El Salvador national under-21 football team

El Salvador U21

Nickname	La Azulita
Association	Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Edgar Henríquez[1]
FIFA code	SLV
First colours Second colours

The El Salvador national under 21 football team, is the national under-21 football team of El Salvador and is controlled by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. The team competes in the international under-21 and youth football competitions. They compete for qualification to the Central American and Caribbean Games.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

On 11 May 2010, the FIFA Emergency Committee suspended the Salvadoran Football Association (FESFUT) on account of government interference. FIFA made the decision because the statutes ratified by the FESFUT general assembly in August 2009 had not been formally entered in the country's official register, and the government had failed to acknowledge the authority of the Normalisation Committee set up to represent FESFUT.

On 25 May, El Salvador, which had qualified for both of the men's and women's 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, were disqualified and not included in the draw due to its suspension by FIFA over governmental interference in the affairs of the country's soccer federation.^[9]

On 7 June, the CONCACAF lifted the ban, and allowed the male & female U-21 teams to participate once again in the CAC games.^[10][11]

Date	Tournament	Location	Home team	Score	Away team	El Salvador Scorers
June 10, 2023	Friendly	Estadio Agustín Coruco Díaz, Hidalgo, Morelos	Escorpiones Zacatepec	1-0	El Salvador	Nil
June 12, 2023	Friendly	Complejo Deportivo La Noria, Ciudad de México	Cruz Azul Sub23	1-7	El Salvador
June 14, 2023	Friendly	Complejo Deportivo Casa Club, Toluca, Estado de México	Toluca Sub23		El Salvador
30 June, 2023	CACG - GS	Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla	Dominican Republic		El Salvador
July 2, 2023	CACG - GS	Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla	Mexico		El Salvador

As of June 13, 2023 [1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Sergio Sibrian				Once Deportivo
	1GK	Danilo Joya				Aguila
	1GK	Adriel Martinez				CF Motril
	2DF	Edwin Gabriel				ADM Juyuva
	2DF	Alejandro Serrano				AD Destroyer
	2DF	Diego Lemus				Santa Tecla F.C.
	2DF	Melvin Cruz				Dragon
	2DF	Tereso Benitez				Municipal Limeno
	2DF	Diego Flores				LA Firpo
	2DF	Jefferson Valladares				Municipal Limeno
	2DF	Walter Pineda				Aguila
	2DF	Nelson Rodriguez				LA Firpo
	2DF	Josue Artola
	3MF	Mauricio Cerritos				Atletico Marte
	3MF	Javier Bolanos				Once Deportivo
	3MF	Alexis Menedez				Once Deportivo
	3MF	Enrico Duenas				Cartagena B
	3MF	Luis Vasquez				Chalatenango
	3MF	Rafael Tejeda				FAS
	3MF	Elmer Bonilla				Dragon
	3MF	Kevin Roman				Isidro Metapan
	3MF	Jorge Gonzalez				Cadiz C.F.
	4FW	Emerson Mauricio				Alianza
	4FW	Juan Sanchez				Once Deportivo
	4FW	Styven Vasquez				LA Firpo

Position	Staff
Head coach	Edgar Henríquez
Assistant coach
Fitness coach
Goalkeeping coach
Medical trainer

• El Salvador national football team
• El Salvador national under-17 football team
• El Salvador national under-20 football team
• El Salvador national under-23 football team
• Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol