blanco (5) Darwin Bonilla (4) Nelson Bonilla (4) Rafael Burgos (5) Cristian Castillo (5) Derby Carrillo (2w Darwin Ceren (6)

Dustin Corea (1) Andrés Flores (4) Xavier García (6) José Granadino (6) Isidro Gutiérrez (4) José Henríquez (6) Alexander Larín (3) Gustavo López (1) Gerson Mayen (3)

Richard Menjivar (6) Milton Molina (1) Carlos Monteagudo (4) Dagoberto Portillo (4) Nestor Renderos (1) Osael Romero (2) Herbert Sosa (4) Ricardo Ulloa (1)

Debutants

• José Miguel Granadino – on January 18 started on Copa Centroamericana match against Honduras
• Richard Menjivar – on January 18 started on Copa Centroamericana match against Honduras
• Gerson Mayen – on January 18 came on as a substitute on Copa Centroamericana match against Honduras
• Darwin Bonilla – on January 25 came on as a substitute on Copa Centroamericana match against Costa Rica
• Derby Carrillo – on January 28 started on Copa Centroamericana match against Belize
• Dustin Corea – on March 21 started on a friendly match against Ecuador
• Gustavo López – on March 21 came on as a substitute on a friendly match against Ecuador
• Nestor Renderos – on March 21 came on as a substitute on a friendly match against Ecuador.

Player statistics

Goal scorers Rank Player Goals 1 Rafael Burgos 1 Nelson Bonilla 1 Goal assists Rank Player Assists 1 Andrés Flores 1

Bookings Rank Player 1 Cristian Castillo 2 0 0 Rafael Burgos 2 0 0 3 Léster Blanco 1 0 0 José Henríquez 1 0 0 Darwin Ceren 1 0 0 Gerson Mayen 1 0 0

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  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

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  43' Peralta  80'	Report	Burgos  77' Blanco  90+2' Castillo  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  72' Henríquez  86' Cerén  90+2'	Report	Torres  27' Rodríguez  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  28' Rodríguez  40' Saborío  44' Meneses  45'	Report	Castillo  26' Burgos  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  29'	Report	Makin  45'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 1,997 Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honduras	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
El Salvador	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Haiti	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

8 July 2013

19:00

El Salvador	2–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Zelaya  22', 69'	Report	Daniel  11' Jones  73'

Red Bull Arena, Harrison

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

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12 July 2013

21:30

Honduras	1–0	El Salvador
Claros  90+2'	Report

Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens

Attendance: 28,713

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

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15 July 2013

19:00

El Salvador	1–0	Haiti
Zelaya  76'	Report

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 21,783

Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

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Quarter-finals

21 July 2013

16:00

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

M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore

Attendance: 70,540

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Agustín Castillo
First assistant manager	José Rafael Tobar Lemus
Second assistant manager/Advisor	Jorge "Mágico" González
First physical coordinator	Carlos Eduardo Villareal
Goalkeeping coach	Carlos Felipe Cañadas
Doctor	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	26
February 2013	81	434	15	60
March 2013	83	432	-2	-2

References

1. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/02/07/world/friendlies/paraguay/el-salvador/1436931/
2. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/03/21/world/friendlies/ecuador/el-salvador/1458423/
3. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/05/23/world/friendlies/venezuela/el-salvador/1470057/
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-03-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)