El Salvador national under-23 football team

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The El Salvador U-23 men's national football team is the national under-23 football team of El Salvador and is controlled by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. Its primary role is qualification into the Olympic Football Tournament, the next of which is to be held during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

1 Olympic's History
2 Tournament records
- 2.1 Olympic Record
3 Current squad
- 3.1 Injury List
- 3.2 Notable Absentees
4 Personnel
- 4.1 Current Staff
5 Schedule and Recent Results
- 5.1 Previous Match Results
- 5.2 Upcoming Games
6 See also

[edit] Olympic's History

Previously El Salvador had only once participated at the Olympic Games. They achieved this in their first attempt in 1967 when they qualified to the 1968 Summer Olympics. This qualification was achieved after defeating both Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago in the qualifiers.

[edit] Tournament records

[edit] Olympic Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1904	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1908	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1912	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1920	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1924	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1928	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1936	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1940	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1944	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1948	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1952	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1956	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Round 1	3	0	1	2	2	8
1972	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Current squad

The following players have been named in the squad for the 2008 Olympic games qualifiers against Panama & Honduras. To be played on between 7th and 11th of November.

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
GK	Henry Hernandez	4 January 1985	Águila
GK	Benji Oldai Villalobos		Águila
GK	Max Herrera		Santa Tecla F.C.
DF	Luis Hernandez	9 February 1985	Águila
DF	Romeo Monteagudo		Firpo
DF	José Miguel Granadino	28 September 1988	C.D. FAS
DF	Manuel Alejandro Salazar Rivas	23 January 1983	Firpo
DF	Jonathan Barrios Alvarado		Alianza
DF	Cristian Esnal	2 May 1986	C.D. Chalatenango
DF	Henry Alfredo Escobar Rivas¹		Uncontracted
MF	Shawn Hasani Martin	15 February 1987	Firpo
MF	Dennis Jonathan Alas	10 January 1985	San Salvador
MF	Romeo Monteagudo		Firpo
MF	José Manfredi Portillo	15 July 1985	Vista Hermosa
MF	Osael Romero		Vista Hermosa
MF	William Maldonado		San Salvador
MF	Mark Lester Blanco		Nejapa F.C.
MF	Víctor Samuel Turcios		C.D. Atlético Balboa
MF	Nelson Reyes		C.D. Municipal Limeño
MF	Carlos Menjivar¹		Uncontracted
FW	Josue Odir Flores	13 May 1988	C.D. FAS
FW	Carlos Enrique Calderon	18 January 1986	Firpo
FW	Cesar Alexander Larios	21 April 1988	{{{club}}}
FW	Julio Martínez	8 July 1985	{{{club}}}

¹ Players currently out of contract

[edit] Injury List

Players that have not currently been selected, as a result of injury.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Dennis Salinas	23 July 1986			San Salvador

[edit] Notable Absentees

List of players who have recently been called up, yet have not been selected to particpate in the Olympic qualifiers.

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Diego Cuellar	Uncontracted
DF	Ronald Alexander Torres	Águila
DF	Cristian Adonay Portillo	San Salvador
DF	Eduardo Flamenco	C.D. FAS
MF	Ronald Villalta	C.D. FAS
MF	Jaime Enrique Alas	San Salvador
MF	Juan Carlos Alas Morales	San Salvador
FW	Cristian Bautista	Once Municipal
FW	Carlos Enrique Aparicio	Alianza
FW	Rafael Burgos	Alianza

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Current Staff

Head Coach	Carlos De Los Cobos
Assistant Coach	Jaime Rodríguez
2nd Assistant Coach	Mauricio Alberto Alfaro
GK Coach	Romeo Ulises Lozano

[edit] Schedule and Recent Results

[edit] Previous Match Results

Category	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Date	Venue	Scorers
Friendly	El Salvador	1-2	Guatemala	September 12, 2007	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	El Salvador: Reyes 83' Guatemala: Brown 30', , Noriega 87'
Friendly	Guatemala	2-0	El Salvador	September 18, 2007	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Guatemala: Márquez 25', Lalin 79'
Friendly	El Salvador	2-1	Costa Rica	October 3, 2007	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	El Salvador: Martin 38', Martin 70' Costa Rica:
Olympic Qualifier	Panama	2-1	El Salvador	November 7, 2007	Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City, Panama	El Salvador: Flores 90' Costa Rica: Torres 52', Barahona 81'
Olympic Qualifier	El Salvador	0-3	Honduras	November 9, 2007	Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City, Panama	Honduras: Nuñez 21', Thomas 74', Norales 91'

[edit] Upcoming Games

Date	Location	Opponent	Competition

[edit] See also

National Football Associations of North America,
Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

v • d • e

International football

v • d • e

Asia: AFC – Asian Cup

Africa: CAF – Africa Cup of Nations

North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup

South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América

Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup

Europe: UEFA – European Championship

Non-FIFA: NF-Board – Viva World Cup

v • d • e Football at the Summer Olympics

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