2012 El Salvador national football team season

2012 El Salvador national football team season
Season	2012
Manager	Agustín Castillo
Captain	Dennis Alas
Home stadium	Estadio Cuscatlán
Wins	2
Losses	4
Goals scored	9
Top goalscorer	Nelson Bonilla (2); Isidro Gutiérrez (2)
Most caps	Dennis Alas (8); Eliseo Quintanilla (8); Ramón Sánchez (8)
Players	28
Goalscorers	6
Debutants	7
Biggest home win	2–0 v Moldova; (May 26, 2012)
Highest scoring	2–2 v New Zealand; (May 23, 2012); 2–2 v Costa Rica; (June 8, 2012)
File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Home colours	File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Away colours
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The 2012 season is the 91st season in El Salvador's history, their 74th in FIFA and 50th in CONCACAF. As of December 2012, the team was managed by Agustín Castillo. In mid-June, Rubén Israel quit due to financial problems between him and the Federation. FESFUT then hired a new coach 14 July 2012. The new DT, Juan de Dios Castillo, would coach until the end of the 2013 after the 2013 Copa Centroamericana and 2013 Gold Cup. Although, the elimination of La Selecta for the campaign for the 2014 World Cup led the FESFUT to fire him due to the poor result. By 18 December 2012, FESFUT had hired Agustín Castillo for the new DT. He became the first Peruvian to coach the national team.

Players

These players have been capped during the 2012 season (listed alphabetically):
name (games played)

Debutants

Eldel Figueroa – On February 29, started in a friendly math against Estonia
Alexander Méndoza – On February 29, came on as a substitute in a friendly match against Estonia
Nelson Bonilla – On May 23, started in a friendly match against New Zealand
Ricardo Ulloa – On May 23, came on as a substitute in a friendly match against New Zealand
Darwin Cerén – on May 23, came on as a substitute in a friendly match against New Zealand
Isidro Gutiérrez – on June 2, came on as a substitute in a friendly match against Honduras
Alexander Larín – on August 11, started in a friendly math against Guatemala

Player statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Nelson Bonilla	2
1	Isidro Gutiérrez	2
3	Rafael Burgos	1
	Jaime Alas	1
	Osael Romero	1
	Alfredo Pacheco	1

Goal assists

Rank	Player	Assists
1	Rafael Burgos	2
2	Alfredo Pacheco	1

Bookings

Rank	Player	Yellow card
1	Dennis Alas	3
2	Xavier García	2
2	Alfredo Pacheco	2
4	Víctor Turcios	1
	Steve Purdy	1
	Benji Villalobos	1
	Ramón Sánchez	1

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Started Round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
International Friendlies	6	2	1	3	5	9	-4	7	—	—	February 29, 2012	—
Unofficial Friendly	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	—	—	July 27, 2012	—
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	6	1	2	3	11	8	0	5	second round	third round	June 8, 2012	October 16, 2012

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
14	4	3	7	14	22	−8	15	3	2	6	9	16	−7	1	1	1	5	6	−1

Friendly

July 27, 2012 Unofficial Friendly	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	1–2	Italy Roma	New York City, United States
18:00 UTC−6	Gutiérrez File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	Report	Osvaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Bojan File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Lamela Yellow card 38' Tachtsidis Red card	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

2014 World Cup qualifiers

Third round

Group B
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	File:Flag of Mexico.svg	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg	File:Flag of Guyana.svg
1	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	6	6	0	0	15	2	+13	18	Advance to fourth round	—	1–0	2–0	3–1
2	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica	6	3	1	2	14	5	+9	10	Advance to fourth round	0–2	—	2–2	7–0
3	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5		1–2	0–1	—	2–2
4	File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana	6	0	1	5	5	24	−19	1		0–5	0–4	2–3	—

Source: ^[4]

October 16, 2012 WCQ third round	Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg	2–0	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	Torreón, Mexico
20:00 UTC−5	Peralta File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 26,333^[10] Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Peru Agustín Castillo
First assistant manager	vacant
Second assistant manager/Advisor	El Salvador Jorge "Mágico" González
First physical coordinator	Colombia Carlos Eduardo Villareal
Goalkeeping coach	El Salvador Carlos Felipe Cañadas
Doctor	El Salvador José María Rivas

Last updated: 8 November 2011
Source: FESFUT (in Spanish)

Ranking

Date	FIFA ranking position	Total Points	+/- Ranking	+/- Points
December 2012	103	348	-9 Decrease	54
November 2012	94	402	-16 Decrease	-39
October 2012	78	441	-11 Decrease	-40
September 2012	67	481	-3 Decrease	-8
August 2012	64	490	3 Increase	3
July 2012	67	487	-12 Decrease	-63
June 2012	55	550	-6 Decrease	-41
May 2012	49	591	0 Steady	2
April 2012	49	589	9 Increase	35
March 2012	58	554	-4 Decrease	-22
February 2012	54	576	10 Increase	70
January 2012	64	506	5 Increase	43
December 2011	69	463	0 Steady	0

References

[1] "El Salvador vs. Estonia - 1 March 2012 - Soccerway".

