2013 El Salvador national football team season

2013 El Salvador national football team season
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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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.

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)

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
1	Nelson Bonilla	1

Goal assists

Rank	Player	Assists
1	Andrés Flores	1

Bookings

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

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	D	GF	GA	Pts
Honduras	2	2	2	2	2
El Salvador	2	2	1	1	2
Panama	2	2	1	1	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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	El Salvador	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Haiti	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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)

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)

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)

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