| Football in El Salvador | |
|---|---|
| Country | El Salvador |
| Governing body | Salvadoran Football Association |
| National team | Men's national team |
| First played | 1862 |
| National competitions | |
| International competitions | |
CONCACAF Champions Cup CONCACAF Central American Cup FIFA Club World Cup CONCACAF Gold Cup (National Team) CONCACAF Nations League (National Team) FIFA World Cup (National Team) CONCACAF Women's Championship (National Team) CONCACAF W Gold Cup (National Team) FIFA Women's World Cup (National Team) | |
Thesport offootball in the country ofEl Salvador is run by theSalvadoran Football Association. The association administers thenational football team, as well as thePrimera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, the top level in its league system. Football is the most popular sport in the country. Approximately 50% of the people in El Salvador are considered football fans. The other countries inCentral America with an equal or higher percentage are Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama.[1]
El Salvador qualified for theFIFA World Cup twice, in1970 and1982. On both occasions the team was eliminated in the first round after losing all three matches.
A qualifying match againstHonduras for the 1970 tournament was so hotly contested that it was the spark that brought a state of war between El Salvador andHonduras. The conflict became known as theFootball War.[2][3][4][5]
The 1982 tournament included a10-1 mauling fromHungary that provided the most goals in a game in the history of the finals as well as equalling the record for winning margin.
Outside of the World Cup, El Salvador competes regularly at theCONCACAF Gold Cup and theCONCACAF Nations League. Its sole international triumph came in a regional competition, the1943 CCCF Championship.[6]
The main league competition in El Salvador is thePrimera División de Fútbol de El Salvador. It is fed into by theSegunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño which in turn is fed into by theTercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño. The most successful team has beenC.D. FAS with 18 league titles, followed byC.D. Águila with 14. The top Salvadorean clubs also participate in theCONCACAF Champions League, a competition won byAlianza F.C. in 1967 and C.D. Águila in 1976. Alianza andC.D. Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca have also won the defunctCopa Interclubes UNCAF once each.
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| 1 | Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador 12 clubs | |||||||||||
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| 2 | Segunda División 24 clubs divided in 2 series of 12 | |||||||||||
| ↓↑ 2 clubs | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Tercera Division 40 clubs divided in 4 series of 10 | |||||||||||
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