El Salvador national under-17 football team

El Salvador Under-17
Nickname(s)	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	TBD
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	Qualified
Total	1/20	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	Pachuca Under 17	4-2	Unofficial Friendly	Luis Tobar 37' 45' Mayson Barillas 90' 92'

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	v	North Korea	Al Rayyan , Qatar
20:15 UTC+3				Stadium: Aspire Zone

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

10 November 2025 WC U-17 GS	El Salvador	v	Germany	Al Rayyan , Qatar
20:15 UTC+3				Stadium: Aspire Zone

Players

2025 Squad

The following 20 players were called up for the 2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification in February.

Pos.	Player	Club
1GK	Peter Cornejo	Los Angeles Surf SC
1GK	Oliver Alegria Sigennes	FC Zürich U-17
1GK	Alfredo Esquivel	Isidro Metapan U-17
2DF	Jefferson Perla	Aguila U-17
2DF	Jose Guatemala	Aguila U-17
2DF	Adonis Campos	New York City U-17
2DF	Anderson Tula	Alianza U-17
2DF	Emerson Guardado	Alacranes FC
2DF	Andrew Reyes	Cedar Stars
2DF	Marvin Mejia	Albion San Diego
3MF	Eduardo Galdamez	Isidro Metapan U-17
3MF	Esteban Hernandez	Alianza U-17
3MF	David Leon	Alianza U-17
3MF	Rafael Inojosa	Houston Dynamo U-17
3MF	Azyk Gomez	Los Angeles FC
4FW	Ovido Hernandez	Aruba
4FW	Brandon Ramirez	Turin FC
4FW	Steven Espinoza	Turin FC
4FW	Kerin Torres	LA Firpo U-17
4FW	Mayson Barillas	DC United U-17
4FW	Luis Tobar	Alianza U-17

Recent call-ups

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

Player	Club	Latest call-up
Jarell Bonilla	Orlando SC U-17	January training camp
TBD	TBD	January training camp
TBD	TBD	January training camp
TBD	TBD	January training camp

Personnel

Current staff

As of February 2025

Head coach	Juan Carlos Serrano
Assistant coach	Cristian Ernesto Lopez
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)
Hector 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)
Ernesto Gochez (Dec 2018- 2021)
Juan Carlos Serrano (July 2022 - 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	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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

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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
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