El Salvador national under-17 football team

El Salvador Under-17
Nickname	La Azulita
Association	Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Juan Carlos Serrano
FIFA code	SLV
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	1 (first in 2025)
Best result	Group stage
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Appearances	16 (first in 1983)
Best result	Fourth place (1999)

The El Salvador national under-17 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
2023
2025	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	0	12
Total	1/20	3	0	1	2	0	12

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 enter
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	Quarter-finals	3	1	0	2	7	6
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Did not qualify
2017	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	10
2019	Quarter-finals	5	3	0	2	10	11
2023	Quarter-finals	5	3	0	2	11	10
Total	16/20	54	13	11	30	71	116

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

Fixtures and results

The following is a list of match results of the El Salvador Under-17 football team in January and February 2025.

Date	Location	Opponent	Score*	Competition	Salvadoran scorers
29 January 2025	Estadio Francisco Morazan	Honduras	1-2	Friendly	Brandon Ramirez 25'
31 January 2025	Estadio Francisco Morazan	Honduras	0-3	Friendly	Nil
10 February 2025	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City	Cayman Islands	8-0	2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification	Tobar 3', 13' Inojosa 17', 34' Perla 43' Torres 45' Galdamez 68' Ramirez 73'
12 February 2025	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City	Saint Lucia	2-0	2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification	Tobar 16' Torres 52'
15 February 2025	Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City	Jamaica	2-1	2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification	Perla 22' Ramirez 80'
27 April 2025	TBD, TBD	Fuerzas Básicas del Club Pachuca (Pachuca Under 17)	4-2	Unofficial Friendly	Luis Tobar 37' 45' Mayson Barillas 90' 92'
29 April 2025	TBD, TBD	Club América Under 17	1-1	Unofficial Friendly	Luis Tobar
1 May 2025	TBD, TBD	Atlético Morelia – Club Universidad Michoacana	TBD	Unofficial Friendly
2 September 2025	Complejo Deportivo Rafael Gordillo, Sevilla	Real Betis Cantera	0-2	Unofficial Friendly	Nil
6 September 2025	Centro Deportivo Wanda Alcalá de Henares, Madrid	Atlético Madrid (youth)	3-1	Unofficial Friendly	Luis Tobar 9' 57' Sellando o.g.' (61)
10 September 2025	OM Campus, Marseille	Olympique de Marseille	1-5	Unofficial Friendly	Brandon Ramírez 21'
22 October 2025	INDES, San Salvador	Inter FA (U-17)	3-0	Unofficial Friendly	Luis Tobar Rosmario Robles

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

2025

4 November 2025 WC U-17 GS	El Salvador	0-5	North Korea	Al Rayyan, Qatar
20:15 UTC+3	Nil	[1]	Ri Kang-Rim - 14' 68' Kim Yu-Jin - 45'+1' Pen 88' Han Il-Bok - 90'+5'	Stadium: Aspire Zone

7 November 2025 WC U-17 GS	El Salvador	0-0	Colombia	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3	Nil	[2]	Nil	Stadium: Aspire Zone

10 November 2025 WC U-17 GS	El Salvador	0-7	Germany	Al Rayyan, Qatar
20:15 UTC+3	Nil	[3]	Jeremiah Mensah 31', 56' Alexander Staff 40' Wisdom Mike 44' Andrew Reyes 51' (o.g.) Lasse Eickel 68' Christian Prenaj 83'	Stadium: Aspire Zone

2026

February 2025 WC U-17 GS	El Salvador	v	Curaçao	TBD, TBD
20:15 UTC+3				Stadium: TBD

February 2025 WC U-17 GS	El Salvador	v	Cuba	TBD, TBD
20:15 UTC+3				Stadium: TBD

February 2025 WC U-17 GS	El Salvador	v	Belize	TBD, TBD
20:15 UTC+3				Stadium: TBD

Players

2026 Squad

The following 24 players were called up for the training camp in January 2026.

Pos.	Player	Club
1GK	Xavier Ryan	Los Angeles Bulls Soccer Club
1GK	Sneijder Salamanca	Houston GFI Academy
1GK	Jose Alvarenga	Inter FA U-17
1GK	Amadeo Figueroa	Lamorinda Soccer Club

2DF	Jefferson Perla	Aguila U-17
2DF	Cristian Martinez	Alianza U-17
2DF	Roberto Heredia	Houston Rangers
2DF	Joao Martinez	City SC Carlsbad
2DF	Giovanni Salazar	LA Galaxy Academy
2DF	Keylor Rivas	Turin FC
2DF	Jorge Sanchez	Academia Exclesior
2DF	Jayden Canales	Indy Eleven
2DF	Marcelo Aliaga	Springfield Youth Club
2DF	Antonio Alfaro	DC United

