CONCACAF Championships Record
In 1963 El Salvador participated in the first CONCACAF Championship which included all countries of the region, North America, Central America and the Caribbean. During 1963 to 1971 only 5 championships were played. El Salvador achieving only a runner-up in 1963. From 1973 to 1989 no championship was played. The CONCACAF proclaimed champion of the region for the country that achieved the first place in qualifying to the FIFA World Cup. In 1990, CONCACAF again created a tournament as its showpiece event to crown the regional champion of the CONCACAF. The event was named the CONCACAF Gold Cup, with the USA hosting the first competition in 1991. In the 2002, 2003, and 2011 events El Salvador reached the Quarter-finals.
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Runner-Up | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
| 1965 | Fourth Place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 1967 | Did not enter | ||||||
| 1969 | Banned | ||||||
| 1971 | Withdrew | ||||||
| 1973 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1977 | Third Place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 1981 | Runner-Up | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1985 | Fourth Place | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 1989 | Fifth Place | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 1991 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1993 | |||||||
| 1996 | Round 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1998 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2000 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2002 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2007 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Total | 13/21 | 53 | 17 | 12 | 24 | 66 | 71 |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Read more about this topic: El Salvador National Football Team
Famous quotes containing the word record:
“This play holds the season’s record [for early closing], thus far, with a run of four evening performances and one matinee. By an odd coincidence it ran just five performances too many.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)