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El Salvador at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as the CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Since 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

El Salvador hosted the inaugural CONCACAF Championship in 1963.[1] In the final round, they started with two victories, but lost the final and decisive match against Costa Rica 1–4. In that tournament, Salvadoran striker Volkswagen Hernández was top striker with five goals.

Since then, El Salvador have finished as runners-up again in 1981, and earned third place in 1977. After nineteen total appearances, El Salvador ranks sixth in the tournament's all-time table.

Overall record

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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

Match overview

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Tournament Round Opponent Score Venue
El Salvador 1963 First round  Nicaragua 6–1 San Salvador
 Panama 1–1
 Honduras 2–2
 Guatemala 1–1
Final round  Costa Rica 1–4
 Honduras 3–0
 Netherlands Antilles 3–2
Guatemala 1965 Final round  Mexico 0–2 Guatemala City
 Netherlands Antilles 1–1
 Guatemala 1–4
 Costa Rica 2–1
 Haiti 3–1
Mexico 1977 Final round  Canada 2–1 Monterrey
 Mexico 1–3 Mexico City
 Haiti 0–1
 Suriname 3–2 Monterrey
 Guatemala 2–2 Mexico City
Honduras 1981 Final round  Canada 0–1 Tegucigalpa
 Mexico 1–0
 Cuba 0–0
 Honduras 0–0
 Haiti 1–0
1985 Group stage  Suriname 3–0 San Salvador, El Salvador
 Suriname 3–0
 Honduras 1–2
 Honduras 0–0 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1989 Final round  Costa Rica 2–4 San Salvador, El Salvador
 Costa Rica 0–1 San José, Costa Rica
 Trinidad and Tobago 0–2 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
 Trinidad and Tobago 0–0 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
 United States 0–1
 United States 0–0 Fenton, United States
United States 1996 Group stage  Trinidad and Tobago 3–2 Anaheim
 United States 0–2
United States 1998 Group stage  Guatemala 0–0 Los Angeles
 Brazil 0–4
 Jamaica 0–2
United States 2002 Group stage  Mexico 0–1 Pasadena
 Guatemala 1–0
Quarter-finals  United States 0–4
Mexico United States 2003 Group stage  United States 0–2 Foxboro
 Martinique 1–0
Quarter-finals  Costa Rica 2–5
United States 2007 Group stage  Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Carson
 Guatemala 0–1
 United States 0–4 Foxboro
United States 2009 Group stage  Costa Rica 2–1 Carson
 Canada 0–1 Columbus
 Jamaica 0–1 Miami
United States 2011 Group stage  Mexico 0–5 Arlington
 Costa Rica 1–1 Charlotte
 Cuba 6–1 Chicago
Quarter-finals  Panama 1–1 (2–4 p) Washington, D.C.
United States 2013 Group stage  Trinidad and Tobago 2–2 Harrison
 Honduras 0–1 Miami Gardens
 Haiti 1–0 Houston
Quarter-finals  United States 1–5 Baltimore
Canada United States 2015 Group stage  Canada 0–0 Carson
 Costa Rica 1–1 Houston
 Jamaica 0–1 Toronto
United States 2017 Group stage  Mexico 1–3 San Diego
 Curaçao 2–0 Denver
 Jamaica 1–1 San Antonio
Quarter-finals  United States 0–2 Philadelphia
United States Costa Rica Jamaica 2019 Group stage  Curaçao 1–0 Kingston
 Jamaica 0–0 Houston
 Honduras 0–4 Los Angeles
United States 2021 Group stage  Guatemala 2–0 Frisco
 Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 Frisco
 Mexico 0–1 Dallas
Quarter-finals  Qatar 2–3 Glendale
Canada United States 2023 Group stage  Martinique 1–2 Fort Lauderdale
 Costa Rica 0–0 Harrison
 Panama 2–2 Houston

Record by opponent

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CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
Opponent W D L Pld GF GA
 Brazil 0 0 1 1 0 4
 Canada 1 1 2 4 2 3
 Costa Rica 2 3 4 9 11 18
 Cuba 1 1 0 2 6 1
 Guatemala 2 3 2 7 7 8
 Haiti 3 0 1 4 5 2
 Honduras 1 3 3 7 6 9
 Jamaica 0 2 3 5 1 5
 Martinique 1 0 1 2 2 2
 Mexico 1 0 6 7 3 15
 Netherlands Antilles /  Curaçao 3 1 0 4 7 3
 Nicaragua 1 0 0 1 6 1
 Panama 0 3 0 3 4 4
 Qatar 0 0 1 1 2 3
 Suriname 3 0 0 3 9 2
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 1 6 9 7
 United States 0 1 7 8 1 20

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dunmore, Tom, and Murray, Scott. Soccer For Dummies. United Kingdom, Wiley, 2022. 187.