3MF	Roberto Hernandez	LA Galaxy
3MF	Santiago Merlet	Houston GFI Academy
3MF	Ruben Andrade	HTX ECNL
3MF	Aiden Colocho	LA FC Academy
3MF	Jeremy Martinez	Turin FC
3MF	Franco Herrera	Hercules U-17
3MF	Jeffrey Ascencio	Aguila U-17
3MF	Luis Benavides	Aguila U-17
3MF	Byron Murgos	FAS U-17
3MF	David Sibrian	Atlanta United
3MF	Ronald Torres	FSF U-17
3MF	Enzo Garay	Springfield Youth Club
3MF	Edwin Ortiz	DC United

4FW	Mayson Barillas	DC United U-17
4FW	Oscar Relgado	FAS U-17
4FW	Diego Gonzalez	Alianza U-17
4FW	Andrew Sorto	LA FC U-17

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Peter Cornejo	Los Angeles Surf SC	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
GK	Oliver Alegria Sigennes	FC Zürich U-17	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
GK	Alfredo Esquivel	Isidro Metapan U-17	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

DF	Jose Guatemala	Aguila U-17	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
DF	Adonis Campos	New York City U-17	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
DF	Emerson Guardado	Alianza U-17	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
DF	Marvin Mejia	Orange County SC	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
DF	Ricardo Oliva	Virginia Development Academy	October training camp
DF	Anderson Tula	Inter FA	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
DF	Andrew Reyes	TSF Academy	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
DF	Ronald Vargas	Inter FA	October training camp
DF	Francisco Martinez	Alianza U-17	November training camp
DF	Cristian Castaneda	Turin FC	November training camp

MF	Esteban Hernandez	Alianza U-17	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
MF	Eduardo Galdamez	Isidro Metapan U-17	September training camp
MF	David Leon	Alianza U-17	September training camp
MF	Azyk Gomez	Orange County SC	October training camp
MF	Rosmario Robles	Limeno U-17	October training camp
MF	Giomar Alvarez	FC Dallas U-17	October training camp
MF	Rafael Inojosa	Houston Dynamo U-17	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
MF	Anthony Umanzor	York United FC	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
MF	Jarell Bonilla	FC Cincinnati U-17	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
MF	Kerin Torres	LA Firpo U-17	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
MF	Erick Vasquez	FAS U-17	November training camp
MF	Marvin Velasquez	FAS U-17	November training camp
MF	Rene Molina	Alianza U-17	November training camp
MF	Andres Chavez	Hercules U-17	November training camp
MF	William Alvarez	Inter FA U-17	November training camp

FW	Brandon Ramirez	Juventud Independiente	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FW	Steven Espinoza	Juventud Independiente	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FW	Ovido Hernandez	Aruba	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FW	Luis Tobar	Alianza U-17	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FW	Diego Mejia	Santos Laguna U-17	2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FW	Mario Orellana	Hercules U-17	November training camp
FW	Franco Herrera	Hercules U-17	November training camp

Personnel

Current staff

As of January 2026

Head coach	Victor Pastora
Assistant coach	Jose Helmer Silva
Physical Coordinator	Pablo Rodas
Physical Therapist	Chepe Martínez
Medical Trainer	TBD
Goalkeeper Coach	Misael Alfaro

List of coaches

Jorge Araujo (1990)
Cesar Acevedo (1999)
Armando Contreras Palma (2001)
Remberto Santillana (2002)
Raúl Cocherari (2004)
Norberto Huezo (February 2006 – 2008)
Mario Rodriguez (January 2008)
Victor Manuel Pacheco (November 2010 – December 2011)
Jose Luis Rugamas (January 2012 – January 2013)
Victor Manuel Pacheco (February 2013 – October 2013)
Rafael Tobar (August 2014 – February 2015)
Edgar Henríquez (May 2015 – December 2015)
Erick Dowson Prado (January 2016 – April 2017)
Diego Pizarro (September 2017 – December 2017)
José de la Cruz (January 2017 - December 2017)
Rafael Tobar (January 2018 - November 2018)
Ernesto Gochez (December 2018- 2021)
Juan Carlos Serrano (July 2022 - November 2025)
Eduardo Lara (November 2025 - December 2025)
Victor Pastora (January 2026 - Present)

Record versus other nations

Records for competitive matches only. As of 19-02-25

Nat	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bermuda	1	1	0	0	11	1	+10
Belize	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
Canada	7	1	1	5	7	13	-6
Cayman Islands	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8
Colombia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	12	0	1	11	10	27	-17
Cuba	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4
Curaçao	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
Germany	1	0	0	1	0	7	-7
Guatemala	8	5	2	1	14	11	+3
Guyana	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Haiti	4	2	0	2	8	7	+1
Honduras	6	2	0	4	6	13	-7
Jamaica	8	3	4	1	10	7	+3
Mexico	6	0	1	5	4	25	-21
Nicaragua	9	9	0	0	41	6	+35
North Korea	1	0	0	1	0	5	-5
Panama	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Saint Lucia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Suriname	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Trinidad and Tobago	5	2	2	1	13	11	+22
United States	9	0	1	8	5	31	-26

References

External links

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

National under-17 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
1: North American member but affiliated to CFU. 2: South American member but affiliated to CONCACAF and to CFU. 3:Full CONCACAF member, but not affiliated to FIFA.

National sports teams of El Salvador
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