[2] "El Salvador vs. New Zealand - 24 May 2012 - Soccerway".

[3] "El Salvador vs. Honduras - 2 June 2012 - Soccerway".

[soccer365-4] "FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[5] "Costa Rica vs. El Salvador - 9 June 2012 - Soccerway".

[6] "El Salvador vs. Mexico - 13 June 2012 - Soccerway".

[7] "El Salvador vs. Guyana - 8 September 2012 - Soccerway".

[8] "Guyana vs. El Salvador - 12 September 2012 - Soccerway".

[9] "El Salvador vs. Costa Rica - 13 October 2012 - Soccerway".

[10] "Mexico vs. El Salvador - 17 October 2012 - Soccerway".

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February 29, 2012 Friendly	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	0–2	File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia	Los Angeles, United States
20:00 UTC−08		Report	Klavan File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Piiroja File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 16,000^[1] Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

May 23, 2012 Friendly	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	2–2	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	Houston, United States
20:00 CDT	Burgos File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Boxall File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' (o.g.)	Report	Hogg File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Barbarouses File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Sigmund Yellow card 19'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,000^[2] Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

May 26, 2012 Friendly	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	2–0	File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova	Dallas, United States
17:30 CDT	Bonilla File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' J. Alas File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Sánchez Yellow card 38' D. Alas Yellow card 66'	Report		Stadium: Cotton Bowl Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

June 2, 2012 Friendly	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	0–3	File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras	Washington, D.C., United States
16:30 UTC−5	Turcios Yellow card Purdy Yellow card Pacheco Yellow card	Report	Bernárdez File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Costly File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Lalín File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' W. Palacios Yellow card Beckeles Red card 83'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 41,780^[3] Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)

August 11, 2012 Friendly	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	1–0	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala	Los Angeles, United States
20:30 UTC−6	Bonilla File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	Report	Contreras Yellow card 57' Erwin Morales Yellow card 60' Ruiz Yellow card 71'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

2012 El Salvador national football team season

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Debutants

Player statistics

Goal scorers

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Bookings

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August 15, 2012 Friendly	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	0–2	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica	Washington, D.C., United States
19:30 UTC−5	D. Alas Yellow card 58'	Report	Shelton File:Soccerball shade.svg 16', 65' Watson Yellow card 42' Mattocks Yellow card 55' Johnson Yellow card 59'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

June 8, 2012 WCQ third round	Costa Rica File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg	2–2	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6	Saborío File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', Yellow card 28' Campbell File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Barrantes Yellow card 45+31' Salvatierra Yellow card 56' Umaña Yellow card 70' Rojas Yellow card 70'	Report	Gutiérrez File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Romero File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Pacheco Yellow card 28' García Yellow card 46' Alas Yellow card 63' Villalobos Yellow card 69' Turcios Yellow card 83'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 23,701^[5] Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

June 12, 2012 WCQ third round	El Salvador File:Flag of El Salvador.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	San Salvador, El Salvador
19:33 UTC−6	Pacheco File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' García Yellow card 66' Sánchez Yellow card 79'	Report	Zavala File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Moreno File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Rodríguez Yellow card 69'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 29,712^[6] Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

September 7, 2012 WCQ third round	El Salvador File:Flag of El Salvador.svg	2–2	File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana	San Salvador, El Salvador
19:30 UTC−6	Gutiérrez File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Romero File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	Report	Bobb File:Soccerball shade.svg 16', 53' Moore Yellow card 69' Reynolds Yellow card 75'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 24,000^[7] Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

September 11, 2012 WCQ third round	Guyana File:Flag of Guyana.svg	2–3	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	Providence, Guyana
20:00 UTC−4	Richardson File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Nurse File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report	Romero File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Alas File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Burgos File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Cerén Yellow card 61' Quintanilla Yellow card 74' García Yellow card 90+1'	Stadium: Providence Stadium Attendance: 4,141^[8] Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

October 12, 2012 WCQ third round	El Salvador File:Flag of El Salvador.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica	San Salvador, El Salvador
19:30 UTC−6	Henríquez Yellow card 37' Gutiérrez Yellow card 68' Quintanilla Red card 87' Pacheco Red card 90+2'	Report	Cubero File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Oviedo Yellow card 39' Acosta Yellow card 47' Umaña Yellow card 74'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 35,082^[9] Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)