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 YearRoundGPWDLGSGA 1985Did not qualify 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2023 2025Group Stage3012012 2026Did not qualifyTotal1/213012012
UNCAF preliminary round Year PositionPldWDLGFGAResult1999Qualified as a host 20011/54310164Qualified1/3220060Qualified1/32200100Qualified 20072/5430163Qualified/ 20093/4311184/ 20112/3210144Qualified 20134/54103812Did not qualify/ 20152/3210182Did not qualify 20173/5420246Qualified9/102716297035
CONCACAF U-17 tournament Year ResultPldWDLGFGA 1983Round 1200218 1985Round 1301269 1987Round 1301203 1988Round 1401316 1991Round 1310228 1992Did not enter 1994Round 1311145 1996Round 1311164 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 2009Did not qualify 2011 3 1 0 2 7 6 2013Did not qualify 2015 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 10Total 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.
DateLocationOpponentScore*CompetitionSalvadoran scorers29 January 2025Estadio Francisco Morazan 1-2 Friendly Brandon Ramirez 31 January 2025Estadio Francisco Morazan 0-3 FriendlyNil10 February 2025Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City 8-0 2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualificationTobar Inojosa Perla Torres Galdamez Ramirez 12 February 2025Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City 2-0 2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualificationTobar Torres 15 February 2025Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City 2-1 2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualificationPerla Ramirez 27 April 2025TBD, TBD Fuerzas Básicas del Club Pachuca (Pachuca Under 17) 4-2 Unofficial FriendlyLuis Tobar Mayson Barillas 29 April 2025TBD, TBD Club América Under 17 1-1 Unofficial Friendly Luis Tobar 1 May 2025TBD, TBD Atlético Morelia – Club Universidad Michoacana TBD Unofficial Friendly2 September 2025 Complejo Deportivo Rafael Gordillo, Sevilla Real Betis Cantera 0-2 Unofficial FriendlyNil6 September 2025Centro Deportivo Wanda Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Atlético Madrid (youth) 3-1 Unofficial FriendlyLuis Tobar Sellando 10 September 2025OM Campus, Marseille Olympique de Marseille 1-5 Unofficial FriendlyBrandon Ramírez 22 October 2025INDES, San Salvador Inter FA (U-17) 3-0 Unofficial FriendlyLuis 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
2026
Players
2026 Squad The following 24 players were called up for the training camp in January 2026.
Recent call-ups The following players have been called up to the El Salvador U-17 squad in the past 12 months.
Personnel
Current staff As of October 2026 Head coach Héctor Cárdenas 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 - July 2026) Héctor Cárdenas (August 2026 - Present)
Record versus other nations Records for competitive matches only. As of 19-02-25
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See also El Salvador national football team El Salvador national under-20 football team El Salvador national under-21 football team El Salvador national under-23 football team Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol
References
External links Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol Official Site (Spanish) El Salvador national football team (Non-Official Site) (Spanish) soccerway