2012 El Salvador national football team season

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.

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)
Home colours Away colours
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Players

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

Dennis Alas (8) Jaime Alas (6) Christian Bautista (1) Léster Blanco (6) Nelson Bonilla (5) Rafael Burgos (6) Darwin Cerén (2) Christian Castillo (2) Elder Figueroa (6) Andrés Flores(1)

Xavier García (7) Isidro Gutiérrez (4) José Henríquez (1) Alexander Larín (2) Alexander Méndoza (2) Carlos Monteagudo (4) Milton Molina (3) Alfredo Pacheco (7) Dagoberto Portillo (2)

Steve Purdy (6) Eliseo Quintanilla (8) Osael Romero (7) Edwin Sánchez (1) Ramón Sánchez (8) Herbert Sosa (2) Víctor Turcios (6) Ricardo Ulloa (3) Benji Villalobos (5)

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 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 1 Dennis Alas 3 0 0 2 Xavier García 2 0 0 Alfredo Pacheco 2 0 0 4 Víctor Turcios 1 0 0 Steve Purdy 1 0 0 Benji Villalobos 1 0 0 Ramón Sánchez 1 0 0

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

 El Salvador v  Estonia

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

 El Salvador v  New Zealand

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

 El Salvador v  Moldova

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

 El Salvador v  Honduras

June 2, 2012 Friendly	El Salvador	0–3	Honduras	Washington, D.C., United States
16:30 UTC−5	Turcios Purdy Pacheco	Report	Bernárdez 11' Costly 49' Lalín 85' W. Palacios Beckeles  83'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 41,780[3] Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)

 El Salvador v Roma

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

 El Salvador v  Guatemala

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

 El Salvador v  Jamaica

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

2014 World Cup qualifiers

Main articles: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Third round

Group B

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

Source: ^[4]

Costa Rica  v  El Salvador

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

El Salvador  v  Mexico

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

El Salvador  v  Guyana

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

Guyana  v  El Salvador

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

El Salvador  v  Costa Rica

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

Mexico  v  El Salvador

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

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Agustín Castillo
First assistant manager	vacant
Second assistant manager/Advisor	Jorge "Mágico" González
First physical coordinator	Carlos Eduardo Villareal
Goalkeeping coach	Carlos Felipe Cañadas
Doctor	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	54
November 2012	94	402	-16	-39
October 2012	78	441	-11	-40
September 2012	67	481	-3	-8
August 2012	64	490	3	3
July 2012	67	487	-12	-63
June 2012	55	550	-6	-41
May 2012	49	591	0	2
April 2012	49	589	9	35
March 2012	58	554	-4	-22
February 2012	54	576	10	70
January 2012	64	506	5	43
December 2011	69	463	0	0