El Salvador national football team

FIFA rankingCurrent 100 (20 July 2026)Highest49 (April 2012)Lowest169 (November 2006)First internationalCosta Rica 7–0 El Salvador
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 September 1921)Biggest winEl Salvador 12–0 Anguilla
(San Salvador, El Salvador; 6 February 2008)Biggest defeatHungary10–1El Salvador
(Elche, Spain; 15 June 1982)World CupAppearances2 (first in 1970, last in 1982)Best resultGroup stage (1970, 1982)Olympic GamesAppearances1 (first in 1968)Best resultGroup stage (1968)CONCACAF Championship / Gold CupAppearances20 (first in 1963)Best resultRunners-up (1963, 1981)CONCACAF Nations LeagueAppearances4 (first in 2019–20)Best resultGroup stage (2022–23, 2023–24)CCCF ChampionshipAppearances7 (first in 1941)Best resultChampions (1943)

The El Salvador national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de El Salvador) represents El Salvador in men's international football, which is governed by the Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT) founded in 1935. It has been an affiliate member of FIFA since 1938 and a founding affiliate member of CONCACAF since 1961. Regionally, it is an affiliate member of UNCAF in the Central American Zone. From 1938 to 1961, it was a member of CCCF, the former governing body of football in Central America and Caribbean and a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF, and also a member of PFC, the former unified confederation of the Americas, from 1946 to 1961.

El Salvador has qualified for the FIFA World Cup twice (1970 and 1982). It also participated once in the Olympic Games (1968).

El Salvador has participated twenty times in CONCACAF's premier continental competition, finishing as runners-up twice in the CONCACAF Championship (1963 and 1981). The team's best performance under the CONCACAF Gold Cup format was reaching the quarter-finals six times. It has participated twice in League A and twice in League B of the CONCACAF Nations League.

Regionally, the team won the CCCF Championship in 1943, and one gold medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1954. It also finished third place six times in the Copa Centroamericana.

The Estadio Cuscatlán, also known as "El Coloso de Montserrat" and "La Catedral del Espectáculo", is the official home stadium of the El Salvador national football team. Since 2017, the national team has had a kit sponsorship contract with England-based supplier Umbro. Raúl Díaz Arce is the all-time top-scorer for the national team, with 39 goals, while Darwin Cerén has the most caps, with 108 appearances.